LIVES AND WORKS
Bratislava, Slovakia

AREAS OF CREATIVE WORK
painting, drawing, video, graphic design, cultural management

EDUCATION
2000 – 2003 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Doctorate Study)
2002 – 2003 Art Institute of Boston, MA, USA (Fulbright scholarships)
1994 – 2000 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (MFA, Prof. D. Fischer)
1998 University of Houston, Clear-Lake,TX, USA
1997 Slippery Rock University, PA, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (past & upcoming)
2014 IDENTITIES / Lightness of Searching, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, curator: Diana Majdakova (with Alena Adamikova)
2013 – 2014 CONVERSATIONS LEADING ELSEWHERE, House of Culture / Kunsthalle, Bratislava, curators: 13 kubikov
2013 DRAWINGS…AND CONTENTS, Kubik Gallery, Porto, Portugal, curators: 13 kubikov, Joao Azinheiro
2013 CONVERSATIONS LEADING ELSEWHERE, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banska Bystrica, curators: 13 kubikov
2012 EO INSTANTO, Galery 19, Bratislava, curator: Marian Meško
2011 MIND GAMES, Kasárne-Kulturpark, Košice, curator: Juraj Čarný
2011 MIND GAMES, Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, curator: Juraj Čarný
2011 MIND GAMES, Space gallery, Bratislava, curator: Juraj Čarný
2010 MIND GAMES, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, AT, curator: Juraj Čarný
2008 THE COMMON DAY, room 19_21, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banska Bystrica, curator: Zuzana Majlingová (with M. Nociarova)
2006 THE POINT OF VIEW, GJK, Synagoge – Centre for contemporary art, Trnava, curator: Ivana Moncoľová (with M. Nociarova)
2004 BETWEEN…, Cik-Cak Centre, Bratislava, curator: Mira Putišová (with M. Nociarova)
2001 THE COMMON LEVEL, Slovak Institute; Galery Medium, Bratislava, curator: Mária Rišková (with M. Nociarova)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2012 BLOOD, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, curator: Dusan Buran
2012 Contemporary Altars., Turiec Gallery, Martin, curator: Lucia Mikloskova
2012 WEISS&WHITE, contemporary art auction and exhibition
2012 Crazycurators Biennale V, Gallery SPACE, Bratislava, curator: Juraj Carny
2012 …to be continued, Designweekend Bratislava, curators: Viera Kleinová, Lubica Husta
2012 13th Biennale of Architecture, VENICE, IT, participation at national selection, curator: Jan Pernecky
2012 Ready, Set, Go!, Nitra Gallery, curator: Omar Mirza
2011 U102, SUMMER EXHIBITION 2011, Galéria Krokus, curator: Omar Mirza
2011 SOGA, auction of contemporary art, Bratislava
2010 Artaward International, exhibition of finalists, Strabag Artlounge, Viedeň, curator: Juraj Čarný, AT
2009 IN THE SPACE AND TIME, Municipal Gallery, curator: Ivan Jančár
2009 PLUS MINUS XXI, Dom umenia, Bratislava; Central Slovakian Gallery, Banska Bystrica, curator: Katarína Slaninová
2009 WOXART and weiss, auction of contemporary art, Bratislava
2009 THIRD CHAPTER OF CONTEMPORARY SLOVAK ART Critiques Gallery, Prague, curator:: Michaela Bosáková, CZ
2009 NEW ZLIN SALON, Zlín Galery, Zlin, kurátorka: Beáta Jablonská
2007 PUDINGOVÁ GENERÁCIA, Stanica-Záriečie, Žilina; Galéria13m3, Bratislava, curator:: Martin Šugár
2007 AUTOPOESIS, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, curator: Zora Rusinová
2005 VIDEOTHEKA, KForum, Vienna; Ursula Blickle Lounge, Kunsthalle, Viedeň; Officina Giovanni, Prato, IT, curator: Jessica Wishka, AT
2005 REMOTE CONTROL, Betonsalon, Museumsquartier, curator: Jessica Wishka, AT
2005 MULTIPLACE, New Media Culture Festival, Bratislava
2005 CHRONOZONE 1, VERSIONFEST, New Media Festival, Chicago, USA (with Kevin Hamilton)
2005 CHRONOZONE 2, PSY-GEO-CONFLUX, New York (s Kevinom Hamiltonom), USA
2005 STILL LIFE, A4, Zero Space, Bratislava
2003 DESIGNBLOCK DATATRANSFER, Festival of Digital Art, Praha, CZ
2003 INOUT, Festival of Digital Image, Praha, kuátor: Pavel Vančát, CZ
2003 MAM A KLAM, Open Gallery, Fondation Centre for Contemporary Art, Bratislava, curators: Petra Hanáková, Jana Oravcová, Martin Kaňuch
2003 INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORAY VIDEO FESTIVAL ZOOM, Pécs, curator: Rita Varga, HU
2003 THE COMMON LEVEL Beskids Library, Bielsko-Biała, PL
2003 ALTERNATIVE SUMMER, Revište, SK

