www.svatmik.sk

Mikyta's (1973) works make reference to the political iconography of socialist mass movements and to the nationalist and religious symbols of Eastern Europe. By means of over-drawings and collage-like alienations he "doubles" their seductive aesthetics and exposes the political manipulation of images,
the impact of which is still being felt today. Sometimes his interventions, with a pen and often with red paint, are scarcely perceptible, sometimes they are so refined that they give rise to something totally new in terms of both composition and theme. Mikyta usually produces cycles of works which are intended to be hung in groups and conjure up associations with history and personal stories due to their open-ended correlations.Represented in the collections: Museum of Applied Arts, Prague (CZ), Zabludowicz Collection, London (GB), Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica (SK), M.A. Bazovsky Gallery (SK), The Municipal Museum, Pezinok (SK)Private collections in Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, USA, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, SwitzerlandPresented at art fairs: Contemporary Istanbul (TR), Art Forum Berlin (GER), Preview Berlin (GER), Art Amsterdam RAI (NL), Art Frankfurt, (GER)

Selected Solo Shows
2009 NatureHumanCity, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany2008 Dirty Wall
2008, The Hause of Arts in Brno, Czech Republic
2008 The Year of the Potato, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008 Nothing more than Nation (with R.Macuha and M.Piacek), Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2007 Tristo hrmenych (with K.M. Treder and M. Beckmann), Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 33, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2005 MIKYTEN, Reihe 22 Kunstlertreffs Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 Home Sweet Home, Artotéka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2004 Dies Natalis (with J. Schlichting), State Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
2004 Secret and Truth (with J. Schlichting), Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2003 Im Rahmen des Rot - Weinende Wand (Within red - Crying wall), Am Alaunplatz Gallery, Dresden, German
y2002 Svatopulk Mikyta (SK), Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2001 Almost Everything, Nitra State Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic
2001 Three Series, CC Centrum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Selected Group Shows
2008 Slovak image (Anti-image), Prague castle, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 The Oskar Cepan Price
2008 - finalists, MEDIUM Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008 Slovak rep, Bienalle of Graphic Design, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2008 Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2007 Slovak Myth, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2006 Autopoesis, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 22 minutes 50,28 seconds, Gallery Art Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Man, hero, spirit, machine, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 Les beaux ideals, Synagogue - Centre of Contemporary Art, GJK, Trnava, Slovakia
2005 Slovak Myth, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2005 Disorientation, Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2003 Oskar Cepan Prize
2003 - finalists exhibition, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovak Republic
2003 Permanent Romanticism, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovak Republic
2003 HEROES, Rainer Wehr Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2003 NYBÜEVITT, Synagogue - Centre of Contemporary Art, GJK, Trnava, Slovak Republic
2002 Big Milk, Nitra State Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic

www.svatmik.sk

Mikyta's (1973) works make reference to the political iconography of socialist mass movements and to the nationalist and religious symbols of Eastern Europe. By means of over-drawings and collage-like alienations he "doubles" their seductive aesthetics and exposes the political manipulation of images,
the impact of which is still being felt today. Sometimes his interventions, with a pen and often with red paint, are scarcely perceptible, sometimes they are so refined that they give rise to something totally new in terms of both composition and theme. Mikyta usually produces cycles of works which are intended to be hung in groups and conjure up associations with history and personal stories due to their open-ended correlations.Represented in the collections: Museum of Applied Arts, Prague (CZ), Zabludowicz Collection, London (GB), Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica (SK), M.A. Bazovsky Gallery (SK), The Municipal Museum, Pezinok (SK)Private collections in Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, USA, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, SwitzerlandPresented at art fairs: Contemporary Istanbul (TR), Art Forum Berlin (GER), Preview Berlin (GER), Art Amsterdam RAI (NL), Art Frankfurt, (GER)

Selected Solo Shows
2009 NatureHumanCity, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany2008 Dirty Wall
2008, The Hause of Arts in Brno, Czech Republic
2008 The Year of the Potato, Linea Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008 Nothing more than Nation (with R.Macuha and M.Piacek), Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2007 Tristo hrmenych (with K.M. Treder and M. Beckmann), Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 33, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2005 MIKYTEN, Reihe 22 Kunstlertreffs Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 Home Sweet Home, Artotéka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2004 Dies Natalis (with J. Schlichting), State Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
2004 Secret and Truth (with J. Schlichting), Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2003 Im Rahmen des Rot - Weinende Wand (Within red - Crying wall), Am Alaunplatz Gallery, Dresden, German
y2002 Svatopulk Mikyta (SK), Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2001 Almost Everything, Nitra State Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic
2001 Three Series, CC Centrum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Selected Group Shows
2008 Slovak image (Anti-image), Prague castle, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 The Oskar Cepan Price
2008 - finalists, MEDIUM Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008 Slovak rep, Bienalle of Graphic Design, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2008 Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2007 Slovak Myth, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2006 Autopoesis, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 22 minutes 50,28 seconds, Gallery Art Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Man, hero, spirit, machine, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006 Les beaux ideals, Synagogue - Centre of Contemporary Art, GJK, Trnava, Slovakia
2005 Slovak Myth, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2005 Disorientation, Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2003 Oskar Cepan Prize
2003 - finalists exhibition, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovak Republic
2003 Permanent Romanticism, Bratislava City Gallery, Slovak Republic
2003 HEROES, Rainer Wehr Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2003 NYBÜEVITT, Synagogue - Centre of Contemporary Art, GJK, Trnava, Slovak Republic
2002 Big Milk, Nitra State Gallery, Nitra, Slovak Republic