Artist's arttributes:
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Drawing, Interactive installation |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 38 |
| France | 31 |
| Slovakia | 22 |
| Austria | 21 |
| Italy | 14 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Slovakia |
8 |
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gb agency, France |
8 |
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Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Hungary |
4 |
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Galerie Martin Janda, Austria |
4 |
Biography: 
1966 Born in Zilina (SK)
Awards 2010 short-listed for The Hugo Boss Prize, New York
2012 Artist of the Year 2012, Deutsche Bank Prize, Berlin
Lives and works in Bratislava
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 224 
until 20.10.
until 30.6.
until 9.6.
until 2.6.
Solo shows 31
2012
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| Roman Ondák - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris |
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| Roman Ondák - - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (closed, 2013) |
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| Roman Ondák - Within Reach of Hand or Eye - K21 Ständehaus, Dusseldorf |
2011
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| Roman Ondák - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| The Exhibition Vanished without a Trace - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| Time Capsule - Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (England) |
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| Roman Ondák, Eclipse - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento |
2010
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| Roman Ondák - Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg |
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| Shaking Horizo - Villa Arson, Nice |
2009
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| Roman Ondak - Rear Room - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
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| Performance 4: Roman Ondák - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Roman Ondák: Across That Place - Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna |
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| Passengers: 1.10 Roman Ondák - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Measuring the Universe - daadgalerie, Berlin |
2007
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| Roman Ondak | My Summer Shoes Rest in Winter - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
2006
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| Roman Ondák - CAC - Centre d´art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny s/Orge |
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| Roman Ondák - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Level 2 Gallery - Roman Ondŕk - Tate Modern, London (England) |
2005
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| Roman Ondák - Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna |
2004
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| Roman Ondak - Passage, 2004 - Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu |
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| Roman Ondák - Spirit & Opportunity - Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |
2003
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| ROMAN ONDÁK - The Brno House of Arts - Central Building, Brno |
2000
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| Roman Ondák - Knoll Galerie Wien, Vienna |
1999
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| Installation by Roman Ondák - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
1998
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| Roman Ondak - Ekspozycja, installation, drawing - Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
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| Roman Ondak - Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Vienna |
Group shows 189
2013
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| 13 Rooms - Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, NSW |
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| Goldrausch - Gegenwartskunst aus, mit oder über Gold - Villa Merkel - Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen |
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| Now Here is also Nowhere: Part II - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
2012
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| Les référents - Galerie Edouard-Manet, Genevilliers |
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| Goldrausch - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Roesler Hotel # 20 - Lo bueno y lo malo - Galeria Nara Roesler, Săo Paulo |
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| Invisible - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| Documenta (13) - Documenta, Kassel |
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| You Are Now Entering - Centre for Contemporary Art - CCA Derry, Derry (Northern Ireland) |
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| Fremde Überall – Foreigners Everywhere - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Pomeranz Collection - Jüdisches Museum Wien, Vienna |
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| From an object´s point of view - Murray Guy, New York City, NY |
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| Architektonika 2 - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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| Im Raum des Betrachters - Skulptur der gegenwart - Werke aus der Sammlung Moderne Kunst - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| Rearview Mirror: New Art from Central & Eastern Europe - Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta |
2011
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| KONTAKT COLLECTION - Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia |
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| Power to the People - ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC |
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| Eyes Looking For a Head to Inhabit - ms2 – Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz |
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| Eyes Looping for a Head to Inhabit - ms - Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz |
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| September 11 - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis, hommage ŕ Ján Mančuška - Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris |
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| Impossible Community - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow |
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| Group Exhibition - Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
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| Ostalgia - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| 11 Rooms - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| Rearview Mirror - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON |
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| Biennale di Venezia - 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Paysages avec objets absents - Fri Art - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg |
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| Un’Espressione Geografica: Unitŕ e Identitŕ dell’Italia attraverso l’Arte Contemporanea - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin |
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| Tate St Ives Summer Exhibition 2011 - Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (England) |
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| The Other Tradition - WIELS - Centrum voor Hedendaagse kunst, Brussels |
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| Architecture Dessins Utopies - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
2010
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| Hole In The Flow - Hunt Kastner Artworks, Prague |
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| Der ideale Ort, um mit der Freiheit unter vier Augen zu sprechen - Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen |
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| Columns - Galerie Desaga, Cologne |
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| Terre Vulnerabili – a growing exhibition - Hangar Bicocca | spazio d’arte contemporanea, Milan |
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| Lunatique - Kadist Art Foundation, Paris |
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| Tendencie grafickej tvorby v 80. a 90. rokoch na Slovensku - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Graphic tendencies in the 80s and 90s in Slovakia - The Slovak Institute in Budapest, Budapest |
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| Taking Place - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| The Moon is an Arrant Thief - The David Roberts Art Foundation, London (England) |
