BIOGRAPHY
1939 Born in Piešťany, Slovakia.
1954–58 Škola umeleckého priemyslu, Bratislava, Slovakia.
1959–65 Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2007 Died in Bratislava, Slovakia.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Les Abattoirs, Musée-Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France.
Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) (31 May – 10 November)
2022 Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Július Koller: Plus Minus U.F.O.
(11 March – 21 May)
2021 KSC Fontána Gallery, Piešťany, Slovakia. Július Koller: Futurological Cultural Situation
(17 September – 6 November)
2019 gb agency, Paris. 1969
(11 May – 20 July)
SODA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bratislava. Július Koller
(1–28 February)
2018 Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Július Koller: Subjektobjekt
(17 January – 24 February)
2016 Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria. Július Koller: One Man Anti Show
(25 November 2016 – 17 April 2017). Exhibition travelled: Museion,
Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy (20 May – 27 August). Catalogue.
2015 Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw, Poland. Július Koller: ?
(25 September 2015 – 11 January 2016)
Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogota. Július Koller: Situaciones Culturales
(12 March – 17 April)
gb agency, Paris. Július Koller: A. for Atlantis
(31 January – 21 March)
2014 Norther Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK. Emotional Resources
(19 September 2014 – 10 January 2015)
2012 tranzitdisplay, Prague. Július Koller Archive: Badatelna / Study Room
(12 September – 4 November)
gb agency, Paris. Július Koller: Mini-Concepts / Maxi-ideas
(2 June – 21 July)
2011 Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Július Koller – Atlas of Fantastic Science (From the Július Koller Visual Archive)
(30 March – 20 May)
2010 LINEA, Bratislava. Anti-obrazy III. (Spomienky)
(26 April – 11 June)
Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava.
Július Koller: Vedecko-fantastická retrospektíva / Science-Fiction Retrospective
(22 April – 20 June). Catalogue.
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Július Koller
(24 March – 30 April)
2009 tranzit workshops Bratislava, Slovakia.
Július Koller (paintings, drawings, collages, objects, installations…and visual archive),
curated by Boris Ondreička and Daniel Grúň (26 April)
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. Július Koller Symposium
(23–26 April)
2007 Gallery Kressling, Bratislava. Július Koller: More
(25 October – 20 November)
gb agency, Paris. Július Koller: Space is The Place
(2 June – 21 July)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Július Koller
(24 January – 24 February)
Slovenský inštitút v Prahe, Czech Republic. J. K. U.F.O.
2005 tranzit workshops Bratislava, Slovakia. Július Koller Marec, poberáš sa starec?
(23 March – 17 April)
2004 Kunstraum München, Germany. Július Koller – Kontakt
(12 March – 18 April)
Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin. Július Koller
2003 Galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského v Trenčíne, Slovakia.
Július Koller: U.F.O. – NAUT J. K. in Venice (7 November – 12 December)
LINEA, Bratislava. Anti-obrazy II. (Reality)
(4 August – 31 October)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany. Július Koller Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie,
curated by Roman Ondák (19 July – 21 September 2003). Catalogue.
2002 Galéria Linea, Bratislava. Július Koller: Anti-Paintings I. – Textextily
(29 July – 27 October)
CC Centrum, Bratislava. Cikcaková kultúrna situácia – výber z tvorby J.K.
1999 Galéria SOGA, Bratislava. J. K. – Univerzálne futurologické obrazy
Štúdio S, Bratislava. To, čo sa deje
Vlastivedné múzeum Trebišov, Slovakia. Partitúry a znaky
1995 Galéria Nova, Bratislava. Subjekty a reality z r.1968
1993 Tatranská galéria, Horny Smokovec, Slovakia. Hore-Dole
(5–28 February). Exhibition travelled: Umelecká beseda Slovenska, Bratislava
(18 March – 25 April)
1991 Slovenská nárdoná galéria, Bratislava. Sondy
(1 November 1991 – 1 February 1992).
