living and working in Banska Bystrica (SK)
Emília Rigová (born 1980) is a visual artist coming from the Slovak Republic. In addition to her engagement with art, she teaches art courses (object, multi-media, inter-media) at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. For Rigová, an object in the form of an installation or as a performance or a site-specific intervention is a basic element of her art language. Further, she expresses herself through 2D interface of a computer graphics, informed by the fundaments of classical painting. Concerning the content of her work, she explores intersubjective of emotion modified by a specific socio-cultural environment. The main themes of her works are cultural or social stereotypes, alter ego, Romani identity, and psychological shadows. She is a laureate of Oskar Čepan Award 2018 and a laureate of Roma Spirit 2018.
Education
2007 - 2011
graduated in artis Doctor / PhD. / , Free Fine Art, under doc. Juraj Sapara supervision
Theme: Sculpture like a methalepsis in digital age
1999 - 2005
Academy of Fine Arts, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Faculty of Fine Art, Depertment of Sculpture
under prof. Ján Hendrych supervision, graduated in Magister of arts / Mgr. art./
1995 - 1999
School of applied arts, Bratislava (SK) The department of sculpture and stonecarving
Solo exhibitions:
* 2018 "Icons of Peripherals", Gandy Gallery, Bratislava /SK/
* 2018 "Lost Forest", ERIAC, Berlin, /GER/.
* 2018 "Lost Identity", Q21 , Electric Avenue, Showrooms, Vienna, /A/.
* 2016 "(out of) the deadlock, Galery8, Budapest /HU/
* 2016 "Archetyp Pra Bari", České Centrum, Praha /CZ/
* 2015 "Bari Rakori" Radnica,Banska Bystrica, /SK/
* 2013 "Intimate public catharsis“, with Ukradena Galerie, Praha /Cz/, Dresden /DE/, Písek /Cz/, Telč /CZ/, Č. Krumlov /CZ/, Linz /A/
* 2012 " Randez Vous" AVO AVO ( s K. Boborová) Nitra, Outdoor Gallery /SK/
* 2011 "Black Box " Stredoslovenská galéria Banská Bystrica, Obhajoba dizertačnej práce /SK/
* 2011 "Feminist Funeral " AVO AVO (s K . Boborová) Bunker, Nitrianska galéria /SK/
* 2010 "Atraktiv art - ANTIART" ( s A. AKO) Zvaz architektov, Banská Bystrica /SK/
* 2010 "Memory Object", Výstava doktorandiek, Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica /SK/
Collective exhibitions:
* 2018 “ My Art Is My Reality “, MMSU, Rijeka /HR/
* 2018 “Time After Time “, Nominee in Oscar Čepan Award, Bratislava /SK/
* 2018 “ Constant Methamorphosis “, Nadikhuno museumos/Invisible museum,Tranzite.sk, WienaContemporaty /A/
* 2018 "The Roma Spring: Art as Resistance", ERIAC, Berlin, /GER/.
* 2017 “(out of) the deadlock “, Vybrané videní, Galerie Emila Filly, Ostrava /CZ/
* 2017 “ Constant Methamorphosis “, Nadikhuno museumos/Invisible museum,Tranzite.sk, Bratislava /SK/
* 2017 “The Blind man “ Segregation, Galerie AVU, Praha /CZ/
* 2017 “Crrosing Black/Selfportrait “, O kosmo hino kalos/The universe is black, Moravská galerie, Brno/CZ/
* 2017 “Constant Methamorphosis”,Kali Berga/The great black Mount, Kai di Khas Galery, Berlin /GER/
* 2016 "Constant Methamorphosis", Kali Berga, Ksiegarnia Wystawa / Krakow (PL)
* 2015 "Čo si urobil pre slovenský performance?" AVO AVO. Týždeň súčasnèho umenia, Trenčín, /SK/
* 2014 "Ikony periférie", Jaw Dikh, JCC Cetrum, Krakau (PL)
* 2014 "Ikony periférie"Dik I Na Bistar Look and Don't Forget Krakow /PL/
* 2014 "Vizuálny Archetyp" HALA Merina ,Týždeň súčasnèho umenia, Trenčín, /SK/
* 2013 "Gory Box" Týždeň súčasného umenia, HALA Merina, Trenčín, /SK/
* 2012 " Insipiracje Garbatka - Letnisko" Poľsko /PL/
* 2012 "Slepá Baba" Medzicentrum III., Banská Štiavnica /SK/
Occupation:
Matej Bel University, Pedagogic Faculty, Banská Bystrica, The Department of Visual Arts, Assistant Professor
Contact:
Mail: milka0rigova@gmail.com
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