JURAJ ČARNÝ

kurátor | curator

2018 - 2019

Mgr. Juraj Čarný (*1974) je kurátor, kritik, kultúrny manažér a pedagóg.

V roku 2013 bol poverený zriadením, v rokoch 2014 - 2016 bol zakladajúcim riaditeľom Domu umenia / Kunsthalle Bratislava a Slovenského centra vizuálnych umení. Je prezident Slovenskej sekcie AICA, bol vice-prezidentom AICA International. Inicioval a spoluorganizoval XLVI. AICA International Congress Slovakia 2013 (s R.Gregorom). Pôsobil ako riaditeľ a šéfkurátor galérie SPACE (1999-2013), inicioval projekty BillboArt Gallery Europe, Crazycurators Biennale, SPACE Residency Lab, FAICA Gallery, Potulná galéria nomadSPACE a i. Kurátorsky a organizačne pripravil viac ako 200 výstav na Slovensku aj v zahraničí. Pravidelne spolupracoval s Prague Biennale. Inicioval vznik časopisu Flash Art Czech and Slovak edition, kde pôsobil ako šéfredaktor. Prednášal v Oxforde, New Yorku, Tbilisi, Berlíne, Viedni, Vaxjo, Vaase, Prahe, Poznani, Žiline, Košiciach a i. Od roku 2000 pedagogicky pôsobí na VŠVU. Je spoluzakladateľom (s M.Knutom) a programovým riaditeľom Art Academy. Založil prvý pravidelný program vzdelávania kurátorov na Slovensku - Curatorial Studies Institute a Kurátorský inkubátor. Momentálne pracuje pre projekt TRAM - pravidelné kultúrne vlakové spojenie Viedne a Bratislavy, Potulná galéria nomadSPACE.

Mgr. Juraj Čarný (1974) is a curator, critic, cultural manager and teacher.

In 2013, Juraj Čarný was entrusted with the task of establishing the Kunsthalle (Hall of the Arts) Bratislava which was to house the Slovak Centre for Visual Arts. He was the Kunsthalle’s founding director, serving from 2014 through 2016. He is currently President of the Slovak section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and was vice-president of AICA International. He initiated and co-organized the XLVIth AICA International Congress Slovakia 2013 (together with Richard Gregor). As director and head curator of SPACE Gallery (1999 – 2013), he initiated projects such as BillboArt Gallery Europe, Crazycurators Biennale, SPACE Residency Lab, FAICA Gallery, Wandering Gallery nomadSPACE, and others. As a curator and organizer, he has prepared more than 200 exhibitions in Slovakia and abroad and has cooperated with the Prague Biennale on a regular basis. Juraj Čarný also initiated the founding of the magazine “Flash Art Czech and Slovak Edition”, where he worked as its editor in chief. He has lectured in Oxford, New York, Tbilisi, Berlin, Vienna, Växjö (Sweden), Vaasa (Finland), Prague, Poznan (Poland), Žilina (Slovakia), Košice (Slovakia), etc. Since 2000, he has been teaching at the Slovak Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. He is co-founder (with Martin Knut) and programme director of the Art Academy educational project. Juraj Čarný also founded the first programmes of continuing education for curators in Slovakia – Curatorial Studies Institute and Curator’s Incubator. At the moment, he is working on the TRAM project – a regular cultural train connection between Vienna and Bratislava – of the nomadSPACE Wandering Gallery.

VLADIMÍR  BESKID

kurátor

2017

PhDr. Vladimír Beskid, slovenský historik umenia, freelance kurátor a kultúrny manažér. Absolvoval teóriu a dejiny umenia na Filozofickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave (1985). Od roku 1999 – člen medzinárodnej organizácie AICA. Žije a pracuje v Trnave a Bratislave.
Pracoval v mnohých kultúrnych inštitúciách a projektoch, okrem iného  v rokoch 2005-11 bol riaditeľom Galérie Jána Koniarka v Trnave. V rokoch 2011 – 14 bol umeleckým riaditeľom projektu Európske hlavné mesto kultúry Košice 2013. Pedagogicky pôsobil na mnohých vysokých školách (Fakulta umení TU Košice, PdF Trnavskej univerzity, VŠVU Bratislava). Je spoluzakladateľom Katedry výtvarných umení a intermédií FU TU v Košiciach (1998) a Kunsthalle Košice (2013). Od roku 1987 bol kurátorom a spolukurátorom takmer 20 medzinárodných výstav, napr.  Vzdálené podobnosti, NG Praha 1999; Fremdkőrper, GJK Trmava, KB Berlín 2006; Transformace identity 89-09, DU Brno, MUSA Wien 2009; TRIKO -Trienále súčasného obrazu 2013; 6. Moskovské bienále – special projects, 2015 a pod.  Z publikačnej činnosti: The Situation of Visual Culture in Post-War Slovakia, In: IRWIN (edit.): EAST ART MAP – Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe, Afterall Books and The MIT Press  Cambridge 2006; Neokonceptuálne a postkonceptuálne smerovania v 90. rokoch, In: Rusinová, Z. a kol.: Umenie 20. storočia na Slovensku, SNG Bratislava 2000.