Exhibition travelled: Štátna galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (1992)
Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. Post-komunikácia
1990 Kostol klarisiek, Galéria SFVU, Bratislava. Nová váznost`
1974 Galéria Mladých, Bratislava. J.K. Ping-Pong Klub
(March)
Štátny výskumný ústav textilný, Bratislava. Textilné obrazy
1969 Komunálna opravovňa pančúch, Bratislava. Antigaléria
1968 V-klub, Bratislava. Permanentná demystifikácia 1., 2.
1967 Galéria mladých, Bratislava.
1965 Park kultúry a oddychu, Bratislava.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Amant, New York. On Education
(20 March – 17 August)
TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands. The Mayor Gallery at TEFAF Maastricht 2025
(14–19 March)
2024 Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(15–26 October)
Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Pálffyho palác, Slovakia.
Haptic Echo. Nature, Body, Politics, and Art in Former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
(10 October 2024 – 16 March 2025). Exhibition travelled: Mirbachov palác, Bratislava
(4 December 2024 – 16 March 2025). Catalogue.
Trafó Gallery, Budapest. Technologie und das Unheimliche (T+U): Geisterknochen
(7 September – 27 October)
Longtermhandstand, Budapest. No Surprise
(17 August – 21 September)
Leopold Museum, Vienna. Unknown Familiars. The Vienna Insurance Group Collections
(8 April – 6 October). Catalogue.
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. U.F.O. The Art of Fantastical Dematerialization
(28 March – 11 August)
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria. Spielen heißt verändern! Die Sammlungen
(15 March – 9 October)
2023 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s – 1980s
(11 November – 10 March). Exhibition travelled: Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
(17 April – 29 September 2024); Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
(14 December 2024 – 21 April 2025). Catalogue.
Augarten Contemporary, Vienna. Kyiv Biennial 2023
(17 October – 17 December)
galerie michaela stock, Bucharest, Romania.
Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score – Bucharest 2023
(13 September – 1 October)
Kursalon Vienna, Austria. Galerie Martin Janda at viennacontemporary 2023
(31 August – 17 September)
Basel, Switzerland. The Mayor Gallery at Art Basel 2023
(12–18 June)
Július Koller Society, Bratislava.
Between Earthly Beings and the Unknown Cosmic World: The Continent (9 June – 25 August)
Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław, Poland. Callart 2: The Overview Effect
(11 May – 25 September)
gb agency, Paris. Between Looking and Seeing
(25 March – 22 April)
Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne, Rochechouart, France.
Make your dream be longer than the night (3 March – 11 June)
The Mayor Gallery, London. Not Bronze
(1 February – 30 March)
2022 Austin / Desmond Fine Art, London. Public Figure: Painting, Drawing and Photography
(23 November 2022 – 17 February 2023)
Galerie Nová síň, Prague. Minisalon
(17 November – 4 December)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Le dernier des 8 solitaires
(11 November – 22 December)
Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic. Valoch & Valoch
(30 September 2022 – 27 August 2023)
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples. Keep on Movin’. Storie Dalla Collezione Morra Greco
(29 September – 30 November)
1 MIRA MADRID, Spain. Tomislav Gotovac & Július Koller: Cosmology of Uncertainty
(8 September – 12 November)
PIVÔ, São Paulo. De Montañas Submarinas El Fuego Hace Islas
(3 September – 6 November)
Július Koller Society, Bratislava.
Technologie und das Unheimliche (T+U): Unforeseen Forces of Occulture (U.F.O.)
(2 June – 30 October)
gb agency, Paris. Before Waiting Becomes Part of Your Life
(14 May – 19 July)
Dům umění Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. STRATEGIES OF SUCCESS
(12 May – 2 July)
gb agency, Paris. Ce devant quoi
(26 March – 7 May)
Salle Principale, Paris. Autoportrait
(13 March – 15 May)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. From Scratch
(3 March – 16 April)
Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. Aller contre le vent
(22 January – 30 April)
2021 Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin. J.K. Ping-Pong Club
(5 November – 5 December)
gb agency, Paris. I GOT UP
(19 October – 13 November)
Galeria Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania.
Who Protects Us From The Slug Slide That Passes Over The Knife Blade Without Caring
(19 September – 28 October)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria.
Enjoy – die mumok Sammlung im Wandel (19 June 2021 – 28 August 2022)
8SMIČKA, Humpolec, Czech Republic.
