Karol FELIX
Karol FELIX
Born 1961, Košice, Slovakia
Lives and works in Nitra, Slovakia
“Karol Felix has filled his work with a world full of imaginary figures, with histories, myths, legends and themes taken from literature. The mystical or expressive streak in his work more than once reaches a level of spiritual abstraction. Contemporary language has been cut off from its original sense and meaning and, for him, stands on a par with the language of ancient mythologies.”
Biography
1981-1987 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Printmaking and Book Illustration, Bratislava, Slovakia
1988-1989 Ĺudovít Fulla Scholarship, Slovakia
1990 Scholarship, Center Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
1991 Scholarship, Foundation Taylor, Paris, France
2013 Lecturer, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Curator, Exhibition New Bridges 11:11, Society of Scottish Artists and Slovakia, Nitra State Gallery; Pálffy Palace Bratislava; Culture House Piešťany; Gallery M.A. Bazovský, Trenčín, Slovakia
2015-2016 Curator, Exhibition’s Project, Albín Brunovský 80, Slovakia
2017 Lecturer, Silk Road International Cultural Expo, Dunhuang, China
2017 Visiting Artist, Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
Member Fine Arts Union of Slovakia; Association of Slovak Graphic Artists; G-Point, Association of Printmakers; Association N’89, Slovakia; Association Hollar, Czech Republic; Honorable Member, Society of Scottish Artists; Honorable Citizen, City of Naperville, IL, USA.
Awards/selected/
2018 Prize, City of Nitra, Slovakia; 1st Prize, 1st International Triennial, Kiev, Ukraine
2018, 1998 Medal, Union of Slovak Philatelists, Slovakia
2007 1st Prize, 6th China Best Foreign Stamp Annual Poll, Beijing, China
2006, 1999 Award, The Most Beautiful Postage Stamp, Slovakia
1999 Medal of Honor, International Ex libris and Small Graphic Competition, Wroclav, Poland
1997, 1995 Medal, International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
1996 Prix Charbonnel, Ex libris 21e siècle, Paris, France
1995 2nd Award, 10th International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada; Honorable Mention, 1st Ex libris Triennial, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998, 1997, 1994, 1993 1st Prize, The Most Beautiful Postage Stamp of Slovakia
1994 Medal, Best Collection, 15th International Biennial Ex libris, Malbork, Poland
1993 1st Award, International Competition Woman in Ex libris, Kiev, Ukraine; Grand Prix, Biennial Havířov, Czech Republic
1988, 1994 Prize, The Most Beautiful Book of Czechoslovakia 1987, of Slovakia 1993
1984 1st Award for Printmaking, Competition of Art Schools, Czechoslovakia
Artist in residence International Millenium Party, Chicago, USA /2000/; North Central College Naperville, USA /2001/; Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE /2002/; University of Pretoria, South Africa /2005/; International Painting Symposium Oaxaca, Mexico /2017/; international Art Symposium Struga, Macedonia /2018/.
Exhibitions 200 group and 70 solo exhibitions in 30 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and USA.
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