Július Koller

Július Koller – Biography

1939 - born on May 28th in Piešťany
1959 – Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (Prof. Ján Želibský)
1971 - founds UFO-Gallery Ganku which gains statute in 1981 and  accepts new members: I. Gazdík, P. Meluzin, P. Breier and M. Adamčiak
1990 - founds association Nová vážnosť (New Gravity) with Peter Rónai and Milan Adamčiak
2007 - died in Bratislava

Solo exhibitions (selection)
1965 the PKO cultural center, Bratislava
1982 Bilder aus der Slowakei, Galerie Pragxis, Essen-Kettwig (with A. Mlynárčik and J. Jankovič), Germany
1989 Touches and Connections, ObKaSS Vajnorská, Bratislava
1991 Július Koller – Probes, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
1993 Notstand, Július Koller – Peter Rónai, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
2003 Július Koller Universal Futurologic Operations, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
2004 Contact, Kunstraum München
2006 Július Koller & Jiří Kovanda, Index, the Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
2007 J.K.U.F.O., the Slovak Institute, Prague (the last exhibition during lifetime)
2010 Science fiction retrospection, the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava                                                                                      2012 Mini-Concepts / Maxi-Ideas, gb agency, Paris                                                                                                                           2013 U.F.O.-NAUT JKorchestrated by Rikrit Tiravanija, Martin Janda Gallery, Wien                                                                        2015 Július Koller ?, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw                                                                                                                      2016 – 2017 One Man Anti Show, MUMOK, Wien                                                                                                                            2017 Slovačka neoavantgarda, Rudolf Sikora, Július Koller i Prvi otvoreni atelier, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia

Collective exhibitions (selection)
1968 Danuvius, Bratislava
1969 VI. Biennale de Paris, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1970 I. open atelier, Tehelná 32, Bratislava
1988 Hommage á Kassák, Kassák Múzeum, Budapest
1989 Basement, Konventná ul., Bratislava
1990 Slowakische Kunst heute, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen
1991 Oscilácia / Oszcilláció / Oscillation, Mücsarnok, Budapest
1992 Zwischen Objekt und Installation, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
1994 Der Riss im Raum, Martin Gropius Baum, Berlin
1995 60-ties, the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
1996 Face á l´historie (The Face of History) 1933 – 1996, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1998 Slowakische Kunst heute, Kunstforum, München
1999 La Biennale di Venezia, Pavilion the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, Venice
2000 Aspects, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Fundació Miró, Barcelona
2002 Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main
2003 Master-pieces from the collections of the Slovak National Gallery, the Slovak National Museum – the Bratislava Castle
2010 Promesses du Passée, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris                                                                                                       2011 Museum of Parallel Narratives, Museu d´Art Contemporari de Barcelona, Spain                                                                    2015 International Pop,Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis                                                                                                                    2015 Ludwig Goes Pop + The East Side Story, Ludwig Museum, Budapest                                                                                    2015 Conceptual Art and Communism 1965 - 1989, BBLA Gallery, New York                                                                                 2016 The XXL views of Contemporary Slovak Art, GASK, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Appears in following collections – The Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava; the Collection of the First Slovak Investment Group; The National Gallery, Prague; Centre Georges Pompidou, La Collection du Musée National d´Art, Paris; Kadist Foundation Collection, Paris; The Contact, The Art Collection of Erste Bank Group, Wien; Tate Modern, London and dozens of public as well as private collections.

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http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=96942
https://www.photo.rmn.fr/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2CO5PC6A7IUXW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nok-vJRGPcU
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