Hand at the End of an Arm. Czech and Slovak P(Art)icipatory Projects
(29 May 2021 – 2 January 2022)
Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris. Le temps est détraqué (Théâtre des expositions)
(14 April – 23 May)
The Mayor Gallery, London. Hope for Bluer Skies
(5 March – 9 April)
The Mayor Gallery, London. Red Celebrating Chinese New Year
(5 February – 4 March)
The Mayor Gallery, London. White as Snow in Winter
(7 January – 4 February)
2020 SODA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bratislava. Separation of Trust
(16 December 2020 – 15 January 2021)
Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria. Fuckers
(12 September 2020 – 13 March 2021)
ARTER, Istanbul. For Eyes That Listen
(10 September 2020 – 2 January 2022)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. Folklore
(21 March – 4 October). Exhibition travelled: Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe
et de la Méditerranée, Marseille (4 November 2020 – 22 February 2021)
gb agency, Paris. Květoslava Fulierová & Július Koller: Echo
(11 March – 30 May)
2019 Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna. Galerie Martin Janda satellite at Hochhaus Herrengasse
(7 December 2019 – 11 January 2020)
gb agency, Paris. Activity of Matter
(30 November 2019 – 11 January 2020)
gb agency, Paris. Pierre Bal-Blanc
(12 October – 5 November)
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb. Total Portrait of the City. Tomislav Gotovac &
Július Koller in Conversation with Vjenceslav Richter (28 September – 3 November)
ARTER, Istanbul. Words Are Very Unnecessary
(13 September 2019 – 26 July 2020)
Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna. Collective Exhibition for a Single Body –
The Private Score – Vienna 2019 (19–28 June)
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.
Signal – The Story of (Post)Conceptual Art in Slovakia (19 April – 23 June)
Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid. There will never be a door. You are inside.
Works from the Coleção Teixeira de Freitas (26 February – 9 June)
8smička, Humpolec, Czech Republic. Kuna nese nanuk: The Art of Reading Art
(9 February – 12 May)
2018 Austin / Desmond Fine Art, London. Winter Exhibition
(20 December 2018 – 31 March 2019)
Galerie hlavního města Prahy, Czech Republic.
Probe 1 – The Story of Slovak (Post)Conceptual Art (12 December 2018 – 24 March 2019)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria. Malerei mit Kalkül
(30 November 2018 – 5 May 2019)
SODA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bratislava. I Made A Line
(11 November – 12 December)
Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław, Poland.
Practice of occupation of the work. TIFF Festival 2018: Cooperation
(6 September – 8 October)
Warsaw, Poland. Farewell to Spring
(21 June – 16 September)
La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris. L'envol ou le rêve de voler
(16 June – 28 October). Catalogue.
Západočeská galerie v Plzni, Czech Republic.
The Anatomy of a Leap into the Void | The Year 1968 and Art in Czechoslovakia
(20 June – 16 September)
Maison des Arts Centre d'Art Contemporain, Malakoff, France. Il va y avoir du sport!
(9 June – 13 July)
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb. CUT / REZ – Examples of collage in
artistic practices in Central and Eastern Europe from the Avant-garde until today
(5 June – 14 August)
Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Pálffyho palác, Slovakia. GCM do GMB
2017 Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia.
Psycho-vertical: The Radical Performative Sculpture of Štefan Papč
(8 December 2017 – 25 February 2018)
Forum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal.
Uma fresta de possibilidade, duas coleções em diálogo
(3 November 2017 – 25 February 2018)
Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain, Rochechouart, France.
L’air vibre du bourdonnement des insectes (7 October – 17 December)
Museum of Contemoprary Art Tokyo, Japan. Almost nothing, yet not nothing
(7 October – 12 November)
Timisoara Art Encounters, Romania.
Life a User’s Manual V: The Historical Avant-garde and the art of ping-pong
(30 September – 5 November)
Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Musée en oeuvre(s). Nouvelle présentation des collections contemporaines
(20 September 2017 – 30 December 2019)
The Showroom, London. Everything we see could also be otherwise (My sweet little lamb)
(20 September – 11 November)
Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Od bodu k pamatovej stope
(7 September – 19 November)
Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy. 10 years old
(11 March – 30 April)
Slovenská výtvarná únia, Bratislava.
