Lucia Tkacova
Born in 1977, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
Lives and works in Bratislava

education:
1997 – 2004 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, department of painting and other media, studio of prof. Sikora
1997 – 2001 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, department of graphic design, studio of mgr. art emil drliciak
work experiences:
since 2005 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, teaching assistant at the department of painting, studio of Ilona Nemeth
since 2003 program coordinator, Gallery Hit, Bratislava

stays:
2005 residence program, Cite internationale des arts, Paris
2004 artist in residence program, kforum Vienna, Vienna

solo exhibitions/projects:
2006 Magical recipes for love, happiness and health, with a. m. chisa, f.a.i.t. gallery Cracow (curated by exgirls)
2006 Everything is Work, with a. m. chisa, Tranzit workshops, Bratislava (curated by Boris Ondreicka)
2006 Magical recipes for love, happiness and health, with A. M. Chisa, Open Gallery Bratislava
2006 Ortografio de potenco, with a. m. chisa, Gallery Futura, Prague
2005 Nonstrategic scenarios: red library, with A. M. Chisa, Jeleni Gallery, Prague
2005 Videosomic: we would prefer to sleep with Roman Ondak, with A. M. Chisa, Space Gallery, Bratislava (curated by Lucia Carna)
2004 Casting, Space Gallery, Bratislava (curated by Juraj Carny)
2003 A room of their own, with A. M. Chisa, Gallery Medium, Bratislava
2000 Picoviny, with A. M. Chisa, Gallery Tatrasoft, Bratislava
2000 Les amies, with A. M. Chisa, Zoe, Bratislava
2000 Intervention in the exhibition slovak art of the 20th century, with A. M. Chisa, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

group exhibitions:
2006 Kuba: Journey Against the Current, Tranzit Bratislava/Nestroyhof Vienna (organized and presented by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary)
2006 Keine Wunderkammer, Hit Gallery Bratislava. C2C gallery Prague (curated by Ivana Moncolova)
2006 Runnaway, Space Gallery Bratislava (curated by Juraj Carny)
2006 Innenansicht, Kunstraum NOE Wien (curated by Alberto di Stefano)
2006 Shadows of Humor, BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw (curated by William Hollister)
2006 Les beaux ideals, Synagogue centre for contemporary art, Trnava, (curated by Mira Keratova)
2005 the artist with two brains, New art Birmingham, Birmingham (curated by Chris Hammond)
2005 Iconoclash, the Spitz Gallery, London (curated by Mira Keratova)
2005 Prague biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prague (curated by Juraj Carny)
2004 Festival of new media art, Tbilisi, Georgia
2004 Versus: legal/illegal, kforum Vienna, Vienna, (curated by Aldo Gianotti)
2004 Exhibition for 2. auction of contemporary art, Soga, Bratislava (curated by Jana Oravcova and Sandra Kusa)
2003 Seconds, Open Gallery, Bratislava (curated by Jana Oravcova and Petra Hanakova)
2003 _Freizonen, Vienna
2003 Commentary, Vojtech Loffler Museum, Kosice (curated by Maria Draganova)
2003 Too many exceptions, Povazska Gallery, Zilina (curated by Mira Putisova)
2003 Exhibition for 1. auction of contemporary art, Soga, Bratislava (curated by Jana Oravcova and Sandra Kusa)
2003 Media Factory, Pecs, Hungary (curated by Rita Varga)
2000 Art against drugs, Emotion Gallery, Zilina
1999 Printing, incheba, Bratislava