ARTIST STATEMENT

My artwork is mainly based on comics, movies and other areas of popular culture. Significant for me is the search for new ways of painting, experimenting with the shifting of paintings into space, or the use of color as an autonomous element. On the other way I used to play with my personal mythology (finding myself as an superhero) and creating participative projects. The processing of various topics is constantly accompanied by a concept of ‘Play’. Whether it is a play with material, theme or the manner of presentation, playfulness remains a significant aspect of my work. My works and projects are playful and look carefree, but they can surprise by undisguised brutality and interest in current social problems.

BIOGRAPHY

Mgr.art. VILIAM SLAMINKA

Education:

 2004 - 2010    Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia,                                             Department of Painting and Other Media, prof. Ivan Csudai

 2000 - 2004    School of Applied Arts, Kosice, field: Promotional graphics

 

Knowledge, activity:

Painting, drawing, comics, video art, installation, Pc graphic          

Pecha Kucha Night Trnava, vol.6, 2012

 

Awards:

3rd place of Painting - VUB Foundation Award 2013

Martin Benka Price 2010

 

Solo exhibitions:

2015    Ideal size, Galerie Obecního domu, Opava (CZ)

            Pink for boys, Magdaléna 4D Gallery, Bratislava

           Once upon a time in the east, Koniareň gallery, Trebišov

2014   Will be a footballer, Čin Čin gallery, Bratislava

            Punčový rez (Punch cake), MC Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2013   In form!, Gallery Dunaj, Bratislava

            Let the stars shining, Gallery Umakart, Brno, (CZ)

2011   Believe me, not through the door!, Gallery of Youth, Nitra

2010   Made-to-measure, Fru Fru gallery, Bratislava

 

Collective exhibitions:

 2015   Demolit, PRFR Museum, Bratislava

            10 rokov Maľby, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica

            Femme fatale, Vojtech Löffler Museum, Košice

            Zamatový objekt túžby, Gagarinka gallery, Bratislava

2014   Haute couture, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra

            ArtUnAnchored  festival, Tulln - Vien - Bratislava

            Tutti Frutti festival, Trnavské mýto market hall, Bratislava

2012   CREATIVE UNIT – Best of the best, Gallery Medium, Bratislava

            (curated and participated project)

2011   Fřesh Fľesh: Borders, Zbrojovka, Brno (CZ)

             Multiplace, Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava

2010   Has been and will be, Fru Fru gallery, Bratislava

             Take the tube to meadow, or where’s the wind blowing from,

             Bunker, Nitra  

             Parallels, Barcsay Hall of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest

             (HU)                

 2009   Christmas bestseller, SODA gallery, Bratislava

2008   Super Hi-Fi stereo video, Gallery of Youth, Nitra

             9 SCULPTURES, kressling gallery, Bratislava

             VŠVU / VŠUP, Gallery VŠUP, Prague (CZ)

            5. volume of Confrontation exhibition of young artists ARSkontakt

            2008, Gallery Jižního křídla Nové radnice, Brno (CZ)               

            Videonight dva uzly/two points, Jana Koniarek Gallery, Trnava

2007    K.O.MIX, Gallery of Youth, Nitra

            Generation Zero, BKC Gallery, Brno (CZ)

            What does not connect us, makes us stronger, Gallery 13m3,

            Bratislava