Umelka Happy Birthday / 90th anniversary of the first Arts House in Slovakia (2–26 March)
Sala de Arte Santander, Madrid. Punto de partida. Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel
(21 February – 11 June). Catalogue.
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Meymac. France. A vos marques !
2016 tranzit.sk, Bratislava. Sitting Together – Parallel Chronologies of Coincidences in Eastern Europe
(13 December 2016 – 25 February 2017)
Zagreb, Croatia. Everything we see could also be otherwise (My sweet little lamb),
curated by What, How & for Whom/WHW in collaboration with Kathrin Rhomberg
(November 2016 – May 2017)
Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal.
Todo o Património é Poesia (All Heritage is Poetry) (14 May – 11 September)
Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro. Sem Saber Quando Virá O Amanhecer
(18 February – 19 March)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. Sublime. The tremors of the world
(11 February – 5 September)
2015 La Criée Centre d'Art Contemporain, Rennes, France. L’Épais Réel / Into the Real
(11 December 2015 – 21 February 2016)
The Jewish Museum, New York. Unorthodox
(6 November 2015 – 27 March 2016)
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest. Ludwig Goes Pop + The East Side Story
(9 October 2015 – 3 January 2016)
Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark. Collective Making 02, Part 1 / Do It
(2 October – 29 November)
Galeria Kombëtare e Kosovës, Pristina. Thirty One
(17 June – 21 July)
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
Rirkrit Tiravanija & Július Koller: Tomorrow is the Question (12 June – 23 August)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Un Nouveau festival 2015 / Ping-Pong Club
(15 April – 20 July)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. International Pop
(11 April – 29 August). Exhibition travelled: Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
(11 October 2015 – 17 January 2016); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
(24 February – 15 May 2016). Catalogue.
Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław, Poland.
Soft Codes. Conceptual Tendencies in Slovak Art (20 March – 18 May)
gb agency, Paris. Shifters: Signaling in Latin America and Eastern Europe
(31 January – 21 March)
transit.sk, Bratislava. Art Has No Alternative
(9 January – 1 February)
2014 Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria. Systeme & Subjekte
(25 October 2014 – 12 April 2015)
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK. Emotional Resources
(19 September 2014 – 10 January 2015)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Short
(5–26 September)
Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. do it
(4–13 September)
Prison Sainte-Anne, Avignon, France. La disparition des lucioles, Collection Lambert
(18 May – 25 November)
Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, Italy. Il piedistallo vuoto / The Empty Pedestal
(24 January – 16 March). Catalogue.
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
Report on the Construction of a Spaceship Module (22 January – 13 April)
gb agency, Paris. Parallel Forms
(11 January – 22 February)
2013 Centre Pompidou, Paris. Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970
(23 October 2013 – 26 January 2015)
MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales. Y O U
(27 April – 7 July)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Július Koller: U.F.O.-NAUT JK
(10 April – 25 May)
Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. Des Mondes Possibles
(6 April – 25 August)
gb agency, Paris. Inventing a Future
(26 January – 13 March)
hunt kastner, Prague. The Earth Turns And All Things Slip Away
(17 January – 17 March)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. Une Brève histoire des lignes
(11 January – 1 April)
2012 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico. Fútbol: Arte y Pasión
(16 November 2012 – 3 March 2013). Exhibition travelled: Museo Tamayo, Mexico.
Catalogue.
kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Rirkrit Tiravanija & Július Koller: U.F.O.-NAUT JK
(13 November – 15 December)
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945
(17 October 2012 – 10 February 2013). Exhibition travelled: Palazzo Reale, Milan
(15 March – 2 June 2013); Eesti Kunstimuuseum – Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia
(28 June – 3 November 2013); Muzeum Sztuki Wspólczesnej MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
(18 October 2013 – 26 January 2014). Catalogue.
Jüdisches Museum Wien, Austria.
Foreigners Everywhere – Fremde Überall, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Pomeranz Collection
(24 May – 7 October)
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain.
Museum of Parallel Narratives – In the Framework of L’Internationale (14 May – 2 October)
gb agency, Paris. A common feeling
(21 April – 26 May)
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice.
Doppio Gioco – Double Game. The Ambiguity of the Photographic Image (4 April – 24 June)
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City.
