DIPLOMA 2026

Locations:  * Umelka * Pistori Palace * AFAD * other * 

PROGRAMME

Umelka – Centre of Modern Art and Community

• Dostojevského rad 2, Bratislava
• Duration: 10 June – 26 June 2026
• Opening: 19 June 2026
• Exhibition partners:
  • Umelka – Centre of Modern Art and Community
  • Tatra Banka Foundation

Bachelor’s and master’s theses:

Architectural Design

Studio of Architecture II

• Bc: Samo Šoška, Tatiana Mazuráková, Rebeka Jantošová, Eliška Janíková
• Mgr: Vladimír Vančo, Dorothea Straková, Matej Kováčik

Studio of Architecture III

• Bc: Anet Kulíšková, Anastasiia Popova
• Mgr: Matej Matis, Magdaléna Mikundová

Studio of Architexture: Body and Space

• Mgr: Marta Karolčíková

Design

Industrial Design Studio

• Bc: Tomáš Votřel, Matúš Gajdošík, Emma Roza Nunesová, Ines Jelašičová
• Mgr: Samo Hartiník

Interior Design Studio

• Mgr: Darina Mikušková, Miroslav Vašek

Printmaking and Other Media

Space of Printmaking Studio

• Mgr: Kristína Hanuliaková

Illustration and Printmaking Studio

• Mgr: Alexandra Hockicková, Michal Laurinc

Free Printmaking Studio

• Mgr: Laura Bradová, Václav Šebesta, Elizabeth Vargová

Sculpture, Object, Installation

Sculpture in Context

• Mgr: Ivana Hlavačková

Free Sculpture Studio

• Mgr: Júlia Káčerová

Textile Art

Fashion Design

• Bc: Anna Nemcová, Matúš Ferro, Alona Rubanová
• Mgr: Lea Hartmannová, Jaroslava Poliaková, Kristína Zsapka, Viktória Košíková

Textile Design

• Terézia Križanová, Štepán Folget

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Pistori Palace

• Štefánikova 25, Bratislava
• Opening: 12 June 2026 at 18:00
• Exhibition duration: 13 – 28 June 2026
• Tuesday – Friday: 14:00 – 19:00, Saturday – Sunday: 15:00 – 19:00

Visual Communication

Question of Noise

• Bachelor’s and master’s theses: Martina Belejová, Linda Berkyová, Martin Bugár, Samuel Čenger, Nikoleta Dekanová, Charlota Rachel Horáková, Hugo Hrivňák, Ema Ižvoltová, Zuzana Kasanová, Karolína Ježíková, Ema Kern, Samuel Kráner, Sofia Kuželová, Karmen Lacková, Matej Mazák, Chiara Németová, Viktóra Stanová
• Exhibition architecture: Peter Liška

Intermedia

Answer to Silence

• Mgr: Martina Čulíková, Agata Klimesová, Lenka Vallová, Veronika Verešová, Jessika Radicsová, Terézia Tomková
• Curators: Hana Ontkocová and Fanny Elisabeth Pekarčíková

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AFAD Buildings

Drotárska cesta 44, Bratislava:

• 20 – 21 June 2026
• 9:00 – 18:00

Photography and New Media

• Bc: Samuel Gregor Dzurek (Studio 341), Sofiya Berezhna (room 257), Sofia Abougalil (Studio 370), Marián Malatinec (Studio 323), Ema Kassay (Studio 324), Aneta Hradilová (Studio 339) - possible  see live HERE

Restoration

• Bc: Lucia Peťková, Bibiana Lukačková, Michaela Turzová, Ema Čerešníková, Nina Ciglánová, Martin Suchý, Anna Budzynska, Annamária Stropkayová, Annamária Trenčanová, Eva Belancová, Kristína Poliakovová
• Mgr: Erik Kutnár, Tereza Mičundová, Kristina Petraturová, Katarína Sorgerová, Mária Kožuškaničová, Ľudmila Uhrinová, Ivona Flam, Monika Hlavatá

Sculpture, Object, Installation

Sculpture in Context

• Bc: Viktorie Doležálková
• Location: -1st floor, corridor below the reception desk

Applied Art

Ceramics Studio

• Bc: Tomáš Deák

Glass Studio

• Mgr: Pavla Pšenicová

Design

Experimental Design Studio

• Bc: Alexandra Kusá

Transport Design Studio

• Bc: Richard Petro, Marek Jurčovič, Roman Slamka, Ľubomír Maťaš, Michal Keller, Sviatoslav Hrabovyi
• Mgr: Dominik Batelka, Veronika Pániková, Natália Žáková

