Michal Stolárik is an independent curator and art critic. Born in 1988, lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Between 2019 and 2021 he was a curator in Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava, Slovakia. Between 2015 – 2016 he worked in Kunsthalle Bratislava and gallery work experiences gained in Zahorian & Van Espen Gallery (Bratislava, 2013 - 2015) and HIT Gallery (Bratislava, 2011 – 2013). For the years 2012 and 2013 he was a coordinator of the Oskár Čepan Award at Foundation - Center for Contemporary Arts in Bratislava.
Between 2019 and 2021 he was a curator in Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava, Slovakia. Between 2015 – 2016 he worked in Kunsthalle Bratislava and gallery work experiences gained in Zahorian & Van Espen Gallery (Bratislava, 2013 - 2015) and HIT Gallery (Bratislava, 2011 – 2013). For the years 2012 and 2013 he was a coordinator of the Oskár Čepan Award at Foundation - Center for Contemporary Arts in Bratislava.
He is also freelance graphic designer, Hochspannung! promoter and DJ.
Curatorial Projects (selection)
2022
2021
2020
2019
Monument Of Possible Fall – Kristián Németh, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, Slovakia, 23. 11. - 20. 12. 2019
No Balance – Kristián Németh, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, 12. 7. - 18. 8. 2019
Can't See The Forest For The Trees – Adam Šakový, SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 27. 6. - 19. 7. 2019
Season 18/19 – Ján Triaška, Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, 5. 3. – 14. 4. 2019
Anything Goes – Svetlana Fialová (SK), Pavla Malinová (CZ), Nana Mandl (AT), Titania Seidl (AT), White & Weiss Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 23. 1. – 1. 3. 2019
2018
It's Alright, It's Alright – Ján Skaličan, Šopa Gallery, Košice, Slovakia, 23. 11. - 14. 12. 2018
Holographic Entrypoint – Oskar Felber, Adam Majerčík, Margaréta Petržalová, Ľubomíra Sekerášová; Dot Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 12. 4. – 13. 5. 2018
2017
Monument Of Possible Fall – Kristián Németh, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, Slovakia, 23. 11. - 20. 12. 2019
No Balance – Kristián Németh, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, 12. 7. - 18. 8. 2019
Can't See The Forest For The Trees – Adam Šakový, SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 27. 6. - 19. 7. 2019
Season 18/19 – Ján Triaška, Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, 5. 3. – 14. 4. 2019
Anything Goes – Svetlana Fialová (SK), Pavla Malinová (CZ), Nana Mandl (AT), Titania Seidl (AT), White & Weiss Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 23. 1. – 1. 3. 2019
2018
It's Alright, It's Alright – Ján Skaličan, Šopa Gallery, Košice, Slovakia, 23. 11. - 14. 12. 2018
Holographic Entrypoint – Oskar Felber, Adam Majerčík, Margaréta Petržalová, Ľubomíra Sekerášová; Dot Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 12. 4. – 13. 5. 2018
2017
Soumrak Bohů - Jan Vytiska, Dot Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 5. 4. – 7. 5. 2017
2016
Temporal Limbo – Adam Šakový, Dot Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 6. 9. - 1. 10. 2016
Evolution – Monika Pascoe Mikyšková, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, 27. 11. 2015 – 11. 1. 2016
2015
Rural Desires – Andrej Dúbravský, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovakia, 3. 9. - 15. 11. 2015
Trying to Forget – Peter Barényi, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 14. 8. – 13. 8. 2015
WYSINWYS – Radek Brousil (CZ), Dávid Demjanovič, Erik Janeček & Franz-Julius Pelz (DE) & Martin Toldy, Nika Kupyrova (CZ/AT), Jan Nálevka (CZ), Peter Sit, Adam Šakový, Roman Štetina (CZ); SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 15. 4. - 30. 4. 2015
2016
Temporal Limbo – Adam Šakový, Dot Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 6. 9. - 1. 10. 2016
Evolution – Monika Pascoe Mikyšková, Schemnitz Gallery, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, 27. 11. 2015 – 11. 1. 2016
2015
Rural Desires – Andrej Dúbravský, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovakia, 3. 9. - 15. 11. 2015
Trying to Forget – Peter Barényi, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 14. 8. – 13. 8. 2015
WYSINWYS – Radek Brousil (CZ), Dávid Demjanovič, Erik Janeček & Franz-Julius Pelz (DE) & Martin Toldy, Nika Kupyrova (CZ/AT), Jan Nálevka (CZ), Peter Sit, Adam Šakový, Roman Štetina (CZ); SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 15. 4. - 30. 4. 2015