Moving Forwards, Counting Backwards (25 February – 27 May). Catalogue.
Argos Centrum voor Kunst en Media, Brussels. Brouillon
(23–24 February)
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Bleibender Wert? Cooperation springerin
(4 February – 9 April)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European collections, 1956–1986 (21 January – 29 April).
In collaboration with Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, the Netherlands
(19 January – 6 May)
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. Delete. Art and Wiping out.
2011 Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Poland. Eyes Looking for a Head to Inhabit
(29 September – 10 December)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. Ostalgia
(14 July – 25 September)
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava.
MAPY / MAPS II. Art Cartography in the Centre of Europe 1960–2011
(14 July – 3 September 2011)
Galéria mesta Bratislava, Mirbachov palác, Slovakia.
MAPY / MAPS I. Art Cartography in the Centre of Europe 1960–2011
(29 June – 28 August 2011)
2010 KADIST, Paris. L'Exposition Lunatique
(2 October – 14 November)
Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, France.
Sensorialités excentriques (3 July – 18 October)
ARTER, Istanbul.
Starter: Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection
(8 May – 31 October)
gb agency, Paris. Both Before and After
(7 May – 3 July)
tranzit workshops, Bratislava. MILOŠ LAKY
(30 March – 6 June)
Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Promises of the Past. A Discontinuous History of Art in the former Eastern Europe
(14 April – 19 July)
gb agency, Paris. The Boy Who Cried Wolf [Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty]
(27 March – 30 April)
Nottingham Contemporary, UK. Star City: The Future Under Communism
(12 February – 18 April)
Museion, Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy.
Che cosa sono le nuvole? Opere dalla Collezione Enea Righi (7 February – 2 May)
2009 Ludlow 38, New York. Július Koller & Jirí Kovanda
(10 July – 16 August)
Secession, Vienna. Ver Sacrum / The Death of the Audience,
curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc (3 July – 30 August)
gb agency, Paris. Nord, Nord-Quest
(25 June – 25 July)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany. 1968. Die Große Unschuld
(15 March – 2 August)
2008 Krajská galerie výtvarného umění ve Zlíně, Poland.
České a slovenské umění 60. let 20. století / Czech and Slovak art of the 1960s
(9 December 2008 – 15 February 2009). Exhibition travelled:
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Czech Republic (18 March – 26 April 2009). Catalogue.
Galerie hlavního města Prahy, Czech Republic. 1960 à Present / Slovak Art + Czech Guests
(23 October 2008 – 22 February 2009)
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin. BETWEEN CONCEPT AND ACTION – SECOND HALF
(25 September – 25 October)
Copenhagen, Denmark. U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art
(5 September – 5 November)
Galerie U Dobrého pastýře, Brno, Czech Republic. Veronika Rónaiová – Social probe
(5 September – 16 October)
Galerie Smečky, Prague. Kalendáře pro Jindru Štreita
(22 July – 13 September)
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin. BETWEEN CONCEPT AND ACTION
(1 July – 24 September)
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava.
(25 June – 5 October)
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague. Motivation – Work – Implement
(14 June – 30 August)
Barbican Centre, London. Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
(6 March – 18 May)
Museé Départmental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, France.
Nouvelles du Mont Analogue (1 March – 18 May)
Art Sheffield 08, UK. Yes, No & Other Options
(16 February – 30 March)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. transmediale.08: CONSPIRE...
(30 January – 24 February)
Typo & Ars, Bratislava. Július Koller a jeho priatelia
2007 Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Who remembers where they are from?
(14 November – 22 December)
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Fluxus East
(27 September – 4 November). Exhibition travelled: Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius,
Lithuania (30 November 2007 – 13 January 2008); Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
(7 February – 30 March 2008); Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
(17 April – 1 June 2008); Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
(4 September – 23 November 2008); Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen
(7 March – 17 May 2009); Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
(29 October 2010 – 27 February 2011)
Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Mirbachov palác, Slovakia. OUT OF THE CITY – Land Art
(5 September – 24 November)
Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, Czech Republic.
Slovak Painting of the 20th Century from the Central Slovakian Gallery Collection
(2 August – 9 September)
Tate Modern, London. Learn to Read
(19 June – 2 September)
Karlín Hall, Prague.
