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bio
born in humenne, slovakia
works in addis ababa / humenne

education
2007 - 2008 rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten amsterdam, netherlands
1996 - 2003 ma, silesian university, opava, czech republic

solo shows [selection]
2022 justice construction, nova synagoga, zilina, slovakia
2017 ukrainian tango, wiels, brussels, belgium
2016 khroniky, krokus gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2015 from room to roam, albumarte, rome italy
2014 animal imago, images vevey, switzerland
2013 chuanita diary, krokus gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2011 old school (with alice nikitinova), billytown, den haag, netherlands
2010 open studio, heppen transfer, warszawa, poland
2010 an african thunderstorm, lumen gallery, budapest, hungary
2009 unofficial, donumenta, regensburg, germany
2009 leftovers, funkeho kolin, czech republic
2009 unofficial, leica gallery, frankfurt, germany
2009 why bandits run faster than policemen?, heppen transfer, warszawa, poland
2008 unofficial, tresor / kunstforum, vienna, austria
2008 unofficial, stanica, zilina, slovakia
2008 unofficial, open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2008 unofficial, visual gallery, photokina, cologne, germany
2008 unofficial, palazzo delle esposizioni, rome italy
2006 instant women, art hall gallery, tallinn, estonia
2006 instant women, galleri london, uppsala, sweden
2005 peripheries, funkeho kolin, czech republic
2005 instant women, prague house of photography, praha, czech republic
2005 instant women, photosynkyria 2005, thessaloniki, greece
2004 slovakia 003, gallery fiducia, ostrava, czech republic
2003 slovakia 003, month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2003 egon bondy, artforum, bratislava, slovakia
2001 hospital, gallery opera myrona, ostrava, czech republic
2000 cosmic kids, small show room, liberec, czech republic
2000 about myself, house of photography, poprad, slovakia

