Zuzana Petrakova

ZUZANA PETRÁKOVÁ (b. 1983) studied at the Faculty of Art Education, Comenius University in Bratislava. The central theme of her work is the intimacy of being, interpersonal relationships and the presence of human in the landscape. In the painting, she discovers expressive forms by which she depicts the spiritual and psychological aspects of the human soul. Her paintings are characterized by a palette of pink, gray and earthy neutral shades, the flow of lines and the layering of colored shapes. By gradually creating images, she dives into the deeper levels of identity, values ​​and relationships. Painting as a medium is synonymous with the nature of life, the main principle of her workflow is maximum creativity.

Bc in Pedagogy of Visual Arts, Faculty of Pedagogy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (painting, drawing, art-therapy, development of child artistic expression)
Ing in Software Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies Bratislava, Slovakia (web technologies, artificial intelligence)

2022 Spojenia (solo exhibition, Galéria Topoľčany, Slovakia)
2021 (Self)Love (Gallery 1202, Gilroy, California)
2021 Connections (online solo exhibition, Dagaz Gallery, New South Wales, Australia)
2021 Affinity (Group online exhibition, Pepney Gallery, Cavan, Ireland)
2020 In Isolation Together (Group online exhibition, Artcore Gallery, Derby, UK)
2020 Intimists 5 (Group online exhibition, La Fenice Gallery, Hong Kong, China)
2020 Early Dawn 1/20 (Group online exhibition, Dagaz Gallery, New South Wales, Australia)
2019 ObJAV (collective exhibition, Happy Melon Gallery, Smolenice, Slovakia) 2018 Atlantis (individual exhibition, Sawtell Framing & Beachscapes Gallery, New South Wales, Australia)
2017 Four Suns (individual exhibition, FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia) 2017 O.Z.O.R.A. (collective exhibition, Dádpuszta, Hungary ) 2017 Minimal (individual exhibition, AvrahKedavra, Bratislava, Slovakia) 2014 Organic (Shisha Chill, Bratislava, Slovakia) 2011 Perla dell’Adriatico (collective exhibition, Grottammare, Italy) 2011 Deň Len (collective exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia) 2011 Stopy po dotykoch mojej duše/Traces of soul’s touch (individual exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia) 2011 Chvála Bláznivosti/The praise of folly (collective ex...