Prague Biennale 3 – Global and Outsiders: Connecting Cultures in Central Europe
(24 May – 16 September)
Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Slovakia.
Contemporary Slovak Fine Art 1960–2000: From the First Slovak Investment Group’s Collection
(26 March – 15 April). Catalogue.
Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Slovakia.
Collector's Passion. Slovak Fine Art 1957–1970 from Private Collections (24 January – 15 April)
2006 Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. In(ter)media(s)res
(23 November 2006 – 26 January 2007)
Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria. Erzählungen
(4 November 2006 – 14 January 2007). Catalogue.
Generali Foundation, Vienna. … UND SO HAT KONZEPT NOCH NIE PFERD BEDEUTET.
(15 September – 17 December)
Index. The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm. Julius Koller│Jiří Kovanda
(7 June – 10 September)
Dům umění, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Kalendáře pro Jindru Štreita
(28 March – 29 April). Catalogue.
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria, and Studena 12, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Kontakt – ... aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe (17 March – 21 May)
2005 Galerie hlavního města Prahy, Czech Republic.
Draughty in Contemporary Slovak Painting 2000–2005 (9 November 2005 – 29 January 2006)
2004 BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, and Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Who if not we …? Episode 3, Cordially Invited (31 October – 31 December)
Haus der Kunst, Munich. Utopia Station
(7 October 2004 – 16 January 2005)
Generali Foundation, Vienna. COLLECTED VIEWS FROM EAST OR WEST
(16 September – 19 December)
Bawag Foundation, Vienna. Eintritt frei, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prag und Wien
(27 March – 19 June)
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna. Begegnung auf höchster Ebene
(23 March – 20 April)
2003 Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.
PARALLEL ACTIONS: Conceptual Tendencies in Central European Art from 1965 to 1980
(17 December 2003 – 20 March 2004)
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts (1 November – 14 December)
gb agency, Paris. Links
(13 September – 8 November)
50. La Biennale di Venezia, Italy. Utopia Station
(15 June – 2 November)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany. Wir müssen heute noch…
(10 May – 22 June)
Galerie Display, Prague. Teenagers: Július Koller – Roman Ondák
2001 Secession, Vienna. Ausgeträumt…
(29 November 2001 – 3 February 2002)
Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany. Slowakische Träume
(6 October – 2 December)
Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava. Umenie akcie / Action Art 1965–1989
(26 April – 19 August)
1999 Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria.
Aspects / Positions: 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949–1999
(18 December 1999 – 27 February 2000). Exhibition travelled:
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest (24 March – 28 May 2000);
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (14 July – 1 November 2000);
Hansard Gallery / City Gallery, Southampton, UK (November – December 2000);
Národní galerie Praha, Czech Republic (February 2001 – April 2001). Catalogue.
Queens Museum of Art, New York. Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s – 1980s
(29 April – 23 August). Exhibition travelled: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
(19 December 1999 – 5 March 2000); Miami Art Museum, Florida
(23 June – 27 August 2000); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(24 October – 31 December 2000). Catalogue.
1998 Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. Medzisvet
(18 September – 8 November)
Artpool Művészetkutató Központ, Budapest. Installation project’98
(17–31 March). Catalogue.
Dom umenia, Bratislava. Súčasná slovenská mal´ba
1997 Státna galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Mirror of Netland
Slovenská národná galleria, Bratislava. Slovenské výtvarné umenie 1900–1970
Fotoateliér Rembrandt, Bratislava. 60/90
1996 Musée national d´art moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris.
Face à l’Histoire (1933–1996) (19 December 1996 – 7 April 1997). Catalogue.
23ª Bienal de São Paulo, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, Brazil.
(5 October – 8 December)
1995 Považská galéria umenia, Žilina. Sen o múzeu?
(21 December 1995 – 11 February 1996). Exhibition travelled: Dom umenia, Bratislava
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. Šest´desiate roky v slovenskom výtvarnom umení
(10 October 1995 – 25 February 1996)
Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. Predtým
1994 Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin. Der Riss im Raum
(26 November 1994 – 5 February 1995). Exhibition travelled:
Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland (13 March – 18 April 1995). Catalogue.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.
After the Spring: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Art (19 April – 16 July 1994).
