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Roman Ondák

Biography

Presentation

Roman Ondák Born in 1966, Zilina, SK, Lives and works at Bratislava, Slovakia.

Roman Ondak is part of a new generation from Slovakia-a country that until recently was part of the ex-Soviet Bloc--who at nearly the same have lived time through both a period of political idealism tempered by reality and their country's accommodation to new international systems and participation a changing Europe. Aspects of Ondak's work show signs of these identity shifts.

He imbues his drawings, installations, environments, photos and performances with social stratifications in addition to conceptual ones. Each piece is another step in an evolving process he develops and stimulates. Using a real fact, a place, a trip, or an experience as a starting point, Roman Ondak informally presents a fiction of his own making, full of repetitions. He sets the scene and the subject, and different filters skew the infinite replay of each story. Memory holds a critical place in his work since it implies experience, the past and its meaning, but also because it opens the way for imagination and the unconscious.

This work occurs at both the material and psychological edges of our perception. Every piece tests the limits of social and even museum space, with every artistic gesture insinuating itself into the every day. Reminiscence is the unifying thread that runs through every work. Ondak explores the particularity of exhibition space like a vast archaeological site whose elements he combines to help understand the reverberations of our perceptions in both space and time, whether intimate or as a group, be they rational or psychological.

Biography

Roman Ondák Born in 1966 in Zilina, Slovakia. Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Education and Residencies

2010 Villa Arson, Nice

2007-08 DAAD, Berlin

2004 CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan

1999-00 Collegium Helveticum, Zürich

1994-95 Artest BINZ '39, Zürich

1993 Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania

1988-94 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia

Solo exhibitions

2012

Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin.

Within Reach of Hand or Eye, K21 Ständehaus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.

2011

Enter the Orbit, Kunsthaus, Zurich.

The Exhibition Vanished without a Trace, Museo Tamayo, Mexico.

Time Capsule, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford.

Eclipse, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento.

2010

Before Waiting Becomes Part of Your Life, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg.

Shaking Horizon, Villa Arson, Nice. (cat with Salzburg, Trento.)

Glimpse, Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli.

2009

Rear Room, Johnen Gallery, Berlin

Measuring the Universe, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Loop, Czech and Slovak pavilion, 53. Venice Biennale, Venice

Fluid Border, gb agency, Paris

2008

Across that Place, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

Path, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco

Measuring the Universe, DAAD gallery, Berlin

2007

My Summer Shoes Rest in Winter, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

The Day After Yesterday, BAK, Utrecht

Roman Ondak, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck

2006

Here or Elsewhere, CAC, Bretigny

It will All Turn Out Right in the End, Tate Modern, London

More Silent Than Ever, gb agency, Paris

Tourist’s Trophies, Stift Melk

2005

One Year Solo Show, CAC, Bretigny

Roman Ondak, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

2004

Passage, CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan

Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan (with Didier Courbot)

Spirit and Opportunity, Kölnischer Kunstverein

2003

Another Day, Dum umeni, Brno

Roman Ondák,Talker, gb agency, Paris

Teenagers, Gallery Display, Prague (with Julius Koller)

2002

Pause for a Moment, Gallery Priestor, Bratislava (with Josef Dabernig)

Guided Tour, Moderna Galerija, Zagreb

2000

Roman Ondak, MK Gallery, Rotterdam

Room Extension, Kunsthof, Zürich

1999

Through the Eye Lens, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

1998

Discrepancies, Spala Gallery, Prague

Roman Ondak, Gallery of the City of Prague, Prague

Exposure, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

1997

Roman Ondak, MK Gallery, Rotterdam

1996

Roman Ondak, Gallery Ruce, Prague

1995

Roman Ondak, Artest BINZ '39, Zürich

Group exhibitions

2011

Eyes Looping for a Head to Inhabit, Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz.

Kontakt Collection, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia.

Tate St Ives Summer Exhibition 2011 , Tate, St. Ives.

Power to the People: Contemporary Conceptualism and the Object in Art, ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Victoria.

11 Rooms, Manchester International Festival, Art Gallery, Manchester.

Ostalgia, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

ILLUMInations, 54th International Art Exhibition, Venice.

Rearview Mirror, The Power Plant, Toronto; Art Gallery, Alberta.

Terre Vulnerabili, a growing exhibition, Hangar Bicocca, Spazio d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano.

