Robert BRUN
Robert BRUN
Born 1948, Žilina, Slovakia
Lives and works in Žilina, Slovakia
“At the beginning of graphic form he has preferred drypoint and mezzotint, which in the last period of graphic work experimentally interconnects with other techniques /perforation, serigraphy/.”
Biography
1966-1972 Department of Printmaking and Book Illustration, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2003-2019 Head, Department of Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts, Academy of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2004 Associate Professor, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019- Head, Studio Graphic-Space-Synergy, Department of Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts, Academy of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Awards
2010, 2008 Prize, The Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia
2009 Purchase Prize, Space International Print Triennial, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Medal for Graphic Design, 40th Anniversary of International Print Triennial Society, Kraków, Poland
2003 Regular Award, International Print Triennial Society, Kraków, Poland
2000 1st Prize, Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain
1998 Prize of the Gama Gallery, Inter-Contact-Graphic, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 1st Prize, The Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia
1993 Grand Prix, International Print Biennial, Maastricht, the Netherlands
1989 Bronze Medal, I.B.A., Leipzig, Germany; Ĺudovít Fulla Prize, Slovakia
1988, 1987 Award, Smena, Tatran Publishing House, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1987 Golden Apple, Biennale of Illustrations, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1985 1st Prize, The Most Beautiful Book of Czechoslovakia
1979 Prize, Exlibris, Bormio, Italy
1976 Prize, International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lódž, Poland; Prize, Exlibris, Frederikshavn, Denmark
1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989 Certificate of Merit, The Most Beautiful Book of Czechoslovakia
Since 1976 solo and group exhibitions/selected
5th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia /2019/; Space International Print, Seoul, South Korea /2009/; International Print Triennial, Kraków, Poland /2003,2000/; Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain /2000/; Inter-Contact-Graphic, Prague, Czech Republic /1998/; International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia; International Graphic Biennial Varna, Bulgaria /1995/; international Contemporary Art Competition, Print Triennial, Osaka, Japan /1994/; International Print Biennial MECC, Maastricht, the Netherlands /1993/; European Triennial Competition of Non-Traditional Graphic, Prague, Czech Republic /1988/; Graphica Creativa, Javäskylla, Finland /1981/; Exlibris Bormio, Italy /1979/; International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lódž, Poland; Exlibris, Frederikshavn, Denmark /1976/.
Collections University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, USA; Chihiro Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; International Print Triennial Society, MTG Kraków, Poland; Space International Print, Seoul, South Korea; Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava; Bratislava City Gallery, Slovakia etc.
www.robertbrun.sk