Exhibition travelled: Cranberra School of Art Gallery, Australia (August); RMIT Gallery,
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Australia (October)
1993 Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. Tajomstvo
(27 August – 31 October)
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. 2. Ausgang
(4 March – 15 May)
Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Slovakia. 1. Poschodie
Galéria J. Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia. Labyrint
1992 Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. Czech and Slovak Drawing 1989–1992
(17 December 1992 – 28 February 1993)
F. Liszt tér, Budapest. Flux Festival + flux Flags
(25 September – 11 October)
Mier Cinema, Nové Zámky, Slovakia.
Transart Communication, 5th International Alternative Art Festival (16–19 September)
Galerie U bílého jednorožce, Klatovy-Klenová, Czech Republic. Šedá cihla
(27 June – 20 September)
Galerie Stará radnice, Vsetin, Czech Republic. Font in the Picture
(17 June – 2 August). Exhibition travelled: Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Pálffyho palác,
Slovakia (3 September – 4 October)
Státna galéria, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Barbakan
(June – August)
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany.
Zwischen Objekt und Installation: Slowakische Kunst der Gegenwart
(17 May – 28 June). Catalogue.
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava. Apelación. De la Ideologia a las Ideas
(12 May – 2 June)
Galerie Nová síň, Prague. Minisalon
(7 May – 7 June)
Passinger Fabrik, Munich. Sirup (Junge Kunst aus der Tschechoslowakei)
(10 January – 5 February)
Umelecká beseda Slovenska, Bratislava. Prešparty – Nový sen
(10 January – 5 February)
Staroměstská radnice, Prague. Dům umění
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam. Hills and Mills
1991 Podunajské museum, Komárno, Slovakia. Oscilácia
(30 June – 30 July). Exhibition travelled: Mücsarnok, Budapest
(19 September – 13 October)
Galerie Mánes, Prague. Umění akce
(9 July – 11 August). Exhibition travelled: Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia
(16 August – 29 September)
Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, Slovakia. Sen o múzeu
Exhibition travelled: Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
kúpele Bardejov, Slovakia. Medzipriestory-Interrooms
Minigolfový areál Štrkovec, Bratislava. Exteriér 5
Hotel Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. Cesty európskej kultíry / The Routes of European Culture
Exhibition travelled: Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava
Hôtel de Ville, Brussels, and Kunstwerke, Berlin.
1990 Galéria mesta Esslingen, Villa Merkel, Germany. Súcasné slovenské výtvarné umenie
(14 September – 21 October). Exhibition travelled: Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava
(8 November 1990 – 13 January 1991). Catalogue.
Bratislavský hrad, Slovakia. Umeni proti totalite
Dom umenia, Bratislava. Slovenská fotografia šest´desiatych rokov
1989 Bratislava, Slovakia. Su-terén / The Basement
(14–28 February)
1988 Ústav aplikovanej kybernetiky, Bratislava. …Igorovi Kalnému
(25 October – 13 November)
1987 Budapest Gallery, Hungary. Art of Today II., Club of Young Artists
1982 Galerie Praxis, Essen-Kettwig, Germany. Bilder aus der Slowakei III.
1979 Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam. Works and Words. International Art Manifestation
(20–30 September)
Galeria Foto-medium-art, Wroclaw, and Dziekanka, Warsaw, Poland. Miejsca i chwile
1976 Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Multimedia III
(9 June – 9 August)
1975 Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires. The Seventies
1974 Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Prospectiva ‘74
(16 August – 16 September)
1971 Bielefeld, Germany. Multisensorische Ereignisse. Tischtennis Aktionen ‘71
1970 Home of Rudolf Sikora, Bratislava. 1. Otvorený ateliér / 1st Open Studio
(19 November)
Polymúzická priestor, Piešťany, Slovakia. The Polymusic Space – Sculpture–Object–Light–Music
1969 VI. Biennale de Paris, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. Donation
(2 October – 2 November)
Dom Kultúry, Bratislava. Súčasné tendencie v slovenskom maliarstve
1968 Dom umenia / Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia.
Danuvius 1968 / Biennale internationale des jeunes artistes (18 October – 23 November)
1967 Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic.
