Roman Ondak

Born 1966 in Zilina (SK)
Lives and works in Bratislava (SK)
1988-94 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava (SK)
1991 Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia (I)
1993 Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania (USA)
1994-95 Artest BINZ '39, Zürich (CH)
1999-00 Collegium Helveticum, Zürich (CH)

Solo exhibitions (selected):

2003 Dum umeni, Brno (CZ)
Talker, &: gb agency, Paris (F)
Teenagers, Gallery Display, Prague (CZ) (with Julius Koller)

2002 Pause for a Moment, Gallery Priestor, Bratislava (SL) (with Josef Dabernig)
Guided Tour, Moderna galerija, Zagreb (HR)

2000 MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam (NL)
Knoll gallery, Vienna (A)
Room Extension, Kunsthof, Zürich (CH)

1999 Through the Eye Lens, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (HU)

1998 Discrepancies, Spala Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Gallery of the City of Prague (CZ)
Exposure, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (PL)

1997 MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam (NL)

1996 Gallery Ruce, Prague (CZ)

1995 Artest BINZ '39, Zürich (CH)

Group exhibitions (selected)

2003 Kunstverein Cologne (D)
Durchzug, Kunsthalle Zürich (CH)
Sight.Seen, 4. Austrian Triennial on Photography, Graz (A)

2002 UKS gallery, Oslo (NR)
Inter Muros, Gallery Gradska Loza, Zadar (HR)
I promise it’s political, Ludwig Museum, Cologne (D)
Erlauf erinnert sich, public spaces in Erlauf
In Prague, Spala gallery, Prague (CZ)
Fair, Royal College, London (UK)
An Artist who doesn’t speak english, Kunstihoone, Tallin (EST)

2001 Ausgeträumt…, Wiener Secession, Vienna (A)
Central, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (D)
Die Sammlung, MUMOK, Vienna (A)
Suspense, Slavonski Brod
Slowakische Träume, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau (D)
Central, Museumsquartier, Vienna (A)
Glued Intimity, Galerie Jeleni, Prague (CZ)
8.Triennial of smallscale sculpture, Fellbach
Common Ground, Begane Grond, Utrecht (NL)
Hors-Jeu, Gallery &: gb agency, Paris (F)

2000 An Artist who doesn’t speak english, Kunstverein Aschersleben
After the Wall, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (D)
Chinese Whispers, Apex Art C.P., New York (USA)
Changes of Order, Trade Fair Palace, Prague (CZ)
Manifesta 3, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (HR)
After the Wall, Ludwig Museum Budapest (HU)
Guarene Arte, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’ Arte, Torino (I)

1999 Aspects-Positions 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna (A)
After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
Distant Resemblance, Trade Fair Palace, Prague (CZ)
Slovak Art For Free, Slovak Pavilion on Venice Biennial, Venice (I)
Rondo, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (HU)

1998 Made in SK, Knoll gallery, Vienna (A)
Zimmer frei, Unikum, Klagenfurt (A)

1997 D-signed in SK, Knoll gallery, Budapest (HU)
60/90, Former Photostudio Rembrandt, Bratislava (SK)
Samizdat, Reed College, Portland, Oregon (USA)
Selest Art, FRAC, Sélestat

1996 Interior vs Exterior, Cosmos, Bratislava (SK)
Manifesta 1, Natural History Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam (NL)
Triple Possibility, Gallery V. Spala, Prague (CZ)

1995 Artists of Central and Eastern Europe, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (USA)

1994 Fragmente, Heiligenkreuzhof, Vienna (A)

1992 Germination 7, Le Magasin, Grenoble (F)