Lili Zoe Ermezei
Lili Zoe Ermezei (born as Érmezei Lili Zoé in Hungary, 1988) is a portrait and conceptual photographer. Her father is the Hungarian conceptual artist, painter and sculptor Érmezei Zoltán (1955–1991). She lives and works in Helsinki and Budapest, and is a member of the Hungarian Studio of Young Photographers and the Union of Artist Photographers in Finland.
Ermezei holds a MA from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest and also attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera of Milan.
Awards
In 2008 her group won the Epson Art Photo Award from among 150 arts universities around the world and was subsequently exhibited at Art Cologne. Also in 2008, Ermezei's work in collaboration with Daniel Halasz was selected to be shown at the National Design and Fashion Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2012 Ermezei won the Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME) to participate in New York Photo Festival. Ermezei's photograph "Judith" was selected as one of the 100 finalist photographs of the Renaissance Photography Prize 2012 and exhibited at Mall Galleries. In 2012 Ermezei became a finalist in the London International Creative Competition (LICC), for her photo series "Body Borders - Skype Project".
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2007
- Mű/Tér, Fészek-kert, Budapest
- Supernow! British Council, Budapest
- 2012
- Neighbourhood Madonnas, Hungarian Cultural Centre, London
- Madonnas, Sokos Hotel Aleksanteri, Helsinki
- Personal Space, Artbázis, Budapest
- Body Borders, Telep Gallery, Budapest
- 2013
- Privacy, Hungarian House of Photography, Mai Mano Gallery Budapest
- SKYPE PROJECT, Hungarian Institute Tallinn
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2009
- Mind over Matter, Ferenczi and Szénássy Art Auction House, Budapest
- Photo Diary, Photomeetings Luxembourg
- 2010 - Light by Night, Gozsdu Udvar, Budapest
- 2011
- EMBELLISEZ-MOI!, Istitut Hongrois de Paris, Paris
- MOME Diploma exhibition, Ponton Gallery, Budapest
- 2012
- Progressive Pathways: Studio of Young Photographers 1977-2012, Hungarian Museum of Photography
- Ermezei-Heikkilä-Pätilä, Kaapelithedus, Helsinki
- Renaissance Art Photography Prize, Mall Galleries, London
- New Wave Photofestival, Crypt Gallery, London
- New Wave Photofestival, Pawilon Wyspianskiego, Krakkow
- 2013
- Present Continuous, Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest
- BODYObjective - Representation of the Body in Contemporary Art, MűvészetMalom Modern and Contemporary Art Centre, Szentendre
Sources
- Artportal Lexicon
- Lili Zoe Ermezei's website
- Hungary.org.uk
- The Photographic Dictionary
- Personal Space Exhibition
- Present Continuous V-VI-VII Codes of Reality / Observations / Relations
- Mai Mano Gallery about the exhibition 'Privacy', 2013
- Hungarian House of Photography webpage
- Hungarian Studio of Young Photographers webpage