Emőke Vargová
Emőke Vargová (b. 1965, Dunajská Streda) has worked with a variety of media and techniques in her programme, including photography, site-specific installation and action since the 1990s. In addition to her own prolific artistic practice, she teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and inspires new generations of artists with her distinctive approach. Her works are represented in prestigious domestic and international collections, including the Slovak National Gallery.
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Curriculum vitae
Education
1980 – 1984 Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava
1984 – 1991 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Department of Painting, Rudolf Fila
1984 – 1991 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Department of Painting, Rudolf Fila
Awards
2021 Parallel Vienna 2021 Art Fair, Semmelweis Women’s Clinic, Vienna, AT
7th place in the Parnass Magazine ranking: Best of Gallery Statements @parallelvienna
1999 Tonal 1999, Slovak Young Visual Art Prize-Tonal, Bratislava, winner
1998 Slovak Young Visual Art Prize, Bratislava, finalist
1992 Martin Benka Prize
Exhibitions:
2024 Emőke Vargová Stitched Away, Children´s Gallery, Broumov Lapidarium, Broumov, CZ
No One and Nothing, Station Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2023 Dorota Sadovská, Emőke Vargová, Ján Vasilko, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, A
2022 Emőke Vargová is Divine, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Just Sew!, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, SK
2020 Blank Line, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
2019 Emőke Vargová: E:V:, Futura-Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
2018 Premium Line, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2017 Pertu No.12: Emese Bencúr + Emőke Vargová, Galéria Nové Zámky, SK
2016 Emőke Vargová: 265 Hugs, Nitrianska Galéria, Nitra, SK
2012 I Hear the Snow Falling …, 19 Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2011 Author’s Paper, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Sandwich, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
Certainty, Cyprián Majerník Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2010 Hick me up Already, Fru Fru Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Emőke Vargová, Bonjour 2010, Bratislava, SK
Emőke Vargová, Gallery of Contemporary Hungarian Artists, Dunajská Streda, SK
2009 Mikroskop 2009, 13m3, Plan C, Cvernovka, Bratislava, SK
2004 ő+3, Slovak National Gallery-Museum of Hungarian Culture in Slovakia, Bratislava, SK
Soft Images – Reliefs, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2003 Mario Sinnhofer – Emőke Vargová, O. K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, CH; Ján Koniarek
Gallery, Trnava, SK
Blue, Red, Orange, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
No One and Nothing, Station Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2023 Dorota Sadovská, Emőke Vargová, Ján Vasilko, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, A
2022 Emőke Vargová is Divine, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Just Sew!, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, SK
2020 Blank Line, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
2019 Emőke Vargová: E:V:, Futura-Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
2018 Premium Line, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2017 Pertu No.12: Emese Bencúr + Emőke Vargová, Galéria Nové Zámky, SK
2016 Emőke Vargová: 265 Hugs, Nitrianska Galéria, Nitra, SK
2012 I Hear the Snow Falling …, 19 Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2011 Author’s Paper, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Sandwich, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
Certainty, Cyprián Majerník Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2010 Hick me up Already, Fru Fru Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Emőke Vargová, Bonjour 2010, Bratislava, SK
Emőke Vargová, Gallery of Contemporary Hungarian Artists, Dunajská Streda, SK
2009 Mikroskop 2009, 13m3, Plan C, Cvernovka, Bratislava, SK
2004 ő+3, Slovak National Gallery-Museum of Hungarian Culture in Slovakia, Bratislava, SK
Soft Images – Reliefs, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2003 Mario Sinnhofer – Emőke Vargová, O. K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, CH; Ján Koniarek
Gallery, Trnava, SK
Blue, Red, Orange, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2002 DS952AG, Gallery at the White Unicorn, Klatovy, CZ
2001 Mine!, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2000 Déjà vu, Vojtech Löffler Museum, Košice, SK
Emőke Vargová, Jan Ambrůz, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
Zeichnungen, Galerie an der Bahnhofstross, Mörschwil, CH
1999 Portraits, City Gallery of Bratislava, Pálffy Palace, Bratislava, SK
1998 Soft Objects, Gallery Young, At the Good Shepherd, Brno, CZ
Objects, Galerie Objekta, Kreuzlingen, CH
1997 Project Ost / West (3), SNG, Zvolen, SK
1996 Project Ost / West (2), Cyprián Majerník Gallery Bratislava, SK
Project Ost / West (1), SNG, Slovak National Gallery, Vermes Villa, Dunajská Streda, SK
2001 Mine!, City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2000 Déjà vu, Vojtech Löffler Museum, Košice, SK
Emőke Vargová, Jan Ambrůz, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
Zeichnungen, Galerie an der Bahnhofstross, Mörschwil, CH
1999 Portraits, City Gallery of Bratislava, Pálffy Palace, Bratislava, SK
1998 Soft Objects, Gallery Young, At the Good Shepherd, Brno, CZ
Objects, Galerie Objekta, Kreuzlingen, CH
1997 Project Ost / West (3), SNG, Zvolen, SK
1996 Project Ost / West (2), Cyprián Majerník Gallery Bratislava, SK
Project Ost / West (1), SNG, Slovak National Gallery, Vermes Villa, Dunajská Streda, SK
Group exhibitions:
2024 Retrospektive: 21-23, Michael Bella Gallery, Vienna, AT
2023 From Collector to Patron, An Exhibition of Works Donatted from the Linea Collection, Slovak
National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2022 It’s hard to live easily, Nitra gallery, Nitra, SK
December Clues 9, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Prologue. 12 Colors of Reality, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Parallel Viena 2021 Art Fair, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna, A
Jellyfish Diopter, Mikulov kastle, Mikulov, CZ
2019 Retina: Painting Possibilities (1989-2019), 8smička-Zone For Art,
Humpolec, CZ
2018 Orient, Kim?, Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LT; Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, B;
Bunkier Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, PL
2017 Like at Home, Model Situation of Slovak Sculpture of 20th Century, KOD Kunsthalle Bratislava, SK
