Lajos SÍRÓ

1964, Hajdúnánás

He is a graphic artist and a photographer. He mostly uses alternative photographic techniques (kallitype, cyanotype, salt print, albumin print). His master was the painter János Horváth. He has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists since 1994, the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 1995 and the Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists since 1999. He has regularly exhibited his works since 1994 and has participated in group exhibitions in Hungary and abroad (Japan, Spain, USA, Lithuania and Egypt). He won the special award of the Association of Hungarian Photographers at the 10th Esztergom Biennial of Photography in 1996 and the special award of the Hungarian Academy of Arts at the 21st Esztergom Biennial of Photography in 2018. He received the Pécsi József Grant in 1998. His works can be found in the collections of the Miskolc Gallery, the Hungarian Graphic Art Foundation and the Tokyo Tama Art University.