PERSONAL DATA
Name: Gabriela Medvedova Date of birth: 21 April 1965 Place of birth: Dunajska Streda, Slovakia (SK) 1979 - 1983 Secondary School of Arts & Crafts, Bratislava (SK) 1987 - 1993 School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, prof. D. Fisher (SK) finished with Magister Art 1992 Sommerakademie, Moosburg (A) 1992 Akademie of FineArts, study and scholarship "Künstlerwege" prof. H. Antes (D) 1993 - 2000 University of applied arts, Vienna (A), prof. A. Frohner, W.Herzig, Finished with Mag.art.
PICTURE PURCHASE
2001 / 05 The city of Vienna bought 2 pictures (for a representative bulding in Vienna) (A) 2001 Wiener Städtische Versicherung Der Wissenschaftsfonds 2004 Bundeskanzleramt-KUNST, Vienna (A)
AWARDS
1982 Award at the national competition, Liberec (CZ) 1989 1st Award - juwellery, Gallery Palfyho palác, Bratislava (SK) 1992 Stipendium Künstlerwege, Karlsruhe (D) 1993 Stipendium from The Ministry of Science and Research 1994 Workshop "Space - Concept - Imagination", Plauen (D), prof. O. H. Hajek 1998 Member of Association of Visual artists of Austria, House of Artists 1999 Scholarship UNESCO Aschberg Program of the Austrian Federal Chancellery Vienna (A) 2002 Irene and Peter Ludwig Award from KÜNSTLERHAUS Vienna 2005 Premio speciale gioleria 'lineaoro', Premio internationale d´arte SAN CRISPINO' (I) 2010 Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Award (A)
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1994 Gallery, town hall Maintal (D) 1994 Cultural Centre, Piestany (SK) 1995 Wirtschaft fur Kunst, Management Klub Vienna (A) 1995 Gallery Stadtinitiative, Vienna (A) 1996 Cultural Centre of Austria in Bratislava, Projekt "Begegnungen" (SK) 1997 Gallery Polnobanka, Bratislava (SK) 1997 Gallery "RB", Feldkirchen (A) 1998 Slovak Cultural centre in Bukurest in Romania (R) 1999 Museum in Arad, Romania (R) 2000 "Picture-objects in light" House of Culture Vienna (A) 2000 Instalation of fashion designer "JOOP", Vienna (A) 2001 Slovak Cultural centre in Vienna (A) 2002 Transparenz-Raum-Licht - Objekte und Bildobjekte, Galerie G., Judenburg-Oberweg (A) 2003 Galeria ART-MA, Dunajska Streda (SK) 2004 Light works in "Ägyptischen Kulturabteilung" in Vienna (A) 2004 GLOBArt Academy, Connecting worlds of arts & sciences, Kloster Pernegg, NÖ (A) 2004 Licht objects Gallery KulturPendel Waidhofen/Ybbs (A) 2005 Long night of the Museen 05, Wiener Urania (A) 2007 Long night of the Museen 07, Wiener Urania (A) 2008 "Reflexion des Lichts" R2 Philosophische Werkstatt & Galerie Aretes Liberale (A) 2008 "Linia, Struktura, plaszyczna w swietle" - Galeria Instytutu Slowackiego, Warszava (PL) 2013 "LICHTSEQUENZEN" - Club alpha, Vienna (A)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1991 Auction of Slovakian Artists, Schönbrun, Vienna(A 1991 "Paris 90", Gallery Medium, Bratislava (SK) 1991 "3475,4 km in Germany", Gallery Medium, Bratislava (SK) 1992 "Wepion 92", Tempus Symposium Belgien (B) 1992 "Bazén", Bratislava Castle (SK) 1993 Exhibition of scholars at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart (D) 1994 "Youth 94", Gallery Umelecká beseda, Bratislava (SK) 1994 "IV. International Trienale of Small Plastique and Drawings", Gallery J. Kollár, Banská Stiavnica (SK) 1994 Selection from Ban. Stiavnica, Slovak Cultural Centre, Budapest (H) 1994 "Atelier 24 - International", Schloss-Schlosshof - Marchfeld (A) 1994 - 1995 Symposium "Jahodná", SNG - Vermesova vila, Dunajska Streda (SK) 1996 "Women´s Art - artists from seven countries", Varosi museum, Györ (H) 1996 - 1997 "Project OST/WEST", Gallery C.Majerník, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery-Castle
