ARTIST PROFILE

Matej Fabian

  • Slovakia (b. 1979 in Banská bystrica)
  • Currently in Bratislava, Slovakia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Crash, Kunstdorf Dúbravica, Dúbravica, Slovakia.

2017

  • Wunderbaum (intervention) , Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Clash of Civilisations, Kunstdorf Dúbravica, Dúbravica, Slovakia.
  • Ceteris Paribus, Zoya Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2016

  • Odmäk, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • After Rodin (performance), Žumpa gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Matej Fabian SOLO Project, Depo gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Existencial Boredom (with Jakub Janovský), PRFR, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Personae (with Jakub Janovský), Experimentální prostor NoD/ Experimental Space NoD, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • System Error, Studio XIII. / Ateliér XIII., Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Carnival Is Over, Levoča City Gallery/ Galéria mesta Levoča, Levoča, Slovakia.

2015

  • Hostile Takeover, Beastro Bar, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2014

  • Expanding of a Battle Field/ Rozšírenie bitevného poľa, Soga Art Auction House, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • To the Bone/ Na kosť, Berlínsky Model, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Half-life?/ Polčas rozpadu? Bratislava, 12.3 – 26.4. 2013, Artotéka gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2012

  • TERMOVISION, Galerie Kabinet T., Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Lone Wolf, Cub and World Champion (with K. Janečková and A. Dúbravský), Soga Art Auction House, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Fear of the Dark, Kressling gallery, Bratislava , Slovakia.

2010

  • NEW FACE IN HELL, Hangár Tranzit Studios, Bratislava , Slovakia.
  • Release the Bats, Enter Gallery, Bratislava , Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Hard Boiled School- Contemporary Graphics, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2016

  • Kunstverein Selection, PRFR, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Slovenska. NEW GENERATION, Galleria d´ Italia, Milan, Italy.
  • 10 Years of Painting/ 10 rokov maľby, Východoslovenská galéria/ East Slovakian Gallery, Košice, Slovakia.

2015

  • 10 Years of Painting/ 10 rokov maľby, Bratislavský hrad/Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 10 Years of Painting/ 10 rokov maľby, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

2014

  • Figura Obscura, SVÚ – gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2013

  • One Step Forward Vol. 2, , Brno Czech republic, 17.5. – 14. 6. 2013, House of Arts Brno/ Dúm umění , Brno, Czech Republic.

2011

  • No Borders – Appeal to Heaven, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague , Czech Republic.

2009

  • AFAD Up/to/Date, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1979 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
  • Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.

EDUCATION

  • 2005 - 2014
    Academy of Fine and Applied Arts/ VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
    Master of Fine Arts/ PhD., MgrArt. PhD. in Painting/ maľba (ateliér/ studio: Prof. Ivan Csudai, vedúci doktorandskej práce/ PhD. - lecturer: doc. Bubán)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    VÚB Prize for Painting/ cena VÚB mladá maľba/ 2. place, 2. miesto
    VÚB Bank branch Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2013
    VÚB Prize for Painting/ cena VÚB mladá maľba/ finalista/ finalist
    VÚB Bank branch Slovakia, Bratislava, Singapore
  • 2012
    VÚB Prize for Painting/ cena VÚB mladá maľba/ finalista/ finalist
    VÚB Bank branch Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2011
    VÚB Prize for Painting/ cena VÚB mladá maľba/ finalista/ finalist
    VÚB Bank branch Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2010
    Henkel Art Award / Nomination for Slovakia/ nominácia za Slovensko
    Henkel Art Award, Bratislava, Slovakia

RESIDENCIES

  • 2018
    Jednota Mural project, Periférne Centrá/ Kunstdorf Dúbravica, Dúbravica, Slovakia
  • 2017
    Jednota Mural project, Periférne Centrá/ Kunstdorf Dúbravica, Dúbravica, Slovakia
  • 2015
    ÁNO - Lino Linocut Workshop, Banská St a nica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

COLLECTIONS

  • Bratislava City Gallery/ Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava, Slovakia