1950 |
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1950 |
born June 8, Liptovská Osada (little village amidst the hills of Middle Slovakia) |
| 195? | first contact with pencil (found drawings on inside door of cupboard in three years old child’s height) | ||
| 1956 | moved to Piešťany, where he has been living till nowadays | ||
| 1956 | started his way to education - elementary school in Piešťany | ||
| 1958 | first year attends Popular School of Art (teacher artist Mrs. Chrťanová M. A.) – till 1968 | ||
1960 |
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196? | first cartoons, caricature, minicomics to entertain his schoolmates |
| 1965 | first pictures published in ”Život” magazine | ||
| begins to attend high school with school leaving examination, Piešťany | |||
| works in redaction of ”Lúč” school magazine, and publishing his drawings in too | |||
| 1966 | ”Lúč” magazine is printed in City Cultural Centre. This centre issues ”Kultúra v Piešťanoch” (Culture in Piešťany) magazine. Gets proposal to publish first cartoon in May edition of this magazine | ||
| 1966-1969 | publishing in about three periodical magazines (Kultúra v Piešťanoch, Pravda, Trnavský Hlas). Illustrations of serial novels in ”Kultúra v Piešťanoch” | ||
| 1967 | first one-man exhibition – happening in the street in centre of Piešťany | ||
1967-1969 |
other ca three exhibitions in Slovak cities Piešťany and Bratislava | ||
| 1968 | after passing leaving examination starts his studies of architecture at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava | ||
1970 |
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1970-1977 | performs in student’s
theatre of B-club / some prizes |
1974 |
finished studies at university with degree Dipl. Ing. Architect (=M. A. degree) came back to Piešťany | ||
| publishing in magazines: | |||
1970-1979 |
publishing in ca 5 Slovak magazines (Revue Piešťany, Dievča..., from 1971 in ”Roháč” – the biggest and maybe the only Slovak cartoon magazine). From time to time in foreign magazines (Ludas Matyi – Hungary, Osten – Yugoslavia, Szpilki - Poland...) | ||
| group exhibitions: | |||
1970-1979 |
group exhibitions in Czechoslovakia and in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Cuba | ||
one-man exhibitions: |
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| 1970 | Gallery of Youth in Bratislava (with friends M. Ryšavý, A. Vyjidák) | ||
| 1972 | Gallery No1 in Bratislava | ||
| 1974 | B – club in Bratislava | ||
| awards: | |||
| 1979 | San Antonio de los Baňos, Cuba – diploma from International Journalist Organisation | ||
1980 |
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1980 | wedding to his schoolmate Anna |
| 1982 | born son Ján | ||
| 1985 | born daughter Eva | ||
| 1980-1989 | working on projects in ”Stavoprojekt” architecture atelier, some Slovak and international contests | ||
| publishing and illustrations: | |||
| 1980 | first book illustrations ”A. P. Merkulov: Podivuhodná tekutina” | ||
| 1980-1989 | book illustrations or common book projects participation (ca 10 books - J. Kvasnica: Priekopníci modernej fyziky, J. Krempaský: Vesmírne metamorfózy, 100x o láske, Aforizník, Čo ťa páli, has ...) | ||
| publishing in ca 12 Slovak magazines (Roháč, Výtvarný život, Projekt, Výber, Film a divadlo, Javisko, Smena...) and sometimes in foreign magazines (Ludas Matyi – Hungary, Osten – Yugoslavia, Szpilki – Poland, Eulenspiegel – GDR, Krokodil - USSR...) | |||
| publishing in catalogues of international contests and books about cartoon | |||
| group exhibitions: | |||
1980-1989 |
about 50 group exhibitions in Czechoslovakia (Piešťany, Bratislava, Praha, Dolný Kubín) and abroad (Germany, Cuba, Japan, Italy, Bulgaria, Canada, Turkey, Belgium...) | ||
| one-man exhibitions: | |||
| 1980-1989 | 15 exhibitions approximately, e.g.: | ||
| 1982 | Prague (Salon kresleného humoru, Malostranská beseda) | ||
| 1984 | Prešov (Cultural Centre) | ||
| 1985 | Spišská Nová Ves (Studio 77) | ||
| 1986 | Martin (Folkforum) | ||
| 1986 | Bohumín (Cultural Centre) | ||
| 1987 | Kremnica (Slovenské gagy – together with Miroslav Barták) | ||
| 1989 | Piešťany (City Library) | ||
| awards: | |||
| 1981 | San Antonio de los Baňos, Cuba – honourable mention | ||
| 1983 | Ancona, Italy – 3rd prize | ||
| ”Novomestský osteň” - Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia – 3rd prize | |||
| 1987 | Cuba – honourable mention | ||
| “Humorest”, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia – special prize of journalists | |||
| 1989 | ”Novomestský osteň” - Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia – 2nd prize | ||
1990 |
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1991 | common founder of private architectural office ”Architektonický ateliér B P (AABP)” in Piešťany |
| 1992 | common founder of international cartoon competition about architecture ARCHIKATURA – author of name and logo. Here he has been working till now | ||
| publishing and illustrations: | |||
| 1990 | wrote and draw book for little children My(š) zo ZOO (Mouse from ZOO). It was edited as My zo ZOO (We from ZOO) in Mladé letá publisher | ||
| 1990-1998 | publishing in some Slovak magazines (Verejnosť, Škrt, Slobodný piatok, Kultúrny život, Národná obroda, Bumerang...) and abroad (Witty World – USA) | ||
| publishing in catalogues of international contests and books about cartoon | |||
| common exhibitions: | |||
| 1990-1998 | every year some common exhibition in Slovakia and foreign countries. Last time especially with Slovak Union of Cartoonists (SUK) | ||
| participation in international cartoon contests in Belgium (Knokke-Heist, Beringen, Kruishoutem...), Turkey (Ankara), Italy (Cuneo, Ancona...) ... | |||
| one-man exhibitions: | |||
| 1990-1998 | some one-man exhibitions, e.g.: | ||
| 1990 | Belgium, Leuven, European Poetry Festival – parallel exhibition | ||
| 1990 | Piešťany, Cultural Centre ( with friend Svetozár Mydlo) | ||
| 1990 | Radošina, ”Christmas with Naive Theatre from Radošina” | ||
| 1991 | Piešťany, Spa Congress Centre | ||
| 1990-1992 | serial of one-man exhibitions, or exhibitions with participation one Belgian cartoonist, or two-men exhibition with Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) in some cities of Belgium (Brussels, Leuven, Antverpen...) | ||
| 1996 | Bratislava, IPM ART | ||
| awards: | |||
| 1991 | Italy, Ancona – 2nd prize | ||
| 1998 | ”Zlatý súdok”, Prešov, Slovakia - Grand Prix | ||
