Biographical data: Dávid Čársky

Education
M.F.A. 1992 Printmaking (since 1986), VSVU (Academy of Fine Arts and Design), Bratislava, Slovakia
1990/91 Studio Art / Art History, (exchange student) Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA
Diploma 1982 Conservation / Restoration, SUPS (Secondary School of Applied Arts), Bratislava
Diploma 1978 Stone-Carving / Sculpture, SUPS

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas, USA
2006 “Biennial of Creative Visual Arts”, Exhibition Hall of the Slovak Union of Visual Artists, Bratislava
2006 “Mona Lisa 2006”, Nostic Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 “Mona Lisa 2006”, New City Hall of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
2006 Finesilver Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
2006 Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, USA
2005 ”5x7 Art Splurge and Exhibition” Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas, USA
2005 ”5x7 Art Splurge and Exhibition” Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
2004 ”Slovenska grafika, SG – SVU a g - bod” P. M. Bohun Gallery, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
2003 ”Sucasna slovenska grafika,” Gallery of Eastern Slovakia, Kosice, Slovakia
2003 ”Sucasna slovenska grafika,” Gallery of Saris, Presov, Slovakia
2002 ”Sucasna slovenska grafika,” (printmaking biennial) State Gallery Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
2001 ”Art in Spa”, Turcianska Gallery, Martin, Slovakia
2001 ”Big Butter”, Marha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA
2001 ”Contemporary Slovak Printmaking,” Gallery Hollar, Prague, Czech Republic
2001 ”Slovak Printmaking,” Slovak National Museum – Ethnographic Museum, Martin, Slovakia
2000 ”Salon of Drawing (selection),” Gallery of Kysuce, Cadca, Slovakia
1999 ”Salon of Drawing,” Povazska Gallery of Art, Zilina, Slovakia
1999 ”Sucasna slovenska grafika,” (printmaking biennial) State Gallery Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
1998 ”Slovenske umenie dneska,” Dom umenia (Art Center), Bratislava, Slovakia
1998 ”Slowakische Kunst Heute,” Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
1996 ”Vytvarne paralely,” Dom umenia (Art Center), Bratislava, Slovakia
1996 ”Sucasna slovenska grafika,” (printmaking biennial) State Gallery Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
1994 ”International Print Triennial-Cracow '94,” Cracow, Poland
1994 SSG (Slovak Printmakers' Association) Group Show, Neusiedl am See, Austria
1994 ”Drawings, Prints, Glass Sculpture,” Art Gallery Devin, Bratislava, Slovakia
1992 ”In Honor of Koloman Sokol,” Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
1992 VSVU Faculty and Students' Show, Merzig, Germany
1992 ”Concours de fresques,” Namur, Belgium
1992 ”Students' Art Show,” Galerie der Kunststudenten, Vienna, Austria
1991 ”Andy Warhol in the Land of his parents,” Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia
1991 ”Coup de Lune,” Paris, France
1990 ”International Exhibition of Miniature Art,” Toronto, Canada
1990 ”Students’ Art Show,” Slippery Rock University, USA
1990 ”Spiritual Initiatives,” Bratislava, Slovakia
1987 ”Hommage to Central Europe,” Bratislava, Slovakia

Participation in International Symposia, Workshops, Conferences, and Seminars
2006 June/July ”Space and Sculpture,” International stone sculpture symposium, Devin, Slovakia
2005 April Solar Plate Printing Workshop, FLATBED Press, Austin, Texas, USA
2004 July/Aug. ”Small Size Painting – Hodonin 2004,” Hodonin, Czech Republic
2004 February "From Masaccio to Marini, Heritage of Figurative Visual Art" workshop, Florence, Italy
2002 October ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) Biennial Conference: ”Cómhar, ”
          Dublin, Ireland
2001 July ”Large Size Painting – Valtice 2001,” Valtice, Czech Republic
2001 Aug./Sept. ”Art in Spa 2001,” Turcianske Teplice, Slovakia
2001 February "The Influence of Italian Mediaeval Frescos: A Project for their Conservation"
          wokshop, Florence, Italy
2000 October ”The Challenge of Liberal Education in the 21^st Century.” Artes Liberales Conference,
          Warsaw, Poland
2000 October ELIA Biennial Conference: "A bounty, boundless as the sea" Art's Generosity,”
          Barcelona, Spain
1994 July ”Visegrad Seminar,” College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

Professional and Academic Experience
- Visiting Artist and Educator, School of Art & Design, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 
  Oct./Nov. 2005
- Artist in Residence, Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA, 
  April 2005
- Assistant Professor, Department of Conservation and Restoration, VSVU (Academy of Fine Arts 
  and Design), Bratislava, since 1995
- Board member, ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts), Amsterdam, Oct. 2000 – Oct. 2002
- Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations, VSVU (Academy of Fine Arts and Design), Bratislava, 
  Feb. 2000 – Feb. 2003
- Visiting Professor, Department of Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI,
  Wintersession 1999
- Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Fellow), Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Fall semester 1994/95
- Senior Lecturer, Stone Carving / Sculpture Department, SUV (School of Applied Arts), Bratislava, 
  1993/94
- Instructor, Advanced and Basic Printmaking Courses, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania,
  Spring semester 1992/93
- Instructor, Department of Printmaking, VSVU (Academy of Fine Arts and Design), Bratislava, Fall 
  semester 1992/93
- Stone Carver, Cathedral Stoneworks, New York, NY, summer 1991
- Conservator / Restorer, SRA (State Restoration Studios), Bratislava, 1984-86
- Compulsory military service, 1982-84
- Assistant Conservator / Restorer, St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava, 1978-80

 References
- Professor Nick J. de Vries, Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Houston, Clear Lake, TX
- Professor Sandria Hu, Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Houston, Clear Lake, TX
- Professor Glen Brunken, Art Department, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Asst. Prof. Christine Mehring, Department of Art History, Yale University
- Professor Jim Cogswell, School of Art & Design, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Professor Georgette Zirbes, School of Art & Design, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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