Michal Kern

MICHAL KERN biography

1938 born on May 1st in Žilina
1956 – 1962 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (prof. Ján Mudroch, department of figural painting)
1963 first solo exhibition in Liptovský Mikuláš (commissary Rudolf Chmel)
1964 first participations in collective exhibitions - (MS Martin and OG PMB Liptovský Mikuláš)
1969 the first event in Vysoké Tatry
1974 – 1976 active participation in Symposion II and III
1981 solo exhibition in Ostrava-Orlová - (commissary Ivo Janoušek)
1981 - 1984 active participation in Terén II – IV (Terrain II – IV)
1992 March 3rd, suffered a severe injury
1994 October 1st, died of the injury consequences, buried in Močiare, in a garden next to his father, painter Peter Július Kern

Solo exhibitions

1963 Liptovský Mikuláš, Secondary School of Techonology
1981 Cultural Center, Ostrava-Orlová
1982 The Education and Science Club of B. Václavek, Brno
1985 Community Center, Bratislava (with R. Sikora)
1986 ObKaSS, Bratislava III
1987 Fiatal Múvészek Klubja, Budapest
1988 Gallery Détour, Jambes, Belgium (with J. Meliš)
1988 Gallery SFVU, Bratislava (with J. Meliš)
1989 Fotofest, Žd'ár n. Sázavou (with R. Sikora)
1990 Conference of Slavists, London
1994 Gallery Klatovy-Klenová (with M. Kern ml. and M. Knut)
1995 Gallery Gerulata, Bratislava                                                                                                                                                       1996 In memoriam 1938 – 1994, PGU, Žilina                                                                                                                                   1998 Gallery of P. M. Bohúň, Liptovský Mikuláš                                                                                                                                2000 Centre Bonlieu, Annecy, France                                                                                                                                                2001 Footprints, Gallery Priestor, Bratislava                                                                                                                                        2007 Nature, Slovak Institute, Prague
2011 - 2012 Identification, GMB Bratislava                                                                                                                                          2012 Identification with Nature, Gallery PMB,  Liptovský Mikuláš                                                                                                     2018 Michal Kern, Gallery 19, Bratislava

Collective exhibitions (selection)

1964 Gallery PMB, Liptovský Mikuláš
1968 UBS, the Club of Concretists, Bratislava
1977 Zvolen Castle, Slovak National Gallery
1979 Fotomedium Art, Wroclaw
1979 Gallery Remont, Warsaw
1980 De Appel, Amsterdam
1981 II. miedzinarodovve trienale rysunku, Wroclaw, Poland
1982 Gallery Pragxis,  Essen-Kettwig
1984 Gallery FOMA, Prague
1985 4. Biennale der europäischen Graphik, Baden-Baden, Germany
1985 Szépmúvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
1987 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto-Ontario, Canada
1990 Museum Ludwig, Koln a. Rhein, Germany
1991 Städtisches Museum, Heilbronn, Germany
1991 General Czechoslovak Exhibition, Prague
1992 Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
1992 Hills and Mills, Amsterdam
1992 Apellacion - De la Ideológia a lás Ideas, Sevilla
1993 Die Fotografie in der Slowakei, Bremen, Berlin, Coastbridge, Bukurest
1994 Naturally, Ernst Museum, Budapest                                                                                                                                          1995 The Sixties, The Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava                                                                                                                  1995 Miedzynarodowe Triennale Rysunk, Wroclav, Poland                                                                                                               1998 Minisalon, Bibliotheque Royal de Belgique, Brussels                                                                                                               2000 Body and East, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia                                                                                                             2002 Slovak Visual Art 1970-1985, the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava                                                                                     2008 The Slovak Picture – Anti-picture, the Riding Hall of Prague Castle, Prague                                                                              2009 Out of the City, The National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow                                                                                         2011 Maps, SNG and GMB, Bratislava                                                                                                                                             2016 The XXL views of Contemporary Slovak Art, GASK, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Events and Photomonologues selection
1969 A Walkway Dusted with Snow, High Tatras, Slovakia
1975 Dice Game, I Can Do Anything, Močiare
1976 Gravitation I, Močiare
1977 Three Standpoints in a Plane, Močiare (with P. Bartoš)
1978 A, B, C, Veľká Studená Valley (with P. Bartoš)
1979 Searching for a Picture, Močiare
1980 Perpendicular, Močiare
1981 Contacts, Močiare
1982 I Created a Line, Veľká Studená Valley
1984 Space Determination, (footprinting of circle, crosses, triangle, star), Močiare
1988 Decomposing of The Nest, Nové Zámky
1990 Homage a Malevich, Nové Zámky
1992 Nest Decomposing, Amsterdam

Appearance in public collections:

Abroad: Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Brescia, Brussels, Budapest, Den Haag, Museum of Modern Art, Huston, Eindhoven, Essen, Jambes, Moulhouse, Novi Beograd, Pécs, Székesfehérvár, Toronto, Wroclaw
Slovakia: Bratislava (Slovak National Gallery), the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Banská Bystrica (ŠG BB), Dolný Kubín (OG), Liptovský Mikuláš (Gallery PMB), Žilina (PGU)
Czech Republic: Brno (Morava Gallery), Klatovy (Galeri Klatovy/Klenová)

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