Born in New Jersey to Hungarian immigrants. Currently living and working in Harrisonburg, Virginia transitioning to New York, New York.
Education
MFA James Madison University, Interdisciplinary Studio Art (2022)
BFA University of Utah, Studio Art –Photography & Digital Imaging (2014)
BA University of Utah, Film and Media Arts, Honors Certificate (2014)
Minor in Arts & Technology, Honors Certificate (2014)
Residencies/Awards
AIR/HMC artist residency, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary (2021)
Phi Kappa Phi honor society membership (inducted 2021)
THRIVE/Advancing Intelligent Minds Grant, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (2020)
"World of Co" Artist Residency; Sofia, Bulgaria, attended remotely (2020)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship, (2020-2021)
James Madison University Graduate Assistantship (2019-2022)
Virginia Artists in the Marketplace Residency, StudioELL(NY, NY)/Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA (2018)
Director’s Award, Larkin Arts’ Annual Regional Juried Show, Harrisonburg, Virginia (2018)
Third place, University of Utah BFA Show, Salt Lake City, Utah (2011)
Salt Lake City Weekly “Arty”: Best Photography Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah (2009)
Utah Fine Arts Institute Scholarship, Salt Lake City, Utah (2007)
Utah Arts Council Jury Prize, Utah (2004)
Best of Show: Director of Photography, New York Student Film Festival, New York (1999)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Richmond International Airport, Decompositions, Richmond, VA, Alternative process photography
2022
Richmond International Airport, Decompositions, Richmond, VA, Alternative process photography
Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Arts, Spinning Plates, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA- MFA thesis exhibit
2021
The Burrow, Existing Real, Brooklyn, NY, video, audio, works on paper
2015
Stephen Hess Gallery, Distorted Landscapes and Figures, Harrisonburg, VA –photo & video
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Reflexions, Harrisonburg, Virginia -photography
2012
Silver Streak Eleven Reflexions, Contemporary Gallery, Tucson, Arizona -photography
2009
Art Access Gallery, Reflexions, Salt Lake City, Utah –photography
Group Exhibitions
2021
Bartok 1 Gallery, Könnyezett-Környezet 2021, Budapest, Hungary -photography
James Madison University (JMU) Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Activity, based in Virginia, online exhibit, -video
World of Co, Online Artist Residency Virtual Exhibition Vol. 8, based in Sofia, Bulgaria -photos
2020
Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, 22nd NJC: Works on Paper, Loveladies, NJ
-juried by Sarah Suzuki, photography,
Texas Photographic Society’s #NewVisions2020: A Student Show, TX, -photography
JMU Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Activity, VA, -audio piece
2019
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Bi-Annual Invitational Deck Show, H'burg, VA -mixed media
Sawhill Memorial Art Gallery, James Madison University, MFA Graduate Student Show, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Spitzer Member Show, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Art Lotto, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
Smith House Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, VA-AIM 2018: PARTICIPATION, Harrisonburg, VA -video
2017
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Annual National Juried Exhibition, H'burg, VA -photography
Wooden Trout Gallery, Rotating Group Exhibition over 4 months, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Bi-Annual Invitational Deck Show, H'burg, VA -photography
2016
Arts Council of the Valley, First Night Invitational Show, Harrisonburg, Virginia -photography
Smith House Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Holiday Small Works Exhibition, VA-mixed media
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, 1st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA -mixed media
JanKossen Gallery, Faces: FRESH! New York, New York, Digital catalogue -photography
Park Gables Gallery, VMRC Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisonburg, Virginia -photography
Sunset Studios, Spring Exhibit, Harrisonburg, Virginia -photography
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Annual Regional Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
2015
Stephen Hess Gallery & Arts Council of the Valley, Progressive Party, H'burg, VA -photography
The Situation Room, Opening night screening, February 21, Los Angeles, California
-curated by Micol Hebron, video
Larkin Arts Wine-Riner Galleries, Annual Regional Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA -photography
2014
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Annual Gala, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
2013
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, POP Gala, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
Art Access Gallery, 300 Plates, Salt Lake City, Utah -painting
2012
Art Access Gallery, Rose Park Artists, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
Masonic Temple, Mudson-September 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah -screen dance video
The Leonardo Museum, Anikó Sáfrán Video screening, Salt Lake City, Utah -video
Nox Contemporary, Alternative Genres, Salt Lake City, Utah -video
Art Access Gallery, 300 Plates, Salt Lake City, Utah -painting
Dances Made to Order, invitational, online screen dance video competition, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Central Utah Arts Center Annex, ACross Process, Ephraim, Utah -photography
Masonic Temple, Mudson-October 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah -screen dance video
Williams Fine Art, Annual U of U Student Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
Masonic Temple, Mudson-September 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah -screen dance video
Jancar Gallery, West of Center, Los Angeles, California -curated by Micol Hebron, photography
The Contemporary Museum, Walking Ground, Honolulu, Hawaii -photography
-in collaboration with Ernesto Pujol, one piece in his solo exhibit.
