Bio

    Oliver Lantos (b.1992) is a Hungarian photographer currently living and working in Budapest. His works are mostly long term project, whose starting point are personal experience or a visceral reaction. He is interested in the systematization of his observations and researches and the process of building these systems. In his projects he usually explores the effect of contemporary politics the LGBTQ+ community and the casual relationships between the problems of global social systems and their consequences as well as their effects on human psyche and nature.
    He graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest in 2022, before that he studies at the KREA Contemporary Art Institute. Member of the Studio of Young Photographers since 2023. In 2024 he was awarded the József Pécsi Photography Grant. In 2025 he is a FUTURES Talent nominated by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center.


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Education:
2019-2022
Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design (Mome)
Budapest, Hungary
Photography BA

2010-2014
KREA Contemporary Art Institute
Budapest, Hungary

Grant:
2025
FUTURES Talent
nominated by Robert Capa Photography Center

   
2024
József Pécsi Photography Grant

Membership:
2023-
FFS
Studio of Young Photographers Hungary


Exhibition:
2025 
Active Drifting - Aktív Sodródás
Merlin Theatre - Örkény Theatre
Budapest, Hungary
Curator: Kata Oltai

2025
Brokát Fashion House - Brokát Divatház
Konfekció
Budapest, Hungary
Curator: Kata Oltai

2024
Overview 4.0 - “Du musst dein Leben ändern!”
FKSE Studio Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
Curator: Emese Bíborka Szakács
(Capa Center)

2024
Art Market - FFS Stand
Millenáris
Budapest, Hungary

2023
Összjáték
K11 Labor
Budapest, Hungary
Curators: Zsanett Lengyel,
Emese Bíborka Szakács (Capa Center)

2023 
Foto Wien - Book days
Arena 21
Wien, Austria
Curator: Gábor Arion Kudász


2023
VisszaTér - Arccal egymás felé
K6 Gallery
Budapest,  Hungary
Curators: Éva Szombat
Gábor Arion Kudász

2022
Egyes, egyes, jó lett.... 
Q Contemporary - Project Space
Budapest, Hungary

Book/Publications:
2024
Budapest Fent-Lent
    Magyar Fotóművészek Szövetsége
(Association of Hungarian Photographers)
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN: 978-6-15811-029-7

2024
Kortárs Magyar Fotográfia
Magyar Fotóművészek Szövetsége
(Association of Hungarian Photographers)
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN: 978-6-15811-027-3

Press:
2025
2025
2025
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022