Selected Exhibitions:
Solo:
2014 “LED Type: Sins of Nationalist Love” Space Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 “Places in Transition / Indexes of Metamorphed Zones” Duo Transitioners, Zilina, Slovakia
2013 “Agents of Knowledge” Kronika Gallery, Bytom, Poland
2013 “Ending Better than Death” by Clakula Duo, Kytka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 “Open Sources” Cyprian Majernik Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 “Out and Up to Date” Outdoor Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2009 “Traumwerk” Museum of Art in Zilina, Slovakia
2008 „CSSL - Czechoslovakia Second Life“ Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 „CSSL - Czechoslovakia Second Life“ Interactive happening, Gallery Hit in Bratislava and at Gallery in Valuta City in the virtual world Second Life
Duo Clakula:
2014 “Love Machine” Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Ending Better than Death” Kytka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 “Real Emotions”, Cluj, Romania
Group:
2015 “Project Metropolis: Final Exhibition", Silesian Museum, Katowice, Poland
2014 “Manual for Greenpoint”, Art in Odd Places Festival, New York City, USA
2014 “Salon of Young Contemporary Art” City Museum of Art, Zlin, Czech Republic
2014 “Manuals for Public Space” Nitra, Slovakia
2013 “6th Prague Biennial of Contemporary Art” Prague, Czech Republic
2013 “Triennial of Contemporary Image” Košice, Slovakia
2013 “Transitioners” Žilina, Slovakia
2013 “Proč jsme tady” Nová Gallery, Třeboň, Czech Republic
2013 “Manuals for Public Space” Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, TX, USA
2012 “Real Emotions” Cluj, Romania
2012 “Home Sweet Potato II”, galéria Médium, Bratislava
2012 “Oskára Čepan Award” Gallery of the Slovak Artist Union, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 "Paradise Hunters" Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 “Voices From The Center” threewalls Gallery, Chicago, USA
2011 “Pattern Recognition” Axiom Gallery, Boston, USA
2011 “Byte Culture” The Pozen Center, Cyberarts Festival, Boston, USA
2010 “Spaces Z(i)lin(a)” City Museum of Art, Zlin, Czech Republic
2010 “Spaces Z(i)lin(a)” Museum of Art Zilina, Slovakia
2010 “Path to the ground” - Axiom Gallery, Boston, USA
2009 “Web-site-specific” Gallery Bunker, Nitra, Slovakia
2008 “Mi Lesz Ezutan” Picnic Festival, Esztergom, Hungary
2007 “I Have a Dream … za plotom (beyond the fence)” Embassy of the USA, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 „It has never been better“ Stanica Zariecie, Zilina, Slovakia
Workshops/performances/happenings:
2015 “Manuals for Public Space” English Kills Project, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2015 “Manuals for Public Space” Newtown Creek Alliance, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2014 “Manuals for Public Space” Sunview Luncheonette, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2013 “Manuals for Public Space” Oil & Cotton, Dallas, Texas, USA
2013 “Manuals for Public Space” Oil & Cotton, Dallas, Texas, USA
2013 “Manuals for Public Space” Lawn School, NURTUREart, New York City, USA
2013 “Manuals for Public Space” Cyberarts gallery, Boston, USA
Presentations / Public Talk:
2015 "Beyond Instructions in Art" National Museum Krakow
2014 “Pecha Kucha Night”, Stanica Cultural Center, Zilina
2014 “Critical Practices: PI.LTR: “On Public Space and the Commons” In collaboration with Tal Beery member of The Yes Men
2013 “Make Art with Purpose Panel” 360 speaker series, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, USA
2013 “Artist Talk: Matej Vakula” Multiplace Network Culture Festival, A4 Cultural Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 “Walking Through Urban Spaces” Panel discussion, Gallery Enter, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 “Revolution, Transformation and Identity” Panel discussion, Graham Foundation, Chicago, USA
2008 “Pecha Kucha Night”, Stanica Cultural Center, Zilina
Education
2011 MFA, Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA
2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Art Culture and Technology, Cambridge, USA
