Andrej Dubravsky
Friendly Slav
December 19, 2020 – February 20, 2021
Andrej Dubravsky
Untitled (Blue Friends), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
29 1/4 x 22 1/2 in (74 x 57 cm)
Andrej Dubravsky
Forgot Password?, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
39.37 x 31.5 in
Andrej Dubravsky
Thick Orange Caterpillar, 2019
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
59 x 47 in
Andrej Dubravsky
Very Small Orange Caterpillar, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
22 1/2 x 17 1/3 in (57 x 44 cm)
Andrej Dubravsky
Wifi Boat, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
74.8 x 51.18 in
Andrej Dubravsky
Top of the Lake, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
78.74 x 59.06 in
Andrej Dubravsky
Stand by Mode, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
67.72 x 49.21 in
Andrej Dubravsky
VIP Zone, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
78.74 x 59.06 in
Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia
Education
2012 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Csudai, Bratislava
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Runner's High, Galleria Richter, Rome, IT
2020 Friendly Slav, LAUNCH F18, New York, NY
Agressive Slav, LAUNCH F18, New York, NY
2019 VUNU Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia
Ales South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltayou,
Czech Republic
Potential Wasted, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germnay
Emission and Secretions, Galleria Richter, Rome, Italy
Larva Run 2, White & Weiss Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Larva Run, Atelier XIII, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 Birds And Wind, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany
2015 Rural Desires, Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 Sunsets Comments Insects Downloads, Zahorian & Co, Bratislava, Slovakia
Do You Want To Live Like Me?, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany
2013 The Exciting Mysterious Aquarium, Depot in Petržalka, Bratislava, Slovakia
Golden Sands, Jiří Švestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 Zlate Piesky, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Golden Sands, Jiri Svetka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Volta, New York, New York
2011 No Ambitions, Closed Butcher Shop, Krizna Street, Bratislava,
Slovakia
2010 Bush and Whip, Hanger-Tranzit, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Polytrauma, Gallery M++, Bratislava, Slovakia
Group Exhibitions
2021 You Got Your Secret On, Quappi Project, Louisville, KY
LAUNCH F18: 10 Years, LAUNCH F18, Online Viewing Room
2020 Infinite_Now, LAUNCH F18, New York, NY
2019 Nosztromo, Ashes/Ashes, New York, NY
2016 One Big Holiday, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2014 Diversity Required, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
YIA Artfair, Paris, France
2013 Friends and Family, Eva Hobber Gallery, Paris, France
La Belle Peinture 2, Pisztory Pallace, Bratislava, Slovakia
« J’ÉTAIS À LA MAISON ET J’ATTENDAIS QUE LA PLUIE VIENNE »,
Gallery of French Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 Doopler Muestra Annual Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Brazil
Painting 2012 – VÚB Foundation Award (Maľba 2012), Exhibition Hall of the
Ministry of Culture, Bratislava, Slovakia
Wish You Were Here, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
Lone Wolf, Cub and World Champion, SOGA, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Inter-view 2, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
Painting 2011 – VÚB foundation award (Maľba 2011), Exhibition Hall of the
Ministry of Culture, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Armory Show, New York, NY
Boyband, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
Inter-view 2, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
Wrestle, Launch F18, New York, NY
Extreme Port, Artbanka Museum of Young Art, Praha, Czech Republic
On The Threshold, Jiri Svetka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2/1, Galerie 5. Praha, Czech Republic
Boys Toys, Czulocs Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
SCOOTER III., Biennial of the Young Art in Trnava 2011, GJK in Trnava,
Slovakia
217, Enter Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 Not Quite Human, Launch F18, New York, NY
Parallels, Hungarian University of Fine arts, Budapešť, Hungary
Young Ass, Kressling gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Art now, Kasarne/Kulturpark, Kosice, Slovakia
The Infidels, La petite mort gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2 1, 5. Patro Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic
2009 Polytrauma, Gallery m++, Bratislava, Slovakia
Small scale 2., Kressling gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
VŠVU – up – (to) – date, Medium gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Cocnert for thoughful ones, PKO, Bratislava, Slovakia
Honors and Awards
2012 1st Prize, Painting – VUB / Intesa Sanpaolo Foundation Award for Painting for
Young Artists, Slovak Republic
2011 2nd Prize, Painting – VUB / Intesa Sanpaolo Foundation Award for Painting for
Young Artists, Slovak Republic
Public Collections
Slovak National Gallery, Bratslava, Slovakia
Andrej Dubravsky was born in 1987 in Nove Zamky, SK. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2013. Andrej has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally, including monumental gallery and museum exhibitions such as: "Golden Sands,' Jiri Svestka Gallery, Berlin, DE (2012); "Sunsets Comments Insects Downloads," Zahorian & Co Gallery, Bratislava, SK (2014); "Potential Wasted," Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, DE (2019) and "Lava Run," Atelier XIII, Bratislava, SK (2019) among others. Andrej lives and works in Bratislava, SK.
Website
Andrej Dubravsky speaks to Sam Trioli about his new paintings for his current dual exhibition at LAUNCH F18, Aggressive Slav and Friendly Slav. Created from his countryside home in rural Slovakia, Andrej shares the effects on his work and life with returning to nature.
Reinventing the subjects of Old Masters, Dubravsky paints scenes of adolescent boys, idyllic landscapes, and animal portraits that express his reflective journey through adolescence in understanding the discourse of male identity and sexuality.
Andrej Dubravsky’s painting themes vary unlimitedly using techniques conveyed through gestural and figurative iconography. His paintings contain a plethora of contradictory imagery; from impressive roosters to young male figures.
Andrej Dúbravský uses the unforgiving and irreversible alla prima technique on raw canvas to produce his works. Not only the medium he uses but also the objects and subjects of some of his paintings convey atmosphere clouded in smoke, mist, mystery and vague arousal.
I always find it remarkable how shows come together. I’ll admit, I’m one of those curators who allow a show to be “delivered” out of circumstance, rather than pushing it out. Not Quite Human is an example of that.
