"I am a multidisciplinary artist from the Slovak-Hungarian border, working with expanded forms of installation, object, printmaking, performance, video, and writing.
My artistic exploration centers on the relationship between the individual (subject) and their environment (object), reflecting broader sociological issues. A central theme in my work is the concept of "mental space," the internal landscapes that we all inhabit. Through my practice, I aim to materialize these personal inner experiences in tangible forms, providing viewers with an opportunity for introspection and shared insight.
I aim to break down the traditional barriers that often separate art from its audience by offering direct contact with the artwork, with the goal of engaging all the (physical) senses of the observer, thereby building a sensitive communication bridge between the perceiver and the artwork as a living experience."
barbara gocníková (1996, Slovakia) is a multidisciplinary artist working between Portugal and Slovakia.
barbaragocnikova@gmail.com
instagrameducation
Master studies | Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava |
Studio of Printmakingand Other media | 2019 - 2021
Tokyo University of Arts | Japan |
Studio of Printmaking | 2019/2020
Bachelor studies | Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
| Studio of Printmaking and Other media | 2015 - 2019
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk | Poland |
Department of Printmaking | 2018
exhibitions
Solo exhibition | "Built on a Landslide" |
Grand Palais | Bern | Switzerland | 2024/03-04
Special selection by Erőss István |
Graphic Triennale | Miskolc | Hungary | 2023/09-11
Collaborative performance project | “silver lining” |
crazinisT artisT studiO | Kumasi, Ghana | 2023/04
Solo exhibition | “overthink” |
Kaleidoszkóp Ház | Esztergom, Hungary | 2022/10
Solo exhibition | ”cafuné- you” |
Prisma.lx | Lisbon, Portugal | 2022/08
Site- specific installation | “sent but never received” |
Lisbon, Portugal | 2022/07
Solo exhibition | ”Visit without invitation” |
Bridgeguard house | Štúrovo, Slovakia | 2021/08-12
Collective exhibition project |
“Please wait the meeting host will let you in soon” |
Kalab Centre | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2021/10
Solo exhibition | Alapok/Základy |
Aquaphone | Štúrovo, Slovakia | 2021/10
Collective virtual exhibition | SPLEEN |
Bratislava, Slovakia | 2021/01-03
Collective exhibition | Audi Headquarter
| Ingolstadt | Germany | 2019/06-08
grants and awards
Mobility grant | Slovak Arts Council | 2023
Exhibition production grant | Slovak Arts Council | 2021
project activity and residencies
Exhibition design assistance | Greenhouse - Portugal Pavilion at 60th International Art Exhibition -
La Biennale di Venezia 2024 | Venice, Italy | 2023-2024
Production assistant | INSTITUTO and paulo moreira architectures | Porto, Portugal | 2023-2024
Selection committee member | “Cecinema Film Festival" | Cecina, Italy | 2023/01-06
Residency | perfocraZe International Artist Residency | Kumasi, Ghana | 2023/02-04
Selection committee member | “Arqiteturas Film Festival" 10th edition | Porto, Portugal | 2023/01-06
Exhibition curator | “m3 admixture” by Lucia Žitnayová | Station Gallery | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2023/01
Exhibition curator | „Bouncy Castle“ by János Vámos |Tata, Hungary | 2022/09
Production assistant | Studio Mónica de Miranda and Hangar - art research center | Lisbon, Portugal | 2022/02-08
Collaboration with performative artist and writer Mickey Bourne (AU) and open talk
held by cultural researcher Anca Usurelu (RO) |
Prisma.lx | Lisbon, Portugal | 2022/08
Workshop organiser | “alternative printmaking” Prisma.lx | Lisbon, Portugal |2022/08
Residency | Bridgeguard residency program | Štúrovo, Slovakia | 2021/09-11
Production assitant | Breakfast over the bridge | documentary by Mattia Mura (IT) | 2020-2021
Author of the project and dramaturgy | Collective exhibition SPLEEN | Bratislava,
Slovakia | 2021/05-06