Dávid Čársky
- Name
- M.Sc. Assoc. Prof. Dávid Čársky
- Position
- Chairperson of the Division of Drawing
- Drawing Teacher
- carsky@vsvu.sk
- Address
- Drotárska 44, Bratislava
- Teaching Schedule / Office Hours
- Wednesday
- 13:00 – 17:00 (zimný semester)
- Thursday
- 16:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 08:00 – 17:00
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