MOME alumni receives this year’s MODEM Award
Date: 2022.08.02
This year’s Modem Award ceremony took place on 29 July, and the award went to Dávid Bíró.
The Modem Award is presented by the Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre to emerging Hungarian fine artists and invited applications from art students graduating from a Hungarian art university or college this year. MOME Photography MA graduate Dávid Bíró was selected from 60 applicants and 7 finalists for his works featuring digital technology and its effects.
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