Born
1972, in Bratislava, Slovakia
Lives
in Prague and Berlin.
Education
1986 - 1990 Secondary School of Applied Arts in Prague
1991 - 1998 Academy of Fine Arts
Solo
Exhibitions
2008
Southwest pillar and its shadow at the beginning of the novel, Tranzitdisplay,
Prague, Czech Republic
2007
Sorry for being so late, Westlondon
Projects, London, England
The Invisable-Acting in Sequences, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt,
Germany
2006
Ján Mančuška, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Killer
Without a Cause, Art Unlimited Art Basel 37
2005
Home Alone, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien,
Berlin, Germany
True
Story, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Time
in Sequences, City Gallery Bratislava, Palffy Palace, Bratislava,
Slovakia
2004
Ján Mančuška, Marc Foxx (West Gallery), Los Angeles,
CA
Read
it, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Next Year in Marienbad, with
Marketa Othova, Czech Centre New York, NY
Conceptual,
Gallery Raketa, Usti nad Labem
Ján
Ondreicka Boris Mančuška, with B. Ondreicka, Centre for Contemporary
Art and NoD experimental space, Prague
2002
With J. Kovanda, Gallery Na bidylku,
Brno, Czech Republic
Love,
with B. Ondreicka and J. Alvaer, Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Prague
13, Gallery V. Spala, Prague, Czech Republic
2001 Me, Gallery, MXM, Prague,
Czech Republic
I
Don't Like To Go to the Bathroom Anywhere Else but Here, House of
Art, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
2000
Liberated Household, Gallery
Na bidylku, Brno, Czech Republic
Things
around, as a part of Gallery Tent program, Rotterdam, Holland
Gallery
Priestor, Bratislava, Slovakia, (with D. Lanyi)
Museum
Exhibitions
2008
Only Those Wild Species That Appeal to People Will Survive, Kunsthalle
Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2007
The word in art. Research and the avant-garde in the 20th century.
Mart - Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roveretoin, Italy
Against
Time, Bonniers
Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
zwischen
zwei toden / between two deaths, ZKM | Karlsruhe, Germany
Made
In Germany, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2005
Model of Word ‚ Quadrophonia, La Biennale di Venezia ‚ 51. Esposizione
Internationale del' Arte, Czech and Slovak Pavilion, Venice, Italy
The
First Minute of the Rest of a Movie Jan Mancuska and Jonas Dahlberg,
Bonner Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2004
Passage d'Europe, Musee d'Art Moderne, St Etienne, France
The
Ten Commandments, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum,
Dresden, Germany
Time
and Again, curated by Leontine Coelewij, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam,
Holland
2000
Laboratory of Contemporary Tendencies, curated by Tomas Pospiszyl,
part of permanent exposition, National Gallery, Veletrzni Palac, Prague, Czech
Republic
1999
Distant Similarities, Something Better then Cosmetics, curated by Jana
and Jiri Sevcik, National Gallery,Veletrzni Palac, Prague, Czech Republic
Group
Exhibitions
2008
In The Beginning, University Art Gallery, University of California
San Diego, California
Other than Yourself an Investigation Between Inner and Outer Space,
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2006
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art
Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Sutton Lane in Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
I
(ICH) Performative Ontology, Galerie, Grafisches Kabinett, Vienna,
Austria
Yes
Bruce Nauman, Zwirner and Wirth, New York, NY
4th
Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Germany
2005
The Last Generation, curated
by Max Henry, Apex Art, New York, NY
William
Horner, Ján Mančuška, Hollybush Gardens, London, England
Labyrinths,
curated by Vesela Sretenovic, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
Temporary
Imports, curated by Susanne Titz, ArtForum Berlin 2005, Berlin, Germany
Wall
Pieces, Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium
Déjà
vu, curated by Thomas Trummer, Atelier Augarten, Osterreichishe Galerie
Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Narrow
Focus, curated by Vit Havranek, Tranzit Studios, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gustav
Kluge, Ján Mančuška and Clemens von Wedemeyer, Galerie
Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cultural
Domestication, Instinctual Desire, curated by Debra Davis,
CVA
Gallery, University of Toledo, OH
Sutton
Lane in Paris, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot Paris c/o Sutton Lane Gallery,
June-July
Zvon
2005, Biennal of Young Art, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, (curated
by Karel Cisar)
2004
Jindricha Chalupeckeho Award- Final 2004, Dum Umeni mesta, Brna, Czech
Republic
Open,
curated by Richard Torcia, Arcadia University Art Gallery, PA
Like
Beads on an Abacus designed to Calculate Infinity, curated by
Andrew
Hunt, Rockwell Gallery, London, England
Hot
Destination, Marginal Destiny, curated by Michal Kolecek, House
of Art, Brno, Czech Republic
Observatory,
curated by Michal Kolecek, Palais Des Arts, Dresden, Germany
2003
Peter Coffin with Brett Milspaw, Ján Mančuška, Ara Peterson
and Elif Uras, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Things
you donĄt know, K&S Galerie, Berlin,Germany(curated by Karel Cisar)
Survey
03, curated by Karel Cisar , Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague
Biennale 1, National Gallery, Veletrzni Palac, Prague, Czech Republic
Balkan
Consulat, curated by Michal Kolecek < rotor > association, Graz,
Austria
2002 Artchitektura, Galerie J. Fragnera
‚ Prague, Czech Republic
Centre
of Attraction, curated by Tobias Berger, 8th Baltic Triennial
of International Art,Vilnius, Lithuania
Pass
me the Butterfly, curated by Frantiska and Tim Gilman Sevcik,
d.u.m.b.o.
Arts Centre, New York, NY
Stuttgarter
Kunstverein e. V., Stuttgart, Germany
Manifesta
4, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fourth
Biennial of Young Artists, curated by Michal Kolecek, City
Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
2001
Make-Shift Intimacy, curated by Vit Havranek, gallery of Foundation
and Center of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2000
Women Come and Go, Only We sci-fi Writers Remain with BJ, gallery
706, Ostrava Đberlebenskunst, curated by Jana and Jiri Sevcik, Neuer Berliner
Kunstverin, Berlin, Germany
Bibliography
2006
Smith, Roberta. "The Body, Electric and , Yes, Videotape". The New
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Cohen,
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New
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2005
Havranek, Vit. "Very Concrete
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Pasquariello,
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Henry,
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Brigit. "Einer Sieht Alles". Zitty. December, Berlin
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Chu,
Ingrid and Pospiszyl, Tomas. Umelec Magazine. February
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Rachel. "Ján Mančuška". Flash Art.
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2002
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review; "Pass me the Butterfly". The
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Finel-Honigman,
Ana. "Pass me the Butterfly". Time Out New York. September
"Arts
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Catalogues
2008
Projet pour l'art contemporain, Societe des Amis du Musee National
d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou
Other Than Yourself: An investigation between inner and outer space.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Vienna, Austria
2006
Absent, tranzit &JRP/Ringier
2005
Cultural Domestication ‚ Instinctual Desire ‚ Interpretations and Insights-The
University of Toledo Department of Art, Center for the Visual Arts.
Déjà
vu. Atelier Augarten. Osterreichishe Galerie Belvedere. Vienna, Austria
2004
Insiders. Dum Umeni Brno
Time
and Again. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Jindricha
Chalupeckeho Award- Final 2004. Dum Umeni mesta Brna, Czech
Republic
DieZehnGebote.
Eine Kunstausstellung. Hatje Cantz Verlag Ed.
Things
you don't know. K&S Gallery. Print Production
2003
Prague Biennale 1. Prague
2002
Ján Mančuška, Ja (Myself), Umelci (Artists), Texty (Texts).
Prague, Divus
2002-2004
Centrum of Attraction. 8th Baltic Triennial. CAC Vilnius
Manifesta
4. Frankfur am Main
2000
Bj, Divus, Prague
Uberlebenskunst.
Neuer Berliner Kunstverin. Berlin, Germany
Awards
2004
Chalupecky Prize
Curatorial
projects
2005
ID- Ideal Identity, Czech
Center, New York, NY
