Dávid Čársky

Name
M.Sc. Assoc. Prof. Dávid Čársky
Position
Chairperson of the Division of Drawing
Drawing Teacher
Teaching Schedule / Office Hours
Wednesday
13:00 – 17:00 (zimný semester)
Thursday
16:00 – 20:00
Friday
08:00 – 17:00
496b, acrylic on canvas, 70x50 cm
Dávid Čársky: 496b, acrylic on canvas, 70x50 cm, 2009.
600, mixed media and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 30x25 cm
Dávid Čársky: 600, mixed media and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 30x25 cm, 2012.
Triptych „614, 615, 616“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 70x50 cm (3x)
Dávid Čársky: Triptych „614, 615, 616“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 70x50 cm (3x), 2014.
Diptych „618, 619“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 80x60 cm (2x)
Dávid Čársky: Diptych „618, 619“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 80x60 cm (2x), 2014.
Diptych „621, 622“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on plywood, 60x50 cm (2x)
Dávid Čársky: Diptych „621, 622“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on plywood, 60x50 cm (2x), 2015.
„624“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 100x80 cm
Dávid Čársky: „624“, acrylic on hardened styrofoam board mounted on canvas, 100x80 cm, 2015.
„640“, acrylic on plywood, 60x45 cm
Dávid Čársky: „640“, acrylic on plywood, 60x45 cm, 2018.
Diptych „491b, 492b“, acrylic on canvas, 80x60 cm (2x)
Dávid Čársky: Diptych „491b, 492b“, acrylic on canvas, 80x60 cm (2x), 2009.

Lectures:

  • Drawing - Restoration I. – VII.

Education

  • 1992 M.F.A., Department of Printmaking, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 1986 – 1992 VSVU (AFAD) Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (SK)
  • 1990 – 1991 Exchange student, Art Department, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1980 – 1982 Art Conservation / Restoration, SUPS (School of Applied Arts), Bratislava, SK
  • 1974 – 1978 Stone-Carving / Sculpture, SUPS, (School of Applied Arts), Bratislava, SK

Selected Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

  • 2020 Creative Scholarship, Slovak Arts Council, SK
  • 2012 Award of the Slovak Union of Visual Arts, SK
  • 2005 Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • 1996 Creative Scholarship, NMG (Mikulas Galanda Foundation), SK
  • 1995 Creative Scholarship, FVU (Visual Arts Fund), SK
  • 1994 – 1995 Fulbright Award, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • 1993  Italian Government Scholarship, Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy
  • 1990 – 1991 Exchange Scholarship, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania , PA, USA

Academic Experience and Artist Residencies

  • 2013 Appointed Associate Professor, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2008 – present Chairperson of the Division of Drawing, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 1995 – 2008 Assistant Professor at the Department of Conservation and Restoration, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2005 Visiting Artist and Educator at the School of Art & Design, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
  • 2005 Artist in Residence at the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA
  • 2000 – 2003 Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations, VSVU (AFAD)   
  • 1999 Visiting Professor at the Department of Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA 
  • 1994 – 1995 Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Fellow) at the Department of Fine Arts, GSAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA 
  • 1993 – 1994 Senior Lecturer at the Stone-carving / Sculpture Department, School of Applied Arts, Bratislava, SK 
  • 1993 Instructor of Printmaking at the Art Department, Slippery Rock University, PA, USA
  • 1992 Instructor at the Department of Printmaking, VSVU (AFAD)

Other Experience

  • 2000 – 2002 Board member, ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 1991 Stone Carver, Cathedral Stoneworks, New York, NY, USA
  • 1984 – 1986 Art Conservator / Restorer, SRA (State Restoration Studios), Bratislava, SK
  • 1982 – 1984 Compulsory military service
  • 1978 – 1980 Assistant Art Conservator / Restorer, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Bratislava, SK

Selected Solo and Two-person Exhibitions

  • 2018 „Proportions“, Gallery 19, Bratislava
  • 2016 „Dávid Čársky, Oleg Fintora”, (with Oleg Fintora), Gallery STATUA, Bratislava
  • 2013 “Farbe im Raum, Monochromie ”, (with Jan Fekete), Kunstverein Kulturaxe, Vienna, Austria
  • 2012 “Überragungen, Raumdimensionen”, (with Jan Fekete), Kunstverein Kulturaxe, Vienna, Austria
  • 2011 “David Carsky”, Gallery SUMEC, Bratislava, SK
  • 2008 “Paintings”, (with Marek Ormandik), Oravska Gallery, Dolny Kubin, SK
  • 2007 “Monochromes”, Gallery GUBA, Bratislava, SK
  • 2005  “Drawings”, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
  • 2005  “David Carsky”, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA
  • 2004  “David Carsky”, Gallery of the Museum of Coins and Medals, NBS, Kremnica, SK

