Zora PETRÁŠOVÁ
Zora PETRÁŠOVÁ
Born 1955 / Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Education
1974 – 1978 Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Department of Science of Visual Arts, Bratislava
1994 Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of France, Bordeaux, France
Experience
1978 – 1980 Assistant Curator, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
1980 – 1999 Editor in Chief, monthly Revue Piešťany
1990 – 1999 Director, Municipal Cultural Centre, Piešťany
1999 – 2003 Editor, the Economic Journal, Bratislava
2002 Exposition of Slovak Republic in the Cabinet of Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, Gallery of Contemporary art of artists
2003 Runs her own art agency 3 COM ART
2003 launched, conceptually preparing and implementing the international project BRIDGES
Since 2001 co – organizer of the international print symposiums, Slovakia
2009 Mayor of the city of Piešťany Award for Cultural Achievement for International Project Bridges, Slovakia
Membership
Since 1982 Member, Slovak Syndicate of Journalists
Since 1999 Manager, Association of Slovak Printmakers
Since 2007 Member, Council of the Fine Arts Fund, Bratislava, Slovakia
Since 2007 President, Association of Slovak Visual Arts
2014 Honorable Member, Society of Scottish Artists, Scotland
Since 1976 she has prepared and curated more than 200 solo and group exhibitions of Slovak artists in Slovakia and abroad in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Embassies in Belgium, Cyprus, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Norway, Finland, Greece, Austria, the Netherlands, USA, Taiwan, Scotland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and others.
Catalogue Editor and Publisher
2005 Plein Air Liptov-Miracles of the Nature, ISBN 80-969426-9-7
2009 Danubiart-Contemporary Slovak and Hungarian Art
2010 Contemporary Slovak Glass
2010 Contemporary Slovak Art /the Imaginative Graphics of Albín Brunovský and his Students
A Selection
2012 Slovak Graphics Art classical techniques
2013 Visual Inspiration and Personal Quests, ISBN 987-80-971336-5-8
2014 New Bridges 11:11, ISBN 978-80-971656-9-7
She has been cooperating with the EA Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium for more than 20 years.
She lives in Piešťany and Jasná, Slovak Republic.
Contact: zorapetrasova@hotmail.com