Jan Vasilko
Horizontal and Vertical lines (Industrial Structure – Pixel Federation), 2021
Price Available Upon Request
Jan Vasilko
b. 1979 in Humenné, Slovakia. Lives and works in Košice, Slovakia
Jan Vasilko graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Technical University, Kosice, Slovakia in 2005. Jan Vasilko has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Europe, and his work is held in private collections in the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia. Vasilko’s paintings walk on the border between abstraction and reality primarily using lines to express emotions, feelings and thought. Vasilko’s paintings are introspective, focusing on the subconscious mind while examining images, signs and symbols that stay in his memory.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019 – Neo neo Geo geo, House of Arts ( Dom umenia), Kunsthalle, Bratislava
- 2019 – Mechanism in the Mechanisms, Topičúv Salon, Prague
- 2015 – All can be better, Auction house Soga, Bratislava
- 2013 – KEometry, GMB Palffy Palace, Bratislava
- 2011 – La Citta, Gallery Anteprima Contemporary, Rome
- 2010 – Desing for 1, Museum of Contemporary Art Slovakia, Wannieck Gallery, Brno
- 2009 – Utopy and Visions from Eastern Europe, Strabag House, Vienna
- 2007 – Replace / Siemens ArtLab with T. Džadoň and B. Klimová, Vienna
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
- 2018 – BA KE Lit, City Gallery Miskolcz, Hungary
- 2017 – Koshické metro, Gallery E. Filla, Ústí nad Labem, CZ
- 2017 – Vysegrad V4 Group Painting Biennale, Museum Narodowe, Przemysl, Pl
- 2016 – Slovenska (New Generation), Galeria d Italia- Piaza di Scala, Milan
- 2015 – Soft Codes (Concept. tendencies in Slovak art), Museum of Contemporary art, Wroclaw
- 2013 – Zero Years: Nuller Jahre In Slowakische Kunst, Freies Museum, Berlin
- 2013 – Triennial of Contemporary Image, East Slovak Museum, Kosice
- 2011 – Obrazskovo, Slovak Contemporary Painting, Wannieck Gallery, Brunn
- 2011 – Zero Years, Slovak Contemporary art 2000-2010, Haus of Arts, Bratislava
- 2010 – Painting after painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
Residencies
- 2005 – ISCP Studios, New York, USA
- 2010 – Studio C3 – FKSE Budapest, Hungary
- 2010 – Strabag Artstudios, Wien, Austria
- 2016 – Maltator, Gmund in Kärnten, Austria
- 2020 – Cité des Arts, Paris, France
- 2020 – Pilotenkeuche, Leipzig, Germany
- 2021 – Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Awards
- 2005 – Winner O. Čepan award for young artist in Slovakia under 35, GMB, Bratislava
- 2008 – Second Prize VÚB Maľba- Slovak painting prize, Bratislava
- 2009 – Winner Strabag International Artaward, Vienna
- 2010 – Finalist prize NG 333 and group ČEZ , National gallery, Veltrzni palace, Prague
- 2012 – Second Prize VÚB Maľba- Slovak painting prize, Bratislava
Collections
- Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
- Robert Runták Collection, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Siemens Artlab, Vienna, Austria
- Richard Adam Collection, Brno, Czech Republic
- Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Eastslovak Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia
Education
1999-2005 – Faculty of Arts in Technical University, Kosice, Slovakia
Works by Jan Vasilko
Jan Vasilko
Horizontal and Vertical Lines (Non Symmetric Version), 2019
Price Available Upon Request
Jan Vasilko
Horizontal and Vertical Lines (Formation of Geometric Forms), 2019
Price Available Upon Request
