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Lucia Nimcova
born in 1977, humenne, slovakia
"www.luco.sk"
education
2008 - 2011 phd studies, institute of creative photography, silesian university, opava, czech republic
2007 - 2008 rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten amsterdam, netherlands
1996 - 2003 master studies, institute of creative photography, silesian university, opava, czech republic
selected solo shows
2010 "an african thunderstorm", lumen gallery, budapest, hungary
2009 "unofficial", donumenta, regensburg, germany
2009 "leftovers", funkeho kolin, czech republic
2009 "unofficial", leica gallery, frankfurt, germany
2009 "why bandits run faster than policemen?", heppen transfer, warszawa, poland
2008 "unofficial 3", tresor / kunstforum, vienna, austria
2008 "unofficial", stanica, zilina, slovakia
2008 "unofficial 2", open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2008 "unofficial", visual gallery, photokina, cologne, germany
2008 "unofficial", palazzo delle esposizioni, rome italy
2006 "instant women", art hall gallery, tallinn, estonia
2006 "instant women", galleri london, uppsala, sweden
2005 "peripheries", funkeho kolin, czech republic
2005 "instant women", prague house of photography, praha, czech republic
2005 "instant women", photosynkyria 2005, thessaloniki, greece
2004 "slovakia 003", gallery fiducia, ostrava, czech republic
2003 "slovakia 003", month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2003 "egon bondy", artforum, bratislava, slovakia
2001 "hospital", gallery opera myrona, ostrava, czech republic
2001 "about myself", gallery vetus via, brno, czech republic
2000 "cosmic kids", small show room, liberec, czech republic
2000 "about myself", house of photography, poprad, slovakia
selected group shows
2010 "over the counter - economy in post-socialist art", mucsarnok / kunsthalle, budapest, hungary
2010 "this is our time", michael stevenson, cape town, south africa
2010 "the good old days", aarhus kunstbygning, denmark
2010 "the romance of my young days, the future of my nostalgia", stredoslovenska galeria, banska bystrica, slovakia
2010 "quickscan nl#01", nederlands fotomuseum, rotterdam, netherlands
2010 "labyrint 09 – writings and observations", botyrka konsthall, sweden
2009 "communism never happened", feinkost, berlin, germany
2009 "new history", kharkov art museum, ukraine
2009 "art works", prague biennale, czech republic
2009 "skuter 2", jan koniarek gallery, trnava, slovak republic
2009 "portrait", fotogalerie wien, austria
2009 "without borders", austrian cultural forum, bratislava, slovakia
2008 "open ateliers", rijksakademie, amsterdam, the netherlands
2008 "the language of humor", soga, bratislava, slovakia
2008 "last and lost", brandenburgischer kunstverein, potsdam, germany
2008 "beyond the walls", noorderlicht festival, fries museum, leeuwarden, netherlands
2008 "the golden record – sounds of earth", collective gallery, edinburgh, united kingdom
2008 "young visual artists awards", magacin, beograd, serbia
2008 "european photographic identities", recontres arles, france
2007 "open ateliers", rijksakademie, amsterdam, the netherlands
2007 "egon bondy", tranzit, bratislava, slovakia
2007 "last and lost", forum gestaltung, magdeburg, germany
2007 "nomad space", kino akademik, banska stiavnica, slovakia
2007 "oskar cepan award", galeria medium, bratislava, slovakia
2007 "facelift", air gallery, new york, usa
2007 "glocal girls", prague biennale, praha, czech republic
2006 "2nd international biennial of young artists / art is always somewhere else", bucharest, romania
2006 "henkel art award", ba-ca kunstforum, wien, austria
2006 "arrivals > slovakia", turner contemporary, margate, england
2006 "last and lost", städtische galerie neunkirchen, germany
2006 "femmes d'europe a saint tropez", france
2006 "i image - central european self-stories", fotofestiwal, lodz, poland
2006 "urban condition", museum de paviljoens, almere, the netherlands
2006 "rusyns - lost homes", sarisska galeria, presov, slovakia
2006 "last and lost", literaturhaus munchen, germany
2006 "a woman's place", sirius arts centre, cork, ireland
