Jozef SEDLÁK

(1958, Bratislava, Slovakia)

STUDIES

1973-1977
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1979-1984
Department of Photography, FAMU, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Freelance photographer since 1989
Department of visual media of Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava,
Part-Time Lecturer since 1991
Department of Art communication of University of sait Cyril and Metoth
Full-Time Lecturer since 2006

Pursues stage and documentary photography

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

1982
Department of Photography, FAMU, Praha, Czechoslovakia
1983
MDKO Gallery, cinema Pohraničník, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1986
The Perifery Gallery, SD Trnávka, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1988
„From my archiv“, MDKO Gallery, Pohraničník, Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia
1989
SFVU Dielo Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1991
FMK Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Small Gallery, Kladno, Czechoslovakia
City Hall, Košice, Czechoslovakia
Library Gallery, Košice, Czechoslovakia
1992
Landscape and people, City Hall, Dortmund, Germany
Czeco-Slovakia cultural Center , Sofia, Bulgary
Studio „S“ Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1993
PROFIL Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994
Club Bar-Oko Gallery, Nové Zámky, Slovakia
1995
Ekoagrobank Gallery, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
1996
Rouds... GMB Gallery, Pálffyho palác, Bratislava, Slovakia
Centro Lotti Gallery, Mercatale Val di Pesa, Firenze, Italy
Ammbassy of The Slovak republik, Berlin, Germany
Art Gallery, Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Region cultural center Gallery, Bardejov, Slovakia
Vihorlats Muzeum, Humenné, Slovakia
Július Jakobyho Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
1997
G4 Gallery, Cheb, Czech Republic
1998
Pallas Gallery, Levice, Slovakia
1999
Ján Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, Slovakia
2000
Vihorlat Muzeum, Humenné, Slovakia
NOVA Gallery, Boccacio Library, Košice, Slovakia
Cyprián Majerník Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2001
Restaurant Gallery, Summer School of The Photography, Poprad, Slovakia
Ammbassy of The Slovak Republik, Washington D.C., USA
2004
The Pavlatz Gallery, University of Wienna, Austria
2006
Sky color servis Fuji film Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

