Anna Tihanyi (Hungarian, b. 1979) is an award winning fine art photographer from Budapest. She stages cinematic scenes to tell her compelling visual narratives. Her current works explore the female self and identity through processing memories. She has received several prestigious photography awards internationally, and been featured in numerous solo and group exhibition nationally and internationally.
She received MA in communication for her photographic thesis themed in photography “Stills in Motion”. and enrolled at Fotografus photography school majoring experimental photography. As a five time recipient of the National Cultural Found of Hungary, Anna also became a member of the Studio of Young Hungarian Art Photographers (FFS) in 2009. She has been participating in international artist residencies such as NARS residency (New York) and E.On Creative Residency (Berlin).
Tihanyi's series Berlin bhf. received 3rd prize at the European Month of Photography Festival in Ljubljana, and received an Honorable Mention at the Moscow International Foto Awards. Her debut solo show was at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest. She was selected to participate in the NordArt International Art Exhibition in Germany and was nominated for submitting the same series to the prestigious Prix Pictet Award. Her portfolio was selected for the Lucie Award Scholarship by the American Photographic Artists and Lucie Foundation, and she duly attended the gala awards ceremony at the Carnegie Hall, NYC.
After receiving Honorable Mention at the FotoVisura Grant (2015), she was selected for the 4th Biennale of Photography in her capacity as a winner at the 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for female photographers (2015). Anna was selected as a Critical Mass Top 50 (2016) winner and one of the winners of LensCulture Emerging Talents (2016). She was selected for the Fine Art Photography Award (as a 3rd prize winner in professional conceptual photography category) and shortlisted for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award (2017), as well as for BMW Art Makers (2022). Her work was selected as a permanent installation for the Youth Olympic Village in Innsbruck, Austria, and Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology recently featured her as a shortlisted artist. Aesthetica Magazine recently cited her as a 'very influential female photographer'.
Tihanyi is currently working on several new projects in Budapest as a member of the Budapest Art Factory, a non-profit art organization and artistic collective.
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BMW Art Makers Award- shortlisted
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
2021
Photo Highlight by Brandei Estes, Head of Photography at Sotheby’s
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
2019
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
Espy Photography Award - shortlisted
2018
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
2017
Felix Schoeller Photo Award – shortlisted
Fine Art Photography Award - 3rd prize winner
2016
LensCulture Emerging Talents
Photolucida - Critical Mass 2016 Top 50
Bloom Award - finalist
CEC ArtsLink Grant - shortlisted
2015
Aesthetica Art Prize – longlisted
8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for women photographers– Fine Art category
Photographer’s Forum – Best of Photography 2015
FotoVisura Grant – honorable mention
2014
Lucie Awards - Professional Scholarship Winner - granted by Lucie Foundation & American Photographic Artists
MIFA Moscow International Foto Festival- honorable mention
Photonic Moments/EMOPFestival-3rd prize winner
LICC- London International Creative Competition- shortlisted
E.On Creative Award
2013
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
2012
Athens Photo Festival- finalist
Professional Women Photographers -honorable mention
2011
Celeste Prize 2011- finalist
Hungarian National Cultural Fund - photography prize
2024 Budapest A - Zs - Liszt Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2020 Fragments - c.: Judit Geller, The Brody Studios, Budapest, H
2018 Berlin bhf. - Faur Zsofi Gallery, Budapest, H
2016 Berlin bhf. / New Literature from Europe Festival - Balassi Institute, New York City, US
2016 Berlin bhf. – Balassi Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Berlin bhf. – c.: Imola Neider, Janusz Korczak Akademie, Berlin, Germany
2015 Berlin bhf. – c.: Istvan Viragvolgyi, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, H
2014 Bunnylink - c.: Balazs Zoltan Toth, Casati Art Corner Gallery, Budapest, H
2011 Hommage a' Lichtenstein - Photobiennale of Dunaújváros, H
2010 Hommage a' Lichtenstein - Merlin, Budapest, H
2022 Protection - dual exhibition with Regina Haindl, Residence of the Federal Republic of Germany, Budapest, H
2021 Melancholia - c.:Laura Perera, Maureen Mathiot, FotoNostrum, Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Pygmalion - Dual exhibition with Barbara Moura, c.: Tunde Torok, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, H
2018 Arezzo Photo Festival - c.: Fanny Raspini, Arezzo, Italy
2017 LensCulture Emerging Talents exhibition, several festival program
2017 Photolucida - Critical Mass Top 50 / Denver Month of Photography, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO, US
2016 Talking rooms – dual exhibition with Catharina Freuis, c.: Suzanne Gamauf, Austrian Culture Forum, Budapest, H
2016 4th Biennal of Photography, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany
2015 NordArt International Art Exhibition, Buedelsdorf, Germany
2015 Montazs- Viltin Gallery, Budapest, H
2015 Inside out - c.: Tunde Torok, Molnar Ani Gallery, Budapest, H
2012 Objects in Motion- NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, US
2012 Professional Women Photographer's 34th Anniversary Exhibition - .No Gallery, New York, US
2012 Portfolio Points / AllStarz - Design Terminal, Budapest, H
2012 There’s a thin line between love and hate - United Photo Industries, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, US
2011 Celeste Prize 2011- juried by Eugene Tan and Sara Reisman, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, US
2011 Egyszervolt - c.: Daniella Koos, Andras Madar, FISE, Budapest, H