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| Press Art - Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Museum der Moderne - MdM Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| ARTE Y POLITICA : CONFLICTOS Y DISYUNTIVAS - Museo de Arte de Culiacán, Culiacán |
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| 6. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin |
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| Chemin Faisant… A Walk Around the Block - La Ferme du buisson - centre d'art et de curiosités culturelles, Noisiel |
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| Robert Kusmirowski / Roman Ondák - Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples |
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| We have as much time as it takes - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| The Fate of Irony - KAI 10 Raum für Kunst , Dusseldorf |
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| I'm Not Here. An Exhibition Without Francis Al˙s - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| Les Promesses du passé - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Herdefinities - MKGalerie - Rotterdam, Rotterdam |
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| Herdefinities - MKGalerie - Berlin, Berlin |
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| Che cosa sono le nuvole? Werke aus der Sammlung Enea Righi - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Slovenská grafika 20. století - Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové / Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové |
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| Konversationsstücke - Akt II - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
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| Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen - Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn |
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| in the face of spatial grandeur - Circuit, Lausanne |
2009
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| Storia Memoria Identitŕ: fotografia contemporanea dall’Est Europa - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena |
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| GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| the rustle of language - Kaufman Repetto (former galleria francesca kaufmann), Milan |
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| GO EAST II - Mudam Collection supported by KBL European Private Bankers - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| When the Lightness of Poetry - Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Rotterdam |
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| Fleuves - cneai =, Chatou |
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| Fleuves - Gandy Gallery, Bratislava |
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| VOIDS- eine Retrospektive über leere Ausstellungen - Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
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| Die Kunst ist super! - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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| Wake up, Please - Centre d’art contemporain de Quimper - le Quartier, Quimper |
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| Just Around the Corner - La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
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| 53nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Fifty Fifty. Kunst im Dialog mit den 50er-Jahren - Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna |
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| Take the Money and Run - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| The Quick and the Dead - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Performing the East - Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg |
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| Biela Stopa Xyz - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Vides, Une rétrospective - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Aspect Ratio - Tent - Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam |
2008
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| Une Exposition Chorégraphiée - La Ferme du buisson - centre d'art et de curiosités culturelles, Noisiel |
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| Don't Come In, Be Merciful - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| 1960- Sucasnost / Slovenske umenie cesti hoste - City Gallery Prague / Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy, Prague |
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| 8 Bienal de Arte Panama 2008 - - Bienal de Arte Panama, Panama City (closed) |
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| 7th Shanghai Biennale - Translocalmotion - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| Playtime - Bétonsalon, Paris |
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| U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art - U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen |
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| I am never at home - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
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| 111 Works of Art from the SNG collection - Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava |
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| THE MUSEUM AS MEDIUM - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Kontakt... Works from the Art Collection of Erste Bank Group - Institute of Contemporary Art - Dunaújvŕros, Dunaujvaros |
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| Untitle - Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna |
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| Italia italie italien italy wlochy - ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio, Benevento |
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| The World as a Stage - ICA - Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, Boston, MA |
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| Le dernier qui parle - FRAC - Champagne-Ardenne, Reims |
2007
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| Eine choreographierte Ausstellung - Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen |
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| From a distance - Wallspace Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Who remembers where they are from? - Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna |
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| The World as a Stage - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Stardust ou la derničre frontičre - Musée d´art contemporain du Val-de-Marne MAC/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine |
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| F/Stop 1. Internationales Fotografiefestival Leipzig - F/Stop Internationales Fotografiefestival Leipzig, Leipzig |
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| Prague Biennale 3 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| Memorial to the Iraq War - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
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| The Art of Failure - Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel |
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| Alles wird gut - Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg |
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| ANACHRONISM - Argos, Brussels |
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| Rendición Extraordinaria - Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona |
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| Absent Without Leave - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| Crossing Frontiers - Looking for an Artistic Identity in Eastern Europe - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
2006
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| tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage – Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| N(TER)MEDIA(S)RES - Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina |
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| 27° Bienal de Săo Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, Săo Paulo |
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the 20th Century - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| The Show will be open when the show... - Kadist Art Foundation, Paris |
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| Die künstlerische Identitätssuche im östlichen Europa - KOG - Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg |
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| protections - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| Chers amis - Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan |
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| Why Pictures Now - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| I, an exhibition in three acts - Futura, Prague |
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| Runaway - Space (former Galéria Priestor for Contemporary Arts), Bratislava |
