Cyril Blažo (born 1970 in Bratislava) is a Slovak artist who lives and works in Bratislava in Slovakia.

He has been teaching at the University of Trnava since 1999 and currently teaches drawing, graphics, writing and graphic design, focusing on the basics of these artistic media and building the technical, technological and creative foundations of student work.[1] In 2002, he won the award of the city of Banska Bystrica on the Trian of Contemporary Slovak Graphics.[2] His works are presented in the collections of the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and the Central Slovak Gallery in Banska Bystrica.[3]

Education

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Blažo was educated in Bratislava, attending supš from 1984 to 1988, and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VŠVU) from 1988 to 1994.

Exhibitions

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Blažo has had many solo exhibitions domestically and internationally:[4]

Year Title Venue
2011 Cyril Blažo: Pekný žobrák Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2010 Cyril Blažo _ xyz amt_project, Bratislava, Slovakia[4]
2009 Bez Lepidla Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia
2007 Cyril Blažo Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany[5]
2006 C. Blažo Tranzit, Bratislava, Slovakia
2002 Bol raz jeden (kráľovstvo ničnerobenia) galerie g99, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
1999 Cyril Blažo atelier noon, Prague, Czech Republic
Napĺňané brušká, spolu s markom blažom Galéria Priestor for contemporary arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
Najlepší spôsob ako začať deň Galéria Tatrasoft, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994 Cyril Blažo Havlíčkova 20, Bratislava, Slovakia

Group exhibitions

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In addition to his solo exhibition, Blažo has been exhibited in a number of group exhibitions:

Year Title Venue
2010 She has the sense of limited time amt _ project, Bratislava, Slovakia
Hole in the flow Hunt & Kastner, Prague, Czech Republic
Cyril blažo + xyz: rajóny Make Up Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia
2008 The language of humour Soga, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bcxyz Bastart Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 Moja vec, čo nemusí byť moja Bastart Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia
Small scale Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Kvintakord Galerie Slovenského Institutu, Prague, Czech Republic
Pitoreska Wannieck Gallery of Modern Art, Brno, Czech Republic
2006 Akvizície 2001 - 2005 šg bb, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Hodokvas Letisko Piešťany, Slovakia
2005 Disorientation Globe Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Prague Biennale 2 Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
bezobrazie/media s-cream Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia
Check slovakia! Koloman Sokol Gallery, Embassy of the Slovakia, Washington, DC, USA
2004 Check slovakia! Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Hot Destination/Marginal Destiny II The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2003 Hľadanie formule Galéria Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
Súčasná slovenská grafika 15 Východoslovenská Galéria, Košice, Slovakia
Ceskoslovensko Slovenské Národné Múzeum (SNM), Bratislava, Slovakia
Priveľa výnimiek Považská Galéria Umenia, Zilina, Slovakia
Súčasná slovenská grafika 15 Sarišská Galéria, Prešov, Slovakia
2002 Súčasná slovenská grafika 15 šg bb, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2001 Expresívne tendencie Považská galéria umenia, Zilina, Slovakia
Tucet Východoslovenská Galéria, Košice, Slovakia
Výtvarné doteky visegrádské čtyřky Galerie Chagall, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Slovenská strela Karolinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2000 Humor sk - ostra vakcina alebo mladé mäso - (ne)zlá krv Výstavní Síň Sokolská 26, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Späť do múzea - späť k hviezdam Slovak National Gallery (SNG), Bratislava, Slovakia
1999 Blue fire, 3. biennial of young art GHMP, Prague, Czech Republic
Slovak Art for Free Venice Biennale, Czechoslovakian pavilion, Venice, Italy
1998 Alternatívna slovenská grafika The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
1997 Alternatívna slovenská grafika šg bb, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Reciprocita Galerie Avu, Prague, Czech Republic
1996 Blondiak Galéria Cypriána Majerníka, Bratislava, Slovakia
1995 Disperzia Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994 Marginalia Považská Galéria Umenia, Zilina, Slovakia
Disperzia Gvuo, Ostrava, Czech Republic
1993 Tajomstvo Považská Galéria Umenia, Zilina, Slovakia
1992 Projekt Istropolitana Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VŠVU) , Bratislava, Slovakia
Barbakan '92 šg bb, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Zwischen objekt und installation Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Talenty Záhorská Galéria, Senica, Slovakia
Hostia prešparty VŠVU, Bratislava, Slovakia
1991 Schrijvers, Dančiak Jr., Blažo, Ondreička Galéria Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
1990 Kunst und revolution Museum der Stadt Regensburg, Germany

References

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  1. ^ "Cyril Blažo | The Department of Art Education FoE TU". pdf.truni.sk. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. ^ "Cyril Blažo | The Department of Art Education FoE TU". pdf.truni.sk. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. ^ "Cyril Blažo | The Department of Art Education FoE TU". pdf.truni.sk. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. ^ a b "Cyril Blažo biography". amt _ project.
  5. ^ Archived by WebCite® at https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053936/http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/2008/en.01.2.09.cyril_blazo.php
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