20. anniversary Fri Art, centre d'art, Fribourg.

Un'Espressione Geografica, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino.

The Other Tradition, WIELS, Centrum voor Hedendaagse kunst, Brussels.

Architecture Dessins Utopies, National Museum of Contemporary Art,MNAC, Bucharest.

2010

Der Ideal ort, um mit der Freiheit unter vier augen zu Sprechen, Künstlerhaus, Bremen.

Lunatique, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris.

Taking Place, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

The Moon is an Arrant Thief, David Roberts Art Foundation, London.

Permanent Mimesis, Galleria Civica d’arte moderna, Torino.

Art Feature, gb agency, Art Basel, Basel.

A Walk around the Block, Centre d’art contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel.

The Living Currencie, 6th Berlin Biennale,Berlin.

What is waiting out there, 6th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin.

I’m not there, An exhibition without Francis Alys, de Appel, Amsterdam.

We have as much time as it takes, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.

The Fate of Irony, KAI10, Düsseldorf.

Conversation Pieces, Johnen Galerie, Berlin.

Promises of the Past, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Che cosa sono le nuvole? selection de la collection Enea Righi, Museion, Bolzano

Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts. Private Sammlungen, Kunsthalle Bonn, Allemagne

In the face of spatial grandeur, Circuit, Lausanne, Suisse

Che Cosa Sono Le Nuvole, Museion, Bolzano, Italie

The Fate of Irony, KAI10, Düsseldorf, Allemagne

2009

History Memory Identity, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena

The Rustle of Language, Gallery Francesca Kaufmann, Milano

100 Years, P.S.1, New York

The Object of the Attack, David Roberts Art Foundation, London

When the Lightness of Poetry, Sculpture International, Rotterdam.

Nord, Nord-Ouest, gb agency, Paris.

When the Lightness of Poetry, Sculpture International, Rotterdam

Voids, Eine Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Bern

Die Kunst ist super!, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Wake up, please, Le Quartier, Quimper

Just around the corner, Casa Encendida Art Centre, Madrid

Take the Money and Run, De Appel, Amsterdam

Performing the East, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg

Playing the City, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Fifty Fifty, Wien Museum, Vienna

The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Liquid Frontiers, Tri Postal, Lille

Camouflaged Building, One Day Sculpture/public project, Wellington

Voids, A Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris

Aspect Ratio, Tent, Rotterdam

2008

Why there is always somewhere else, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe

All the Best, Gallery One One One, London

Don’t come in, be merciful, Gallery Johnen+Schöttle, Cologne

This is Not a Void, Gallery Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo

I am never at home, Johnen Gallery, Berlin

5th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool

Playtime, Bétonsalon, Paris

8th Panama Art Biennial, Panama City

Translocalmotion, 7th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai

U-TURN Quadrennial, Copenhagen

No More Reality, de Appel, Amsterdam

Museum as Medium, MARCO, Vigo

Crowd (0 -> infinity), Centre d’Art Contemporain La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand

Participation, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

Huis Clos, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City

Italia Italie Italien Italy, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento

News from Mount Analogue, MDAC, Rochechouart

New Zealand International Art festival 08, Wellington

Yes, No & Other Options, Art Sheffield 08, Sheffield

The Last Who Speaks, Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims

The World as a Stage, ICA, Boston

2007

All dressed up with nowhere to go, Tranzitdisplay gallery, Prague

Art Perform, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami

From a Distance, Wallspace, New York

A Choreographed Exhibition, Kunsthalle St. Gallen

Do You Remember Where They Are From?, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

Playground, STUK, Leuven

The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London

Stardust, Mac/Val, Paris

Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco

For Sale, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Der Process, Prague Biennial, Prague

Geografie, Vianuova per l’arte contemporanea, Florence

The Art of Failure, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel

Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London

Alles wird gut, Halle für Kunst, Lueneburg

Saturday Live Actions and Interruptions, Tate Modern, London

Anachronism, Argos, Brussels

Société Anonyme, Le Plateau, Paris

Extraordinary Rendition, NoguerasBlanchard Gallery, Barcelona

Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

2006

Auditorium, Stage, Backstage, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt

Il teatro della vita, Galleria civica di arte contemporanea, Trento

L’usage du Monde, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka

The Show Will Be Open When The Show Will Be Closed, Kadist Foundation, Paris

Grenzgänger, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg

How to live together, 27th Bienal São Paulo, São Paulo

Ja/I/Ich, Secession, Vienna

Protections, Kunsthaus Graz

La ciudad interpretada, Santiago de Compostela

Why Pictures Now?, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

Runaway, Gallery Priestor, Bratislava

Heroes and Anti-Monuments, Gallery Medium, Bratislava

Wrong, Klosterfelde Gallery, Berlin

Kontakt, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

Universal Experience, MART, Rovereto

La Monnaie Vivante, Studio Micadanses, Cite des Arts, Paris

2005

Universal Experience, Hayward Gallery, London

Works on the Edge, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

After the Fact, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Next Door, Barents Art Triennial, Kirkenes

En attente, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Nach Rokytnik, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

Definition of Everyday, Prague Biennial 2, Prague

Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Red Riviera Revisited, Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia

Post Notes, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis

Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, London

Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul

Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist's Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Water Event, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo

2004

Instant Europe, Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Passariano

The Future is not what it used to be, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig

Cordially Invited, BAK, Utrecht

Time and Again, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Frieze Art Fair Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London

Czech Made, Gallery Display, Prague

Unbalanced Allocation of Space, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig

Socle du Monde 04, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning

Densité ±O, Fri-Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg

ev+a 2004 ‘Imagine Limerick’, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick

Eintritt frei, Bawag Foundation, Vienna

Le Proche et le lointain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan

Densité ±O, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

That bodies speak has been known for a long time, Generali Foundation, Vienna

2003

Utopia Station Poster Project, Haus der Kunst, Munich

Phalanstère, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brétigny

Links, gb agency, Paris

Trautes Heim, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig

Beautiful Banners, Prague Biennial, Prague

Utopia Station, 50.Venice Biennial, Venice

Czechoslovakia, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava

Real Utopia, Rotor, Graz

Wir müssen heute noch…, Kunstverein Cologne

Spheres of Valency, City Gallery, Bratislava

Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich

Sight.Seen, 4. Austrian Triennial on Photography, Graz

2002

Mental Shift, UKS gallery, Oslo

Inter Muros, Gallery Gradska Loza, Zadar

I promise it’s political, Ludwig Museum, Cologne

Do it, online project (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist)

Erlauf erinnert sich, public spaces in Erlauf

In Prague, Spala gallery, Prague

Fair, Royal College, London

An Artist who doesn’t speak english, Kunstihoone, Tallin

2001

Ausgeträumt…, Wiener Secession, Vienna

Central, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

Die Sammlung, MUMOK, Vienna

Suspense, Slavonski Brod

Slowakische Träume, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau

Central, Museumsquartier, Vienna

Glued Intimity, Galerie Jeleni, Prague

8.Triennial of smallscale sculpture, Fellbach

Common Ground, Begane Grond, Utrecht

Hors-Jeu, gb agency, Paris

2000

After the Wall, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Chinese Whispers, Apex Art C.P., New York

Changes of Order, Trade Fair Palace, Prague

Manifesta 3, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana

After the Wall, Ludwig Museum Budapest

Guarene Arte, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’ Arte, Torino

1999

Aspects-Positions 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Distant Resemblance, Trade Fair Palace, Prague

Slovak Art For Free, Slovak Pavilion on Venice Biennial

Rondo, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

1998

Made in SK, Knoll gallery, Vienna

Zimmer frei, Unikum, Klagenfurt

1997

D-signed in SK, Knoll gallery, Budapest

60/90, Former Photostudio Rembrandt, Bratislava

Samizdat, Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Selest Art, FRAC, Sélestat

1996

Interior vs Exterior, Cosmos, Bratislava

Manifesta 1, Natural History Museum, Rotterdam

MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam

Triple Possibility, Gallery V. Spala, Prague

1995

Artists of Central and Eastern Europe, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh

1994

Fragmente, Heiligenkreuzhof, Vienna

1992

Germination 7, Le Magasin, Grenoble

Bibliography

Bibliography

Press and catalogues (selection)

2010

Standard, Humour léger et sauts en parachute pour Roman Ondák by T. Chailloux, Oct-Nov-Dec, #29

Frieze, Roman Ondák at Ville d'Arson by Vivian Rehberg, Issue 133, Sept

Le Monde, L'Univers ironique et décalé des artistes de l'est by Rozana Aximi, June 5.