1977
MDKO Gallery, Secondary School of Applied Arts Photography, cinnema Pohraničník, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1978
AMFO, House of Artś, Martin, Czechoslovakia
„Collections and Stories“, MDKO Gallery, cinema Pohraničník, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1982
„Photographic Stories“, MDKO Gallery, cinema Pohraničník, Bratislava,Czechoslovakia
Confrontations II., NIVY Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1983
Theatre Photography FAMU, Fotochema Gallery, Praha, Czechoslovakia
Present Photography, House of Art Ružinov, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1984
„Photographic Stories II.“, MDKO Gallery, cinema Pohraničník, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
International Mail Art Exhibition, Club of Young Artists, Budapest, Hungary
Exhybitions of The Junge Artistś, SFVU Gallery, Michalská, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Photography of The Peryfery“, Fotochema Gallery, Praha, Czechoslovakia
1985
Dunna és Dunatáj, kiallítás, Magyar Urbanisztikai Tarság, Budapest, Hungary
Eco-Photography, SFVU Gallery, Michalská, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
International Mail Art Exhibition, Petófi Leisure Centre, Budapest, Hungary
1986
Portrait, SFVU Gallery, Michalská, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Exhybitions of The Applied Arts, House of Art, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Arts to Day“, International Exhibition, Hotel Hilton, Budapest, Hungary
International Impact Art festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
1987
Exhybitions of The Jung Artistś, ZSVU Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Homage a Kassák Lajos“, Budapest, Hungary
Actual Photography „Okamžik“, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czechoslovakia
Czech-Slovakia Photography, Múcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Studentś Exhybition FAMU, Muzeum of Applied Arts, Praha, Czechoslovakia
„Arts to Day“, International Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
1988
Selfportrait in Czech and Slovak Photography, Trnávka Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Cheb Bienale III.“, G4 Gallery, Cheb, Czechoslovakia
„Present man“, ZSVU Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Sighn of The Present“, SFVU Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Foto-Summit (Slovakś stzdentś FAMU), Theatre Gallery, Trnava, Czechoslovakia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
„Homage a Joseph Beuys“, Galéria D´Art Conteporain, La Valette du Var, France
1989
„Give me your Hand“, Bibiana Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Homage a Joseph Beuys“, Fort Napoleon, La Seyne-Sur-Mer, Institut Francias, Dússeldorf, Germany
Slovak Photography 80-years, Slovak Radio Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia,
(Brno – 1989; Warszawa – 1990; Moscow – 1991)
150 years of Photography, Valdštejn Gallery, Praha, Czechoslovakia
Portrait in Czech-Slovak photography 80-years, SD Gallery,Trnávka, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1990
„Meditation in The Art“, ObKaSS III. Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Arts of Today“, III. International Exhibition, Buda Castle Palace, Budapest, Hungary
John Paul II. in Slovakia, SFVU Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
„Schooldays in Artlife“, The Museum of Instant Images, Tilburg, Holland
1991
The Wall, Schwayder Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
Medium II., International Mail Art Festival, Glass Barn Gallery, St. Gheorge, Covasna, Romania
Slovak present Photography, General Czecho-Slovakia Exhybition, Praha, Czechoslovakia
Slovak Staged Photography, Dance House, Stokholm, Sweden, (Helsinky –1992; Tampere –1993; Mikkeli –1993)
„EGO“ The Four Slovakś Photographerś, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
1992
„EGO“ The Four Slovakś Photographers, Town Gallery, Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia,
(MG Liptovský Mikuláš –1992; MG Nitra –1993)
Das Slowakische Dutzend, VEW – Hauptverwaldung, Dortmund, Germany
Slovak Photography, City Gallery, Kiel, Germany
Luminography, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1993
Between Image and Vision, Summerlee Heritage Trust, Coatbridge, Great Britain,
/Bucurest –1993; Kiel, Berlin –1994/
Czech and Slovak Photography /Between the Wars to the present/, Fitchburg Art Museum,
/Boston –1993; Middlebury –1994/, USA
Homage to Duan Michals, Médium Gallery VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
1994
„Gnomes“, Mail Art Projekt, City Hall, Rot am See, Germany
New Perspectives Slovakia, Torso- Slovak Photography, Design Works, Gateshead,
Scotland, Great Britain
Bianconero e colore da Bratislava, Photogrammatica, Eurago Italy, Roma
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
1995
„Floating Forks“, The Centre of Creative Photography, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
5+4, House Atheus, Atheny, Greece
1996
FRAC Alsase, Le corps photographié, Filature Mulhouse, France
International Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Zagreb, Croatia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki, Greece
1997
FORMA´97, House of Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
L´arte della fotografia conteporanea Nell´ Europa dell´ est, Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy
Fuji Film Euro Press Awards, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998
School of Applied Art, Café múzeum, Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovak Imaginative Photography 1981-1996, Cankarjev dom, Ljubjana, Slovenia,
/Embasy of The Slovak Republic, 25 Kensington Palace gardens, London, Great Britain/
„Angel“, Synagog Gallery, Trnava, Slovakia
ECCE HOMO, Town Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia, /Galéria umelcov Spiša, Spišská Nová Ves/
„Friday Thirteen“ /Gotik in The Slovak Art/, Factory Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia
Fuji Film Euro Press Photo Awards, Month of Photography, House of Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
1999
Slovak Photography /Twelve contemporary photographers/, Ernst Muzeum, Budapest,
Hungary
2000
Meeting No. O3, Exhibition of The Slovakś Graduateś FAMU, Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan
2001
LIGHThouse, Považská Gallery, Žilina, Slovakia
Slovak Photography 1925 – 2000, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2002
Slovak Photography 1925 – 2000, Town Library, Praha, Czech Republik
2004
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto, Japonsko
Variation on Mail Art, Art Gallery, New Castle, Slovakia
2005
Variation on Mail Art , Easter Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
Meeting No. 04, Exhibition of The Slovakś Graduateś FAMU, Slovak institut, Praha, Czech Republic
2006
Meeting No. 04, Exhibition of The Slovakś Graduateś FAMU, Slovak Bussines Society Gallery, Bratislava, Slovkia
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Japan

AWARDS

First Prize for Book „Homo Faber“ at the Film Academy competition in 1983
Prize at the III. Bienale of Photography, Cheb, 1988
International Fine Art Exhibition III., Budapest, awarded two prizes a Plaque and special
Prize of Hungarian Republic, 1990
Social Project Grant on Handicaped People in Slovakia „Anonymné príbehy“,
Foundation Pro Slovakia, 1992, 1993
FUJI FILM EURO PRESS PHOTO AWARDS, 1997, 1998,
Winner of the Slovak National Competition, Category - Life

BOOKS

Jozef Sedlák, Osveta Martin, Martin 1986
Carnival, Fotofo, Bratislava 1999
God´s children, Fotofo, Bratislava 2000
Cardinal Korec still with us, Lúč, Bratislava 20006
Created by Tomáš Palkovič©