bio

Martina Z. Šimkovičová works in Vienna, Bratislava. Founding member of Robota - Center for Advanced Studies.  

STUDIES
2011-18 / Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Art and Photography (M. Guttmann)
2017-18  / Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Stage Design (A. Viebrock) 
2014-17 / Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, ArtD., (Jana Hojstričová)
2010-11 / FH Dortmund, Fachbereich Design, Studiengang Fotografie (Erasmus)
2007-13 / Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Master – Photography and New Media (S. Saparová)

EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, COLLABORATIONS (SELECTION) 

2023:
Kronos, Galerie Města Blanska, Blansko, Czech Republic, curator Júlia Bútorová
MOM - Mobile Collection Point, T3, Bratislava, curator Martina Ivičič
Shaping of Experiences, group exhibition (as a curator), A4, Bratislava
Urban Photo Awards, Selected, Trieste Photo Fringe, Trieste Photo Days Festival, Italy

2022:
new* not normal, photographic book release (upcoming)
La-La Silo Land - group exhibition, Schloss Orth, Austria
OFF Libris - featured book, OFF Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
 
2021:
mimo/riadne - solo exhibition, City Library Bratislava, Slovakia
Požun_sk - release of an online documentary photography archive

2020
Multiple Singularities, group show, xhibitE, Vienna
Home Office: the Work-Work Balance, online event with Robota
Human Sovereignty, group exhibition, Pistori Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia - co-curator as a part of Robota - Center for Advanced Studies
rA/Upture conference: xenofuturities/spectres/anachrony - participating with Robota - Center for Advanced Studies

2019 
Artificial Entanglement, lecture series organized with Robota - Center for Advanced Studies, Bratislava
Melanch lia, group show, Považská galéria umenia, Žilina
SK/AT: Grenzübersetzungen, with Jürgen Rendl, museumOrth, Orth an der Donau
L'Histoire du Soldat, shadowplay design. Festival Konvergencie, Bratislava

2018
Home is where the Hippocampus is, group show, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam

2017
Palimpseste – performance, projections (part of the artistic collective Faktor A) - University Library, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Sound of Auditorium (part of the artistic collective Denkzeug), Trnava, Bratislava, Nitra, Žilina 
Ongoing Indexical Transformation, University Library, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
1988, solo exhibition, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava 
het IJ (audiovisual performance), OCCII, Amsterdam 

2016 
eponymous (solo show), SWDZ, Vienna
Balkanization (group show), Friday Exit, Vienna
going south, Galerie Marenzi, Leibnitz 
Pinophyta 48.236928, 16.379840 (solo show), Mandelkern project, Vienna 

2015
Art Stream Shop, Studio Payergasse, Vienna
Re/migrating image (group show), Central European House of Photography, Bratislava 
/// (process SK/AT), intervention/performance, waiting room, Main Railway Station Bratislava 
SK/AT – presentation – Lange Nacht der Türme, Hainburg an der Donau 
Parallel Vienna - Curatorial statement by Sonia Leimer, Vienna 
in Transition, Filmscreening, Brick 5, Vienna 
Essl Art Award CEE 2015, Nominees’ Exhibition, Galéria Medium, Bratislava 

2014 
SK/AT (co-curator, exhibiting artist), mo.e contemporary, Vienna
SK/AT (co-curator, exhibiting artist), Ausstellende Galéria Dunaj a ja, Bratislava 
Parallelspuren - Párhuzamos nyomok (group show), xhibit, Vienna
Parallelspuren - Párhuzamos nyomok (group show), MKE - Bárcsay terem, Budapest 
Pressburg – solo show - Slovak Press Photo, Municipal House, Bratislava
Wechselwirkungen, Vertikale, Verbund, Vienna 

2013
Parallel Campaign/Parallelaktion, ReMap KM 4, Giatrakou 10, Athens 

STIPENDS, PRIZES
2018 / Slovak Arts Council
2017  / Ö1 Talentenstipendium - Nominee 
2017 / Ernst-Mach-Stipendium (ÖAD) 
2016 / Vienna PhotoBook Award – Nominee 
2015 / Essl Art Award CEE 2015 – Nominee für Slowakei 
2013 / Slovak Press Photo – Stipend of the City of Bratislava
2013 / Rector's Prize for the best Diploma in Photography/Visual Arts
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