designboom, Roman Ondák at the Temporary Stedelijk

ArtPress, Roman Ondák, Subterfuge' by Vivian Rebergh, #363, January

Monopol, Roman Ondák, Der Unsichtbare' by Silke Hohmann, March

Mouvement, Mouvement dans le white cube by Judith Souriau, Feb-March

Inrockuptibles, Best of 2009 by Jean-Max Colard, Judicael Lavrador, Claire Moulène, Dec 23-Jan 12

Exhibition Catalogue, The Promises of the Past, Centre Georges Pompidou, MNAM, Paris

texts by Christine Macel, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Jan Verwoert, Elena Filipovic, Igor Zabel, Dieter Roelstrate & Luiza Nader.

2009

Flash Art, Roman Ondák, Measuring the Universe, by Klauss Biesenbach, N°268, Oct.

Kaleidoscope, Deterritorialized, Roman Ondák’s conspiratorial art, by Pierre Bal-Blanc, Issue 3, Sept-Oct.

Artist's book, Roman Ondák, Measuring the Universe, Bawag Foundation, Vienna /JRP|Ringier, Zurich,

texts by Magali Arriola, Tim Etchells, Jeanine Griffin, Bernhart Schwenk.

The Independent, The art of nothing, by John Lichfield, Feb 27.

Exhibition Catalogue, Vides', Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris/Kunsthalle Bern/JRPRingier, Zurich,

text by Mathieu Copeland, Making the Invisible Visible, Interview with Roman Ondák.

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Ein Blick zuruck weit nach vorn, by Holger Liebs, Sept 9.

The Washington Post, Roman Ondák’s Fertile Twist is simply Inspired, by Blake Gopnik, June.

Time Out NY, Roman Ondák Measuring the Universe, by Drew Toal, June 25.

The Guardian, Venise Biennale, by Adrian Searle, June 9.

Connaissance des Arts, Mémoires du vide à Beaubourg, by D.B., March.

Le Monde, Neuf Histoires de vide au Centre Pompidou, by E. Lequeux, 22-23 Feb.

Les Inrocks, Vis-à-Vide, by Jean-Max Colard, Feb.

Les Echos, L’enfer du vide, by J. Benhamou-Huet, March 6.

Le Journal des Arts, 'Le vide n’est pas rien' by Frédéric Bonnet, March.

Le Figaro, 'Quand les vides dansent' by Adrien Goetz, March 2.

L’Oeil, Faire le plein de vide, by Manou Farine, March.

Frieze, Memorial to the Iraq War, by Alastair Sooke, July.

Frieze, Spare Me!, by Tirdad Zolghadr, March.

Beaux Arts Magazine, Le vide à beaubourg, by E. Lequeux, Jan.

2008

ArtForum, 'Roman Ondák at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich' by Catrin Lorch, March

Kunst-Bulletin, 'Situationismus' by Patricia Grzonka, #1/2

2007

Tagblatt, Wege und Wälder', by Ursula Badrutt Schoch, Dec 3.

Saiten, Tanz Mit der Kunst, by Ulriche Henke, Dec.

Kunstforum Restkörper, by Edgar Schmitz, #185.

Kunst-Bulletin, Roman Ondák im Taxipalais, by Sabine B. Vogel, #3.

Kunstforum, 27 Biennale von Sao Paulo, by Thomas Wulffen, #183.

Exhibition Catalogue, Anachronisme, text by Elena Filipovic.

Connaissance des Arts, L’art conceptuel des Gensollen, by Guy Bloch-Champfort, #647, March.

Artnet, Roman Ondák at Taxipalais Museum, Feb 1st.

Bidoun, Maurizio Catellan Meets Roman Ondák, #9.

2006

Catalogue Frieze Projects, Artists Commissions and Talks 2003-2005, Roman Ondák, by Melissa Gronlund,

Distributed Art Publishers, New York.

Flash Art, CZ & SK editions, It Will All Turn Out Right in the End, by Simona Nastac, Nov, #1.

Flash Art, Roman Ondák at gb agency by Ana Janevski, Sept-Oct.

Art Press, Interview with Mathew Slotover by Elisabeth Lebovici, Oct.

Beaux Arts Magazine, Les Gensollen by Emmanuelle Lequeux, Aug.

Art Press, Roman Ondák: Ochestrateur de situations by Anna Colin, #326, Sept.

Art 21, Roman Ondák: Exposition / Espace Temps by Pascal Cuisinier, summer #8.

