I am a Hungarian puppeteer and interdisciplinaryartist working internationally including in Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and recently, Switzerland and the US. I earned my Master’s degree in puppetry from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest and have received multiple awards, international residencies and fellowships.
I spent several years leading participatory theatre (Theatre in Education) for children across Hungary, providing a space to explore complex issues like mental health, bullying, and healing through creative expression. I have also worked extensively as a performer in the theatre and film industries. Currently, I am developing socially engaged projects in Hungary with Hallókaland that merge puppetry with speech and auditory development for hearing-impaired children.
Photo by Galya Feierman
My recent artistic practice combines puppetry, installation, and performance to examine radicalization in contemporary social contexts. By focusing on how autocratic language, propaganda, and AI-generated content shape collective and individual mindsets, I aim to raise critical awareness of the invisible mechanisms of manipulation and to foreground the autonomy of human cognition. Through material experimentation and local, workshop-based research, I explore how urgent social and political issues can be articulated through specific material processes.
Alongside my artistic practice, I conduct ongoing research into the Japanese puppetry tradition of Bunraku at the Hungarian Academy of Arts, recontextualizing this tradition to better understand and critically analyze the uncanny nature of AI-generated manipulation.
Work Experience
International Institutes AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (JAPAN), FREIE UNGARISCHE BOTSCHAFT (GERMANY), SHINEHOUSE THEATRE/WAN THEATRE (TAIWAN), STIFTUNG BERLINER LEBEN (GERMANY), URBAN NATION MUSEUM BERLIN (GERMANY)
Hungarian Institutes ARANYSZAMÁR THEATRE, BARTÓK STUDIO THEATRE, BUDAPEST PUPPET THEATRE, CIRÓKA PUPPET THEATRE, DANUBIA ORCHESTRA, ERKEL THEATRE, GARDRÓB ART COMPANY, GRIFF PUPPET THEATRE, HALLÓKALAND, HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY, JÁSZAI MARI THEATRE, JURÁNYI HOUSE, KABÓCA PUPPET THEATRE, KÖVÉR BÉLA PUPPET THEATRE, MARGARET ISLAND THEATRE, MANNA PRODUCTION, OPEN CASTING AGENCY, TRAFÓ
Awards & Nominations
Theatre Critics Award nomination, Best Children’s/Youth Theatre Performance, The Prince Who Longs for Immortality (Budapest, Hungary, 2022)
Michel Indali Puppetry Award, founded by Henrik Kemény, Kolibri Festival, Ágacska (Budapest, Hungary, 2020)
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