ROMAN ONDÁK
Roman Ondák (b. 1966, Žilina, Slovakia) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia and Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania; he currently lives and works in Bratislava. Ondák’s performative interventions expose the inner workings of tacitly accepted sociocultural structures by playfully calling attention to their absurdities. He frequently includes the viewer in his creative process, realigning the traditional roles of producer and consumer.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009)
- Loop, 53rd Venice Biennale (2009)
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2008)
- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2007-08)
- Basis voor actuele Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands (2007)
- Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria (2007)
- Galleria civica di arte contemporanea, Trento, Italy (2007)
- Tate Modern, London (2006)
- Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu, Japan (2004-05)
- Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2004)
- Brno House of Art, Switzerland (2003)
- Moderna galerija, Zagreb, Croatia (2002)
- Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest (1999)
GROUP SHOWS
- Die Kunst ist Super! Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2009-10)
- The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2009)
- Fifty Fifty: Art in Dialogue with the 50's, Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna (2009)
- Take the Money and Run, De Appel, Amsterdam (2009)
- Performing the East, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (2009)
- Voids: A Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris and Kunsthalle Bern (2009)
- Aspect Ratio, Tent, Rotterdam (2009)
- Fifth Liverpool Biennial (2008)
- Eighth Panama Art Biennial (2008)
- Translocalmotion, Seventh Shanghai Biennale (2008)
- No More Reality.Step3: Shared Folder, De Appel, Amsterdam (2008)
- 111 Works of Art from the SNG Collection, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava (2008)
- Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2007-08)
- The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London, and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2007-08)
- Third Prague Biennale (2007)
- The Art of Failure, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2007)
- Memorial to the Iraq War, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2007)
- Actions and Interruptions, Tate Modern, London (2007)
- Auditorium, Stage, Backstage — An Exposure in 32 Acts, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (2007)
- 27th Bienal de São Paulo (2006)
- Why Pictures Now? Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2006)
- Second Prague Biennale (2005)
- Populism, Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (2005)
GROUP SHOWS
- Post Notes, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (2005)
- Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (2005)
- Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2005)
- Water Event, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo (2005)
- Who if not we . . . ? episode 2: Time and Again, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2004-05)
- Free Entrance, Bawag Foundation, Vienna (2004)
- Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale (2003)
- Czechoslovakia, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava (2003)
- Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich (2003)
- I promise it’s political: Kooperationsprojekt Museum Ludwig/Theater der Welt, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2002)
- Die Sammlung, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2001)
- After the Wall: Art and Culture in Postcommunist Europe, Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest and Hamburger Bahnhof
- Berlin (2000-01)
- Manifesta 3, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2000)
- Aspects-Positions 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (1999)
- Manifesta 1, Natural History Museum, Rotterdam (1996)
- Artists of Central and Eastern Europe, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (1995)