Numéro, Contre toute attente by Nicolas Trembley, March, #71

Exhibition Catalogue Sao Paulo Biennial, Interview with Roman Ondák by Jens Hoffmann.

Flash Art, 'Aperto Paris' by Chris Sharp, July-Sept,

Spike, 'Roman Ondák: Stahlarbeiter & Schokolade by Manuela Hötzl, Antje Mayer, #7,

2005

Art Review, Roman Ondák, Dec, Vol IX.

El Topo, The Wrong Gallery invites Roman Ondák to answer to five questions.

Jong Holland, Het documentation als idee by Sophie Berrebi, jaargang 21, #4.

Artforum International, Roman Ondák, Martin Janda galerie by Sabine B. Vogel, Sept.

Tate Etc, Why are we waiting? by Max Andrews, issue 5, Autumn.

Artforum International, Who if not we..., by Christian Rattemeyer, May.

1+1+1, Roman Ondák by Lisa Painting, spring, Issue One.

Parachute, Roman Ondák by Anne Bonin, March.

Exhibition Catalogue, Roman Ondák, Kölnischer Kunstverein/Walther König Verlag,

texts by Frank Frangenberg, Georg Schöllhammer, Igor Zabel.

Frieze, Taking a Line for a Walk by Jan Verwoert, #90.

Artforum International, First Take : Roman Ondákby Jessica Morgan, Jan.

2004

The Guardian, Her dark materials by Adrian Searle, October 19.

Beaux Arts Magazine, Courbot /Ondák, double espaces by Philippe Coubetergues, #245, Oct.

Frieze, Roman Ondák by Catrin Lorch, #85.

Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, Time and Again, Issue 05.

Exhibition Catalogue, Densité ±O, Ecole Supérieure Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris/ Fri-Art, Fribourg.

Kunstforum, Roman Ondák by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, #171.

Springerin, Roman Ondák: Spirit and Opportunity by Frank Frangenberg, Summer.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wo bitte geht's zum Mars? By Catrin Lorch, May 25.

Kunst-Bulletin, Von Reisenden und Anti-Nomaden, Ein Interview mit Roman Ondak by Catrin Lorch, #6.

2003

Frieze, That bodies speak has been known for a long time by Nicole Scheyerer, #83.

Vogue, Roman Ondák, Des voyages en partage by Frédéric Bonnet, #836, April.

Le Journal des Arts, Disparition annoncée by Olivier Michelon, March/April.

Paris-art.com, Roman Ondák, Stalker by Pierre Juhasz, March.

Kunst-Bulletin, Das die Körper sprechen? by Patricia Grzonka, March.

Die Welt, Heimat, Heimat, Heimat by Gabriela Walde, Oct 31.

Kunstforum, Real utopia by Heinz Schütz, #166.

Kunstforum, Wirmussen heute noch? by Frank Frangenberg, #166.

Kunstforum, Utopia Station by Thomas Wulffen, #166.

Exhibition Catalogue, Peripheries become the center, Prague Biennale, Prague.

Exhibition Catalogue, Common Ground, BAK, Utrecht.

Publication, Roman Ondák by Igor Zabel, Cream 3, Phaidon Press.

Exhibition Catalogue, Sight Seeing, Graz, text by Werner Fenz.

Eikon, Sight Seeing by Kerstin Braun, #41.

2002

Kunstbulletin, I promise it's political-Performativität in der Kunst by Catrin Backhaus, #8

Springerin, I promise it's political by Melanie Ohnemus, #3

Kunstforum, Keine Kunst ohne Politik by Kathrin Rhomberg, #160

Exhibition Catalogue, I promise it's political, Museum Ludwig, Köln,

texts by Dorothea von Hantelmann, Marjorie Jongbloed.

Vjesnik, Zagreb by Leila Topic, May 21.

Kunstforum, Ausgeträumt by Dieter Buchhart, #158.

Springerin, Generation Skoda, Eine Reversion by Georg Schölhammer, #1.

2001

Exhibition Catalogue, Ausgeträumt, Secession, Wien, text by Kathrin Rhomberg.

Kunstforum, Neue Kunst aus Mitteleuropa by Martin Seidel, #157.

Labyrint, Roman Ondák by Karel Cisar, #9-10.

Exhibition Catalogue, Roman Ondák, Central, Museumsquartier, Wien, text by Lóránd Hegyi.

