Born: 1979, Banská Bystrica
Address: Radvanská 5, 974 01 Banská Bystrica
EDUCATION
2011- 2014 Post - Graduate Studies, Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Bratislava, Department of Drawing, Doc. Bubán
2005- 2011 Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Bratislava, Department of Painting, Studio IV., Prof. Ivan Csudai
1995 – 1996 Crested Butte Academy, Crested Butte,Colorado, USA
AWARDS
2014 VÚB Prize for Painting - 2. Place
2014 finalist, NOVUM Art Award
2013 finalist, VÚB Prize for Painting 2013
2012 finalist, VÚB Prize for Painting 2012
2011 finalist, VÚB Prize for Painting 2011
2010 HENKEL Art Award, Nomination for Slovak Republic
COLLECTIONS
Bratislava City Gallery, Slovak National gallery, Galerie Klatovy - Klenová (CZ)
Private collections in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dennmark, France, Germany, USA and Russia.
WORKSHOPS
ÁNO LINO, 2015, Banská St a nica, Banská Štiavnica, 11.9. - 20. 9. 2015
RESIDENCY
Jednota project, Kunstdorf Dúbravica, Slovakia, 3. 6. - 25.6. 2017, 6.5. - 3.6. 2018
ESAC, Český Krumlov (CZ), 6.5. - 30. 5. 2019
EXHIBITIONS
Individual
Going Inside, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, 11. 2. - 9. 5. 2021
Would You Cut Your Neighours Tree Roots?, Galerie Dolu Michal, Ostrava (CZ), 13.10 - 31.10. 2020
Dystopian Prophecy, Magna gallery, Piešťany, 2.7. - 29. 8. 2020
Zeitgeist, Soga Art Auction House, Bratislava, 14. 1. - 28. 1. 2020
Data Obesity, Hotdock project space, Bratislava, 13.12. - 10. 1. 2020
The Whole World Can Be Plasticized, Industra Art, Brno (CZ), 17. 1. - 28. 2. 2019
At Beginning There Was Egg (performance), galerie Garáž, Zlín (CZ), 8.12. 2018
Grotto, Nástupište 1 - 12, Topoľčany, 21.9. - 16. 10. 2018
Shitty Times, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, (CZ), 11.8. - 20.9. 2018
Jednota project, Kunstdorf Dúbravica, 2.6. 2018 - ?
Wunderbaum (intervention), Slovak National Gallery, 9.12. 2017 - 15.1. 2018
Jednota project, Kunstdorf Dúbravica, 24.6. 2017 - ?
Ceteris Paribus, Zoya Gallery, Bratislava, 20.4.- 30. 5. 2017
Odmäk, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, 16.12 - 21.1. 2017
Existencial Boredom (with Jakub Janovský), PRFR, Bratislava, 30. 6. - 31. 7.2016
Matej Fabian SOLO PROJEKT, Depo Gallery, Prague (CZ), 22.10. - 8. 12. 2016
PERSONAE (with Jakub Janovský), NoD Gallery, Prague (CZ), 17. 5. - 20. 6. 2016
System Error, Atelier XIII., Bratislava, 26. 2. 2016 - 22. 4. 2016
Carnival Is Over, Levoča City Gallery, Levoča, 8. 2. 2016 - 11. 3. 2016
Hostile Takeover, Beastro Bar, Bratislava, 11. 11. 2015 - 25. 11. 2015
Rozšírenie bitevného poľa, Soga Art Auction House, Bratislava, 23.6. 2014 – 13.7. 2014
Na kosť, Berlínskej model, Prague (CZ), 15.1. 2014
Polčas rozpadu?, Artotéka, Bratislava, 12.3 – 26.4. 2013
TERMOVISION, Kabinet T. Gallery, Zlín, (CZ), 21. 3. 2012 - 20. 4. 2012
Lone Wolf, Cub and World Champion (with K. Janečková and A. Dúbravský), Soga Art Auction House, Bratislava, 14. 2. 2012 – 29.2. 2012
Fear of the Dark, Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 27.1. 2012 – 1.3. 2012
NEW FACE IN HELL, Hangár Tranzit Studios, Bratislava, 6.5. 2010 – 6.6. 2010
Release the bats, Enter gallery, Bratislava, 11.2. 2010 – 28.2. 2010
Group Exhibitions
All Our Failings Exposed, Dot Gallery, Bratislava, 9.12 - 21.1. 2018
Winter is Coming, Temporary Parapet, Bratislava, 5.12 - 5.1. 2018
Hard Boiled School- Contemporary Graphics, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 20.7.- 29.10. 2017
GruppenSIX, Beastro Bar, 30.12. 2016 - 24.1. 2017
