Martin Vongrej - The Meaning

Born 1986 in Bratislava, tries to challenge space through an application of rhetorics, which is revealed and read by a specific space or situation. It's an ambiguous visual language that describes concrete space as an already flexible subject reflecting our presence in it and refers to our perception that works in the same way. According to recent science, technology, politics, or even just mood, we capture an image of the world. This recent picture is challenged by archetype and chance—capital topics of his work. Before he finished his study (MFA at AFAD Bratislava 2012) he has presented his work internationally at biennials Manifesta 8, Murcia-Cartagena, ES, 2010, and biennial Remap 3, Athens, GR, 2011. He has participated in group exhibitions Collector, Galeria Sabot, Cluj, RO, 2012, Non-profit & Profit, Spazio A in Pistoia, IT, 2014, Lesson of Relativity, Programmes and Tendencies in Slovak Visual Art 1965 – 2016, Zoya Gallery, Bratislava, SK, 2016, Orient, KIM?, Riga,LV 2018, Somewhere in Between, Contemporary Art Scenes in Europe, Bozar, Brussels, BE or recently Useful Photography in Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. Solo shows include Non-chronological meaning, Gelerie Měsíc ve dne, České Budějovice, CZ, 2018, The Inverse, HIT Gallery, Bratislava, SK, 2018, Seven Uncountable Lines, Futura, Karlin Studios, Prague, CZ, 2017, Pre-nature, amt_project, Milan, IT, 2016, “2014“ Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ in 2014. He received fellowships from Kone Foundation, FI, 2014, Terra Foundation, FR, 2015. He was recently a Visegrad Art Fund resident at Art in General, NYC.