Zvolen and SNG - Vermes villa, Dunajska Streda (SK)1996 International Artsymposium at Moravany (SK) 1996 Selection from 29. Symposium at Moravany, Gallery C.Majerník Bratislava (SK) 1997 "Project Signa Historiae", Gallery Umelecká beseda, Bratislava(SK), Gallerry Alpha, Vienna (A) 1998 Exhibition "Sguardi incrotiati" in Palermo, Italy (I) 1997 "TRIGRAM" Gallery 3 in Klagenfurt (A) 1998 "Slovak Art Today", Gallery Bayerischer Kunstverein München (G) 1999 "Contemporary Graphic Art", House of Artists, Vienna (A) 2001 "Project LIGHTHOUSE", Povazska gallery arts, Zilina (SK) 2001 Exhibition from 7.internat.arts symposium Sympat, Gallery Limes Komarno (SK) 2001 Project "LICHTKONFRONTATIONEN", House Winkler-Jerabek, Carinthia (A) 2002 "Driving Force" Artsforum Gallery, 24 West 57Th St, New York (USA) 2001 - 2002 38.-39. Painter Symposium, Izlake - Zagorje (SL0) 2002 "k/haus:salon" Künstlerhaus, Vienna (A) 2002 "X-mas", Galerie Wolfrum, Vienna (A) 2003 "VII. Trienale of Small Plastic art", Gallery J. Kollár, Banska Stiavnica (SK) 2003 "Textur", Waithofen/Ybbs (A) 2003 "Light & Shadow", Galeria Nothburga, Innsbruck (A) 2004 Gallery Wilson, 1st international Festival of Visual Arts east-west-nort-south in search of vertikal horizon, Katowice (PL) 2005 "Begegnungen grenzenlos" Literaturhaus Vienna (A) 2005 "Mind Migration" Umelecka beseda, Bratislava (SK) 2005 "SKIN", CAFA Museum, Beijing (China) 2005 VII. International festival "Artist in Porto San Elpidio" (I) 2006 ecoart - Communication about creative art, Vienna (A) 2006 "Solysomra" Gabriela Medvedova + Markus Hofer, Bilder - Skulpturen - Installationen, Galerie Winkler-Jerabek, Himmelberg- Kärnten (A) 2007 "Frauen mit Männern", WUK im INTAKT-RAUM, Wien (A) 2007 "Interpretácia skutocnosti umenia 2007 - Slovenska malba, socha, grafika", Dom umenia Bratislava, (SK) 2008 "46°29´11´´N,14° 35´46´´0 - Südpol 2.0" Galerie Vorspann, Bad Eisenkappel (A) 2008 "Austrian art" DLC Art & Talent Center Dubai (AE) 2008 "CONNECTING COLOURS" - Lalish Theaterlabor Vienna (A) 2010 "Hranice geometrie" - Dom umenia, Bratislava (SK) 2010 "Contemporary Slovakian GEOMETRY 2" - Galerie Mesta Plzne (CZ) 2011 "Doma v cudzine" - Zahorska Galeria v Senici (SK) 2011 - 2013 "5eme,7emes Rencontres Internationales de Peinture" - Brignoles, Six-Fours, CCAS de Tourves (F) 2013 "Chaos - Kozmos", Galeria Slovenskeho rozhlasu a televizie, Bratislava (SK)
SYMPOSIUMS
1994 - 1995 38.-39. Maler Symposium, Izlake - Zagorje (SLO) 1996 29.Internationales Kunstsymposium Moravany (SK) 2001 - 2002 38.-39. Maler Symposium, Izlake - Zagorje (SLO) 2001 - 2002 - 2003 Symposium "Sympat" Komarno (SK) 2003 Symposium "Sinji Vrh" (SLO), Smposium "Kurili" Pula (KRO) 2007 Europen Union open space / Europsky parlament Bratislava (SK) 2010 - 2013 Symposium "Rencontres Internationales de Peinture de Couleurs de la Mediterranée" - Brignoles, Six-Fours, CCAS de Tourves (F)
STUDIES
Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Thailand, USA, Switzerland, Spain, Egypt, Bali, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Bulgary, England, Belgium, The netherlands, France, Tunisia, China