Kunstverein Selection, PRFR, Bratislava, 25.11. - 26. 11. 2016
Slovenská. NEW GENERATION, Gallerie d´ Italia, Milan (IT), 8.9. - 23. 10. 2016
Ten Years of Painting, Eastern- Slovakian Gallery, Košice, 21.1. - 28. 2. 2016
Beauty Free Shop, Meet Factory, Prague (CZ), 13. 11. - 12 .1. 2016
Ten Years of Painting, Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, 29.9.- 22. 11. 2015
Ten Years of Painting, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica 29. 7. - 13. 9. 2015
Painting – Prize of VÚB Foundation for Young Artists, 2014, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, 14. 11. - 21. 12. 2014
New Perspectives: Young Slovak Artists, Stilwerk- Design Tower, Vienna (AT), 22.10 - 22.11. 2014
One Step Forward Vol. 3, Industrial Gallery, Ostrava (CZ), 9.9. 2014 – 10. 10. 2014
Boys, Girls, Dogs and 12 Monkeys (with Boleslav Boška), Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov (CZ), 3.5. 2014 – 30. 6. 2014
Figura Obscura, 2014, SVÚ Gallery – Umelka, Bratislava, 5.3.2014 -23.3. 2014
Crossovers, 2013, Ego Gallery, Bratislava, 22.11. 2013- 1.12. 2013
Painting – Prize of VÚB Foundation for Young Artists, 2013, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, 15.11. 2013 – 18.12. 2013
One Step Forward Vol. 2, The Brno House of Arts, Brno (CZ), 17.5. – 14. 6. 2013
ARTELERIA, House of Arts, Bratislava, 9.5. - 30.5. 2013
Painting – Prize of VÚB Foundation for Young Artists, 2012, Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic Hall, Bratislava 16.11.2011 – 18.12.2012
A Mad Collector's Flat, Artbanka Museum of Young Art, Praha (CZ), 16. 4. - 31. 10 2012
STIGMATA, COOLTOUR Gallery, Ostrava (CZ), 25.4. - 31.5. 2012
Young See It Different – Prize VÚB for Painting, 2011, Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic Hall, Bratislava, 25.11.2011 – 22.12.2011
No Borders - Appeal To Heaven, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague (CZ), 11.11 2011 – 22.12.2011
Consistent , Orava Gallery, Dolný Kubín, 8. 9. 2011 — 06.11.2011
Boyband, Nitrianska galéria - Youth Gallery, Nitra, 7.9.2011 - 30.10.2011
U 102, KROKUS Gallery / Space PS, Bratislava, 1.7 – 7.7. 2011
AFAD Masters Diploma Works 2011, House of Arts, Bratislava 1. 6. – 28. 6. 2011
„217“ Center - the Bitch Zone, Enter Gallery, Bratislava 4.4. 2011 – 30. 4. 2011
DAMBUSTERS, SNG and Živa Gallery, Zvolen, 10.1. 2011 – 28.1. 2011
Young Slovak Painting – Acquisitions Bratislava City Gallery ( 2006 – 2010), Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, 2. 9. 2010 - 24. 10. 2010
Treffpunkt, Spiš Regional Gallery, Spišská Nová Ves, 8.7. 2010 – 19.9. 2010
Young Ass, Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 2. 7. 2010 – 3. 9. 2010
Vipzone Art Now 2010, Kulturpark Kasárne, Košice, 25. 6. 2010
ONE STEP FORWARD, Medium Gallery, Bratislava 30.4. 2010 – 23. 5. 2010
PARALLELS, Paintings from AFAD Bratislava and Hungarian University of Fine Arts Budapest, Barcsay Exhibition Hall Budapest (HU), 28.1. 2010 – 12. 2. 2010
17.11. 2009 Concert For Those Who Mind, PKO, Bratislava 17.11. 2009
AFAD Up/to/Date, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, 23.9. 2009 – 11.10. 2009
SMALL SCALE II.,Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 2.7.2009 – 30.9. 2009
We are so small, 2 dollars all..., Bastart contemporary, Bratislava, 2.5. 2008 - 10.5. 2008
VŠVU/ VŠUP, VŠUP Gallery, Prague (CZ), 6.5. 2008 – 31.5. 2008
SMALL SCALE, Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 22.11.2007- 14.01.2008
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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