BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Vienna, Austria, Krystina lives in London, UK. She took up analog photography in the early 1990s when studying Fine Art (sculpture & installation). She worked in independent film and urban regeneration before returning to photography in 2007. Since then her focus has been on exploring the visual language of urban spaces and materials through photography.
Krystina’s works have won national and international competitions and been selected for solo and group exhibitions. Her works feature in several independently and self-published photobooks, three of them in collaboration with another photographer / artist. Many of her works feature in various international photographic magazines, in print and on-line.
Her limited edition prints are in private collections in the US, UK, Australia and various European countries.
AWARDS
2015 & 2016
Winner of PH21 International Competition - 2 solo exhibitions in Budapest.
2012
One of three winners of the Whitechapel Gallery's Zarina Bhimji Competition: Poetic Landscapes.
2010
One of 6 international winners of the HIGH NOON CULTURE COMPETITION - travel to China, commission and a one week residency in the merchant city of Yangzhou (sponsored by the City of Yangzhou and China Photo Press).
EXHIBITIONS
2022
POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE (ShutterHub curation) January 12 - February 15, 9am-7pm CLOSED WEEKENDS. Art at the ARB, Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT.
2021
POST-INDUSTRIALISM Curated by Loosenart January 08 - 18, MILLEPIANI, Via N.Odero, 13 Rome, Italy loosenart.com/pages/space-millepiani-rome
2020
PHOTOGRAPHIC VISIONS 2020 July 30 - August 22, Ph21 Main Gallery, Budapest
POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN (Shutter Hub) March 5 - April 2, Hotel Lion d'Or, Haarlem, The Netherlands shutterhub.org.uk - postcards from Great Britain - project overview
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Curator Zsolt Bátori (Ph21) January 6-13, Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
2019
SOLO SHOW: Cre8 Studio, The Old Baths, Hackney Wick, August 23-25 during London Street Foto Festival.
THOUGHT ATLAS: Group Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, 159 Bethnal Green Road, London June 11-16
2016
TALES WITHOUT BORDERS: solo Exhibition, Szkéné Theatre, Budapest
2015
TALES WITHOUT BORDERS: solo Exhibition PH21 GALLERY, Budapest www.ph21gallery.com
PHOTOGRAPHY MATTERS: Central London Independent Photography Group curated group show, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London.
OF THE AFTERNOON Magazine: curated exhibition, Doomed Gallery, Dalston, London.
2014
LIP EXHIBITION: London Independent Photography Annual curated exhibition; 4 images, Embassy Tea Room Gallery, Union Street, London
2013
THE WINGS PROJECT: Crossing Lines Group, The Cave, Greenwich, London.
SLOWING DOWN: curated LIP show, Mile End Park Arts Pavilion, London
A LOOSE TRAVERSE: Crossing Lines, Greenwich Gallery, London.
2012
CHANCE WOULD BE A FINE THING: part of London Photo-Month, featuring 'From the Radar's Edge' series shot in Belgrade, Mile End Park Arts Pavilion, London
OF SLIPPAGES AND SHADOWS: with Peter Gardner and Malcolm Philips, 29 works exhibited, Mile End Park Arts Pavilion, London.
MEMORIAL: curated Crossing Lines show, Greenwich Gallery, London.
GREAT DIVIDES: artist's group show; 12 images, Mile End Arts Pavilion, East London.
RENAISSANCE: international competition - selected image from the series 'Inside Out,' Mall Galleries, The Mall, London. www.mallgalleries.org.uk
2011
CROSSING LINES: curated show, 5 images, Linear House Gallery, Greenwich, London.
3rd FESTIVAL OF BROWN: 10 images selected. Montalegre, Portugal.
SOLO SHOWCASE: 6 images exhibited, New Hope Arts Centre, Pennsylvania, USA.
2010
CROSSING LINES: group show, Greenwich Gallery, Linear House, Greenwich, London.
2nd FESTIVAL OF BROWN: 12 images selected. Montalegre, Portugal
2nd GREENWICH ANNUALE: group show. Viewfinder Gallery, Greenwich, London.
WITHOUT GLOSS: group show, 7 images from series 'Urban Parallels' Sun & Doves, Camberwell, London.
EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHERS: Croydon LIP Group exhibition. Clocktower Gallery, Croydon, London.
2009
FESTIVAL OF BROWN: 15 images selected. Perre, Portugal.
GREENWICH ANNUALE: group show. Viewfinder Gallery, Greenwich, London.
2008
METROLAND WINTER ’08: group show. Cow Byre Gallery, Ruislip, London.
1993
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION: 3 images. Royal Festival Hall, London.