group shows [selection]
2022 archaeologists of memory, the art museum of estonia, talinn, estonia
2022 land of the few and far between, billytown, den haag, nl
2022 the influencing machine, zamek ujazdowski, warszawa, poland
2022 greatest hits, ekkm, tallinn, estonia
2019 the influencing machine, nicodim gallery, bucharest, romania
2019 liquid horizons, tranzit.sk, bratislava, slovakia
2019 camera lucida, das weisse haus, vienna, austria
2018 politics of truth - part ii: observation, etc. galerie, prague, czech republic
2017 centralna, srodkowo-wschodnia, galeria arsenal, bialystok, poland
2017 something stronger than me, wiels, brussels, belgium
2017 facts and clarifications, national library, riga, latvia
2017 double coding, mudam, luxembourg
2017 childhood dream, galeria arsenal, bialystok, poland
2016 strategies and tactics, galerija kortil, croatia
2016 two worlds, belgrade cultural centre, serbia
2016 exhibition posture, contemporary art space, batumi, georgia
2016 d.art, mechelen, belgium
2016 faces, centro centro, madrid, spain
2015 subjective female documentalists, galeria arsenal, bialystok, poland
2015 summer show, krokus gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2015 ex & post, australian centre for photography, sydney, australia
2015 faces now, nederlands fotomuseum, rotterdam, netherlands
2015 do you hear me?, fotodok, utrecht, netherlands
2015 private nationalism, open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2015 faces now, european portrait photography since 1990, bozar, brussels, belgium
2015 art has no alternative, tranzit.sk, bratislava, slovakia
2014 krehky, mikulov, czech republic
2014 best photobooks of the year, photo espana, madrid, spain
2014 undercover, museum of contemporary art erarta, st. petersburg, russia
2013 what remains, bwa sokol, nowy sacz, poland
2013 prague biennale, czech republic
2013 limits of fashion, bunkier sztuki, krakow, poland
2012 drifting identities, ksak-center for contemporary art, chisinau, moldova
2012 design week, bratislava, slovakia
2012 each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins, undisclosed location, utah, usa
2012 on migration, photo ireland, dublin, ireland
2012 cantastoria, utah museum of contemporary art, usa
2012 zero years, modem - centre for modern and contemporary art, debrecen, hungary
2012 picturing the difference, fotofestiwal, lodz, poland
2011 zooom! decoding common practice, art miami, miami, usa
2011 labour show, visual culture research centre / national university of kyiv-mohyla academy, kyiv, ukraine
2011 bad society, memory kontrol, zilina, slovakia
2011 bodytalks - videoart & cinedans in public space, maastricht, netherlands
2011 galicia: topographies of myth / lost stories, bwa sokol, nowy sacz, poland
2011 zero years, museum of arts, zilina, slovakia
2011 view to the lichthof, modem - centre for modern and contemporary art, debrecen, hungary
2011 wij zullen doorgaan, museum het dolhuys, haarlem, netherlands
2011 disarming, galeria cypriana majernika, bratislava, slovakia
2011 identity bluffs, stedelijk museum bureau amsterdam, amsterdam, the netherlands
2011 flashbulb memory, studio gallery, budapest, hungary
2011 home edition, stredoslovenska galeria, banska bystrica, slovakia
2010 monumentalism: history and national identity in contemporary art, stedelijk museum, amsterdam, the netherlands
2010 yeasty medium - slovak photography 1990-2010, month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2010 bless my homeland forever, i, too, will try to forget..., kunsthalle exnergasse, vienna, austria
2010 the heat, meet factory, prague, czech republic
2010 over the counter - economy in post-socialist art, mucsarnok / kunsthalle, budapest, hungary
2010 this is our time, michael stevenson, cape town, south africa
2010 the good old days, aarhus kunstbygning, denmark
2010 the romance of my young days, the future of my nostalgia, stredoslovenska galeria, banska bystrica, slovakia
2010 quickscan nl#01, nederlands fotomuseum, rotterdam, netherlands
2009 communism never happened, feinkost, berlin, germany
2009 new history, kharkov art museum, ukraine
2009 art works, prague biennale, czech republic
2009 skuter 2, jan koniarek gallery, trnava, slovak republic
2008 open ateliers, rijksakademie, amsterdam, the netherlands
2008 beyond the walls, noorderlicht festival, fries museum, leeuwarden, netherlands
2007 open ateliers, rijksakademie, amsterdam, the netherlands
2007 egon bondy, tranzit, bratislava, slovakia
2007 oskar cepan award, galeria medium, bratislava, slovakia
2007 facelift, air gallery, new york, usa
2007 glocal girls, prague biennale, praha, czech republic
2006 2nd international biennial of young artists / art is always somewhere else, bucharest, romania
2006 henkel art award, ba-ca kunstforum, wien, austria
2006 arrivals > slovakia, turner contemporary, margate, england
2006 urban condition, museum de paviljoens, almere, the netherlands
2006 last and lost, literaturhaus munchen, germany
2005 001 - slovakia - 005, month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2005 neat, kogart gallery, budapest, hungary
2005 i image, dorottya gallery, budapest, hungary
2005 private women, international festival of photography in lodz, poland
2004 instant europe, villa manin centro d'arte contemporanea, italy
2004 joop swart masterclass 2004, foam, amsterdam , the netherlands
2004 breakthrough, grote kerk den haag, netherlands
2004 interrupted image, stredoslovenska galeria, banska bystrica, slovakia
2004 slovak photography, fotohof, salzburg, austria
2004 distance, institute of contemporary arts, dunaujvaros, hungary
2003 glokality, open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2003 photo biennale, art museum, imatra, finland
2003 privat frei, open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2003 stadt im sicht, kunstlerhaus, wien, austria
2002 confrontations, prague house of photography, prague, czech republic
2002 czech and slovak photography 1980-2000, museum of arts, olomouc, czech republic
2001 young slovak photography, internationale fototage, herten, germany
2001 four elements, nod, praha, czech republic

festivals & screenings & performances
2022 bajka, sculpture garden, geneve, ch
2022 bajka, norient film festival, bern, ch
2021 dole, festival kiosk, zilina, sk
2021 dole, schaubmarov mlyn, sng, pezinok, sk
2020 videoclub, idfa x stedelijk, stedelijk museum, amsterdam, nl
2018 politics of truth II – observation, etc gallery, prague, cz
2018 bajka, das kino, salzburg, at
2017 songs for random family, wiels, brussels, be
2017 bajka, cinema nova, brussels, be
2017 bajka, cinema spoutnik, geneva, ch
2016 jihlava documentary film festival, cz
2016 bratislava film festival, slovakia
2016 centre for contemporary arts, glasgow, scottland
2016 the laughing bell / muckle mouth, london, uk
2013 museumnacht, filmmuseum, dusseldorf, germany
2013 there must be order, ex elettrofonica, milan, italy
2013 la nuit instant, marseille, france
2013 there must be order, via farini, milan, italy
2012 now & after 12, moscow museum of modern art, russia
2012 international short film festival, oberhausen, germany
2012 new codes / athens video art festival, greece
2011 the recent history of daily utopias, werkstattkino, munich, germany
2009 lost & found, waag society, amsterdam, the netherlands
2009 directors lounge, berlin, germany

