Gabor Gasztonyi

Gabor Gasztonyi BA, MPA

A professional photographer, author and filmmaker, Gabor Gasztonyi lives in New Westminster with his wife, artist Judith Copland.
His book “A Room in the City”, published by Anvil Press in 2010 with a foreword by Dr. Gabor Mate, was a finalist for the George Ryga Award for Social Justice in Literature and the Alcuin Award for book Design. The book is a photographic journey in the hotel rooms of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
Gabor has had exhibits of his photographic work in Canada and Europe. In 2006 he was awarded the Nikon Prize for photojournalism in BC, the Sony Press Award in 2015 from the Professional Photographers of Canada, and the Award of Excellence, Society of Canadian Artists, Montreal.
In 2016 he won the Nikon Press Award for a second time at the Professional Photographers National Exhibition in Niagara Falls. He won this prestigious award again in 2017 at the National Exhibition in Ottawa. He has also lectured at Emily College University.
Recent exhibitions have included Views from the South Bank II at the Surrey Art Gallery in 2015, featuring photographs of Sudanese immigrants to Canada, and two selected solo exhibits at the Capture Photography Festival in Vancouver. In June 20...

BA Simon Fraser University
MPA Professional Photographers of Canada.

2001 January Photographs, Place des Arts Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
2001 September Caribou: People and the Land, Parkside Center for Arts and Culture, 100 Mile House, BC.
2002 December St. Barnabas: A Place in Pictures, St., Barnabas Anglican
Church, New Westminster, BC.
2003 February Bagatelles 2002, Place des Arts Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
2006 January Cuban Soul, Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2006 July Cobalt Blues, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC. In conjunction with the United Nations Urban Forum held in Vancouver.
2010 Oct. A Room in the City, Photohaus Gallery, Vancouver
2012 July Recent Photographs, Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, BC.
2012 September Wild Rice, Curated by the Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, BC.
2015 Havana In Color Gabor Gasztonyi Studio & Gallery
2017 Hastings: A Second Look Gabor Gasztonyi Studio & Gallery, Capture Photography Festival.
2018 Portraits, Plaskett Gallery New Westminster
Chilcotin Rodeo Gabor Gasztonyi Studio & Gallery, Capture Photography Festival.
2018 Chilotin Rodeo Station H...