Exhibition Catalogue, 8.Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, text by Roland Wäspe.

Foci, Interviews with ten international curators by Carolee Thea, Apex Art, New York.

2000

Morgenbladet, Tematiserte grenser by Anne Karin Jortveit, Sept 8.

Kunstforum, Manifesta 3 by Jochen Becker, #152.

Village Voice, by Kim Levin, July 26 - Aug 1.

Exhibition Catalogue, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana.

Blitz Review, Vermittlungsarbeit im Raum by Catrin Backhaus, b-613.

Exhibition Catalogue, Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaugengo, Torino, text by Mária Hlavajová.

Die Presse, Galerie Knoll by Florian Steininger, June 14.

Falter, Roman Ondák by Nicole Scheyerer, #27.

Profil, Feines Bunt als geistreicher Diskurs by Patricia Grzonka, #26, June 26.

Kunstbulletin, Roman Ondák im Kunsthof by Christoph Schenker, #5.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Das Sehen als Hypothese by Sibylle Omlin, March 30.

Tages-Anzeiger, Zurück in die Gegenwart by Edith Krebs, March 24.

1999

Exhibition Catalogue, Aspekte-Positionen, Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien.

Exhibition Catalogue, Installations: Taste of Thinking by Michael Olijnyk, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.

Exhibition Catalogue, Roman Ondák, Museum Ludwig, Budapest, text by Dóra Hegy.i

Moderna Museet Magasin, text by Dóra Hegyi, #3-4.

Exhibition Catalogue, After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

1998

Exhibition Catalogue, Roman Ondák, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, text by Karel Srp.

Gazeta Wyborcza, text by Zuzanna Matyjek, Warsaw, Dec 8.

Art in America, Out of East by Judith Stein, #4.

1997

Exhibition Catalogue, Samizdat, Reed College, Portland.

1996

NRC, Rotterdam text by Beat Stigter, Jun 21,

ARTI, Artists fromCentral and Eastern Europe by Pamela Markham, May/June.

New Art Examiner, Siting Slavs at the Factory by Paul Krainiak, #3.

Pittsburgh Newsweekly, Site by Chris Potter, Jan 25-31.

1995

Neue Bildende Kunst, Die Kunst Bleibt Frei... by Pavel Liska, #2.

Downloadable press articles

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Press (selection)

2010

Mouvement, French, Mouvements dans le White Cube, text by Judith Souriau, #54, January-March.

Monopol, German, Der Unsichtbare, text by Silke Hohmann, Mach.

Art Press, French/English, Roman Ondak, Subterfuge, text by Vivian Rehberg, #363, January.

2009

The Washington Post, English, Roman Ondak Fertile Twist Is Simply Inspired, text by Blake Gopnik, June 10.

L'oeil, French, Faire le plein de vide, text by Manou Farine, March.

Kaleidoscope, English, Deterritorialized, text by Pierre Bal-Blanc, #3, September.

Frieze, English, Spare me!, text by Tirdad Zolghadr, March.

Flash art, English, Measuring the universe, interview by Klaus Biesenbach, October.

Art Review, English, text by Astrid Mania, December.

Artforum, English, texts by Christine Macel and Matthew Higgs, December.

2008

Kunstbulletin, German, Situationismus, text by Patricia Grzonka, n°1/2 2008.

Artforum, English, text by Brigitte Huck, December.

ArtForum, English, Roman Ondak at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, text by Catrin Lorch, March.

2006

Flash Art Magazine International, English, Roman Ondak at gb agency, text by Ana Janevski, #250, October.

Art Press, French/English, Roman Ondak: Ochestrateur de situations, text by Anna Colin,#326, September.

2005

Tate Etc, English, Why Are We Waiting?, text by Max Andrews,#5, Fall.

Frieze, English, Taking a Line for a Walk, text by Jan Verwoert,#90, April.

Artforum International, English, First Take : Roman Ondak, text by Jessica Morgan, January.

Publication

Roman Ondák

Measuring the universe

Roman Ondák

Works

After Return from Orbit, 2011

Enter the Orbit, 2011

Time Capsule, 2011

Stampede, 2011

Eclipse, 2011

Rear Window, 2010

Catch, 2010

Zone, 2010

Torn Shoelace, 2010

Loop, 2009

Fluid Border, 2009

Letter, 2009

Camouflaged Building, 2009

Camouflaged Building, 2009

Breath on Both Sides, 2009

Failed Fall, 2008

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn.

