Maroš Rovňák exhibitions, studies, awards...
Education
2009 Doctorate from the Academy of Arts Banská Bystrica, Department of Audiovisual Media
2002 Master degree, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Department of Printmaking
2000 Bachelor degree, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Department of Painting
Solo projects
2025 Dawn Begins with Tears, premiere of the auteur film and video performance Die Angst / Fear, X10 Theatre Prague, CZ
2024 To love like everyone else, solo exhibition, Nitra Gallery Nitra, SK
2023 Das Grosse / The Big Thing, premiere of the auteur experimental film created in collaboration with AI and the performance In Absentia, EQO Spišský Hrhov, SK
2023 In Absentia / Linea Materna, premiere of the group performance (libretto, stage set, costumes, music, stage direction) in Záhrada-CNK Banská Bystrica, SK
2021 PORT, art intervention in the premises od funerary chapel of St. Michael, Slovak mining museum Banská Štiavnica, SK
2019 Islands of Nobody, exhibition and project presentation, Záhrada-CNK Banská Bystrica, SK
2019 In Absentia, premiere of the performance in cooperation with Petra Kriváčková at Žižkov Night festival, Cross Atic Prague, CZ
2018 In Absentia (in progress), performance in cooperation with Petra Kriváčková, Kasárne-Kulturpark Košice, SK
2017 Item Reus, premiere of the performance at the opening of the exhibition I Feel Weird Again (Model Reality II.), Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2017 Red Dialogue / Item Reus (in progress), performance, Kunsthalle Košice, SK
2015 I don’t believe, solo exhibition, Gallery of Art of Ernest Zmeták Nové Zámky, SK
2014 10 000. Gospel for Roses, premiere of the group performance (libretto, stage set, costumes, music, stage direction) in Záhrada-CNK Banská Bystrica, SK
2013 Asile de Nuit, premiere of the group performance (libretto, stage set, costumes, music, stage direction), Záhrada-CNK Banská Bystrica, SK
2012 We’ve Seen Things, video for the theatre play Téma Palach, Záhrada-CNK Banská Bystrica, SK
2012 video for the theatre performance Lososy (Salmons), Divadlo Štúdio tanca Banská Bystrica, SK
2011 Privat Communication, exhibition, Subterén gallery Michalovce, SK
2010 Spiritual Exercises, performance, Ivan Palúch Theatre Banská Bystrica, SK; Alte-Schmiede Kunstverein (in cooperation with Peter Machajdík) Vienna, AT (2011)
2010 Spiritual Exercises, solo exhibition, House of Photography Liptovský Mikuláš, SK
2009 Emerald City, performance, Kulturpark Košice, SK
2009 Hydrophobia, exhibition, Gallery Medium Bratislava, SK
2009 Locus Solus, performance, Central Slovakian Gallery Banská Bystrica, SK
2009 Single Room, exhibiiton, Central European House of Photography Bratislava, SK
2008 Litanies, premiere of the performance at Intermedia.bb festival in Europa Culture Center Banská Bystrica, SK; Multiplace festival, Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, SK
2007 Hyaena, premiere of the performance at One World festival in Stanica Žilina-Záriečie Žilina, SK; Theatre space D44 of State Scientific Library Banska Bystrica, SK; Malamut festival, Ostrava, CZ
2005 Limpieza di Sangre, exhibition, Central Slovakian Gallery Banská Bystrica, SK
2004 Spiritual Life of Animals, exhibition, Slovak Institute Budapest, HU
2003 The Mother of Harlots, premiere of the performance at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2003 Colour of the Liquid, exhibition, Subterra Gallery Nitra, SK
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Dancing in the Dark, Pisztori Palace Bratislava, SK
2019 The Power of the Powerless. Political Aspects in Slovak and Czech Art After 1989, Kunsthalle Bratislava, SK
2018 Fetishes of the Present, Nitra Gallery Nitra, SK
2017 I Feel Weird Again (Model Reality II.), Krokus Gallery Bratislava, SK
2017 Stories about Death, Nitra Gallery Nitra, SK
2013 Space Between Memory and Forgetfulness, Turiec Gallery Martin, SK
2013 Transgender Me 2013, NTK Gallery Prague, CZ
2012 Blood, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2012 Altars of the Present – Contemporary Altars, Turiec Gallery Martin, SK
2012 Transgender Me 2012, DOX Prague, CZ
2010 Yeatsy Medium / Slovak Photography 1990 – 2010, Art House Bratislava, SK
2009 3rd Chapter from Slovak visual arts, The Gallery of Art Critics Prague, CZ
2007 3rd Salon of Young Creators, Théâtre de Montrouge, Paris, France
2007 Disease / subdominance, Central Slovak Gallery Banska Bystrica, SK
2007 Czechpoint, Považská Gallery of Arts Žilina, SK
2006 VIII. Triennial of Small Sculpture and drawing, Galerie Lehalle Paris, France
2004 Slovak Digital and Electronic Graphic, Cultural Center Pécs, HU
2002 Finalists of Oskár Čepan Prize, Bratislava City Gallery, SK
2002 Madonna in Contemporary Slovak Visual Arts, Nitra Gallery in Nitra, SK
2002 He Likes to be a Feminist, Buryzone Bratislava, SK
2002 Privat Frei, Open Gallery Bratislava, SK
art residencies
2025 X10 Theatre Prague, CZ
2003 Headlands Center for the Arts Sausalito, California
representation in art collections
Slovak National Gallery Bratislava, Slovakia
Central Slovak Gallery Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Nitra Gallery in Nitra, Slovakia