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2019 „In Honor of Koloman Sokol”, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, PA, USA
  • 2019 „ARTELERIE 19”, Galeria Wertykalna, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
  • 2018 „Join the Dots / Unire le distanze“, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italia
  • 2016 „Artelerie 2016”, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, Poland
  • 2014  “A Celebration of Art“, Galerija Makek, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2014 “ARTELERIE 2014”, Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (CZ)
  • 2013 “5 x 7”, AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, USA
  • 2012 “FREEGENERATION”, Danna Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • 2012 “POST-visual”, Galerie S.V.U. MANES DIAMANT, Prague, CZ
  • 2012 “The Best Works of the Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2010”, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 2012 “NYOLC”, The Slovak Institute in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2012 “ARTELERIE 2012”, Faculty of Architecture, CVUT, Prague, CZ
  • 2011 “1st International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts”, Gyor, Hungary
  • 2011  “Guanlan International Print Biennial”, Guanlan Museum, Shenzen, China 
  • 2010 “CONTEMPORARY SLOVAK GEOMETRY 1”, Pilsen Municipal Gallery, Pilsen, CZ
  • 2010 “FRAGILE ETERNITY”, Ateliers Pro Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Selected International Symposia, Workshops, and Conferences

  • 2017 Jury member „2nd International Student Drawing Triennial“ Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
  • 2017 Workshops „FIGURAMA 17“ (April, October), Division of Drawing, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2016 Jury member „Egon Schiele Award for Figural Drawing“, Hospital Kuks, Kuks, CZ
  • 2016 Workshop „FIGURAMA 16“, Division of Drawing, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2015 Workshop „FIGURAMA 15“, Division of Drawing, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2014 International Painting Symposium “Art Colony Paradiso”, Rab, Croatia
  • 2013 Workshop “FIGURAMA 13”, Division of Drawing, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2013 Symposium “FIGURAMA 13”, Faculty of Art and Design, ZCU, Pilsen, CZ
  • 2011 International Painting Symposium “Czas i miejsce dla sztuki”, Osieki, Poland
  • 2009 Workshop of Japanese Calligraphy (Master Seijiro Tanawaka), VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2009  Workshop “FIGURAMA 09, Orbis Pictus - Comenius”, UTB, Zlin, CZ
  • 2007  ICOM-CC Working Group on Education and Training in Conservation, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 2007  “Higher Education Forum”, organized by: The Embassy of the USA; J. W. Fulbright Commission; The University Library, Bratislava, SK
  • 2006  “Space and Sculpture”, International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Bratislava, SK
  • 2006 Workshop “FIGURAMA 06”, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2005  Solar Plate Printing Workshop, FLATBED Press, Austin, TX, USA
  • 2004  “From Masaccio to Marini, Heritage of Figurative Visual Art”, workshop, Florence, Italy
  • 2002  “Cómhar”, ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts), Biennial Conference, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2001  “Large Size Painting – Valtice 2001”, International Painting Symposium, Valtice, CZ
  • 2001  “The Influence of Italian Mediaeval Frescos: A Project for their Conservation”, workshop, Florence, Italy
  • 2000  “The Challenge of Liberal Education in the 21st Century”, Artes Liberales Conference, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2000  “‘A bounty, boundless as the sea’ Art's Generosity”, ELIA Biennial Conference, Barcelona, Spain

Selected Lectures

  • 2019 “Drawing for Art Conservators”, Accademia di belle arti G. Carrara, Bergamo, Italy
  • 2013 “Drawing for Art Conservators”, Faculty of Art and Design, The University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ
  • 2013 “From Gestural to Color Field”, the habilitation lecture, VSVU (AFAD)
  • 2006 “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
  • 2005 “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • 2005  “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA
  • 2001  “Turcianske Jaseno Conservation Project of Assoc. Prof. V. Plekanec”, at the workshop: “The Influence of Italian Mediaeval Frescos: A Project for their Conservation”, Florence, Italy
  • 2000  “The Academy of Fine Arts and Design and its new Art Institute”, 6th ELIA Biennial Conference, Barcelona, Spain
  • 1999  “Department of Conservation and Restoration, AFAD”, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
  • 1999 “Department of Conservation and Restoration, AFAD”, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania , PA, USA

Membership in Organizations

  • INDIVISUAL (Union of Slovak Visual Artists)
  • Harvard Alumni Association, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Slovak Fulbright Alumni Association