Intermedia

• Bc: David Marienčik, Žaneta Novotná, Chiara Sopira, Alžbeta Štrbová, Linda Várošová, Dominika Vlčáková

Hviezdoslavovo Square 18

• 20 – 21 June 2026
• 9:00 – 18:00

3EAM (3rd Expanded Painting Studio)

• Bc: Matej Rimai
• Mgr: Namiko Uchnárová

Delta Painting Studio

• Bc: Nina Ivanková, Laura Kollárovičová
• Mgr: Viktória Bálintová, Sabina Sudinová, Jos Leys

Koceľova 23

• FRI 12.6.12-18.00
• SAT 13.6. 9.00-18.00

Painting

Ateliér mal+by

• Bc: Jana Masárová

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Other Venues in Bratislava

Digital Arts

Narratives of Control

• Bachelor’s and master’s theses: Adriana Baránková, Jakub Cingeľ, Kirill Melnikov, Martin Viskup, Norbert Krištof, Samuel Hagara
  • Július Kowalský Primary Art School, Židovská 1, Bratislava
  • Opening: 11 June 2026 at 17:00
  • Duration: 11 June – 24 June 2026
  • Open: 15:00 – 18:00 – admission every full hour, pick-up at the entrance

Design

Experimental Design Studio

Inside Out

• Instagram
• Mgr: Lenka Ingeliová, Adam Kukuc
  • Staromestská galéria Zichy, Ventúrska 9, Bratislava
  • Tue – Sun 15:00 – 19:00
  • Opening: 4 June 2026 at 18:00
  • Exhibition duration: 4 June – 21 June 2026

Photography and New Media

Where the Image Becomes a Threshold

• Instagram
• Mgr: Karla Šavrtková, Valeria Eriomenco
  • DKP – Temporary Cultural Space, Rovniankova 5, Bratislava
  • Opening: 18 June 2026
  • Duration: 19 June – 5 July 2026

Painting

Ateliér mal+by

• PROXI VISIONS
  • Mgr: Denis Braun, Linda Olejárová, Jakub Strýček
    • Municipal House of Resistance Members
    • SAT-SUN, 21.- 22.6. 14.00-19.00
    • Ventúrska 4, Bratislava
      • (Denis Braun and Jakub Strýček are presenting part of their diploma theses at a joint exhibition at Ateliér XIII, Panská 13, Bratislava, until 17 June 2026)

3EAM (3rd Expanded Painting Studio)

• Mgr: Lucia Dubnická
  • Theatre K, building of the former Jesenského Primary School in Bratislava
  • Palackého 5, 811 02 Bratislava – Staré Mesto

Textile Art

Textile Art in Space

I Know I need to Move, Whether its Backwards or Forwards

• Mgr: Viktória Bakušová, Pavlína Árendášová
• Curator: Jelisaveta Rapaić
  • ÚĽUV Design Studio, Dobrovičová 13, Bratislava
  • Opening: 3 June 2026 at 18:00
  • Duration: 4 June – 31 July 2026

Fashion Design

Fashion Show of Studio 343

• 4 June 2026 at 19:00
• Nová tržnica, Trnavské mýto, 831 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
• Free admission
  • Bc: Anna Němcová, Matúš Ferro, Alona Rubanova
  • Mgr: Anna Němcová, Tina Zsapka, Viktória Kosíková, Jaroslava Poliaková, Lea Hartmannová

Sculpture, Object, Installation

Free Sculpture Studio

• Bc: Roberta Andrášková
  • Nová Cvernovka complex, Račianska 78, 831 02 Bratislava
  • Duration: 8 – 22 June 2026
• Bc: Kristína Buriová
  • Nová Tržnica, Šancová 112, 831 04 Bratislava
  • Ryby shop, 1st floor
  • Duration: 9 June – 19 June 2026
  • Tuesday – Friday: 15:00 – 18:00

Applied Art

Ceramics Studio

Incarnation

• Bc: Emília Gurová, Adela Frantová
• Mgr: Rebeca Ihringová, Nela Krulišová
  • Dom Vanek, Hlavná 25, Bratislava
  • Opening: 11 June 2026
  • Finissage: 27 June 2026
  • Duration: 12 – 28 June 2026
  • Thursday – Friday 15:00 – 19:00, Sat 14:00 – 19:00

Glass Studio

• Mgr: Zuzana Gállyová 
  • Edison Filmhub, Baštová 348/6A, 811 03 Bratislava
  • from 8 June 2026, daily 10:00 – 17:00

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