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn.

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn.

In the month of February, the floor of the Winter Garden in Sheffield – a greenhouse full of evergreen plants – was filled with autumn leaves collected from trees around the city during the previous autumn.

Announcement, 2002/08

As a sign of solidarity with recent events in the world, don’t interrupt the activities that you are doing at this moment for the next minute

Insiders, 2008

Path, 2008

My Summer Shoes Rest in Winter, 2007

Pocket Money of My Son, 2007

Measuring the Universe, 2007

I’m just acting in it, 2007

Based on description, 24 people drew Roman Ondak wandering in the empty exhibition space

Based on description, 24 people drew Roman Ondak wandering in the empty exhibition space

Based on description, 24 people drew Roman Ondak wandering in the empty exhibition space

Based on description, 24 people drew Roman Ondak wandering in the empty exhibition space

Based on description, 24 people drew Roman Ondak wandering in the empty exhibition space

Concealed Episode, 2007

A parachutist of a Cuban origin was invited to simulate an escape from Cuba by a parachute jump on South Beach in Miami.

A parachutist of a Cuban origin was invited to simulate an escape from Cuba by a parachute jump on South Beach in Miami.E

A parachutist of a Cuban origin was invited to simulate an escape from Cuba by a parachute jump on South Beach in Miami.

A parachutist of a Cuban origin was invited to simulate an escape from Cuba by a parachute jump on South Beach in Miami.

A parachutist of a Cuban origin was invited to simulate an escape from Cuba by a parachute jump on South Beach in Miami.

Site, 2003/2007

Lucky Day, 2006

Antinomads, 2000-2006

More Silent Than Ever, 2006

The Stray Man, 2006

Resistance, 2006

It Will All Turn Out Right in the End, 2005-06

Two Mars Stories, 2004-06

Retrospective, 2005

Untitled, 2005

Interview, 2005

The Day After Yesterday, 2005

When reading a local newspaper Ondák came across a picture that happened to depict his wife walking with their two children towards their house. Later he had his family – dressed in the same clothes – return back to the same location. There, he took a picture of them walking down the street in a similar way as they did when photographed by chance, only this time they walk towards the viewer.

When reading a local newspaper Ondák came across a picture that happened to depict his wife walking with their two children towards their house. Later he had his family – dressed in the same clothes – return back to the same location. There, he took a picture of them walking down the street in a similar way as they did when photographed by chance, only this time they walk towards the viewer.

When reading a local newspaper Ondák came across a picture that happened to depict his wife walking with their two children towards their house. Later he had his family – dressed in the same clothes – return back to the same location. There, he took a picture of them walking down the street in a similar way as they did when photographed by chance, only this time they walk towards the viewer.

New Territories, 2005

Lucky Coin, 2005

Passage (Inventory of Production), 2004

Crowd, 2004

Spirit and Opportunity, 2004

The surface of Mars was reconstructed in the gallery based on images published in newspapers and magazines.

The surface of Mars was reconstructed in the gallery based on images published in newspapers and magazines.

Good Feelings in Good Times, 2003

Plaque, 2003

His Affair with Time, 2003

Bad News Is a Thing of the Past Now, 2003

Awaiting Enacted, 2003

Another Day, 2003

Tomorrows, 2002

Teaching to Walk, 2002

Guided Tour (Follow Me), 2002

Das Dritte Denkmal, 2002

Tickets, Please, 2002

Untitled (Traffic), 2001

SK Parking, 2001

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

SK Parking, 2001

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Slovakian Skodas were driven by the artist and his friends from Bratislava to Vienna, where they were parked behind the Secession building for two months.

Casting Antinomads, 2000

Common Trip, 2000

Antinomads, 2000

Silence, Please, 1999

This Way, Please, 1999

Museum/Storage, 1999

Unit, 1998

Is That the Way it Was?, 1998

Door Stopped by Doorstop, 1997

Staircase, 1997

Slipped Wall, 1997

Rotating Hose, 1997

Charcoal Line and Water Line, 1997

Wave in Motion, 1997

Stump, 1997

Bed, 1997

Untitled (Floor), 1997

Untitled (Radiator), 1997

Untitled (Corner), 1997

Untitled, 1997

Closer to Each Other, 1997

Suspended Wardrobe, 1996

Flow, 1995