Jaroslav Varga was born in Slovakia in 1982. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (2005-2009) and University of Presov (2000-2005). During his studies he attended scholarships at Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, PL (2006-2007), National Gallery in Wroclaw, PL (2006) and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA (2009).

 Awards & Residencies
2008 Nomination for the Oscar Cepan Award, SK

2003 Award for the best film (“Close”) dedicated to the international 

          relationships, International Film Festival of Film and Video,Berlin, DE

2003 Bronze Medal for an animated film “Close”, International Film Festival

            UNICA (UNION INTERNATIONALE DU CINÉMA), Warsaw, PL

 Solo Exhibitions

2006 Dangerous sequences, Gallery HIT, Bratislava, SK

 Group Exhibitions

2009 BRATISLAVA, Slovak Cultural Institute, Rome, IT

          Fantazies of Beginning, Billboard Gallery Europe,

            Bratislava, SK

2008 Videokunst vs künstlerische Dokumentation, KOLONI, Dresden, DE

          Exhibition of Finalists of Oskar Cepan Award, Gallery Medium,

            Bratislava, SK

          ENDING, One week international art residency at Hotel Kyjev,

            Bratislava, SK

2007 International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Wroclaw, PL

          SURVIVAL, Public Art Festival, Wroclaw, PL

          BEST WEST, Gallery Entropia, Wroclaw, PL

          BRIDG:ING „ Austria“ , Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic,

            Bratislava, SK

          TACTIC OF RESISTANCE X GLOBAL POLICE ACTION, Exhibition

            Centre Constantin Brancusi, Chisinau, Moldava

2006 Tourist Route, Street Art Festival, Nitra, SK

2005 WATER,  Gallery of Fine Arts, Presov, SK

2003 International Film Festival of Uncommercial Film and Video, Berlin, DE

          International Film Festival UNICA  Warsaw, PL

          International Film Festival UNICA, Luxembourgh

          ARS FILM FESTIVAL, Kromeriz, CZ