Gittens Gallery, University of Utah, On a Cellular Level, Salt Lake City, Utah -digital photography
Art Space Commons, BFA-Alt Show, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography, video
Springville Museum of Art, 87th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah -photography
Gittens Gallery, Univ. of Utah, Art Department Annual Student Show, SLC, UT -photography
Capitol Theatre, Ballet West Shoe-In 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah -alt. process photography
Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, Driven from the State (II), Salt Lake City -photography
Art Access Gallery, Driven from the State, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
2010
Patrick Moore Gallery, Toy Stories, Salt Lake City, Utah -painting
Springville Museum of Art, 86th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah -photography
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Painting Utah’s Mount Olympus, Salt Lake City, Utah -video
Felt Building, BFA-Alt-4x5, Salt Lake City, Utah -Multi-media installation, photography
2008
Kayo Gallery, Small Works Show, Salt Lake City, Utah -digital photography
Utah Arts Festival Gallery, Equinox, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
2007
291 Pixel Gallery, Fall 2007, online gallery through Univ. of Utah, -drawing, animation
Phillips Gallery, University of Utah student show, Salt Lake City, Utah -photography
2004-2005
Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit, Utah -photography
2003
Hogle Zoo, Annual Art Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah. -photography
Performances
2020
Video-art series on multi-tasking, produced in Harrisonburg, Virginia
2019
Danielle Heckman’s Crop Circle project, Rockingham County, Virginia
2010
City Art Readings, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah -prose
Ernesto Pujol’s Dreaming Kansas, Salina, Kansas -site-specific durational and improvisational performance
Ernesto Pujol’s Awaiting, Salt Lake City, Utah -site-specific durational performance
Wyn Pottratz’ New Recession Artist, Salt Lake City, Utah, -screen dance video
2008
Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues: “I was There in the Room,” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah -stage play
2007-2009
Corinne Cappelletti’s New Pedestrians, Salt Lake City, Utah -choreographed movement
and site-specific improvisation performed monthly
2007
Car Nations, Red Light Books, Salt Lake City, Utah -site-specific improvisational performance trio
Andrea Robison’s The Source, Salt Lake City, Utah -independent video short
2006-2010
Ken Critchfield’s Seraphim, based in Salt Lake City, Utah -free-jazz ensemble with spoken word; statewide performances include: Utah Arts Festival (2009), Poor Yorick Studios (2008),
Project 337 (2007), Cabaret Voltage (2007)
Commissions
Jay Seegmiller, “Jay for Jobs” political campaign, Salt Lake City, Utah (2012)
Brad Stock, Atomic Clock, album promotional photography, Sun Tunnels, Utah (2012)
Jorge Rojas’ “Tortilla Oracle” art fundraising event for Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (2011)
Better Off with the Blues, Mean Old World, album art photography, Salt Lake City, Utah (2011)
Press
Aleda Johnson, “City Photographer Examines Distortion in Exhibit” Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA) 13 August 2015
Brian Staker, “Salt Lake City Arts & Entertainment - The Essentials: Anikó Sáfrán: Toy Stories” Salt Lake City Weekly 23 December 2010: 21.
Jaleh Ashfar, “Top 5 of 2009” Slug Magazine Issue 252, (Salt Lake City, UT) December 2009
Ehren Clark, “Salt Lake City Arts & Entertainment - The Essentials: Anikó Sáfrán: Reflexions” Salt Lake City Weekly 3 June 2009:21.
Publications
#new visions 2020: A Student Show, Juried by Paul Thulin-Jimenez, Texas Photographic Society: Coppell, TX, 2020.
Fresh! The Modern Portrait: Summer Group Show, July 7-August 17, 2016. 3rd Edition. JanKossen: New York, 2016.
Collections
private collections: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Utah, Germany.
Motion Picture & Sound Production
The following lists full projects only; no “day playing” is included.
