Jana Farmanová

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Jana Farmanová (born 1970) is a Slovak contemporary figurative painter who has been called one of the most influential painters of contemporary Slovak and Czech art scene. She has been active in the visual art since the late 1990s, after studying at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Institutions that have displayed her work include the Bratislava City Gallery (Slovakia), Nitra Gallery (slovakia), Wannieck Gallery Brno (Czech Republic), Olomouc Museum of Art (Czech Republic), Sammlung Würth (Germany). In 2012 Slovart publishing house and Krokus Gallery published the monograph of Farmanová's artwork, with text by Czech art-historian Petr Vaňous, author Eva Borušovičová and poet Mila Haugová.

Solo Exhibitions

2016 Jana Farmanová – Essences, Galéria Jozefa Kollára, Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Republic

2016 Jana Farmanová - I Plant Seeds of Sun-flower and Looking for Sun Over Clouds At Home Gallery, Šamorín, Slovak Republic

2015 Jana Farmanová. SO Vulnerable, So Strong. With guest: Pavlína Fichta Čierna, Krokus Galeria, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2015 Jana Farmanová – Under the Sign of Virgo, Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2014 Attention Fragile, Gallery Kubik, Porto, Portugal

2013 Jana Farmanová, (with Juliana Mrvová), Herbarium of the Time, Industrial Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2013 Something Substantial, Sypka Gallery, Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic

2012 Conversion, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2012 Self-Confidence, The East Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovak Republic

2012 Weightlessness, Vernon Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic

2011 On the Rail, Stanica, Žilina-Zárečie, Slovak Republic

2011 Welcome to Yourself, Kubik Gallery, Porto, Portugal

2010 Focus, City Gallery, Rimavská Sobota, Slovak Republic

2009 Histoire. Life witht(out) a Good Communist, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2009 Soundtrack, Vernon Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2009 Dolls, The Old Theatre, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2008 Cooking Jam, Bastart Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2008 Elements and Miracles, Slovak Institute, Rome, Italy

2008 Ici e mantenant, Slovak Institut, Paris, France

2008 Jana Farmanová (with Martin Piaček): Melancholia, Fiducia Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2008 Not Only Media Faces, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, Slovenská republika

2006 Jana Farmanová, Nitra Gallery, Slovak Republic

2006 Women's Toys, Bonjour, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2005 Women's Toys, Ad Astra Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

2005 Ofélia & Diana, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, 2006, Slovak Republic

2004 Barefoot, Sla-Sla Gallery, Munchen, Germany

2004 Barefoot, CC-Centrum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2004 Aut Bene Aut Nihil, Slovak Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2003 JF, Youth Gallery in Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2003 The Colour Run Out, Orava Gallery, Dolný Kubín, Slovak Republic

2003 Privacy, Gallery Subterra, Nitra, Slovak Republic

1995 Entrance, City Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

Group Exhibitions

2014 The Boundaries of Children's Soul, Turiec Gallery, Martin, Slovak Republic

2013 Film. Directed by Artist 2., Nitra Gallery, Slovak Republic

2013 La Petite Piece de Barbe Bleue, Musée L'Atelier Gaston de Luppé, Arles, France

2013 Berührend, Kro Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

2012 Where is the way out?, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2011 Love in Time of Youth, Love in Time of Crisis, The East Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovak Republic

2011 ObraSKov, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

2011 Miracles – Wunderkammer, Kro Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2010 Inter-view, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2010 Painting Studio – Koceľová 23 Street, The House of Art, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2009 8 Women, Slovak Union of Visual Arts, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2009 Contact, City Hall Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2009 Tolerance in Art, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2009 3rd Chapter of Slovak Contemporary Art, The Gallery of Art Critics, Prague, Czech Republic

2008 Body and Oil, The House of Art, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2008 The New Zlin Salon, Zlín, Czech Republic

2008 The Big Wash, Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2008 MB,MN,JF,RP,JK,TD, Slovak Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

2008 Introcity, The Topič Salon Association Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2007 Slovak Contemporary Art, Cobalt International Gallery, Brussel, Belgium

2007 Mirror as a Tool of Illusion, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2007 Painting Biennal, City Gallery, Rimavská Sobota, Slovak Republic

2007 Resseting, Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2006 Draught, The Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

2006 Draught, National Gallery in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic

2006 The calm, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

2005 Draught, Museum of Art Žilina, Žilina, Slovak Republic

2004 This Is My Place, Synagogue – Contemporary Art Centre/Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, Slovak Gallery

2003 This Is My Place, State Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Gallery

2002 Madona v slovenskom výtvarnom umení | Madona In the Slovak Art, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Gallery

2001 Pars pro toto, Exhibition Space of Town Hall, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

2000 Body, DIVYD Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2000 Space, Gallery BRIK, Praha, Slovak Gallery

1997 Ecce Hommo, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

1994 Slovak Contemporary Art, The Czech Centre, Berlin, Germany

1994 Young art, Slovak Embassy, London, UK / GB

1994 Drawings, Tennessee, USA

Fiction's and Poetry Book Illustration

Denisa Fulmeková: Materská (Maternity Leave), vyd. Ikar, Bratislava, 2012

Denisa Fulmeková: Topánky z papiera (Shoes of Paper), Ikar, Bratislava, 2009

Carol Ann Duffy: Nesvätá žena. Výber z poézie (UnSaint Woman- Poetry Selection), Literárna nadácia STUDŇA, 2006. ISBN 80-89207-04-9

References

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Contents

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Fiction's and Poetry Book Illustration

References