Jan Fekete was born 1958 in Slovakia. Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts,
Bratislava, Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna, and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. 1990 Diploma, Munich. Since 1990 lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava,
Slovakia. Head of Department of Figural Drawing and Creation. 1994-95 lecturer at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna, New Media. 1996 Asst. Professorship, Academy
of Fine Arts, Bratislava. Lives and works in Vienna and Bratislava. Solo exhibitions (selection)
1986 Gallery Meszaros, Duisburg/D; 1989
Castle Neugebäude, Vienna/A; 1991 Gallery Majernika, Bratislava; 1993 Centre of contemporary arts, Zilina/SK; 1994 Museum Löffler, Kosice/SK; 1995 and
1996 Gallery Gerulata, Bratislava (with Nick de Vries/USA and Milos Boda/SK); 2000 City Gallery Bratislava, Palais Palffy “Laserscans” and Centre of
contemporary arts, Zilina, SK; 2001 “the self” personality show #5, KulturAXE Vienna/A; 2002 “Colour in space” The Forum Vienna -
Inter-Contintental; 2005 “Überland”, Stadtgalerie Vienna (with A.Piller u. C.Zillner); 2006 Design- and furnishing house Taus, Vienna.
Group exhibitions (selection)
1987 Tabakmuseum, Vienna; 1988 Vienna International Airport; 'Jazz 89', Castle Gallery Burghausen/D; 1990
'Kosice-Bratislava-Vienna after 89', City Gallery Kosice - Centre of Contemporary Arts, Bratislava -Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (cat.); 1991 Gallery of Artists,
Munich/D; 'Diagonale', City Gallery Bratislava, Palais Mirbach (cat.) ; 1992 'Salon 12', Salle de Bal, Vienna; 'Bazen fit plus', European Culture Club Bratislava
(cat.); 1993 'Geometria viva', Centre of Contemporary Arts, Bratislava; 'Salon 12', Palais Wittgenstein, Vienna; 1994 'Laser and Art', Gallery Medium, Bratislava;
'Event in the East', Museum of contemporary art, Zakarpatske - State Gallery Presov / Museum Trebisov (cat.); 1995 'Here and there - Tu a tam', Forum Young Art/CH,
Centre of Contemporary Art, Bratislava (cat.); 1996 'Enter', Passage Gallery Künstlerhaus, Vienna; 'Slovakian Contemporay Art', Rotterdam; 1997 '3D
traceroutes', City Gallery, Palais Palffy, Bratislava (cat.); 2000 “Dimenzie Abstrakcie, 60/90”, City Gallery Kosice; “Porton”, Aguni Sogo
Culture Center, Okinawa, Japan; 2003 Paesaggio del Desideri, Gallery Lattuada of Contemporary Arts, Milan and Austrian Culture Forum, Milan, I; 2004 “EUROPE
NOW.”, MAK, Austrian museum for applied and contemporary arts, Vienna; Brooklyn EUphoria, Parkers Box, New York; 2005 “Art Landstrasse”, Gallery
Wohlleb, Vienna; “Figurama”, Znaim / CZ (cat.); “New Zlin Salon 2005”, The first review of contemporary Czech and Slovak visual art,
Chateau Zlin / CZ (cat.). Artworks in public property and collections
1987 Bank Zentralsparkasse Vienna; 1987 Laureate Art Contest
“Vienna can be seen” and purchase; 1987 purchase, Tabakmuseum, Vienna; 1990 purchase museum of natural sciences, Munich; 1994 purchase municipality of
Vienna; 2000 1st prize and purchase, international flag competition “Art without borders”, Club of traders Vienna III.
Bibliography (selection)
“B&F”, Buban & Fekete, Radislav Matustik, Kultúrny zivot, 1991; “Jan Fekete, Malerei im
Raum”, Profil, Vladimir Beskid, 1994; “Jan Fekete, Nick de Vries”, Vladimir Beskid, Katalog, Galerie Gerulata, 1995; “Event in the
East”, Beata Jablonská, National Gallery Bratislava; “Der Grenzgänger”, Thomas Prlic, Falter 18/04, 2004; “Jan Fekete”,
Wien Connections, City, 2004. |