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
-Short films/audio pieces produced as a graduate student at James Madison University
2019-2021
Coverage (working title), work in progress video art, Virginia (2021)
Greer (working title), 10 min abstracted narrative video art, Virginia, in progress (ip)
Underfoot: Cooking with Paprika, 20 minute video art, Virginia (2020)
Dirty Work, 5 min video art, Virginia (2020)
Virus Propagation in My Mailbox, 11 min audio piece, Virginia (2020)
It’s a Physiological Fact: Housework Makes You Happy, 13 min video art, Virginia (2020)
-Short films produced independently:
2011-2015
Tides, 6.5 min narrative video art, Virginia (2015)
Metronome 104.193, 9 min video art, Utah (2012)
Falling, 8 min screen dance video, Utah (2012)
Untitled, 22 min video art, Utah (2011)
-Short films produced as a student at the University of Utah Film & Dance depts.:
2004-2010
Memory, 2.5 min screen dance, Utah (2010)
Capoeira, 7.5 min dance documentary, Utah (2010)
The Transcendentalist, 6 min screen dance video, Utah (2010)
Peace, Order, Focus, 8 min video art, Utah (2010)
Print, Scan, Repeat, 1.5 min video art, Utah (2008)
Orange & Red, 3 min narrative, Utah (2004)
Mike Bernard, 4 min documentary, Utah (2004)
First Date, 4 min narrative, Utah (2004)
Producer, Editor Assistant (video)
Utah Navajo Health Services , public service program, Dir. Jamie Harvey, Utah (2002)
Cinematographer
The Source (video), independent short , Dir. Andrea Robison, Utah (2007)
Dioscuri (16 mm film), full-length feature (MA proj.), Dir. Christopher Foley, New York (1997)
Production Designer
Hansel and Gretel (HDV), full-length feature (MA proj.), Dir. Chris Lee, Utah (2010)
Editor
Psychotherapists Face to Face, web video series, American Psychological Association, California (2010)
Utah’s Mount Olympus, 10 min loop, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, UT (2010)
Assistant Director
Antarctica, 6 min video (MFA project ), Dir. Wyn Pottratz, Utah (2012)
Camera Operator (video)
Instructional Media Services, various videos, University of Utah, Utah (2004-05)
Instructional Media Services, live broadcasts, University of Utah, Utah (2004-05)
Colortone Audio & Video, video and broadcasts, various Directors, Utah (2002)
1st Assistant Camera (35mm, 16mm, video, miniatures, motion control)
The Fellowship of the Ring, cinema feature, DP. Alex Funke, New Zealand (2000-01)
The Two Towers, cinema feature, DP. Alex Funke, New Zealand (2000-01)
The Return of the King, cinema feature, DP. Alex Funke, New Zealand (2000-01)
Sundance Institute, filmmakers lab, DP. Rob Humphreys, Utah (1999)
Numerous, television commercials, DP. Mark Foggetti, New York (1997)
Strong Health Care, television commercial, DP. Tim Brown New York (1997)
ABC Kids; Regal, television commercials, DP. Steven D. Smith, California (2002)
2nd Assistant Camera/Loader (35mm, 16mm, video)
Zurich Financial, television commercial, DP. Steve Colby, Utah (1999)
Peugeot, television commercial, DP. Peter Suschitski, Utah (1999)
Mars Ice Cream Bars, television commercial, DP. Rob Sweeney, Utah (1999)
Deseret News, television commercial, DP. Bruce Aoki, Utah (1999)
Knott’s Berry Farm, television commercial, DP. Bruce Aoki, California (1999)
Partners in Crime, video release feature, DP. Stevan Larner, Utah (1999)
The Substitute 3, HBO feature presentation, DP. Barry Wilson, Utah (1998)
Shepherd, cinema feature, DP. Chris Walling, Utah (1998)
Legend of Cryin’ Ryan, cinema feature, DP. Mark Foggetti, New York (1997)
Kodak Best Light, industrial commercial, DP. Don Strine, New York (1997)
Numerous and various, television commercials, DP. Mark Foggetti, New York (1996-1997)
Robin Cook’s Invasion, ABC movie of the week, DP. Bryan England, Arizona (1996)
A Mother’s Justice, ABC movie of the week, DP. Eric van Haren Noman, Arizona (1995)
Bonneville Productions, PSA, DP. Reed Smoot, Utah (1995)
Nothing Lasts Forever, CBS Miniseries, DP. Ron Orieux, Utah (1995)
Touched by an Angel, CBS television series, DP. Karl Herrmann, Utah (1994)
Phoenix News Channel 3, television commercial, Arizona (1994)
NBA MTV Slam Jams, MTV promotion, Arizona (1994)
Video Assist / Script Assistant / Production Assistant
Con Air, cinema feature, Dir. Simon West, Utah/Nevada (1996)
Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS television series, DP. Karl Kases, Texas (1994)
Top Dog, cinema feature, DP. Joao Fernandez, California (1994)
Documentation (still and/or video photography)
Dreaming Kansas, performance art, Ernesto Pujol, Kansas (2010)
Modern Dance Dept., dance performances, University of Utah, Utah (2010)
Audio Assistant
Awaiting, performance art audio, E. Pujol/Rosi Hayes, Utah (2010)
Please inquire for teaching CV.