Jarmila Džuppová
*1984
Jarmila Džuppová is a student of the studio of Prof. Rudolf Sikora at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Technical University in Košice. Her work occupies a unique position among Slovak young painters as she skilfully balances between painting and illustration-like drawing, combining variety of techniques /ranging from tempera, oil to acrylic, incorporating also carving into the surface of the picture to emphasize its impressiveness/. As for the topic, Jarmila is not interested in these days so much thematized globalization, urban landscape, TV heroes or media manipulation but in her work she refers to the environment that directly surrounds her - countryside and towns of Eastern Slovakia with its peculiar character and mythology. Her pictures are a peculiar blend of folklore motifs, urban references and animal motifs, especially wolves. Her works have a very strong narrative character and are often authobiographical.
Selected solo shows:
2008 Bonjour 2008, Apollo BC, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008 The Fur Coat according to an example of Oak , Subteren Gallery, Michalovce, Slovak Republic
2007 I have an exhibition in Humenne, Humenne, Slovak Republic
2006 It`s important to exhibit at home not elsewhere, Michalovce, Slovak Republic
2006 Dotted surafces have a meaning for me but I`m not sure what exactly, The Youth Gallery, Nitra, The Municipal Gallery, Rimavská Sobota, Slovak Republic
2005 Paintings again. And Photographs, Michalovce, Slovak Republic
2003 Paintings. And Photographs,
Selected group shows:
2009 Natureal, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2009 Three Graces, Stanica Žilina Záriečie, Žilina, Slovak Republic
2008 VÚB Painting/finalist, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2007 Cut and carve!, The Municipal Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 Drought in the contemporary Slovak painting, Banská Bystrica, Sloavk Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Drought in the contemporary Slovak painting, PGU, Žilina, Slovak Republic