2015 It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
Rožňavské Radiály 3.03, Mining Museum, Rožňava, SK
Reconstructions / Work in progress, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2014 Two Countries, SNG, Slovak Nation Gallery-Esterházy Palace, Bratislava, SK
Haute Couture, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2013 Zero Years in Slovakia 1999 – 2011, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, D
It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2012 Otto, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
Vosem, Slovak Institute, Moskva, RUS
Nyolc, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
2011 Otto, Slovak Institute, Rome, I
The 6th New Zlín Salon 2011, Zlín House of Arts, Zlín, CZ
Zero Years, PGU, Žilina; National House of Arts, Bratislava, SK
2010 Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Inter – View I., Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
8, Slovak Cultural Institute, Berlin, D
2023 From Collector to Patron, An Exhibition of Works Donatted from the Linea Collection, Slovak
National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2022 It’s hard to live easily, Nitra gallery, Nitra, SK
December Clues 9, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Prologue. 12 Colors of Reality, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Parallel Viena 2021 Art Fair, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna, A
Jellyfish Diopter, Mikulov kastle, Mikulov, CZ
2019 Retina: Painting Possibilities (1989-2019), 8smička-Zone For Art,
Humpolec, CZ
2018 Orient, Kim?, Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LT; Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, B;
Bunkier Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, PL
2017 Like at Home, Model Situation of Slovak Sculpture of 20th Century, KOD Kunsthalle Bratislava, SK
2015 It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
Rožňavské Radiály 3.03, Mining Museum, Rožňava, SK
Reconstructions / Work in progress, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2014 Two Countries, SNG, Slovak Nation Gallery-Esterházy Palace, Bratislava, SK
Haute Couture, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2013 Zero Years in Slovakia 1999 – 2011, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, D
It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2012 Otto, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
Vosem, Slovak Institute, Moskva, RUS
Nyolc, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
2011 Otto, Slovak Institute, Rome, I
The 6th New Zlín Salon 2011, Zlín House of Arts, Zlín, CZ
Zero Years, PGU, Žilina; National House of Arts, Bratislava, SK
2010 Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Inter – View I., Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
8, Slovak Cultural Institute, Berlin, D
2024 Retrospektive: 21-23, Michael Bella Gallery, Vienna, AT
2023 From Collector to Patron, An Exhibition of Works Donatted from the Linea Collection, Slovak
National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2022 It’s hard to live easily, Nitra gallery, Nitra, SK
December Clues 9, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Prologue. 12 Colors of Reality, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Parallel Viena 2021 Art Fair, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna, A
Jellyfish Diopter, Mikulov kastle, Mikulov, CZ
2019 Retina: Painting Possibilities (1989-2019), 8smička-Zone For Art,
Humpolec, CZ
2018 Orient, Kim?, Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LT; Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, B;
Bunkier Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, PL
2017 Like at Home, Model Situation of Slovak Sculpture of 20th Century, KOD Kunsthalle Bratislava, SK
2015 It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
Rožňavské Radiály 3.03, Mining Museum, Rožňava, SK
Reconstructions / Work in progress, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2014 Two Countries, SNG, Slovak Nation Gallery-Esterházy Palace, Bratislava, SK
Haute Couture, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2013 Zero Years in Slovakia 1999 – 2011, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, D
It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2012 Otto, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
Vosem, Slovak Institute, Moskva, RUS
Nyolc, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
2011 Otto, Slovak Institute, Rome, I
The 6th New Zlín Salon 2011, Zlín House of Arts, Zlín, CZ
Zero Years, PGU, Žilina; National House of Arts, Bratislava, SK
2010 Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Inter – View I., Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2023 From Collector to Patron, An Exhibition of Works Donatted from the Linea Collection, Slovak
National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2022 It’s hard to live easily, Nitra gallery, Nitra, SK
December Clues 9, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Prologue. 12 Colors of Reality, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2021 Parallel Viena 2021 Art Fair, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna, A
Jellyfish Diopter, Mikulov kastle, Mikulov, CZ
2019 Retina: Painting Possibilities (1989-2019), 8smička-Zone For Art,
Humpolec, CZ
2018 Orient, Kim?, Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LT; Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, B;
Bunkier Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, PL
2017 Like at Home, Model Situation of Slovak Sculpture of 20th Century, KOD Kunsthalle Bratislava, SK
2015 It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
Rožňavské Radiály 3.03, Mining Museum, Rožňava, SK
Reconstructions / Work in progress, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2014 Two Countries, SNG, Slovak Nation Gallery-Esterházy Palace, Bratislava, SK
Haute Couture, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2013 Zero Years in Slovakia 1999 – 2011, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, D
It Will Remain in the Family, Children´s Inputs into the Work of Parents-Artists / And Vice Versa/,
City Gallery of Bratislava, Mirbach Palace, Bratislava, SK
2012 Otto, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
Vosem, Slovak Institute, Moskva, RUS
Nyolc, Slovak Institute, Budapest, H
2011 Otto, Slovak Institute, Rome, I
The 6th New Zlín Salon 2011, Zlín House of Arts, Zlín, CZ
Zero Years, PGU, Žilina; National House of Arts, Bratislava, SK
2010 Painting after Painting, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Inter – View I., Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
1995 33×33, Binz 39, Zürich, CH
Art of Aura, Synagogue-Center for Contemporary Art, Trnava, SK
1993 Prints, XY Gallery, Nové Zámky, SK
From Paper, Artotéka Gallery, Bratislava, SK