Jana Farmanová
"The attentive viewer will not fail to recognize the fact that Jana Farmanová never finishes her stories. She leaves the endings open. The absence of limitations is also a fundamental feature of her creation. Is it possible, in her case, to talk about the style and brushwork? Yes, but her style of painting is not only a mechanic transfer of acquired skills. It is a natural seismograph of particular mood which pertains to the given topic. Somewhere she is able to play fiddly with the detail, somewhere she “scribbles” the surface of the canvas with a cheeky shallowness. This might be the allure of her paintings – the moodiness, unpredictability and unfeigned, even destructive sincerity. One more thing is crystal clear. Alongside with all this, she enjoys her painting at full blast. What a self-confident artist!" (Beata Jablonská)
Biography
Born 1970 in Nitra (SK)
1989 - 1996, Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (studio Prof. Ján Berger)
Lives and works in Nitra
COLLECTIONS:
State Gallery Nitra, SK
Museum of Art Olomouc, CZ
Wannieck Gallery Brno, CZ
Sammlung Würth, BRD
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011, THE END, Stanica Žilina-Zárečie, SK
2011, Welcome to yourself, Kubikgallery Porto, PT
2010, Viennafair, AT
2010, Focus, State Gallery Rimavská Sobota, SK
2009, Histoire. Life with(out) a Good Communist, Krokus Gallery Bratislava, SK
2009, Soundtrack, Vernon Gallery Prague, CZ
2009, Bábiky / Dolls, Theater Nitra, SK
2008, Cooking jam, Bastart Gallery Bratislava, SK
2008, ,,Elementi e Miracoli“, Slovak institute Rome, IT
2008, ,,Ici e mantenant“, Slovak institut Paris, FR
2008, Melancholie (with M. Piacek), Gallery Fiducia, Ostrava, CZ
2008, Not only media faces, Gallery Linea Bratislava, SK
2006, Jana Farmanová, Gallery Nitra, SK
2006, Women toys, Apolo Bussines Center – Bonjour, Bratislava, SK
2005, Women toys, Gallery Ad Astra Brno, CZ
2004, Barefoot, Sla-Sla Gallery München, GER
2004, Aut bene aut nihil, Slovak institute Budapest, HU
2003, (JF), Gallery Young Nitra, SK
2000, Space, Gallery BRIK, Prague, CZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011, Láska v čase mladosti, láska v čase krízy, VSG Košice, SK
2011, ObraSKov, Wannieck Gallery Brno, CZ
2011, Miracles / Wunderkammer, Kro Art Gallery Vienna, AT
2010, Inter-view, State Gallery Nitra, SK
2009, Studio of painting, Kocelova Street 23, House of Arts, Bratislava, SK
2009, 8 women, Slovak Union of visual Arts, Bratislava, SK
2009, Art works, Brignoles, FR
2009, Contact, City hall gallery Oslo, NO
2009, Tolerancia, Danubiana Museum, Bratislava, SK
2009, 3. kapitola slovenského súč. umenia, Galerie Kritiku Praha, CZ
2008, Body and oil, Dom umenia, Bratislava, SK
2008, Nový Zlínsky salón, Zlín, CZ
2008, Veľké prádlo, Galerie Caesar Olomouc, CZ
2008, MB,MN,JF,RP,JK,TD, Slovak institut Praha, CZ
2008, Introcity, Galerie Topicuv salon, Praha, CZ
2007, Cobalt, International gallery, Bruxelles, BE
2007, Zrkadlo ako nástroj ilúzie, City gallery Nitra, SK
2007, Umenie 07, Dom umenia Bratislava, SK
2007, Bienále maľby, Mestská galéria Rimavská Sobota, SK
2007, Resseting, City gallery Prague, CZ
2006, Prievan (Draught), Štátna galéria, Banská Bystrica, SK
2006, Prievan (Draught), Národná galéria, Praha, CZ
2006, Bezvetrie (The calm), Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, SK
RESIDENCIES
July 2010, BANSKÁ ST A NICA, Banská Štiavnica, SK