Painting 67. National Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings (8 September – 15 October)
1966 Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic. Výstava mladých
(30 September – 6 November)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 Grúň, Daniel, Miško Šuvaković, and Darko Šimičić.
Haptic Echo. Nature, Body, Politics, and Art in Former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
(Bratislava: Galéria mesta Bratislavy, 2024). Exhibition catalogue.
2022 Fridvalszki, Mark, Zsolt Miklósvölgyi, and Márió Z. Nemes, eds.
Technologie und das Unheimliche vol. VII. U F O (Budapest: Technologie und das Unheimliche, 2022).
2021 Grúň, Daniel, Christian Holler, and Kathrin Romberg, eds. White Space in White Space:
Biely priestor v bielom priestore, 1973–1982. Stano Filko, Milos Laky, Jan Zavarsky
(Vienna: SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR, 2021).
2020 Grúň, Daniel, ed. AMA. Ľubomír Ďurček, Květoslava Fulierová, Július Koller and Amateur Artists
(Vienna: SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR, 2020).
Grúň, Daniel, ed. Subjective Histories. Self-historicization as Artistic Practice in Central-East Europe
(Bratislava: VEDA, 2020).
2018 Janevski, Ana, Roxana Marcoci, and Ksenia Nouril, eds.
Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology
(New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2018).
2017 Grúň, Daniel, Kathrin Rhomberg, and Georg Schöllhammer, eds.
Július Koller One Man Anti Show Dokumentation Documentation Dokumentácia
(Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 2017).
2016 Grúň, Daniel, Kathrin Rhomberg, and Georg Schöllhammer, eds. Július Koller: One Man Anti Show
(Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2016). Exhibition catalogue.
2014 Grúň, Daniel, ed. Július Koller: Galéria Ganku (Vienna: SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR, 2014).
Kemp-Welch, Klara. Antipolitics in Central European Art. Reticence as Dissidence under
Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956–1989 (London / New York: I.B. Tauris, 2014).
Pospiszyl, Tomáš. Asociativní dějepis umění (Prague: tranzit.cz, 2014).
2013 Hanáková, Petra, ed. Amo Amare (Bratislava: Sputnik Editions, 2013).
2012 Höller, Christian, ed. L’Internationale – Post-war Avant-gardes between 1957 and 1986
(Zürich: JRP | Ringier, 2012).
2011 Bartošová, Zuzana. Napriek totalite: neoficiálna slovenská výtvarná scéna
sedemdesiatych a osemdesiatych rokov 20. storočia (Bratislava: Kalligram, 2011).
Maier, Tobi, et al. The first 3 years of Ludlow 38
(New York / Leipzig: Spector Books / MINI/Goethe-Institut, 2011).
2010 Hanáková, Petra. Július Koller: Vedecko-fantastická retrospektíva
(Bratislava: Slovenská Národná Galéria, 2010). Exhibition catalogue.
2009 Piotrowski, Piotr. In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945–1989
(London: Reaktion Books, 2009).
2008 Čepec, Peter, ed. Július Koller and his Friends (Bratislava: Typo&Ars, 2008).
2006 IRWIN, eds. East Art Map. Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe (London: Afterall Books, 2006).
2003 Rhomberg, Kathrin, ed. Július Koller: UNIVERZÁLNE FUTUROLOGICKÉ OPERÁCIE
(Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2003). Exhibition catalogue.
2000 1. Otvorený atelier (Bratislava: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 2000).
Matuštík, Radislav, ed. Terén: Alternatívne akčné zoskupenie 1982–1987
(Bratislava: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 2000).
1994 Matuštík, Radislav. Predtým 1971. Prekročenie hraníc (Žilina: Považská galéria, 1994).
1992 Štrauss, Tomáš. Slovenský variant moderny (Bratislava: Pallas, 1992).
1983 Snopko, Ladislav, and Viktor Ferus, eds. Archeological Monuments and Present
(Bratislava: Tatran, 1983).
1972 Groh, Klaus, ed. Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa (Cologne: Dumont 1972).
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Generali Foundation, Vienna
KADIST, Paris
Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation, Vienna
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Poland
Národní galerie Praha, Czech Republic
Slovenská národná galéria, Bratislava
Tate, London
Zbierka výtvarného umenia Prvej investičnej skupiny, a.s., Bratislava