2014
Past → Present → Past – Peter Barényi, Peter Cibák, András Cséfalvay, Jaroslav Kyša, Jarmila Mitríková & Dávid Demjanovič, Adam Novota, Štefan Papčo, Katarína Poliačiková, Boris Sirka, Adam Šakový; Karlín Studios, Prague, Czech Republic, 17. 9. - 26. 10. 2014
2013
Studio Works – Radek Brousil (CZ), Katarína Poliačiková; Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 13. 9. - 6. 10. 2013
Facing the Truth (performance night) – Æ, Peter Barényi, András Cséfalvay, Kata Mach, und Piraten; Synagogue, Košice, Slovakia, 2. 9. 2013
Some time ago – Boris Sirka; Plusmínusnula gallery, Žilina, Slovakia, 18. 4. 2013 – 18. 5. 2013
01970 Ilava – Juraj Mravec; Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 8.2. 2013 – 22.2. 2013
2012
Almost the End – Eugenio Percossi (IT), Boris Sirka; Make Up Gallery, Košice, Slovakia, 25. 7. - 26. 8. 2012
Untitled 23 – Untitled 25 – Radek Brousil (CZ); Enter Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 5.6. - 28.6. 2012
Destruct to Reconstruct – Jaroslav Kyša; Gallery of Cyprián Majerník, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26.5. - 7.7. 2012
Back to the Reality – Lucia Dovičáková, Svetlana Fialová, Jarmila Mitríková, Ivana Oroszová, Jarmila Džuppová, Lucia Tallová; Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 25.2. - 23.3. 2012
2011
Past → Present → Past – Peter Barényi, Peter Cibák, András Cséfalvay, Jaroslav Kyša, Jarmila Mitríková & Dávid Demjanovič, Adam Novota, Štefan Papčo, Katarína Poliačiková, Boris Sirka, Adam Šakový; Karlín Studios, Prague, Czech Republic, 17. 9. - 26. 10. 2014
2013
Studio Works – Radek Brousil (CZ), Katarína Poliačiková; Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 13. 9. - 6. 10. 2013
Facing the Truth (performance night) – Æ, Peter Barényi, András Cséfalvay, Kata Mach, und Piraten; Synagogue, Košice, Slovakia, 2. 9. 2013
Some time ago – Boris Sirka; Plusmínusnula gallery, Žilina, Slovakia, 18. 4. 2013 – 18. 5. 2013
01970 Ilava – Juraj Mravec; Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 8.2. 2013 – 22.2. 2013
2012
Almost the End – Eugenio Percossi (IT), Boris Sirka; Make Up Gallery, Košice, Slovakia, 25. 7. - 26. 8. 2012
Untitled 23 – Untitled 25 – Radek Brousil (CZ); Enter Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 5.6. - 28.6. 2012
Destruct to Reconstruct – Jaroslav Kyša; Gallery of Cyprián Majerník, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26.5. - 7.7. 2012
Back to the Reality – Lucia Dovičáková, Svetlana Fialová, Jarmila Mitríková, Ivana Oroszová, Jarmila Džuppová, Lucia Tallová; Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 25.2. - 23.3. 2012
2011
Lectures & Projects
Kurátorčiny
(public discussions with contemporary art curators)
Dot – Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2018 – 2019
ARTIST STALK
(public discussions with contemporary art artists)
Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia, 2015 – 2018
Residencies
Artist-in-Residence (Quartier 21 / MuseumsQuartier), Vienna, Austria, March 2013
Salzburg Summer Academy (Studio of Raimundas Malašauskas), Salzburg, Austria, July 2015
Education
2010 – 2013 – Master studies, Comenius University, Department of History of Visual Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia; Diploma thesis: The Formation of Trends in Contemporary Art after 1989 (through Art Prizes)
2007 – 2010 – Bachelor studies, Comenius University, Department of History of Visual Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia; Bachelor thesis: Slovak Action Arts after 1989
Kurátorčiny
(public discussions with contemporary art curators)
Dot – Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2018 – 2019
ARTIST STALK
(public discussions with contemporary art artists)
Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia, 2015 – 2018
Residencies
Artist-in-Residence (Quartier 21 / MuseumsQuartier), Vienna, Austria, March 2013
Salzburg Summer Academy (Studio of Raimundas Malašauskas), Salzburg, Austria, July 2015
Education
2010 – 2013 – Master studies, Comenius University, Department of History of Visual Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia; Diploma thesis: The Formation of Trends in Contemporary Art after 1989 (through Art Prizes)
2007 – 2010 – Bachelor studies, Comenius University, Department of History of Visual Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia; Bachelor thesis: Slovak Action Arts after 1989