KRESSLING GALLERY
Ventúrska 18
Bratislava
Slovakia
Michal Czinege
Attracted
Vzdelanie / Education
2006 - Doktorandksé štúdium, Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, 4. ateliér maľby prof. Ivana Csudaia / Doctorate studies, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Studio of Prof. I. Csudai, Bratislava, SK
2000 - 2006 - Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, 4. ateliér maľby prof. Ivana Csudaia / Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Studio of Prof. I. Csudai, Bratislava, SK
Študijné pobyty / Residencies
2008, 2007 - Residency at Taidetalo, Nurmes, FIN
2005 - Residency at Museumsquartier 21, Vienna, AT
Ocenenia / Prizes
2006 - 1. miesto – Maľba 2006', Cena Nadácie VÚB / 1-st. place – Painting 2006 - VUB Foundation Award Bratislava, SK
2006 - laureát / laureate, Grand Prix Ľudovej banky, SK
Samostatné výstavy (výber) / Solo exhibition (selection)
2008 - HORROR VACUI (s / with Erik Šille), Slovak Institution, Rome, IT
2007 - Double Scapes, Trnavská synagóga / Trnava synagogue, Trnava, SK
2006 - Lost Island, Tranzit Studios, Bratislava, SK
2005 - New Connection, Museumsquartier 21, Vienna, AT
Skupinové výstavy (výber) / Group exhibition (selection)
2008 - Maľba 2008, Dvorana Ministerstva kultúry SR./ Exhibition hall of the ministry of culture, Bratislava, SK
2008 - Cross Section of SLOVAK Visual Art, Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2007 - Nájdi 10 rozdielov, Gallery SPACE, Bratislava, SK
2007 - PitoreSKa, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, CZ
2006 - Contemporary Art From Slovakia, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2006 - 2005 - Prievan – Súčasná slovenská maľba / Drafts - Contemporary Slovak painting, Považská galéria umenia / Museum of Art - Žilina, Štátna Galéria / State Gallery – Banská Bystrica, SK
2005 - Essl Award, Galéria Medium / Gallery Medium, Bratislava, SK
2005 - Forever Hungry!, Tranzit workshops, Bratislava, SK
The paintings of Michal Czinege are a somewhat unusual analysis of visual perception. At the beginning of a painting, he photographs interesting segments of reality, the camera representing an extension of his vision and mind. Then comes the analytical phase. Using a computer, he transforms, re-forms, de-forms and informs the individual shots until eventually arriving at configurations of things and figures interesting enough to show them in a new light. (…) This preparatory process is followed by the actual act of painting. No, not a mere mechanical transformation of the computer product onto the canvas. It is a creative process. Basically, the analytical experimenting on the computer produces an initial sketch, forming the basis of the complete picture. (…)
The story behind Czinege’s paintings does not need to be known to the viewers. But when they are aware of it, they are able to better savour the meaning because they can better understand the author?s intention of the play that takes place on the borderline between the visible and invisible.
Peter Michalovič (from the catalogue “Contemporary Art from Slovakia”, European Central Bank, 2006)
