Lucia Dovičáková
"Already during her studies at the Faculty of Arts at the Technical university in Košice, Dovičáková was emerging as a hopeful talent of contemporary Slovak visual art. The candidness and authenticity of her work springs from the fact that she suffers no lack of boldness and directness, her works are daring and bizarre, on the border of good taste, but they leave few people indifferent. Even if they are not admired, they provoke a comment. The accidence of her paintings, works on paper and videos can be perceived in context of the direction named bad painting by the art history. The author first of all wants to depict a story, an atmosphere, and confronts the viewer with the pictured point. However, her visual language also refers to an attitude towards the medium of painting itself. Dovičáková seeks full-bodied painting rich in emotion, and in order to achieve her goal, she doesn't hesitate to balance on the border of kitsch, she uses hyperboles, and her works are often close to naïve art, caricature or book illustration. She does not resort aestheticism, but she bravely takes risks, when no more than her personal and very autobiographic artistic program is at stake." (Gabriela Kisová, 2011)
Biography
born 1981 in Košice, Slovakia
2000-2006, Faculty of Visual Arts at Technical University in Košice
(studio prof. Rudolf Sikora)
2003, Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (studio Mrg. Art. Anton Čierny)
2006, Finalist Oskar Čepan Award
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011, Scary Vanity, Krokus Gallery, SK
2010, Pandora´s games, Kasárne Kulturpark Košice, SK
2008, My Small, Cyprián Majerník Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2008, Secret, IC Culture Train, Košice, SK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2011, Skúter II – Biennale of young art, Ján Koniarek Gallery Trnava, SK
2011, Home edition, SSG, Banská Bystrica, SK
2010, Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2010, Inter-view, Nitra Gallery, SK
2010, Home sweet potato, Gallery Medium Bratislava, SK
2010, Self-portraits, Krokus Gallery, SK
2010, Preview Berlin, DE
2010, Erased Walls, Space, Bratislava, SK
2010, Crazycurators Biennale, Space, Bratislava, SK
2010, Art Stays, Galeria Micheliceva, Ptuj, SI
2010, Homebase, Kro Art Gallery, AT
2009, The Insconspicuous Medium, Museum of Art Žilina, SK
2009, Viennafair, AT
2009, Lucia Dovičáková & Ina Loitzl, Female law, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2009, Slowak Painting since 1960 to Now, City Gallery Prague, CZ
2007, East of Eden, Space Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2006, 22 Minutes 50,28 second, Gallery Art Factory Prague, CZ
2006, 22 Minutes 50,28 second, CAISA Center Helsinki, FIN
2006, SKART.SK, Kunstverein Heilbronn, BRD
2006, Finalist of Oskar Cepan Award, Gallery Medium Bratislava, SK
2006, Zlin Salon of young artists, KGVU Zlín, CZ
2006, New Generation, Museum of Art Žilina, SK
2005, Draught, Museum of Art Žilina, City Gallery Prague, SK/CZ
Workshops
2006, Workshop FULLSCREEN – AM180, Žilina Zárečie, SK
2004, Symposium in Kremnica, SK
2003, Symposium in Kremnica, SK
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lucia Dovičáková, exhibition-catalogue, text Gabriela Kisová, Krokus Galéria 2011
Inter-view, exhibition-catalogue, text Barbora Geržová, Nitrianska Galéria 2010
Painting after painting, exhibition-catalogue, text Lucia Gregorová, SNG 2010
Zora Rusinová, Autoportrét v slovenskom výtvarnom umení 20. storočia, Bratislava 2009
Zuzana Štefková, České ložnice Revisited, Flash Art CZ/SK 11-12/2009
East of eden, katalóg k výstave, text Diana Majdáková, Make up collective/SPACE 2009
Richard Gregor, text k výstave Moje malé, Ročenka Galérie Cypriána Majerníka 2008
Mira Putišová, text k výstave Secrét, 2008
Nová generácia. Umenie z Košíc, katalóg k výstave, texty Milan Mazúr a Mira Putišová, PGU 2006
