Rudolf Sikora
Rudolf Sikora
1946 born on April 17th in Žilina
1963 studied at secondary school SVŠ in Žilina
1963 - 1969 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
1970 begins to regularly exhibit his works in Slovakia as well as abroad
1987 becomes a member of association FOTOKLUB Q
1988 becomes a member of a creative group SYZÝGIA
1989 member of independent group GERULATA
1992 appointed as a professor at AVU (Academy of Fine Arts) in Prague
He lives and works in Bratislava and in Mariánka.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
1970 Topographies, the Youth Gallery, Bratislava
1980 Fiatal Múvészek klub, Budapest
1981 Pécsi Galéria, Pécs
1986 Galleri Nordvästen Rudolf Fila - Jozef Jankovič - Rudolf Sikora, Helsingborg? Sverige
1986 Self-portraits from series Anthropic Principle, Gallery Na bidýlku, Brno
1986 Graphics, D. Fischer, J. Jankovič, R. Sikora, Gallery Nebti, Den Haag
1987 Graphics, drawing, Sovinec
1989 Drawing, graphics, photography, KS Opatov, Prague
1991 Sikora, Gallery of Václav Špála, Prague
1991 Sikora, Gallery Ucher, Cologne
2005 Painting, objects, 1968 – 2005 selection, Incheba, Bratislava
2006 Against Oneself, Veľtržný palác, NG in Prague
2008 Against Oneself, the Slovak National Gallery Bratislava
2011 Rudolf Sikora, Danubiana 2014 Between Blood Pressure Measurement and Phoning, Zahorian & Van Espen Gallery, Bratislava 2016 Alone with Photohraph, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava 2017 Slovačka neoavantgarda, Rudolf Sikora, Július Koller i Prvi otvoreni atelier, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia 2018 Artwall, Prague
Collective exhibitions (selection)
1969 Exhibition, V-klub, Bratislava
1970 l. Open Atelier, Bratislava
1971 Junge Tschechoslovakische Kunstler, Bielefeld, Germany
1972 1973 Contemporary Slovak Graphics, Dům Pánu z Kunštátu, Brno
1973 We too have Ideas, New Reform Gallery, Aalst Belgium
1973 An International Cyclopedia of Plans Occurrences, Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
1973 Omaha Flow Systems, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
1974 XIII. Premi internacionál dibuix Joan Miro, Barcelona
1976 The Seventies (CAYC), Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo
1978 Schéde - Itinérante et ephómére, ĽAcadémie des Beaux Arts, Gand; ĽHôtel van de Velde, Bruxelles
1979 Other Child Book, Politechnika Warszawska, Gal Remont, Warsaw
1979 Other Child Book, Stadsbibliotheek, Maastricht
1979 Other Child Book, Gerrit Rietveld Akadémie, Amsterdam
1980 Rajz/Drawing '80, Pécsi Galeria, Pécs
1981 The Second International Drawing Triennial, Wroclaw
1982 Contemporary Eastern European Artists' Books, New York
1982 Aktuelle Kunst aus Osteuropa, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
1983 3. Biennale der europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden
1987 Out of Eastern Europe: Private Photography, Grey, Gallery, New York
1987 Out of Eastern Europe: Private Photography, Lower Gallery, New York
1987 Out of Eastern Europe: Private Photography, G Artspace, San Francisco
1989 Hommage a Joseph Beuys, Fort Napoleon La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
1991 Action Art, Gallery Mánes, Prague
1994 Europa, Europa, Bonn
1995 The Sixties, the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
1998 Cartographers, Zamek Ujazdowski, Waršava, Ernst Muzeum Budapešť, Umetnostna Galeria, Maribor
1999 Aspekte, Stiftung Ludwig, Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna
2000 Aspekte, Fundació Miró, Barcelona, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, City Gallery Southampton
2001 Action Art, SNG, Bratislava
2003 Master-pieces from the collection of the SNG, Bratislava Castle, SNM
2008 The Slovak Picture – Anti-picture, the Riding Hall of the Prague Castle, Prague
2011 Unfree Freedom, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago
2011 - 2012 Light Years, Art Institute of Chicago 2014 Code Yellow. Caution – Crisis – Critique, The University of Texas, USA 2015 Conceptual art and Communism 1965 – 1989, Gallery BBLA, New York, USA 2015 Ludwig Goes Pop, Ludwigs Museum, Budapešť, Maďarsko 2016 Non-aligned Modernity, Centre for Contemporary Art, Milano, Taliansko 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, Museum Kampa, Prague; Szépmuveszeti Múzeum, Budapest; National Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum Ludwig, Koln, and many other public and private collections throughout the world
Related links
https://www.webumenia.sk/en/autor/9345
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Sikora%2C+Rudolf