Lucia Grejtakova

In her wired images – objects, Lucia Grejtáková does not imitate rotorelief, ready made or MerzBild programme, she is not even directly inspired by it. The only thing she attempts to do is “revitalize“, “revive“ memories of it in a way, in which reality itself plays an ultimate role, promoted to an “image“ in its particular, also philosophical (substitutive) meaning. This is particularly true for keys – real pieces of metal interwoven into the wire outline, resembling a net of roads, pathways walked by feet of people that were here at a certain time, in a certain place (genius loci). A tool to unlock and lock in its symbolic meaning, staying a real object, reminding of a ready made object on the one hand and, on the other, imitation, substitutive sign of the so called “power to loosen an tie“ the people´s destinies, historical periods and entries in smaller areas of the already mentioned genius loci, in its objective and subjective meaning. The author plays with keys, places and relocates them in the image and image drawings, where the dominant role is played by their visual aspect, and becomes an integral part of this cob-web network (a true one, knitted out of wire or drawn), as a human footprint. At the same time, the esthetic r...

Fine Art Schools and Studies:
2002 – 2009 Faculty of Arts, Technical University of Košice. Ateliers and workshops: drawing (Prof. Haščák), design (Prof. Uhrín, Blonski), multimedia.
2007 – 2008 Technical University of Radom, Faculty of Arts (Wydział Sztuki), Radom, Poland – Erasmus internship programme. Ateliers: drawing, painting (Prof. Wróblewska), film, video and animation, photography.

Individual Exhibition:
Café Behind the Seven Windows Gallery, Prešov: Exposition named "Self-Portrait, Black & White" (2008)
The Club of Artists, Bratislava: Exposition "On the City Stage, Behind the Curtain of Faces" (2012)

Collective exhibitions, competitions, lounges, projects:
Slovak Union of Visual Arts, Bratislava: Biennial of Applied Arts and Design III (2011)
Jozef Kollár Gallery, Banská Štiavnica: Triennial of Small Sculpture, Drawings and Relief X (2012)
House of Art, the Square of the Slovak National Uprising, Bratislava: Lounge 2012
House of Art, the Square of the Slovak National Uprising, Bratislava: Free Fine Arts Biennial IV (2012)
Palazzo della Racchetta, Ferrara, Taliansko: LINES AND COLOURS - SEGNI E COLORI (COLLETTIVA 03) (2012)
Building Bridges Together II – a project for disabled artists, Bratislava (2012) – tutor, member of jury