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Magda Stanová

Education
2010 MFA New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2008–2007 Università IUAV di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Faculty of Arts and Design – clasAV – Visual Arts
2007 Mgr. Art (MFA) Photography and New Media, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2005–2003 Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland – Fine Arts
2003 Bc. (BFA) Photography and Video, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2002 Slippery Rock University, PA, USA – exchange semester

Solo Exhbitions
2011 Algoritmi nell'arte, V.M.21 arte contemporanea - Project Room, Rome, Italy
2010 In the Shadow of Photography, Fremantle Arts Center, Fremantle, Australia
2009 In the Shadow of Photography, Rencontre d’Arles, Arles, France
2008 W cieniu fotografii, Galeria ZPAF i S-ka, Krakow, Poland
2006 Schiller, Cucina Libri, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 Schiller, Bludný Kámen, Opava, Czech Republic
2000 Rathaus, Plettenberg, Germany
Cultural center, Poprad, Slovakia
1999 Smetisko dejín, Alter Ego, Kežmarok, Slovakia

Group Exhibitions
2011 Voices from the Center, ThreeWalls, Chicago, USA
Unfree Freedom, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, USA
Mladé médium, Dom umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia
MAPY/MAPS 1960–2011, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava, Slovakia
Crazycurators Biennale III, CK Zamek, Poznań, Poland
2010 Predpremiéra, Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Crazycurators Biennale III, Space Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, USA
La Collezione Spazio Libro d’Artista, Museo Regionale di Messina, Messina, Italy
Talent Latent, Centre Cultural de Ripollet, Ripollet, Spain
2009 Twentysix Gasoline Stations ed altri libri d’artista, Museo regionale di Messina, Messina, Italy
Reorientation, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, USA
MAPP, Rosie’s Cheeks, San Francisco, USA
V priestore a v čase, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava, Slovakia
Toys, Scala Mata Gallery, Venice, Italy
Talent Latent, Centre d’Art Torre Muntadas, El Prat, Spain; Sala Muncunill, Terrassa, Spain
2008 Talent Latent, El Regugi – Moll de Costa del Port de Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain;
Talent Latent, Sales d’Exposiciones de Can Palauet, Mataró, Spain
Talent Latent, El Museu d’Art de Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain
IN/visible, Festival of Visual Art, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Arrivals + Departures, Sala Samonà, Padova, Italy
2007 BOOM!, Gallery Scala Mata, Venice, Italy
I have a dream … za plotom, Embassy of the U.S.A. Bratislava, Slovakia
Human Nature, church Zvestovania panny Márie, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tatranské šťavy, Gallery Baronka, Kežmarok, Slovakia
2006 Jump into Cold Water, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Diplomausstellung, HGK Zurich, Switzerland
2004 ISTROART 2004, Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
REAL PRESENCE 04, Museum of 25th of May, Belgrade, Srbia and Montenegro
2003 Privat Frei, Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

Awards
2010 Plat(t)form 10, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland – special mention
2009 Rencontre d’Arles, France – nomination for the Discovery Award (by Joan Fontcuberta)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship, U.S.A.
2003 Bundesstipendium, Switzerland

Film Festivals
2007 The One Minutes Belgian Open
2006 International Film Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia
AZYL, internet festival of 1minute’ and 5minute’ films, www.azyl.sk
2005 International Film Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia
AZYL, internet festival of 1minute’ and 5minute’ films, www.azyl.sk
Minimotion, Switzerland
2004 ÁČKO Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia

Residencies
2011 Futura, Prague, Czech Republic – Visegrad Artist in Residency Program
2007 Habit at Ypenburg, Den Haag, Holland
2006 (Gast)Gewerbe, dieHasena, Dalvazza, Switzerland
2003 GARBa, Montescaglioso, Italy

Publications
Magda Stanová: W Cieniu Fotografii, Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych, Krakow 2008
Miriam Petráňová, Magda Stanová, Illah van Oijen: Build a House, Plant a Tree, Bear a Son, Den Haag 2007
AZYL 2005, Compilation of short films, SME, Bratislava, 2006
Illywords N°13 Progetto Consapevole, Italy, 2005
No Credits, Ausgebildete Leute, published by Annatina Caprez, Berni Doessegger, Maria Eichhorn, Yelitz Palak,
Christian Ratti and Nils Vije, Zürich, 2005

Bibliography
Sme, Nekupujte mužom šálku, Bratislava, 10/16/2010
ProPhoto, FotoFreo's Femme Fatales, July 2010
Kwartalnik Fotografia, Magda Stanova, W cieniu fotografii, 31/2009
The Black Snapper, Photo.sittcomm – A Little Bit of Punk, Day 3, www.theblacksnapper.com, 8/24/2009
Fugitive Vision, blog by Evan Mirapau, Impressions from Rencontres d’Arles ‘09, http://fugitivevision.blogspot.com, 7/14/2009
Obieg, Zacie(m)nienie. “W cieniu fotofrafii” Magdy Stanovej, www.obieg.pl, 1/18/2009
Kultura Popularna, Ankieta, Warsaw, 1/2009
El Pais, Miradas nacidas en los margenes, Barcelona, 4/18/2008
Talent Latent, exhibition catalog, Barcelona, 2008
Schweizer Buchhandel, Schillers leben als Apfel, Zürich, 7/2006

Lectures and Presentations
2011 Revolution, Transformation and Identity: Central European Artists Reflect upon Post-Communistic Art, Urbanism
and Culture, Graham Foundation, Chicago, USA
Algorithms in Art, Rehearsal for Upcoming Lecture, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
Twist, UQBAR, Berlin
2010 The Metric System, with David Peña Lopera, part of the Alternative Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, USA
2009 In the Shadow of Photography, part of the Alternative Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, USA