2006 "i image - central european self-stories", central european house of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2005 "001 - slovakia - 005", month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2005 "slovakia through the lenses of documentary photographers", circullo de bellas artes, madrid, spain
2005 "leica oskar barnack award screening", rencontres internationales de la photographie, arles, france
2005 "neat", kogart gallery, budapest, hungary
2005 "i image - central european self-stories", dorottya gallery, budapest, hungary
2005 "private women", international festival of photography in lodz, poland
2005 "urban condition", art in the public space, bratislava, slovakia
2004 "instant europe", villa manin centro d'arte contemporanea, italy
2004 "joop swart masterclass 2004", foam, amsterdam , the netherlands
2004 "slovakia through the lenses of documentary photographers", dom aktorov, moscow, russia
2004 "breakthrough", grote kerk den haag, netherlands
2004 "leica oskar barnack award screening" rencontres d'arles, arles, france
2004 "interrupted image", state gallery, banská bystrica, slovakia
2004 "slovak photography", gallery fotohof, salzburg, austria
2004 "distance", institute of contemporary arts, hungarian month of photography, dunaújváros, hungary
2003 "disconnected image", municipal gallery, rimavska sobota, slovakia
2003 "glokality", open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2003 "private woman", month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
2003 "photo biennale", art museum, imatra, finland
2003 "privat frei", open gallery, bratislava, slovakia
2003 "stadt im sicht", kunstlerhaus, wien, austria
2003 "slovakia through the lenses of documentary photographers", complex desjardins, montreal, canada
2002 "she and her heart", g4 gallery, cheb, czech republic
2002 "czech and slovak photography 1980-2000", dom umenia, bratislava, slovakia
2002 "confrontations", prague house of photography, prague, czech republic
2002 "czech and slovak photography 1980-2000", museum of arts, olomouc, czech republic
2001 "young slovak photography", internationale fototage, herten, germany
2001 "four elements", nod, praha, czech republic
awards
2009 tatra banka art award, slovakia
2008 ecb photography award, germany
2008 oskar barnack award, germany
2007 oskar cepan / yvaa award, slovakia
2007 baume & mercier award, italy
2004 mio photo award - kasahara michiko prize, japan
grants & fellowships
2009 basisstipendium, fonds bkvb, the netherlands
2009 institute for public affairs, slovakia
2008 koninklijke ahrend n.v. fellowship, netherlands
2007 ministry of culture of the slovak republic, slovakia
2006 center for contemporary arts, slovakia
2006 asia-europe foundation, singapore
2005 eu youth, iuventa, slovakia
2004 joop swart masterclass, the netherlands
2003 institute for public affairs, slovakia
collections
rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, amsterdam, netherlands
federico luger gallery, milan, italy
zoneattive, rome, italy
institute of creative photography, silesian university, opava, czech republic
curatorial work
2006 "urban park", installations in the prefabs, humenne slovakia
2006 "rusyns - lost homes", sarisska galeria, presov, slovakia
2005 "001 - slovakia - 005", month of photography, bratislava, slovakia
lectures/ presentations
2009 exlibris, bratislava, slovakia
2009 film and tv school of the academy of performing arts, prague, czech republic
2009 university of amsterdam, netherlands
2008 format1, praha, czech republic
2008 photo month, krakow, poland
2007 zak gallery, berlin, germany
2006 turner contemporary, margate, united kingdom
2006 galleri kontrast & nätverket brudarna, stockholm, sweden
2006 cork institute of technology, ireland
2006 föreningen galleri london, uppsala, sweden
2005 month of photography, bratislava, slovakia / documentary workshop
2005 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / documentary workshop
2005 truc spherique, žilina, slovakia / documentary workshop
2002 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool
2001 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool
2000 house of photography, poprad, slovakia / summer photoschool
other activities
2008 deutsche borse photography prize - nominator
2007 deutsche borse photography prize - nominator
2007 sittcomm.award - jury member
2006 sittcomm.award - jury member
2004 institute for public affairs - jury member