Juraj Toman

Juraj Toman (1985) is an author of the middle generation of Slovak authors. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava – 2011. In 2014 he completed his doctoral studies at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica under prof. Ľudovít Holoska. Since 2014 he has been working as an assistant professor at the Department of Art and Education at the Charles University in Nitra.

In his work he is interested in the phenomenon of time and space, which is almost physically connected with the process of painting. He draws his ideas from his surroundings. In his work he uses a combination of approaches of plein air painting directly on the site and in time, with photography, video, but also memory. He has had several solo exhibitions, including a pair with Juraj Florek, and also group exhibitions. Together with Florek they have completed residencies at Gallery BB15 Linz, PRÁM STUDIOS Prague, Nástupište 1-12 Topoľčany.