DÓRA BENYÓ

Dóra Benyó (b. 1989, Hungary) lives and works between Brussels and The Hague. Her practice spans painting, video, and performance, drawing on personal and political narratives to explore memory, family histories, and Hungary’s dictatorial past.

Benyó has had solo exhibitions at de boer, Antwerp; The Wunderwall at Gallery Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp; SECONDroom, Antwerp; The Platform, Antwerp; uqbar projectspace, Berlin; AQB Institute, Budapest; and 76,4, Brussels. Group exhibitions include presentations at de boer, Los Angeles and Antwerp; Klauzál 6 projekt space, Budapest; Art Au Centre, Liège; Ada Ventura, Brussels; Red Herring Salon, Antwerp; Gallery Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam; and RAAR, Rotterdam.

Benyó has completed residencies in Berlin, Budapest, Skagaströnd, Amsterdam, and Tsarino, and has received support from the Mondriaan Fund. She received an MFA from Sint Lukas, LUCA School of the Arts, Brussels, and a BFA from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest.



Selected Works

Dóra Benyó
Searching For My Grandfather – Lelki Vágás (Inner Cut), 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas
66⅞ x 70⅞ in. / 170 x 180 cm

Dóra Benyó
Hidden Signs, 2020
oil and acrylic on canvas
39⅜ x 47¼ in. / 100.00 x 120.00 cm

Dóra Benyó
Hősök terén (At Heroes’ Square), 2024
gouache and egg tempera on paper
11¾ x 15¾ in. / 30.00 x 40.00 cm
15⅜ x 19¼ in. (framed) / 39.00 x 49.00 cm (framed)

Dóra Benyó
Hasonló események (Similar events), 2024
gouache and egg tempera on paper
11¾ x 15¾ in. / 30.00 x 40.00 cm
15⅜ x 19¼ in. (framed) / 39.00 x 49.00 cm (framed)

Dóra Benyó
Mező (Meadow), 2020
oil and acrylic on canvas
59 x 39⅜ in. / 150.00 x 100.00 cm

Dóra Benyó
Searching For My Grandfather - Ott a kék, a remény (There is the blue, the hope), 2024
oil and acrylic on canvas
63 x 47¼ in. / 160.00 x 120.00 cm

Dóra Benyó
Pihenő Ásók (Resting shovels), 2025
oil and acrylic on canvas
21⅝ x 27½ in. / 55.00 x 70.00 cm

Dóra Benyó
Csizma tér (Bootsquare), 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
39⅜ x 59 in. / 100.00 x 150.00 cm

Dóra Benyó
Searching For My Grandfather – negatív (negative), 2025
oil, acrylic, and plaster on canvas
49¼ x 100⅜ in. / 125 x 255 cm


EXHIBITIONS

Dóra Benyó: Gestures of Ability
December 12, 2025 – January 31, 2026
de boer | Antwerp

INSTALLATION VIEWS