awards
2021 radio head awards, slovakia
2013 vevey international photography prize, jury special award, switzerland
2009 tatra banka art award, slovakia
2008 european central bank photography award, germany
2008 oskar barnack award, germany
2007 oskar cepan / yvaa award, slovakia
2007 baume & mercier award, italy
2004 mio photo award - kasahara michiko prize, japan

collections
mudam, lu
stedelijk museum, amsterdam, nl
rijksakademie artists' endowment fund, amsterdam, nl
rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, amsterdam, nl
slovak national gallery, bratislava, sk
bratislava city gallery, bratislava, sk

residencies
2016 wiels, brussels, belgium
2015 triangle arts association, new york, usa
2011 dcr guest studio, den haag, netherlands
2010 heppen transfer, warszawa, poland
2010 ph budapest, hungary
2009 udk berlin / karl hofer gesellschaft, berlin, germany
2008 international studio & curatorial program (iscp), new york, usa
2007-2008 rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, amsterdam, netherlands
2004 kunstlerhaus schloss wiepersdorf, germany
2003 kulturkontakt, vienna, austria

lectures / presentations
2023 work in context international symposium of central european photography, mome, budapest, hungary
2018 under the red line, faculty of arts, kosice, slovakia
2018 spe annual conference - uncertain times: borders, refuge, community, nationhood, philadelphia, usa
2016 4th international conference of photography & theory (ICPT2016), nicosia, cyprus
2016 khroniky, the 8th floor, new york, usa
2016 khroniky, the ukrainian studies program at the harriman institute, columbia university, usa
2016 21st century feminist praxes, ontologies and materialities - conference, ceu, budapest, hungary
2015 festival fotorgaf, prague, czech republic
2014 wfmu.org, usa
2014 international studies department, macalester college, usa
2014 famu, prague, czech republic
2014 vsup, prague, czech republic
2013 semiha es symposium, istanbul, turkey
2013 le bal books, paris, france
2012 fotofestiwal, lodz, poland
2011 the archive as project - conference, warszawa, poland
2011 the other side - symposium, bielefeld, germany
2010 vrije academie voor beeldende kunsten, den haag, netherlands
2010 jihlava documentary film festival, jihlava, czech republic
2010 maimano - house of photography, budapest, hungary
2010 aarhus kunstbygning, denmark
2009 exlibris, bratislava, slovakia
2009 film and tv school of the academy of performing arts, prague, czech republic
2009 university of amsterdam, netherlands
2008 format1, praha, czech republic
2008 photo month, krakow, poland
2007 zak gallery, berlin, germany
2006 turner contemporary, margate, united kingdom
2006 galleri kontrast & nätverket brudarna, stockholm, sweden
2006 cork institute of technology, ireland
2006 föreningen galleri london, uppsala, sweden
2005 month of photography, bratislava, slovakia / documentary workshop
2005 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / documentary workshop
2005 truc spherique, žilina, slovakia / documentary workshop
2002 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool
2001 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool
2000 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool

teaching & other activities
2018 workshop, faculty of arts, kosice, slovakia
2016 workshop, university of ostrava, czech republic
2015 visiting professor, famu, prague, czech republic
2014 workshop, famu, prague, czech republic
2011 deutsche borse photography prize - member of academy
2010 deutsche borse photography prize - member of academy
2010 sittcomm.award - jury member
2009 deutsche borse photography prize - member of academy
2008 deutsche borse photography prize - member of academy
2007 deutsche borse photography prize - member of academy
2007 sittcomm.award - jury member
2006 sittcomm.award - jury member
2004 institute for public affairs - jury member