Jana Zatvarnická
Curriculum Vitae
Jana Zatvarnická (*1988, Michalovce, Slovakia)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany and Slovakia
Education
2008–2012 Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VŠVU), Bratislava (SK)
Bachelor of Arts.
2011 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (EST)
2012–2019 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (DE), Painting by Prof. K. Grosse and Prof. S. Anzinger
Diploma and Meisterschülerin
Scholarships, Grants and Awards (selected)
2019 VUB Bank Art Award for Young Painting (SK)
2022 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Neustart Kultur (DE)
2022 Nomination, STRABAG Art Award (AT)
2023 NOVUM Foundation Award (SK)
2024 International Scholarship, MKW NRW (DE)
2025 International Scholarship, Slovak Arts Council (SK)
Residencies (selected)
2017 Muhu A.I. Residency, Muhu Island (EST)
2017 AJAU Archaeological–Speleological Group, Mérida, Yucatán (MEX)
2021 Hydra_Pace Residency, Ljubljana (SLO)
2022 Luise Kimme Sculpture Museum, Tobago
2022 Alice Yard, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
2022 Klassik Stiftung Weimar (DE)
2023 Budapest Galéria Residency (HU)
2025, 2026 Residency Unlimited, New York (USA)
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2019 A Place Called Space, Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf (DE)
2021 Burnt Landscapes, Conflicting Cultures, Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana (SLO)
2022 Defragmentation of Future Tales, East Slovak Gallery, Košice (SK)
2023 Daises, performance, Kunsthalle Bratislava (SK)
2024 Sprouting Bodies, Alice Yard, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
2024 Herbarium and Ghosts, lecture performance, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf(DE)
2024 Our Bodies Grow at Night, Wandtarchive, Düsseldorf (DE)
2024 Datura Queen, Šopa Gallery, Košice (SK)
2026 Vtelenie, Zichy Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2014 Blended, Upstairs Gallery, Oldenburg (DE)
2017 Konstruktivni lyrika, City Gallery Plzeň (CZ)2017 Do Not Persecute Me, Kunst im Hafen e.V., Düsseldorf (DE)
2017 Pass auf Anzinger, DD Contemporary Art Gallery, Düsseldorf (DE)
2018 Damensalon, Salon Haarmoden Junge, Düsseldorf (DE)
2018 Ausnahmezustand, Nitrianska Gallery, Nitra (SK)
2019 VUB Bank Art Award, Galerie Nedbalka, Bratislava (SK)2020
2020 In Order of Appearance, Museum K21, Düsseldorf (DE)2021
2021 Changing Matters, Galerie Meno Parkas, Düsseldorf (DE)2021
2021 Shapeshift, ES365, Düsseldorf (DE)2022
2022 Iba, iba jednu, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava (SK)2022
2022 Heat Waves pt. I, Y Art Gallery, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
2022 75th Annual Exhibition, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss (DE)
2023 Magic Emerges from the Bonfire, ES365, Düsseldorf (DE)
2024 Maleficae – From Bonfires to Online Witchcraft, Budapest Galéria (HU)
2025 Transitory Gestures, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY (USA)2025
2025 On Paper, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne (DE)
2025 Blood and Honey, RFK Börnerstrasse, Düsseldorf (DE)
2026 XYZ – Súťaž Maľba naprieč troma generáciami, Galéria Nedbalka, Bralslava (SK)
Publications and Press Pass auf Anzinger, exhibition catalogue, DD Contemporary Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (2017) Open Call Exhibitions – SABUGAM 2018, Nitrianska Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia (2018) VUB Painting Prize, Bratislava (2019) Hydra_Pace Publication, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2020)
Talks, Interviews and Publications
2017 Artist Talk, Academy of Arts, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
2019 A Place Called Space — Artist talk with invited guest Pavol Herich (Slovakia)
2020 Interview with Julia Moebus-Puck for Superpopp, https://superpopp.de/jana-zatvarnicka-popp-interview/
2020 Interview with Daniel Lichterwaldt for Les Nouveaux Riches
https://www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/interview-jana-zatvarnicka/
2022 Interview for Denník N
https://dennikn.sk/2733667/v-starych-veciach-hlada-nove-pribehy/
2022 Interview for Flash Art CZ & SK
https://flashart.cz/2022/03/18/jana-zatvarnicka/jana-zatvarnicka-install-view-web-res-2022-7-2/
2023 Interview for Kontur Art https://kontur-art.com/en/question-them/
2024 Contribution to Glosolália, Issue 3/2024
2025 Contribution to Flash Art, 20 July 2025
Collections
Volksbank Kleveland, Kleve (DE)
VUB Bank (Intesa Group), Bratislava (SK)