Roman Ondak (born August 5, 1966[1]) is a Slovak conceptual artist.
Life and career
Roman Ondak was born in Žilina. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts and Design[2] (Slovak: Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, abbr. VŠVU) in Bratislava from 1988 to 1994.
Roman Ondak has been awarded the 2018 winner of the Lovis Corinth Prize.[3]
Exhibitions
Biennale in Venezia (1999, 2003, 2009, 2011)
- 2006: Tate Modern in London (2006)
- 2007: Pinakothek der Moderne in München (2007)
- 2008: Measuring the Universe, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
- 2009: Measuring the Universe, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 2010: Shaking Horizon, Villa Arson, Nice
- 2010: Before Waiting Becomes Part of Your Life, Salzburg Kunstverein
- 2010-2011: Measuring the Universe, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- 2011: Time Capsule, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
- 2011: Measuring the Universe, Tate St Ives
- 2011: Enter the Orbit. Kunsthaus Zürich
- 2012: Within Reach of Hand or Eye, K21, Düsseldorf
- 2012: Do not walk outside this area, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
- 2012: Roman Ondak, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris
- 2012: Within Reach of Hand and Eye. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21, Düsseldorf
- 2012: DOCUMENTA 13
- 2013: Escena, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
- 2013: Some Thing, The Common Guild, Glasgow
- 2014: Roman Ondak, Kaldor Art Projects, Sydney
- 2015: Storyboard, Times Museum, Guangzhou
- 2016: The Source of Art is in the Life of a People, South London Gallery, London
- 2017: History Repeats Itself, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg
- 2017: Man Walking Toward a Fata Morgana, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
- 2018: Objects in the Mirror, BASE Progetti per l’arte Arte, Florence
- 2018-2019: #12 Roman Ondak, mezzaterra 11, Belluno
- 2018: Based on True Events, Lovis-Corinth-Preis, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
- 2021: SK Parking, Kunsthalle Bratislava
- 2022: Roman Ondak – Measuring the Universe, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Art in Public Collections
Ludwig Museum Budapest (Hungary), Slovenská národná galéria/ Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava (Slovakia), Kunsthalle Praha (Czech Republic), TATE Gallery London (UK), Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (France), MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) Vienna (Austria), Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), Art Collection Telekom Berlin (Germany), Boros Collection Berlin (Germany), Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris (FR),...