UPCOMING:

Regular Line II, Bratislava-Shefield, exhibition organized by Nástupiste 1-12, Multimedia Space for Culture, openings: October 27 – 31, 2014 http://www.blocprojects.co.uk/

Krízová cesta, exhibition at “Salonik”– The Presidential Waiting Room at the Central Railway Station, opening: October 23, 2014; curator: Zuzana Duchová http://salonik.sk/preklad/

Ship of State, exhibition at Embassy of Slovak Republic, London, UK, opening: October 12, 2014; curator: Miroslav Pomichal

9th International Biennial of Drawing Pisen 2014, gallery of the city of Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic, October 10 – November 16, 2015 http://bienale-plzen.cz/en/

PROJECTS (artistic)

2010 The Common Level V, Videoproject for University of Lousville, KY, USA and University of Matej Bel, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2004 – 2006 CHRONOZONE,www.kevinhamilton.org/chronozone

PROJECTS (curatorial)
2010 NA TELO A NA MIERU, curator of Villiam Slaminka & Csilla Pollakova solo show, Fru-Fru Gallery, Bratislava
2006 MOBILE STUDIOS, European public art project, curator of Slovak part of the international project,http://www.mobile-studios.org

SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
2010 Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, AT
2010 Vissegrad Artists Residendy Programe – CIANT, Prague, CZ
2004 European Diploma in Cultural Project Management – Foundation Marcel Hicter, BE
2002 – 2003 FULBRIGHT, Visiting Resarcher, Art Institute of Boston, USA
2002 American Fund For Czechoslovak Relief, USA
2000 Graduation scholarships, FVU

LECTURES
2011 PECHA-KUCHA, Bratislava, Volume 15 (www.pechakucha.sk)
2010 Women in Art, House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2006 CIANT, Communication Space, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 University of Illinois at Urbanna-Champaign, USA

AWARDS
2010 Strabag Artaward International (one of four finalists)
2000 Nomination for chancelor award, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (with M. Nociarova)

ACTIVITIES
2005 Co-founder of 13 kubikov, www.13m3. sk
2004 Co-founder of BURUNDI datalab studio displej press, www.burundi.sk

BIBLIOGRAPHY – see also PRESS
Kresba nie je len slúžkou by Mária Rišková. In: SME, 17. 1. 2011
O ideáloch ženského tela vo Fru Fru (About the ideals of female body at Fru Fru Gallery). In: Sme, 21. 8. 2010
Mária Čorejová by Baum Barbara. In: Catalogue Strabag Artaward International, 2010, p. 12
Mária Čorejová by Slaninová Katarína. In: Catalogue Plus Minus XXI, 2009, p. 10 (click here for pdf file)
Bodyandoil by Koutná Karmen. In: Týždeň, No. 09, 24. 2. 2008, p. 60.
Bodie and Doyle boli profesionáli (Bodie and Doyle were Professionals) by Koutná Karmen. In: Sme, 19. 12. 2007, p. 17.
Mária Čorejová by Rusinová Zora. In: Autopoesis, 2006, pgs: 76-77
Správny uhol pohľadu nie je (There is no right point of view) by Kadlecová Jana, In: SME, 3. 8. 2006
Uhol pohladu utopeny v teme zenskosti (Point of view drowned in the topic of femininity) by Nagyová Petra, 2006
Leonardo da Vinci v trnavskej synagoge (Leonardo da Vinci in Trnava Synagogue) by Kukurová Lenka, 2006
Nove tvare (New faces). In: Umělec, No. 2/2002
Mily navstevnik Spolocnej hladiny (Dear visitor of the Common Level) by Rišková Mária, text for The Common Level in Medium Gallery, Bratislava, 2001

PUBLISHED TEXTS
Na mieru (a na telo), In: Viliam Slaminka & Csilla Poláková exhibition catalogue, 2010
…venovane navstevnikovi Galerie 13m3 (…dedicated to the visitor of 13m3 Gallery), In: Gallery at the Boundary Line. 13 kubikov year book, 2008

COLLECTIONS
Strabag Kunstforum
private collections