Robert BRUN

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

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