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| Wrong - Klosterfelde, Berlin |
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| The World of Museum – The World of Art - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Kontakt - ... aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Universal Experience: arte e vita. Lo sguardo del turista - MART- Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto |
2005
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| Editionen - Pork Salad Press - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
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| After the Fact - Berlin Photography Festival 2005 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| En Attente - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
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| Nach Rokytnik - Die Sammlung der EVN - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Prague Biennale 2 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| Populism - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Populism - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Populism - The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo |
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| Populism - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
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| Do Not Interrupt Your Activities - Royal College of Art Galleries, London (England) |
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| Works on the Edge; A New Selection of the Collection of the Ludwig Múzeum 1 - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Normalization - - Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (closed, 2010) |
2004
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| Instant Europe - Photography and Video from the New Europe - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD) |
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| Cordially invited - in Post CM - Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| Who if not we...? episode 2: Time and again - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Under the Blue Sky - Foundation - Center for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava |
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| Didier Courbot & Roman Ondak - Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan |
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| Ungleiche Platzverteilung - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| Socle du monde - HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning |
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| DENSITÉ ±0 - Fri Art - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg |
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| Eintritt Frei - Bawag Contemporary - Bawag Foundation, Vienna |
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| OPEN / INVITED e v+ a 2004 - ev+a, Limerick |
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| Le proche et le lointain - Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan |
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| Dass die Körper sprechen, auch das wissen wir seit langem. - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
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| Die Zukunft ist nicht, was sie einmal war - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
2003
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| Phalanstčre - CAC - Centre d´art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny s/Orge |
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| Book/Object - Object/Book - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
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| Trautes Heim - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| Art Žilina 2003 - Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina |
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| Prague Biennale 1 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Wir müssen heute noch an Ihr Vorstellungsvermögen appellieren... - Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |
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| Spheres of Valency - City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
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| 4. Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie - Sight.Seeing - - Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie, Graz (closed, 2003) |
2002
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| Nybuvitt - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Awarded Collections from the Exhibitions Contemporary Slovak Graphics 1989 - 1999 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Durchzug - Draft - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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| Mental Shifts - The Young Artists Society - Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) , Oslo |
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| I promise, it´s political - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
2001
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| AUSGETRÄUMT ... - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
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| Slowakische Träume - MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
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| CENTRAL - neue Kunst aus Mitteleuropa - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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| The End of the Last Century - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 8.Triennale Kleinplastik - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach |
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| Z prírastkov 1990 – 2001 / From aquisitions 1990 - 2001 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| skupinová výstava: Slepená intimita - Galerie Jelení - Center for Contemporary Art, Prague |
2000
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| Chinese Whispers - Apexart, New York City, NY |
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| Common Denominator - City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
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| Manifesta3 - Ljubljana - Manifesta - European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam |
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| Guarene Arte 2000 - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin |
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| Slovak Visual Art in 20th Century - Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava |
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| Aspect - Positions - 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949-99 - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| After the Wall - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
1999
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the Nineties - Central House of Artists, Moscow |
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| After the Wall - Art and culture in post-Communist Europe - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Pernament Residency - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
1997
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the Nineties - National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, Kiev |
1996
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| 20 rokov Galérie Jána Koniarka (výstava zo zbierok) - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Manifesta 1- Rotterdam - Manifesta - European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
1993
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No. 12 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika 12 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
Dealer Directory 4 |
Austria
| | Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
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France
Germany
Mexico
| | kurimanzutto, Mexico City
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Collections 10

France
| | Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
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Hungary
| | Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest
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Italy
Luxembourg
| | MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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Slovakia
| | Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica
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| | City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava
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| | Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava
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| | Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava
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| | Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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Catalogs
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