PhDr. Vladimír Beskid is an art historian, freelance curator and cultural manager. He graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava (1985) where he studied Art Theory and History. He has been a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) since 1999. He lives and works in Trnava and Bratislava.
Vladimír Beskid has worked for a number of cultural institutions: for example, he was the director of the Jan Koniarik Gallery in Trnava (2005 – 2011). He has also been involved in working on several projects, e.g., he was the director of the Košice – European Capital of Culture project (2011 to 2014).  He worked as a teacher at universities – Faculty of Arts, Technical University in Košice; Faculty of Education, Trnava University; VŠVU – Fine Arts Academy, Bratislava. He is the cofounder of the Fine Arts and Intermedia Department of the Faculty of Arts, Technical University in Košice (1998) and of the Kunsthalle in Košice (2013).
Since 1987, he has been the curator or co-curator of almost 20 international exhibitions; for example, Vzdálené podobnosti (Distant Similarities), National Gallery in Prague in 1999; Fremdkőrper, GJK Trmava; KB Berlin 2006; Transformace identity (Identity Transformation) 89-09, DU Brno; MUSA Wien 2009; TRIKO – Trienále súčasného obrazu (Triennale of Contemporary Painting) 2013; 6th Moscow Biennale – special projects, 2015; etc.  His publication works include: The Situation in Visual Culture in Post-War Slovakia, In: IRWIN (edit.): EAST ART MAP – Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe, Afterall Books and The MIT Press Cambridge, 2006; Neo-conceptual and post-conceptual movement in 1990s, In: Rusinová, Z. et al.: Umenie 20. storočia na Slovensku (The Arts of the 20th Century in Slovakia), SNG Bratislava 2000.

Omar Mirza

kurátor

2016

Diana Majdáková

kurátorka

2013-2015

Mgr. Diana Majdáková (*1983) vyštudovala odbor Veda o výtvarnom umení v na Filozofickej fakulte UK v Bratislave. Pracuje ako kurátorka, umelecká publicistka a kultúrna manažérka. Dlhodobo pracuje v neziskovom sektore ako autorka a koordinátorka umeleckých a vzdelávacích aktivít. Je lektorkou vzdelávacieho programu o umení Art Academy (Bratislava). Publikuje v odborných časopisoch (Flash Art Czech and Slovak Edition), v masmédiách (Denník N), na blogoch (Art Academy, SME a pod.). Je autorkou a editorkou publikácie Päťdesiat súčasných umelcov na Slovensku (Art Academy, Slovart 2014). Pôsobila v galérii súčasného umenia SPACE (Bratislava), stála pri zrode a je autorkou programovej stratégie galérie Schemnitz (Banská Štiavnica) a odbornou konzultantkou súkromnej galérie Dub gallery (Pelhřimov). Kurátorsky vedie projekt umenia vo verejnom priestore Neviditeľná Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica). Venuje sa viacerým kultúrnym projektom s presahmi mimo sféry vizuálneho umenia (Beautiful people, Partizáni a.i.).

Mgr. Diana Majdáková (*1983) studied Fine Art Science at the Philosophical Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava. She works as a curator, art publicist, and cultural manager, has extensive experience in the non-profit sector as a designer and coordinator of art and educational activities, and is a trainer for Art Academy – an art education programme in Bratislava. She also publishes in professional magazines (Flash Art Czech and Slovak Edition), the mass media (Denník N – a daily newspaper), and on blogs (Art Academy, SME daily, etc.), and was author and editor of Fifty contemporary artists in Slovakia (Art Academy, Slovart 2014). Diana Majdáková worked in the SPACE Gallery of contemporary art (Bratislava), was at the birth of and designed the programme strategy for Schemnitz Gallery (Banská Štiavnica), and works as an expert consultant for Dub Gallery (a private gallery in Pelhřimov, CR). She is leader of an art project for public spaces called Neviditeľná Štiavnica/Invisible Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica), and also engages in cultural projects reaching beyond the sphere of the visual arts (Beautiful people, Partizáni/Partisans, etc.).