Oskár Čepan

EDUCATION: 2012 – 2014 Academy of fine arts and design in Bratislava, SK – Department of Intermedia; 2007 – 2011 Faculty of Arts, Technical University in Kosice, SK – Department of New Media (prof. Anna Tretter); 2009 – 2010 Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, PL – Photography Studio (prof. Agata Pankiewicz);

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2020 – LUCA2020, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague, CZ; Brave New Normal (curated by Václav Janoščík), Cursor Gallery, Prague, CZ 20/20, Ľudovít Fulla Gallery, Ružomberok, SK; 2019 – LIPTOV: HOME AND EXILE (Influential Visual Artists since 1950s), Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň, Liptovsky Mikulas, SK; Stories of (After) Life, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK; Ecology of desire – Exhibiton of finalists of the Oskár Čepan Award, East Slovak Gallery, Kosice, SK; 2018 – Hrádocký výber, Rumansky Art Centre, Liptovsky Mikulas, SK; 2017 – SEXPOSED – Uncensored, Galerie Školská (curated by Artedu), Prague, CZ; 2016 – Oyster!, Zoya Museum (curated by Jiri Svestka), Modra, SK; 2014 – Light Strip underneath My Lashes, Bunker – Nitrianska galéria, Nitra SK; 2013 – Photography or Painting?, Flatgallery, Bratislava, SK; Minimalni trvanlivost, Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Labem, CZ; 2010 – Nepokojné médium (Slovak photography 1990-2010), Dom Umenia, Bratislava, SK;

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2020 – DEVIL NINJA THORAX, 30th Month of Photography, SEDF / Galéria Martina Martinčeka, Bratislava, SK; 2019 – HUMAN THIRST (Pauline Canavesio & Jan Durina), ACUD GALERIE, Berlin, DE; HASARSIZ, Hayy Open Space, Izmir, TR; Horal, Ľudovít Fulla Gallery (SNG), Ruzomberok, SK; 2017 – Recent Works, Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, DE; 2016 – Chlapcova hlava, A.M.180 Gallery, Prague, CZ; 2015 – Studies, Jiri Svestka Gallery Berlin, Berlin, DE; 2014 – I dream of you, Henry, YMCA, Bratislava, SK; 2013 – Présentation de l’artist Jan Durina, Galerie La Traverse, Marseille, FR; Those Girls, Galerie Art, Brno, CZ; 2012 – Sometimes I Fight, Sometimes I Give Up (Photomonth in Krakow), F.A.I.T. gallery, PL; To není obraz, To je stín, Make Up gallery, Kosice, SK; 2011 – Twenty three years in that house, but the boy might still be alive, Sourmilk Art Gallery, Menzago di Sumirago, IT;

ART PERFORMANCES: 2019 – SCHOOL OF HARMS (collaboration with Tamara Antonijevic, Henrike Kohpeiß and Philipp Wüschner), Ruine der Franziskaner Klosterkirche (Klosterruine Berlin), Berlin, DE, MORE INFORMATION; 2017 – Gelber Himmel (participation in performance piece by Miriama Kardošová), Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, DE; 2016 – HORAL 1/3 / 2/3 / 3/3 (Performance Trilogy), Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, DE; 2014 – WOLF (Light Strip underneath My Lashes), Bunker – Nitrianska galéria, Nitra SK; Selected Music Performances with Audiovisual Project FOR YOU KATRINA: 2018 – Klangstärke°18 Festival, Hildesheim, DE; Macao, Milan, IT; Säule (Berghain), Berlin, DE; KIOSK FESTIVAL, Zilina, SK; KHIDI, Tbilisi, GE; DGTL FMNSM Festival, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, DE; UMBO, Zürich, CH; Intruder Alert, Warsaw, PL; 2017 – A4, Bratislava, SK; ParkingStoneXIII, Paris, FR; Creepy Teepee 2K17, Kutna Hora, CZ;

AWARDS, ARTIST RESIDENCES: 2019 The Oskár Čepan Award, Finalist of The Oskár Čepan Award 2019 2019 Hayy Open Space, Izmir, TR (with K.A.I.R. programme) 2013 Galerie La Traverse, Marseille, FR (with K.A.I.R. programme)

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