2008 MFA in Interrelated Media and Multimedia Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
Residency: Autumn Semester 2004 / 2005 Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland
Grants, Schollarships and Residencies:
2015 Jasny Dom Artist in Residence, Imago Mundi Foundation, Krakow, Poland
2015 The Slovak Ministry of Culture Grant, Slovakia
2015 The Slovak Ministry of Culture Grant, Slovakia
2013 The Slovak Ministry of Culture Grant, Slovakia
2013 Visegrad Artist In Residence Grant, Kronika Gallery, Bytom, Poland
2011 - 2009 Fulbright Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA
2011 - 2010 “Studenti do sveta” Tatra Bank Slovakia Foundation Grant
2005 - 2004 Erasmus Fellowship, Academy of Fine arts in Poznan, Poland
Discussion/Lecture organizing:
2013 Joe Davis: "Ethics of Bio Art", Enter Gallery, Bratislava
2013 Janeil Engelstad: "Urbanism, Politics and Social Change as Sites of Practice", Enter Gallery, Bratislava
2012(new) media and creative activism 1: Dana Moser (USA), Enter Gallery, Bratislava
2012(new) media and creative activism 2: Milan Kohout (Czech Republic/USA), Enter Gallery, Bratislava
2012(new) media and creative activism 3: Johannes Grenzfurthner (Austria), Monochrom: "Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market", Enter Gallery, Bratislava
2012(new) media and creative activism 4: Inga Lindarenka (Belarus): "Magazine 34 and activism in Belarus", Enter Gallery, Bratislava
Critical Writing:
2012 "Profil Magazine of Contemporary Art" #3, 2012, "Interviews from the Center"
2011 “Flash Art” #6, Czech and Slovak Edition, 22. december 2011, “Memory kontrol”
Curating:
2011 Jakub Adamec & Magda Janczuk: “Something Over the Rainbow”, Kasarne Kulturpark, Kosice City, Slovakia
2009 Jakub Adamec & Magda Janczuk: “Something Over the Rainbow”, Stanica Gallery, Zilina, Slovakia
2007 “It has never been Better” International public art exhibition, Zilina City, Slovakia, Stanica Cultural Center
Selected biography, Press:
"Hyperallergic.com" June 8th 2015 "8 Artists to Watch from the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios"
“Salon.com” October 6th 2014, “This Couple Created a Machine to Measure the Strength of Long Distace Love”
“Daily Mail UK” October 10th 2014, “Can You Really Measure Love?”
“ARTslant” November 28, 2011 “When the Wall Fell” Chicago, USA
“Art Margins Magazine” October 30, 2011, Chicago, USA
“Weekly Dig” June 23, 2010, Boston, USA
“Flash Art” Czech and Slovak Edition, June 2009, “Art and Ecology”, Czech Republic & Slovakia
“Flash Art” Czech and Slovak Edition, June 2009, “Web-site-specific”, Czech Republic & Slovakia
“Artycok TV”, April 10, 2009, Prague/Bratislava, “Traumwerk”, Czech Republic and Slovakia
“Slovak National Television”, March 2009, Slovakia
“The News Agency of the Slovak Republic”, June 12, 2008, Bratislava „CSSL - Czechoslovakia Second Life“, Slovakia
“Culture SME online”, 12. June 2008, Bratislava „CSSL - Czechoslovakia Second Life“, Slovakia
“Slovak National Television”, Daily news, April 2007, “I Have a Dream … za plotom (beyond the fence)”, Slovakia
“Flash Art” No. 3, 4 December 2006, “Art Market CZ/SK?”, Slovakia
Creative Development:
Since 1996 – graffiti, street art, new media public art, digital art, politically and socially engaged art. Works usually connected to a site and situation and science.
Interests:
social change, ecology/nature, culture, philosophy, traveling, meeting people, literature, music, film
Professional experiences:
2012 - 2013: Curator and lecture organiser at Gallery Enter in Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 - 2013: Teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 - 2009: Teaching Assistant at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA
2011 - 2009: Digital Media Instructor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA
2009 - 2008: Gallery Curator and Exhibition assistant at the Gallery in Stanica, Zilina, Slovakia
2009 - 2008: Computer Graphics teacher at the University of Zilina and Private school of applied arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
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