1974 Born in Balassagyarmat Hungary

He showed interest in different branch of arts quite early. He was nine, when he made his first photo series during his stay in a sanatorium for children.
As a secondary school pupil he received high honours on several drawing contests and competitions.
From 1992 he continued his studies with the geography and drawing faculty on Károly Eszterházy Teachers' Training College.
In 1993 he was admitted to the newly founded visual communication faculty.
László Lugosi Lugo, artist of photoraphy, his teacher acquainted him with the camera obscura as photo device in 1994. From that time on he has been more and more interested in the implied possibilities of pinhole camera.
During his college years he intesively dealt with painting and music.
In 1996 - in the inner court of the baroque style Liceum building of Eger - he presented his diploma work under the title of "Descending of Celestial Ladders, Giant Parabole"; which mixed the music with painting, light- and motion art so as to activate passive audience.
Together with three of his friends he founded the photo group TEKODEMA (Balázs Telek, Gábor Kóczán, Ádám Demeter, Lajos Major).
From 1998 Tekodema had several exhibitions in Hungary and abroad , which were partly organised by Gromek Photo Gallery. Members of the team were all admitted to Photo Art Studio of Youth
In the May and September program of The Shade Photo Magazine (Hungarian TV2) he introduced some of his self designed cameras and the photos made by them.
In 1999 he won the József Pécsi Photo Art Scholarship of the National Cultural Heritage Ministry for the first time. In this period he made mainly panorama pictures by camera oscura and built cone camera variations.
He held lectures on pinhole camera photography on the International Light Symposium II. in Eger, where he became a founding member of the International Kepes Society.
He led a special photography course for architect students on the Hungarian Technical University In 2000 he participated in an international workshop as a consultant, which was organised for foreign architect students by Hungarian architect students on the territory of Komárom fortress system.
He paints and exhibits oil and acryl pictures in Germany together with his artist brother.
In 2001 he exhibits large cone pictures and photoanamorphosyses as well on the account of the scond year scholarship exhibition of József Pécsi Photo Art Scholarship. Since 2001 he has worked together with Bolt Photo Gallery.

EXHIBITIONS:

1997 Introduction Exhibition of TEKODEMA. Youth House Eger (H)
1998 JAZZ Galéria Budafok (H)
1998 Mediawave, Püspökvár, Gyôr (H)
1998 Mesiac Fotografie Slovensko / Month of Photography /,
         Hungarian Cultural Centre Bratislava(Slovakia)
1998 Heimat Festival, Freristadt Austria
1998 II. National Photo Week
         Szent István Bazilika, (With Lugosi Lugo László) Budapest (H)
1998 National Photo Weeks
         Trafó Contemporary Arts House, exhibition XXL Budapest (H)
1998 II. International Light Symposium
         Contemporary Photography, County Arts Centre Eger (H)
1999 XII. Photobiennale in Esztergom, Rondella Gallery Esztergom (H)
1999 Hungarian Photography Museum, (Photobiennale in Esztergom) Kecskemét (H)
1999 Fotóhónap, (Photobiennale in Esztergom) Soave (I)
1999 Budapest Gallery (Photobiennale in Esztergom) Budapest (H)
1999 Photography awards József Pécsi's
         House of Hungarian Photographers Budapest (H)
2000 Institut Français de Budapes
          ( 1 IMAGES - 71 IMAGES ) CHP Collection of Bolt Gallery Budapest (H)
2000 The pictures of The 12th Photography Biennial Festival in
         Esztergom were also exhibited: Hungarian Phototgraphy Museum Kecskemét (H)
2000 Photo Month, Soave (Italy)
2000 Budapest Gallery Budapest (H)
2001 Galerie - Photo - Monntpellier
         Comtemporary Hungarian Photography
         ( 1 IMAGES - 71 IMAGES ) CHP Collection of Bolt Gallery Monntpellier ( F )
2001 Gallery Vrais Reves XXS & XXL « Jeno » ( Expo of Bolt Gallery )
         Balázs TELEK, András BARANYAY, Péter BÁNYAY, Balázs CZEIZEL,
         Imre DRÉGELY, Enikô GÁBOR, József HAJDÚ, Péter HERENDI,
         Jeno DETVAY,Barna ILLÉS, Péter KECSKÉS, Mari MAHR,
         István SOLTÉSZ, Magdi VÉKÁS, Lyon ( F )
2001 House of Hungarian Photographers Budapest(H)
2001 100 years of the hungarian photography, „A Magyar tekintet" Palais Royal Paris (F )
2001 Espace d`art contemporain Voutes du Port de ROYAN (expo of Bolt gallery )
         Péter HERENDI, Balázs CZEIZEL, Barna ILLÉS,
         Imre DRÉGELY, Balázs TELEK, Enikô GÁBOR, Royan ( F )

INDIVIDUAL PUBLICATIONS:

Balázs TELEK: As Many Photos as Cameras.
          Photography, Budapest (H) 1999. 2nd issue
Balázs TELEK: Adventures in the Dark Room.
          Catalogue of the 2nd International Light Symposium, Eger (H) 2000

SELECTION FROM THE LITERATURE:

1994 László Lugosi Lugo: Let's Take Pictures with Pinhole Camera. Photo, Budapest, 191st issue
1997 Miklós Gulyás: Tekodema. Ghost Image, Budapest, 1997. 2nd -3rd issues
1998 Imre Benk_ - Gergely Rónai: (Prologue and Epilogue) Tekodema catalogue. Hungarian Cultural
         Centre, Pozsony (Slovakia)
2000 Károly Szûcs: End Millennium Photography and Modernity. Balkon, Budapest, 2000.
         7th-8th issues
2000 László Fábián: Sharp Picture in the Depth of Darkness. Catalogue of the 12th
         Photography Biennal in Esztergom

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

1996-1997 Scholarship Of Hungarian Republic
1997 Endre HORVÁTH Scholarship
1999 Fine- and Photo Art Competition " The 150 years old Chain Bridge",
          photo category award, Budapest (H)
2000 The 9th Fall Exhibition in Szécsény - Award of Balassagyarmat City Government (H)
2000 The 12th Photography Biennial Festival in Esztergom (Camera Obscura)
          shared main price (with Enikô_ GÁBOR)
1999-2001 The National Cultural Heritage Ministry, József PÉCSI Photo Art Scholarship