Márti Sipos
Founder / Director
After working in NGOs and civil society organisations for about a decade previous Márti co-founded BARTR in 2016, motivated to strengthen local ties between culture and civil society. Along with Kate she directs and manages the program design and execution each session, working closely with residents, local partners, and other contributing bodies.
Lucia Udvardyova
Audio / Sound Art Program
Lucia is a journalist, curator and sound artist. She is co-founder of Easterndaze, a project that documents underground music cultures in Central and Eastern Europe and electronic record label Baba Vanga. She has written extensively on culture, society and art in the Central and East European region.
Ricsi Orosz
Print / Media Program
Ricsi Orosz is a painter, printmaker, designer, and founding member of 1000% street art collective and Vulkan studio. As a printmaker, he works primarily with silkscreen and holds the print-focussed workshops.
WHO WE ARE
Atilla Stark
Print / Media Program
Atilla Stark is an illustrator, painter and graphic designer. His body of work includes paintings, posters, comics, films and books, sometimes published under the name Kulo or Kulo City. He is founding member of 1000%, a well-known artist collective with origins in street art.
Judit Peter
Print / Media Program
Judit Peter is the curator and founder of Budapest-based Vulkán: an independent gallery, publisher and workshop space, committed to supporting the unique artists working in the underground print, zine, and comic art scene in Central/Eastern Europe and the South Balkan area.
Emilie-Syme-Lamont
Program Coordinator / Assistant Curator
Emilie Syme-Lamont is a multimedia artist from Melbourne, Australia. She joins us as artist liaison, program coordinator, and assistant curator. Her own work is held in private collections in Australia, the USA, and Europe, and in the National Art School Archives in Sydney.
Kate Syme-Lamont
Founder / Director
Kate co-founded BARTR after working closely with local cultural centres since migrating to Budapest in 2012. Along with Márti she directs and manages the program design and execution each session, working closely with residents, local partners, and other contributing bodies.
Peter Márton
Audio / Sound Art Program
Peter is an experimental sound artist, instrument builder, and synth building instructor at Pecs University. He has played widely at festivals, technivals, exhibitions and clubs throughout Europe.
Árpi Szigeti
Print / Media Program
Árpi Szigeti is a printmaker, publisher, painter, and designer. He founded the first risograph studio in Budapest, Hurrikan Press, where he prints limited edition pamphlets, zines, comics, and books.