ARTIST PROFILE

Monika Hurnanska Stacho

  • Slovakia (b. 1977 in Spisska nova ves)
  • Currently in Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1977,as fifth child of my parents. My parents never been in KSČ, so my brothers and sister were very hard to start to study at any university in Slovakia. Finally, thank God, after the velvet revolution, it managed 4 of us.

CONTACT & LINKS

HIDE INFO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Obchodna na Obchodnej, galeria Satelit a Obchodna ulica, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Zachor, Stara synagoga, Plzen, Czech Republic.
  • Umenie ducha, Piešťany, v kaplnke Sedembolestnej Panny Márie, Pieštany, Slovakia.

2013

  • Monika Stacho, Magické roky, GUS, Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia.
  • Město, Galerie Ladislava Sutnára, Plzeň, Czech Republic.
  • Ľubo i Monika Stacho: Współczesna architektura Słowacji 1989-2013, Muzeum architektúry, Wroclaw, Poland.

2012

  • Ruiny, Slovenský inštitút, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Magické roky, DFL, Levice, Slovakia.
  • Priestory, Galéria Ernesta Zmetáka, Nové zámky, Slovakia.

2011

  • Moja krajina, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia.
  • Dwa domy jednego Boga, zámok Krasiczyn, Přemysl,, Poland.

2010

  • Dwa domy jednego Boga, Slovensý inštitút, Warsawa, Poland.

2009

  • Ester/Slovakia, Dom fotografie, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.

2008

  • Possibilities, Foma gallery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

2007

  • Zásahy, Popcorn gallery, Klatovy, Czech Republic.

2005

  • Biely pozdrav Bielorusku, Minsk, Minsk, Belarus.
  • Zvečneniny, Galeria Fiducia, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Grand prix 2016 nominated slideshows, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Lodz, Poland.

2015

  • Remigracia obrazu, SEDF, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2014

  • FineArtD, Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
  • Slovacia Slovensko, Galeria Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Six Contemporary Slovak Photographers, Administration Building Gallery, East Shore Unitarian Church, Washington, United States.
  • Sacral Elementum II, KulturPark, Košice, Slovakia.
  • Hranice duše dieťaťa, Turčianska galéria, Martin, Slovakia.
  • Hommage to Martin Matrinček, KulturPark, Košice, Slovakia.

2013

  • Essl art award CEE, Galeria Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2012

  • Reconnecting Through Photography, Photofest, Houston, United States.
  • New Wave in Photography, Krakow, Krakow, Poland.
  • New Wave in Photography, Crypt gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2011

  • Mladé médium, Dom umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2010

  • Nepokojné médium, Dom umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2009

  • Donumenta, Städtische Galerie „Leerer Beutel“, Regensburg, Germany.

LOCATION

  • Born 1977 in Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia.
  • Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2014
    Akadémia umení, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
    Docotrate of Fine Arts in Intermedia (Michal Murin)
  • 2006 - 2010
    VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
    doctorate study in Photography
  • 2002 - 2004
    VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
    Master of Fine Arts in Photography (prof. Ľubo Stacho)
  • 1997 - 2002
    Akadémia umení, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting (prof. František Hodonský)
  • 1993 - 1997
    ŠUV, Košice, Slovakia
    maturita in ceramics (Ondrej Priatka)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Essl Art Award CEE 2013 - nomination
    Essl museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2013
    CER Photo contest 2013
    CER-Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies , Brusels, Belgium
  • 2012
    grant for project Magic Years
    MK SR, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2010
    grant FVU - Magic Years
    FVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2009
    grant FVU - Maternity
    FVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2006
    European Month of Photography Award nomination
    European Month of Photography , Vienna, Austria
  • 2004
    Cena rektora VŠVU 2004
    VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia