Curriculum Vitae
JAN VALIK born in 1987 in Slovakia works and lives in Brussels, Belgium and Bratislava, Slovakia www.janvalik.com | [email protected] | instagram: @janvalik_now
Solo exhibitions 2019 Abstract Reality and Temporary Neighbors, Industra Art, Brno, Czech Republic 2019 Seeing Triple, Cin Cin Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2018 Inner Weather, Chisou Gallery, Komono, Japan 2018 Uncertain Territories, Art/books/coffee Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 Kago, Flatgallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 Plethora and a Quiet World, NICHE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Drawings, Hole to the world Gallery, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia 2016 Fragile Garden, NOV Art Space, Pardubice, Czech Republic 2015 Scent of Outside, Atelier Sin, Telc, Czech Republic 2015 Situation, Galerie Pavilon, Prague, Czech Republic 2015 disJOINTED, Maumau Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2014 Light Has No Colour, Stolen Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia 2014 Invisible Body, Gallery of Pan-European University, Bratislava, Slovakia 2014 Inbetween Branching, Cit Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2013 Et In Arcadia Ego, Cecilia!, Installation, Slovak Filharmony, Bratislava, Slovakia 2012 Walkwell John, CC Centrum Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2011 Tempted / To Linger, AVU Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Two-person exhibitions 2019 Night Walk - Day Sleep, (w/ Akiko Ueda), Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2013 Et In Arcadia Ego, Cecilia!, (w/ Viktor Fucek), Slovak Filharmony, Bratislava, Slovakia
Selected group exhibitions 2019 Room with a View, Niche Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2019 Extension of Reality, Galerie Amart, Vienna, Austria 2019 Muster Actions, Star Art Space, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China 2019 Anonymous Drawings Archive, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany 2018 December Trails, Cin Cin Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2018 Plain Air, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia 2017 Winter Selection, Flatgallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 Tao Hua Tan, Gallery of Xuancheng Library, Xuancheng, China 2017 Valdis Bušs, Vilaka Municipal Gallery, Vilaka, Latvia 2017 Floating Fellows, Motoazabu Gallery, Saku, Japan 2017 Slovak Art from CIdA, French Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 L’art Slovaquie, Slovak Institute and Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2016 “2016”, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2016 Winter Selection 5, Flatgallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2016 Painting 2016, Nedbalka Gallery, Finalists exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia 2016 Open Studio, BankART Studio NYK AiR, Yokohama, Japan 2016 Subtilities, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2015 CIRCLE, Site-specific art Festival, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic 2015 Painting 2015, Finalists exhibition, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2015 Spital Art, Site-specific art Festival, Jaromer, Czech Republic 2015 Na Hranici – Grenznah, Galerie Skolska, Prague, Czech Republic 2015 Pop-up, Kargart, Istanbul, Turkey 2014 Cuckoo Festival, Site-specific art festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic 2014 Young Art Show, House of Arts, Piestany, Slovakia 2014 Arte Laguna 2014, Arsenale, Venice, Italy 2014 Drawing Box, Associazione Culturale Luci e Ombre, Bologna, Italy 2013 Hotbed, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2013 Drawing Box, Ranelagh arts centre, Dublin, Ireland 2013 Drawing Box, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2013 Open studio, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France 2013 Beyond That Place, Gallery AVU, Prague, Czech Republic 2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany 2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany Curriculum Vitae
2013 Anonymous Drawings, TAC Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Residencies 2019 Shanjian Contemporary Art space, Beijing, China 2018 Banska Stanica Contemporary, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia 2018 Egon Schiele Art Centre, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 2016 BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan 2015 Kvilda Art Centrum, Kvilda, Czech Republic 2015 Maumau Works A-i-R, Istanbul, Turkey 2013 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
Symposiums 2017 Peach Blossom Pool, Xuancheng, China 2017 Plain Air Valdis Buss, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia 2013 Na hranici – Grenznah, Tummelplatz, Bavarian forest, Germany
Awards and competitions 2019 Shortlisted for the Galerie Amart Prize 2016 3rd Prize, Painting 2016, VUB Bank Foundation, Slovakia 2015 Finalist, Painting 2015, VUB Bank Foundation, Slovakia 2014 Finalist, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, IT, project with Viktor Fuček 2011 Finalist, EXIT Award 2011, UJEP Ústí nad Labem
Studies Master of Fine Arts from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic 2007 – 2012 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic 2010 – 2012 Intermedia Studio, Prof. Tomas Vanek, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 2007 – 2010 School of Conceptual Art, Prof. Milos Sejn, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 2005 – 2006 Architecture Department, Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Slovakia