Judit Gellér PhD
assistant professor
Photography MA in English
assistant professor
Photography BA
assistant professor

Judit completed her university studies at the BCE, majoring in horticulture, and at MOME, where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Design and Art Theory. Between 2014 and 2021 she was a lecturer at the PreMOME Course, and between 2015 and 2021 she was a photo curator at the Capa Center. She received her PhD from the Film, Media, and Contemporary Culture program at ELTE University in 2022. Since 2022 she has worked as a contemporary curator at MaDok-programme of the Museum of Ethnography. She is a regular contributor to the magazine Fotóművészet and the online magazine HVG – A mű. She has been a lecturer on the MOME Photography MA since 2014.

Fields of education
contemporary photography
Fields of research
private photo collections
artistic uses of archives
photobooks
contemporary photography

Biography

She has published art criticism and art reviews in various Hungarian journals since 2000. Between 2007 and 2017 she was a member of the Association of Hungarian Journalists and since 2017 she has been a member of AICA Section Hungary. She completed her university studies at Corvinus University of Budapest, majoring in horticulture, and at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Design and Art Theory. She was a member of the Studio of Young Photographers Hungary from 2012 to 2016 and a board member between 2013 and 2015. Between 2014 and 2021 she was a lecturer at the PreMOME Design Culture Course, and between 2015 and 2021 she was a curator at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. She was the founder and editor of the József Pécsi Photography Grant digital archive and was a former member of the editorial board of the Review of Hungarian Photography.

She received her PhD from the Film, Media, and Contemporary Culture program at ELTE University in 2022. Since 2022 she has worked as a contemporary curator at MaDok-programme of the Museum of Ethnography. She is a regular contributor to the magazine FotĂłművĂ©szet and the online magazine HVG – A mű. She has been a lecturer on the MOME Photography MA since 2014. 

Awards, recognition

Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, 2010

NKA College of Visual Arts - artist scholarships for writing studies, 2014-2015, 2017

Member of the European
Network of
Innovative
Higher Education Institutions
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