ADRIENN SZÖVÉRFFI
BIO
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EDUCATION
2020-2023. Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, Budapest Photography BA
AWARDS&RECOGNITION
ÚjMűvészet: Horse on Display, 2025 Józsefváros Újság (Józsefváros Newspaper): A Horse in the Window at PUCCS, 2025 see-zeen: Adrienn Szövérffi, 2025 punkt.hu: Budapest Up and Down – A Selection from the Newest Publication of the Studio of Young Photographers (FFS), 2025 Adrienn Szövérffi: But abstention from movement; while the world moves, 30 copies of a unique, handmade photo book, 2024 punkt.hu: In Focus: New Members of FFS – Adrienn Szövérffi, 2023 Erasmus+ Mobility Scholarship, Zeller van Almsick Contermporary Art Gallery, Vienna, 2023-2024 2nd Prize, Záridő Photo Contest, Laboratory Group, Budapest, 2020
EXHIBITIONS&RESIDENCIES
Level up, Art & Design Incubation, MOME x Dugattyús, Budapest, 2026 Abandoned Present, FFS group exhibition, Múzeum Gallery, Pécs, 2025 Perspective, Off Space group exhibition, Odorheiu Secuiesc, 2025 Horse on Display, Puccs Contemporary, Budapest Photo Festival, 2025 Polycopies, Paris Photo, 2024 Unseen Photo, photobook section, Amsterdam, 2024 DeepDive, Studium Hub, Târgu Mureș, 2024 Pauză, ȘAH residency, group exhibition, Târgu Mureș Castle, 2024 Hungarian Contemporary Photography, Eötvös 10, Budapest, 2024 I’ve Gotten Used to Myself Enough, House of Lucie, Budapest, 2024 Capazine: Let’s Roll!, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, 2024 Hungarian Contemporary Photography, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs, 2024 Interplay - debut exhibition of the new FFS members, K11 Labor, Budapest, 2024 Acasă la Hundorf residency, ȘAH Foundation, Viișoara, 2024 FFS summer residency, Kővágóörs, 2023-2025 Polycopies, Paris Photo, 2023 Sandbox, Telep Gallery, Budapest, 2023 PHOTO OPART, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provance, 2023 Képminimum - MOME Photography BA diploma exhibition, Artus Studio, Budapest, 2023 PHOTO OPART, Vasarely Museum, Pécs, 2023 Fresh Meat, Klauzál6 Project Gallery, Budapest Photo Festival, 2023 What is What?, MOME, Budapest, 2023 VisszaTÉR - Arccal egymás felé, MOME, Klauzál Square, Budapest, 2022 OFF Bratislava, academic section, 2022 KopiaKollektiva summer residency, Crișeni, 2022 State of Mind, Youth Pavilon, Cluj Napoca, 2020
MEMBERSHIPS
2023-. Studio of Young Photographers (FFS), Budapest 2023-. Off Space (Odorhei)
SELECTION OF WORKS
Horse on Display ()
The photographic installation highlights the current situation of the Gypsies in Budapest and the problems of social exclusion. Under socialism, the integration of the Gypsies into the labor market and their relocation to cities required lifestyle and cultural adaptation, which was made more difficult by the lack of education and vocational training, further increasing their exclusion. The customs brought with them from rural life (including domestic animals) gave rise to absurd situations.
The Muybridge horse behind the bars of the Coup symbolizes the traditional occupations of this ethnic group and the loss of the classic function of the gallery: the symbol of movement now stands motionless, locked up, without its rider, pointing to a universal story where the values of the past can become the prison of modernity.
The work requires an active viewer approach; when viewed from a central perspective, the projection of the bars disappears, inviting the visitor to find a solution.
The Playgrounds of Power ()
Ritual behaviour projects our need for a meaningful order. In various aspects of life, we routinely repeat sequences of actions that serve to create a sense of stability, progress, and productivity - not only necessary for maintaining our social systems but often resulting in mental satisfaction as well. Throughout the project, I visited workshops and sought regularly repeating sequences of movements and the systems they create, ensuring both the quality and quantity of work, and fostering a sense of peace for the individual in the work they perform. Similarly, the completed images follow the rituals of a visual language: they repeat according to prescribed rules, establish their own system, and then dissolve.
But abstention from movement; while the world moves ()
This photographic series is a spiritual pilgrimage exploring the hidden potential of the natural landscape. As humans grow distant from nature, they create artificial systems and a fast-paced life that often leads to disconnection and inner unrest. These systems are fragile, and when disrupted, people are forced to slow down, revealing their struggle to find peace. In nature’s silence, free from walls and daily routines, individuals may notice things lost in everyday life. The series seeks escape through pilgrimage, using intuition as a response to life’s acceleration. Through repetitive walks and seemingly unchanging landscapes, new spiritual meanings emerge. The pilgrim projects thoughts and emotions into the surroundings. The making of the series is a photographer's pilgrimage, a journey and a search for faith - the photographer has used a variety of photographic tools and formal languages to find this extra meaning in the landscape.
This photographic series is a spiritual pilgrimage into nature’s hidden potential. As artificial systems disconnect us from natural rhythms, nature’s silence offers space for reflection. Through repetitive walks and still landscapes, the photographer explores intuition, projecting inner thoughts onto the environment. The making of the series is a photographer's pilgrimage, using diverse photographic tools to uncover deeper meaning.
