Oskár Čepan

EDUCATION: 2015 – 2017 Mgr.Art - Studio IN (Ilona Németh), Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK 2011 – 2015 BcA. - Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University, Opava, CZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2020 / 2021 – The Armenia Art Fair (AAF) / Open Space, - online exhibition, curated by Juraj Čarný, together with Ilona Németh, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Martina Szabóová, Matej Kaminský & Martin Piaček, and Aldo Gianotti; 2020 – FEAR INDUSTRY / Taipei Annual, No.435, New Taipei City, curated by Tomasz Wendland, Pon Pronoia and Juraj Čarný, together with Belu Simon Fainaru, Julia Kurek, Peter Puype, Andrzej Wasilewski, Tomasz Wendland; 2019 / 2020 Ecology of Desire - part of the finalists exhibition of Oskár Čepan Art Award, Eastern Slovakian Gallery, Košice, SR, curated by Václav Janoščík, together with Jan Durina, Gabriela Zigová, Erik Sikora and Milan Mazúr, Architect: Peter Liška; 2019 – Y. Umelka, Bratislava, SR, curated by Barbora Komárová, Lukáš Kotlár, Miroslava Urbanová, together with T. Abaffy, O. Bakushina, N. Balberčáková, M. Dutková, J. Frajová (with: Alena Šišková, SAV), S. Gottierová, Š. Chovan, L. Kálazi, M. A. Krupková, D. Kurinec, J. Kviatkovská, D. Kyselová, J. Mydla, R. Pintérová, S. Papšová, D. Pišteková, M. Rumanová, Z. Svatík, D. Tomečková Architect: Jakub Kopec; Poetry & Performance. Eastern-European Perspective. SHEDHALLE, Zürich, CH, curated by Tomáš Glanc and Sabine Hänsgen; Humid Intimacy, AM 180 Prague, CZ; together with Nikola Balberčáková, Ján Gašparovič & Berta Holoubková, Ondřej Houšťava, Erik Pánči, Julius Pristauz, Stach Szumski, curated by Zlatka Borůvková; 2018 – Poetry & Performance. Eastern-European Perspective. SHEDHALLE, Zürich, CH, curated by Tomáš Glanc and Sabine Hänsgen; 2018 – Deeper Down than Inside, together with Michal Huba and Dominika Kunzová MEDIUM Gallery, Bratislava, SR, curated by Miroslava Urbanová; 2018 – Ester and Ruth, Together with Mira Gáberová, Multicultural space for culture – Synagogue Lučenec, SR; 2017 / 2018 – Poetry & Performance. Eastern-European Perspective. NovaSynagoga Kunsthalle, Žilina, SR, curated by Tomáš Glanc, Daniel Grúň and Sabine Hänsgen; 2016 – Der Spiegel der Anderen / Mirror of Alterity, Kunstpunkt - Berlin, DE, curated by Juraj Čarný; Contemporary Art Office of Studio IN, Pohoda Festival, Trenčín, SR; 2015 – Contemporary Art Office of Studio IN, Nuit Blanche (White Night) Bratislava, SR; 2014 – OFF Festival, Pisztory palace, Bratislava, SR, curated by Lea Lovišková; 2013 – Česrtvá vejce (Fresh Eggs), Industra, Brno, ČR, curated by Jakub Konvica and Michal Trávníček; Deriváty (Derivates), Novohrad Gallery in Lučenec, SR;

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2018 – The Selfish (Me)s - Easter Slovakian Gallery, Košice, SR; 2017 – The Selfish (Me)s - Nová Cvernovka culture centre, Biela Noc (White Night) Bratislava, SR; 2015 – Kde bolo tam bolo / Egyszer volt hol nem volt, City gallery in Rimavská Sobota, SR, curated by Juraj Gabor; OFF Festival, Pisztory palace, Bratislava, SR, curated by Lea Lovišková; 2013 – Reflections, Priestor, Lučenec, SR, curated by Veronika Ohrádková;

AWARDS: 2019 – Finalist of the Oskár Čepan Art Award 2019, Slovakia; 2017 – Rector's Award of Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava for the diploma project the Selfish Me(s);

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