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Name

Zsófia Farkas,
art historian


Farkas-Zsofi

She is currently the curator of the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, formerly of MODEM in Debrecen. She has worked in several Jewish institutions (Páva Street Holocaust Memorial Center, Centropa, Jewish History Museum in Amsterdam) and has participated as a curator in the Bánkitó and Quarter6Quarter7 festivals. Her exhibitions and research are closely related to the work of Hungarian artists of Jewish origin. Her field of research is Hungarian art after 1945, primarily the memory of the Holocaust in women's oeuvres, and she is also writing her doctoral dissertation on this topic. She is the founder of the Síp12 Gallery and Community Space, related to the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, whose exhibitions presented the institution's collection together with their connection to contemporary art, thus aiming to connect contemporary Jewish art and culture more widely known.