Mfa. Rastislav Podhorský, ArtD.
*1990, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Slovak artist Rastislav Podhorský lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.
His work contains figurative paintings, drawings and writing about art.
In the 2017 was published his art theory book The Ferryman: On figures in art and people in nonart (AFAD, Slovart). In 2021 he became ArtD. (Artist doctor) with his thesis The Contradictor: The frameworks and latent possibilities of visual art where he subjected his prewious book to criticism and different perspectives.
In 2017-2021 he was the head of Painting studio III. at Academy of fine arts and design in Bratislava (in colaboration with Martin Špirec).
Education:
2021-2015
Artist Doctor, Drawing cabinet, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK
2015-2013
Magister of fine arts, Department of Painting and other media, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK (Studio +-XXI, prof. Daniel Fischer)
2013-2009
Bachelor of fine arts, Department of Painting and other media, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK (Studio +-XXI, prof. Daniel Fischer)
2009-2005
Graduate at Josef Vydra School of Applied Arts, Department of Sculpture and Stonecarving, Bratislava, SK
Solo exhibitions:
2024
- Reflecting action, shaping self - Echoes of the Vita activa (with Teresa Grandits), Galerie Michael Bella, Wien, AT
- Happily ever unsure, online exhibition at Gandy gallery, SK
2023
- Carefree, Galerie Garáž, Zlín, CZ
- Such a beautiful problem, Phoinix, Bratislava, SK
2022
- Test_strip.Malacky – Rastislav Podhorský, Castle of Malacky, Malacky, SK
2021
- Rastislav Podhorský, Urban Gallery, Pescara, ITA
2019
- Forsteps and stepbacks, Gallery of Ernest Zmetak, Nové Zámky, SK
2018
- In front of the eastern wall, Gandy gallery, Bratislava, SK
2016
- Vo všetky nedele, Ateliér XIII, Bratislava, SK
- S prstom na opakovaní (s dychom po korení), Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, SK
2015
- Nevynechané, Magna gallery, Piešťany, SK
- S dychom po korení, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
2013
- O kľaknutie menší od seba, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
- Prítulky a útočiská, Ateliéri studená (Hangár), Bratislava, SK
2012
- Zametené (Nehybní v nehybnom), Artotéka, Bratislava, SK
Group exhibitions (selection):
2024
- Vessels, Cabin Berlin, Berlin, DE
- Retrospective: 21-23, Galerie Michael Bella, Wien, AT
2023
- Ako v sne, Moravany Castle, Moravany nad Váhom, SK
2022
- Najlepší slovenský obraz 2000-2022, Galéria slovenského rozhlasu, Bratislava, SK
- Chvenie (with Alžbeta Malovcová and Peter Barényi), Photoport, Bratislava, SK
- Results of the Symposium at Moravany Castle, Moravany nad Váhom, SK
- Scooter V., Gallery of Jan Koniarek in Trnava, Trnava, SK
2021
- Klaudia Kosziba, Rastislav Podhorský, Emoke Vargová at Galerie Michael Bella, Wien, AT
- Simona Gottierová and Rastislav Podhorský Whispering to the sphere, Nová synagóga, Žilina, SK
2020
- Neskorý zber, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
2018
- Chambres à part, curated by Laurence Dreyfus at Felix Vercel (off program FIAC 2018), Paris, FR
- Náboj, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
- Konštruktívna lyrika, Galéria MEDIUM, Bratislava, SK
- BAKELIT, Miskolci Galéria, Miškolc, HU
- Maľbou vanie sochou mrazí, Galéria umelcov spiša, Spišská Nová Ves, SK
2017
- Konstruktivní lyrika, Galerie města Plzeň, Plzeň, CZ
2016
- Telling lines, Lappeenrannan museot, FIN
- Slovenská New generation, Galeria d`italia, Milano, ITA
- Photoport 10!, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
2015
- Posvetenie zázračného- Posvätné v odkúzlenom svete, Rožňavské radiály, Rožňava, SK
- Maľba roka 2015, Nedbalka, Bratislava, SK
- CZxSK, Galéria Gagarinka, Bratislava, SK
- RESET 2015/XI. Trienále malého objektu a kresby, Galéria J. Kollára, Banská Štiavnica, SK
2014
- Maľba roka 2014, Nedbalka, Bratislava, SK
- Art Market Budapest, Budapest, HU
- Čo sme si navarili, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava, SK
2013
- Medzimédiá, Rožňavské radiály (s Danielom Fischerom a Martinom Špircom), Rožňavská galéria, Rožňava, SK
- Srdcových deväť, Photoport, Bratislava, SK
- Kebabb 13, Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, SK
2012
- Exkurzia do cudzích svetov, T-gallery, Bratislava, SK
- U102, Krokus, Bratislava, SK
Symposiums and residencies:
2022
- Symposium at Moravany Castle, Piešťany, SK
Curatorial practice:
2022
- Zuzana Mlynárčiková: Usta/áť túto chvíľu, Stodola Lišov, SK
2021
- Maľbu za šiltovku, Hotdock project space, Bratislava, SK
- Hluk vlastnej hlavy (Študenti Ateliéru maľby III.), Fuga, Bratislava, SK
2017
- Peter Jánošík: Parafa 20017, Photoport, Bratislava
Awards:
- Laureat of “Painting of the year 2015", VÚB Foundation, Bratislava, SK
- The prize of the principal of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK
Academic experience:
2021-2018
Head of the Painting studio III. (together with Martin Špirec), Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK
2017-2015
Lecturer of the Fundaments of the painting course, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, SK
Publicated texts about art:
2022
- Violet. In: Vlna magazine 91, 2022
2021
- Personal and impersonal in the work of Peter Jánošík, Ostium 1/2021
2018
- „The Awareness of my metaphysical desire“ In: Fitralit.ro, NR. 27, 31.1.2018
2017
- Prievozník. O ľuďoch v neumení a figúrach v umení (VŠVU, Slovart, Bratislava)
2015
- Umelci a neumelci: Hranica. In: Port no.21 2/2015, Bratislava: Photoport.