ARTIST PROFILE

Boris Sirka

  • Slovakia (b. 1981 in Snina)
  • Currently in Kosice, Slovakia.
  • "Boris Sirka is the most easily recognizable artist among young Slovak painters. His choice of genre and the options he keeps discovering and moving to new levels are the characteristic features of his artwork." art theorist Diana Majdakova

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Powers of Ten, VUNU gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.

2017

  • Fluorescent Minerals, Sopa gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • How I Survived, HIT gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2016

  • Veggie Eco Buddhist Prince Sharing Asia Love With Half–Blood Prince from the Dark Side of the Moon, SODA gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2015

  • ..., finaly!, Atelier XIII, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Leviathan, A4_Space for Contemporary Culture, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Before/After Tsunami, Kabinet Showroom, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Ink Places, Sopa gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.

2014

  • Ink Places, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Fire walk with me, Schemnitz gallery, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia.

2013

  • Found Footage, A.M.180 gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Some Time Ago, PlusMinusZero gallery, Zilina, Slovakia.

2012

  • Ouroboros, Sypka gallery, Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic.
  • Nearly End, Make Up gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.

2011

  • Good Wolf, Bad Mirka, National culture centre, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Aenima, Miskolci Galeria, Miskolc, Hungary.

2010

  • Hurry the dead travel fast, Tabacka Kulturfabrik, Kosice, Slovakia.

2008

  • Boris Sirka, Kressling gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Ko–shicke metro, Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohun, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia.

2017

  • Pribehy (o) smrti, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia.
  • NO GO NO REPLY, Kunsthalle Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Ko–shicke metro, Emil Filla gallery, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Edition 2016, SODA gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Telling Lines - Drawing in slovak contemporary art, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland.

2015

  • Beauty Free Shop, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Slovak Now!, Dvorak Sec Contemporary gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Pretty Painting 2, Pisztory Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2012

  • Discovery of Slowness II, Tranzit studios, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Manifesta 9 Satellite Show, Genk, Genk, Limburg, Belgium.

2011

  • Zero Years, House of Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • ObraSKov – Slovak contemporary painting, Adam Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2009

  • Contemporary drawing, Studio gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Skuter II – biennale of young art, GJK, Trnava, Slovakia.
  • 5. Salon of Young Artists, House of Arts, Zlin, Czech Republic.

2008

  • ITCA 2008_International Triennale of Contemporary Art 08, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1981 in Snina, Slovakia.
  • Lives and works in Kosice, Slovakia.

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    KAIR (Kosice Artist In Residence), A.i.R Wro, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 2014
    KAIR (Kosice Artist In Residence), Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan