Maria Bartuszová in her studio, c. 1987 © The Archive of Maria Bartuszová, Košice
| MARIA BARTUSZOVÁ | |
| Born 1936 in Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Died 1996 in Košice, Slovakia | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1951-1955 | Higher School of Applied Arts Prague (Prof. Václav Šimek) |
| 1956-1961 | Academy of Applied Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (studio of Prof. Otto Eckerdt, Department of Ceramics and Porcelain) |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2016 | Maria Bartuszová, Alison Jacques Gallery, London |
| 2014 | Maria Bartuszová: Provisional Forms, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland |
| Maria Bartuszová, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany | |
| 2012 | Maria Bartuszová - Drawings / Anna Bartuszová - Recordings, Galéria Cypriána Majernika, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2011 | Maria Bartuszová, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany |
| Maria Bartuszová - Drawings / Anna Bartuszová - Recordings, Mestská galleria, Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia | |
| 2009 | Maria Bartuszová, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany |
| Gino De Dominicis - Maria Bartuszová, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany | |
| 2008 | Maria Bartuszová: Negative Volumes, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany |
| 2007 | Maria Bartuszová: A Selection of Sculptural Work, CC Centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2005 | Germination: The Path to Organic Sculpture, (reinstallation Banská Bysrica, Košice, Rimavská Sobota), Slovak National Gallery Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 1997 | Hommage a Mária (dedicated to Maria Bartuszová 1936-1996), VLM Košice, Slovakia |
| 1988 | Sculpture Works I. 1962-1987, ZSVU exhibition hall, Košice, Slovakia |
| Sculpture Works, Kontajner Gallery, UN Theatre Prešov, Slovakia | |
| 1983 | Maria Bartuszova: Transformations of Shape, Galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského, Trencin, Slovakia |
| Sculpture Symposium II, Elementary School for the Blind, Levoča, Slovakia | |
| 1981 | Maria Bartuszova, Exhibition to mark the International Year of Invalids |
| 1976 | Sculpture Symposium I, Elementary School for the Blind, Levoča, Slovakia |
| 1967 | Sculptures & Drawings, Jalta café, Košice, Slovakia |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women, Museum Susch, Switzerland |
| 2018 | Intimate Infinite: Imagine a Journey, Lévy Gorvy, New York, NY |
| Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings, Tate St Ives, UK, travelling to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | |
| Bumped Bodies, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2017 | Disobedient Bodies: J.W.Anderson Curates The Hepworth Wakefield, The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| 2016 | Sochárky, East Slovak Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia |
| 2015 | Organic Sculpture, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| 2014 | Matter & Memory, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK |
| Fritz Winter: The Interiro of Nature, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| KK-SK (Tribute to Stephen the Belgrade), Galéria Z, Zichyho palác, Bratislava | |
| 2013 | Happy Birthday! 20 Years of the Goetz Collection, The Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany |
| 30th Council of Europe Exhibition - The Desire for Freedom: Art in Europe Since 1945, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy | |
| TRIKO - Triennial of the Contemporary Picture, Kunsthalle, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Reprises: KUMU, Eesti Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia; MOCAK - Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland | |
| 2012 | Independent Scene, A Segment of Slovak Visual Art 1960-2000, a selection from the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Exhibition room of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK |
| The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, Deutsches historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2010 | Les promesses du passé, 1950 - 2010, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
| Mária Bartuszová, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Miriam Cahn, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Light in Art - Light in Us, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Mirbachov palác, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| Gender Check, MUMOK - Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria | |
| Limits of Geometry. Geometric and Constructive Tendencies in Slovak Art from 1960 to the Present, Dom umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| 2009 | 1960 - the Present/ Slovak Art + Czech Guests, Dům U zlatého prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Slovak Picture (Anti-Picture) - 20th century in Slovak Art, exhibition of the Slovak National Gallery to mark the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia, Jízdárna Pražského hradu, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Best of Austria - Eine Kunstsammlung, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria | |
| From Plaster to Chewing Gum, Artist´s techniques and strategies, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, Slovakia | |
| Awkward Objects - Alina Szapocznikow, Maria Bartuszova, Pauline Boty, Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Paulina Ołowska, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw, Poland | |
| 2008 | Kontakt: Works from the Art Collection of Erste Bank Group, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary |
| Financial crisis: from our stock, Galerie Jiřího Švestku, Praha, Czech Republic | |
| Cutting Realities Gender Strategies in Art, Austrian cultural forum, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany |
| A Passion for Collecting: Slovak Fine Art 1957-1970, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Mirbachov palác, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| Contemporary Slovak Fine Art 1960 - 2000: from the First Slovak Investment Group´s Collection, Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| East Slovak Gallery in Košice - new additions 1995-2005, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Contemporary Slovak Art from the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Sala de Expoziţii, Primăria Municipiului Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania | |
| Out of the Town, Art in Nature, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Mirbachov palác, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| Reprises, Muzeul Naţional de Artă Contemporană, Galeria Tetrul Naţional Bucureşti, Buchareşt, Romania | |
| Contemporary Slovak Art from the Collection of the East Slovak Gallery in Košice, Galeria 72, Muzeum Narodowe, Chełm, Poland | |
| 2006 | Arta Slovakia: 1960 - 2000, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Buchareşt, Romania |
| Contemporary Slovak Art 1960-2000, Városi Művészeti Múzeum, Györ, Hungary | |
| Retrospective X, Mestská galleria, Rimavská Sobot, Slovakia | |
| 2005 | Contemporary East Slovak Art from the collections of the East Slovak Gallery in Košice, BKG-Studio, Haus der Jugend Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany; travelling to Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2004 | Contemporary Slovak Art from the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Galeria Międzynarodowego Centrum Kultury, Kraków, Poland |
| 2003 | Slovak Visual Art 1970-1985, Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Contemporary Slovak Art from the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Gallery Art Factory, Václavské nám., Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 2002 | Slovak Visual Arts 1970-1985, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava |
| Eastern Slovak Gallery 1952-2002, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2001 | Contemporary Slovak Art from the collection of the First Slovak Investment Group, Danubiana, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2000 | 20th Century, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 1999 | Reprises: Klub konkrétistov, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| From the Work of East Slovak Artists of the 20th Century, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1998 | Concretist Club, Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Reprises, Oblastní galerie v Liberci, Liberec, Czech Republic | |
| 1997 | 60/90, the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Concretists' Club after 30 Years, Vysočina Regional Gallery, Jihlava | |
| Hommage à Mária (dedicated to Mária Bartuszová 1936-1996), Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Concretist Club after 30 Years, Oblastní galerie Vysočiny, Jihlava, Slovakia | |
| 60/90, IV. Annual Art Exhibition at the Soros Centre, Galéria Živa, Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| 1995 | The Sixties in Slovak Art, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Trenčín '95: A Selection of Contemporary Slovak Sculpture, Galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského, Trenčín, Slovakia | |
| 1994 | Views of Contemporary Slovak Art, Šarišská galéria, Prešov, Slovakia |
| 1993 | Art Hamburg, International Fair of Eastern European Art, Hamburg, Germany |
| Power Station T, Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia | |
| 1992 | Laboratory I - international art symposium, Prešov, Slovakia |
| Grey Brick 35/92, Gallery at the White Unicorn, Klatovy-Klenová, Czech Republic | |
| Minisalon, Nová síň Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; travelling to Museé des Beaux Arts, Mons; Art and Culture Center, Hollywood; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati; Courtyard Gallery, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Cultural Center of Iova, Rapids; Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago; Kissick Museum, Columbia; University Art Gallery, North Dartmouth, The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Gallery of Fine Art, Forth Myers, Pražský hrad, Praha; Bibliotheque Royal de Belgique, Brusel; Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta; Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud; Majapahit Mandarin Hotel, Surabaya; Centre tchèque Paris | |
| 1991 | Oscillation, Danube Museum, Komárno; Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 40 Artistes Tcheques et Slovaques (1960-1990), Galerie Art-Défense, Paris, France |
| Reprises, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary | |
| Contemporary Slovak Art and Photography, A General Czechoslovak Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Interspaces, Bardejovské Kúpele, Slovakia | |
| 1990 | Women and Art, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| 1989 | Exhibition of the Gerulata association of the Slovak Union of Artists, románsky kostolík, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| A Biennial of Contemporary Czechoslovak Small Statue, Oblastná galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského, Trenčín, Slovakia | |
| Art Salon '89, Art Gallery, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| 1988 | Czech and Slovak Sculpture, Galeria Zwiazku Artystów Rzeźbiarzy, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1987 | Exhibition of Košice artists from the collection of the East Slovak Gallery, |
| Miskolci galéria, Miskolc, Hungary | |
| 1986 | Contemporary Graphics and Bijou Sculpture in East Slovakia, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| 1985 | Contemporary Czechoslovak Bijou Sculpture, Galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského, Trenčín, Slovakia |
| 1984 | Members' exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the SNP, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| Art Salon '84, Art Gallery, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| 1983 | A February Greeting from the collections of the East Slovak Gallery, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| Art Salon '83, Art Gallery, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| For Peace and Life - a collective exhibition to mark the World Assembly for Peace and Life, Against Nuclear War, Dielo - predajňa KOZSVU, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Reprises, Tatranská galéria, Poprad, Slovakia | |
| Women Artists of East Slovakia, Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| Sculpture in East Slovakia since 1945, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1982 | Art Salon '82, Art Gallery, Prešov, Slovakia |
| Art of the 19th and 20th Century in East Slovakia, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Art of the 19th and 20th Century in East Slovakia, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Slovak Art between the 14th and 16th Communist Party Congress, Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| 1980 | Contemporary East Slovak Figures, Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia |
| 1979 | Contemporary Sculpture Art in Eastern Slovakia, Eastern Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovakia |
| 1978 | Members' exhibition 1978, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| Art of the Victorious, Contemporary Art Museum, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 1977 | Art Salon '77, Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia |
| International Sculpture Symposium ´77, Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia | |
| 1976 | Contemporary Slovak Art to mark the 15th Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| Art Salon '76, Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| 1975 | 30 Free Years in the Works of Artists of East Slovakia, Dom Sztuki, Rzeszsów Poland |
| Members' exhibition 1975, regional branch of the Union of Slovak Artists - exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of liberation of Czechoslovakia, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| East Slovak artists honour Transcarpathian Ruthenia to mark the 30th anniversary of liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army, Zakarpatské umelecké múzeum, Užgorod, Slovakia | |
| 1974 | Members' exhibition of East Slovak Artists, Tatranská galéria, Horný Smokovec, Slovakia |
| East Slovak artists mark the 30th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1973 | Angewandte Kunst aus der ČSSR, Neue Berliner Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
| Reprises, Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany | |
| Art Salon '73, Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| Exhibition to honour the World Congress of Peace Forces in Moscow, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Exhibition of East Slovak Artists, Zakarpatské múzeum, Užgorod, Ukraine | |
| 1970 | Reprises, Oblastní galerie výtvarního umění, Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Exhibition of the Concretists' Club, House of Arts of the City of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic | |
| 1969 | Concretists' Club, Karlovy Vary, Olomouc, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Moderne und naive Kunst aus der Slowakei, Biberach an der Riss, Germany | |
| 1967 | 1st Triennial of Slovakia Sculpture, Piešťany Sculpture Park, Piešťany, Slovakia |
| 1966 | Exhibition of the Young, House of Art, Brno, Czech Republic |
| Drawings - Graphics - Sculptures, Regional Branch of ZSVU, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1965 | 13th Exhibition, Regional Organisation of the ZSVVU to Mark the 20th Anniversary of the Foundation of Czechoslovakia, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia |
| 1964 | Reprises, Tatranská galleria v Hormom Smokovci, Poprad, Slovakia; travelling to Galéria výtvarného umenia, Prešov, Slovakia |
| 12th Exhibition of Members of the Regional Organisation of the Slovak Union of Fine | |
| Artists, Východoslovenská galéria, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1960 | Exhibition of Czechoslovak Pavilion from Brussels; Prague, Czech Republic. [Reinstallation of the Czechoslovakian pavilion at the World EXPO '58 exhibition in Brussels, Belgium] |
| 1958 | World Exhibition EXPO '58, Brussels, Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium |
| SELECTED REALISATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE | |
| 1986 | Fountain, Dargov departement store, Košice |
| 1984 | Courtyard of the Student House, Košice |
| 1982 | Two - piece plastic work, Košice, Crematory |
| Wall of an administrative building, VSŽ, Košice | |
| 1975 | Wall in the meeting room, South Slovak Paper Company, Štúrovo |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| Tate, London, UK | |
| Centre du Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland | |
| Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia | |