Artist Statement

Relationships are simultaneously unique and universal, and much of my art deals with the universal aspects of relationships; the bonds between parent and child or those in close relations. I want to imbue my sculptures with expression of the different aspects of relationships that are not merely personal but that are common to all humans. Part of my current work deals with the painful process of splintering a family unit. Children became pawns in game of chess played by parents. Other concurrent sculptures are expressing universal human conditions of anguish and suffering that are unfortunately still prevalent around the world.

Artist Bio

Zdeno MAYERCAK

EDUCATION

M.F.A. 1979 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(equivalent) Sculpture, Drawing - received the Academy of Fine Arts
Annual Award
1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
Italian Government Scholarship - sculpture with Prof. Lorenzo Guerrini
1972 School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Wood Carving, Design

TEACHING

Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2004 - present: 3D Design, Sculpture

Art Teacher, KLHT School, Stamford, Connecticut
2002 - 2003: Middle School

Assistant Professor, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1996-1998: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making, 3-D Design

Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1979-1983: Studio Foundation, 3-D Design, Figure Modeling, Figure Drawing

Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Continuing Studies
1996-2002: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making

Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
May 1996

Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
October 1995

Lecturer, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
May 1994

Lecturer, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
August 1993

Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
April 1992
Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
June 1991

Lecturer, Museum of Fine Arts, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
June 1991

Art Teacher, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, D.C.
1987-88: Sculpture, Woodworking

Art Instructor, Arts in Action, Public Schools in Washington, D.C.
1987: Sculpture

Art Instructor, Art League School, Alexandria, VA
1986: Portrait Sculpture, Figure Sculpture

Art Instructor, School of Art, Rastice, Czechoslovakia
1979-81: Sculpture, Woodcarving, Painting, Drawing

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

1996 ART/OMI, Omi, NY - International Residency
1992 Fulbright Fellowship - Finland
1992 Pollock-Krasner Grant
1992 Millay Colony for the Arts - Residency
1989 Pollock-Krasner Grant
1982 Slovak Commission on the Arts - Artist Grant
1979 Academy of Fine Arts Annual Award, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1978 Italian Government Scholarship, Rome, Italy

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Sculptures, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2010 Sculptures and Prints, (with D. Grecner) Slovak Embassy, Washington, DC
2003 The American Years: 1985-2003, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
2000 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine
1999 June Fitzpatrick Alternative Space, Portland, Maine
1998 Between the Muse, Rockland, Maine
1997 Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Maine
1993 University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1992 Town Center, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1992 Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
1991 101 Wooster Street, New York
1990 O.K. Harris, New York
1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Then and Now, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2014 Critical Contacts, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD
2014* Every year from 2004, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2013 Sculpture in Open Space, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2011 Sculptures in the Park, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2008 Sculptures for Contemplative Garden, Pownal, Maine
2007 Unity in Diversity, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
2005 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
2002 Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine
2002 Sculptures in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2001 Sense of Place, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset Maine
2001 Sculpture, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2001 Sculpture, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine
2001 Sculpture, University of New England, Portland, Maine
2000 Good Business Is the Best Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
2000 Sculpture in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2000 Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME
1999 Slovak Contemporary Art, United Nation Secretariat, New York
1999 The Log Show, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
1999 4 Maine Artists, G. Marshal Store Gallery, York, Maine
1998 Sculpture and Object III, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
1998 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine
1998 Cole Haan Outdoor Exhibition, Yarmouth, Maine
1998 MECA Faculty Exhibition, Portland, Maine
1997 Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
1997 Lakes Gallery, Casco, Maine
1996 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1996 Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ
1996 Subjective Vision, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1995 9th Rosen Outdoor Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1995 46th Annual Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1994 Grey Brick, Klatovy, Czech Republic
1994 Sculpture in the Park, Allentown, PA
1993 Wood, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
1993 Exile in New York, Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 First Sculpture Symposium, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1991 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1991 Slovak Fine Art from 1900, Neuhofen, Austria
1991 Genius Loci, Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
1991 Triennial of Sculpture, Museum of J. Kollar, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia
1991 Ivan Karp's Choice, Triplex Gallery, City University of New York, NY
1991 On Scale, Bennett Siegel Gallery, New York
1991 Divinations, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS - continued

1990 Idols, Icons, Effigies and Incantations, Farfield University, Farfield, CT
1990 Decade of the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1990 Contemporary Art from Czechoslovakia, Stuart Levy Gallery, NY
1990 Small Works, Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1989 Sticks and Stones, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1989 Sculpture '89, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC
1984 1st Biennial of Young Artists, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1984 17th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
1984 Young Artists from Bratislava, City Art Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia
1983 Salon '83, City Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia
1983 16th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
1982 Art Teachers, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1981 Artists in Bratislava, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1974 25th Anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts, Art Center, Bratislava

COMMISSIONS

1992 Oravec Hill, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1983 Ceremonial Hall, Trnava, Czechoslovakia
1983 City Hall, Gbely, Czechoslovakia
1982 Town Center, Cejkov, Czechoslovakia
1982 City Center, Streda nad Bodrogom, Czechoslovakia

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Art, Klatovy, Czech Republic;
Museum Kampa, Prague,Czech Republic
Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Slovakia
Collection of University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Embassy of Czech Republic, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Richard and Ann Nemrow, Brunswick, Maine;
Collection of June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
and other private collections

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bob Keyes, “ Emerged from Exile”, Maine Sunday Telegram, August 24, 2003

Shirley Jacks, "Zdeno Mayercak: Recent sculptures," Art New England, December 1999

Lubomir Feldek, "Slovak Sculptor in America," Reader Digest Slovakia, July 1999

Ken Greenleaf, "Modern Art Takes Giant Steps," Maine Sunday Telegram, June 1997

Ivan Jancar, "Sculpture and Object III," Bratislava, Slovakia, June-August 1998

Gregory Volk, "Art Omi 1996-1997," New York, 1997

Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1996

Mary E. Sondrini, "Art of Contemporary Nature," Pittsfield, MA September 1996

James Nestor, "Subjective Vision,"University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1996

Terry Suhre, "Ninth Rosen Outdoor Sculpture," Appalachian State University, NC, 1995

Lisa DiChiara, "Outdoor Sculpture at College," Art Matters, 1995

Leslie Kaufman, "The Sculpture Garden," Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ, 1995

Jiri Setlik, "Grey Brick, "Museum of Fine Arts, Klatovy, Czech Republic, 1994

Katarina Rusnakova, "Zdeno Majercak," Profile of Contemporary Art, Slovakia, 1994

Phyllis Braff, "Wood," New York Times, November 21, 1993

Steve Kennen, "Wood - Burnished, Supple, and Provocative," Village Herald, Nov. 1993

Bruce Baldwin, "Wood at the University Gallery," Stony Brook Stateman, Nov. 15, 1993

Marcela Pankova, "New York - Praha," Praha, Czech Republic, September 1993

Charlotta Kotik, "Exile in New York," Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993

Rhonda Cooper, "Wood," SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 1993

Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1991

"Sculpture Salon '91," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1991
5

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY - continued

Katarina Rusnakova, "Genius Loci," Museum of Fine Arts, Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1991

"Zdeno Majercak," Art Life, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, April 1991

"3rd Triennial of Sculpture," Art Museum, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia, 1991

Dagmar Strnenska, "Slowakei Bildende Kunst," Art Museum, Neuhofen, Austria, 1991

"Sticks and Stones," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1990

Lubomir Feldek, "Interview with Zdeno Majercak," Hi Europe, Slovakia, October 3, 1990

William Zimmer, "50 Artists Reunited at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, 8/5/1990

Vivien Raynor, "A Group Show at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, July 23,1989

Joan Snitzer, "Artist in the Marketplace," Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1989

"Sculpture '89," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1989

"Young Artists from Bratislava," Artists Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1984

"Art Salon '83," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1983

"Zdeno Majercak - Sculpture," New World, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, August 1983

"Young Slovak Artists," Art Center, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1983

EDUCATION

M.F.A. 1979 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(equivalent) Sculpture, Drawing - received the Academy of Fine Arts
Annual Award
1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
Italian Government Scholarship - sculpture with Prof. Lorenzo Guerrini
1972 School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Wood Carving, Design

TEACHING

Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2004 - present: 3D Design, Sculpture

Art Teacher, KLHT School, Stamford, Connecticut
2002 - 2003: Middle School

Assistant Professor, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1996-1998: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making, 3-D Design

Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1979-1983: Studio Foundation, 3-D Design, Figure Modeling, Figure Drawing

Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Continuing Studies
1996-2002: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making

Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
May 1996

Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
October 1995

Lecturer, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
May 1994

Lecturer, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
August 1993

Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
April 1992
Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
June 1991

Lecturer, Museum of Fine Arts, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
June 1991

Art Teacher, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, D.C.
1987-88: Sculpture, Woodworking

Art Instructor, Arts in Action, Public Schools in Washington, D.C.
1987: Sculpture

Art Instructor, Art League School, Alexandria, VA
1986: Portrait Sculpture, Figure Sculpture

Art Instructor, School of Art, Rastice, Czechoslovakia
1979-81: Sculpture, Woodcarving, Painting, Drawing

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

1996 ART/OMI, Omi, NY - International Residency
1992 Fulbright Fellowship - Finland
1992 Pollock-Krasner Grant
1992 Millay Colony for the Arts - Residency
1989 Pollock-Krasner Grant
1982 Slovak Commission on the Arts - Artist Grant
1979 Academy of Fine Arts Annual Award, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1978 Italian Government Scholarship, Rome, Italy

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Sculptures, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2010 Sculptures and Prints, (with D. Grecner) Slovak Embassy, Washington, DC
2003 The American Years: 1985-2003, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
2000 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine
1999 June Fitzpatrick Alternative Space, Portland, Maine
1998 Between the Muse, Rockland, Maine
1997 Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Maine
1993 University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1992 Town Center, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1992 Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
1991 101 Wooster Street, New York
1990 O.K. Harris, New York
1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC
2
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Then and Now, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2014 Critical Contacts, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD
2014* Every year from 2004, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2013 Sculpture in Open Space, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2011 Sculptures in the Park, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2008 Sculptures for Contemplative Garden, Pownal, Maine
2007 Unity in Diversity, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
2005 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
2002 Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine
2002 Sculptures in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2001 Sense of Place, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset Maine
2001 Sculpture, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2001 Sculpture, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine
2001 Sculpture, University of New England, Portland, Maine
2000 Good Business Is the Best Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
2000 Sculpture in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
2000 Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME
1999 Slovak Contemporary Art, United Nation Secretariat, New York
1999 The Log Show, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
1999 4 Maine Artists, G. Marshal Store Gallery, York, Maine
1998 Sculpture and Object III, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
1998 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine
1998 Cole Haan Outdoor Exhibition, Yarmouth, Maine
1998 MECA Faculty Exhibition, Portland, Maine
1997 Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
1997 Lakes Gallery, Casco, Maine
1996 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1996 Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ
1996 Subjective Vision, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1995 9th Rosen Outdoor Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1995 46th Annual Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1994 Grey Brick, Klatovy, Czech Republic
1994 Sculpture in the Park, Allentown, PA
1993 Wood, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
1993 Exile in New York, Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 First Sculpture Symposium, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1991 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1991 Slovak Fine Art from 1900, Neuhofen, Austria
1991 Genius Loci, Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia
1991 Triennial of Sculpture, Museum of J. Kollar, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia
1991 Ivan Karp's Choice, Triplex Gallery, City University of New York, NY
1991 On Scale, Bennett Siegel Gallery, New York
1991 Divinations, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
3

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS - continued

1990 Idols, Icons, Effigies and Incantations, Farfield University, Farfield, CT
1990 Decade of the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1990 Contemporary Art from Czechoslovakia, Stuart Levy Gallery, NY
1990 Small Works, Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1989 Sticks and Stones, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1989 Sculpture '89, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC
1984 1st Biennial of Young Artists, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1984 17th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
1984 Young Artists from Bratislava, City Art Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia
1983 Salon '83, City Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia
1983 16th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
1982 Art Teachers, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1981 Artists in Bratislava, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1974 25th Anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts, Art Center, Bratislava

COMMISSIONS

1992 Oravec Hill, Terchova, Czechoslovakia
1983 Ceremonial Hall, Trnava, Czechoslovakia
1983 City Hall, Gbely, Czechoslovakia
1982 Town Center, Cejkov, Czechoslovakia
1982 City Center, Streda nad Bodrogom, Czechoslovakia

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Art, Klatovy, Czech Republic;
Museum Kampa, Prague,Czech Republic
Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Slovakia
Collection of University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Embassy of Czech Republic, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Richard and Ann Nemrow, Brunswick, Maine; Collection of Kenn Guimond, Freeport, Maine; Collection of June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine
and other private collections

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bob Keyes, “ Emerged from Exile”, Maine Sunday Telegram, August 24, 2003

Shirley Jacks, "Zdeno Mayercak: Recent sculptures," Art New England, December 1999

Lubomir Feldek, "Slovak Sculptor in America," Reader Digest Slovakia, July 1999

Ken Greenleaf, "Modern Art Takes Giant Steps," Maine Sunday Telegram, June 1997

Ivan Jancar, "Sculpture and Object III," Bratislava, Slovakia, June-August 1998

Gregory Volk, "Art Omi 1996-1997," New York, 1997

Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1996

Mary E. Sondrini, "Art of Contemporary Nature," Pittsfield, MA September 1996

James Nestor, "Subjective Vision,"University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1996

Terry Suhre, "Ninth Rosen Outdoor Sculpture," Appalachian State University, NC, 1995

Lisa DiChiara, "Outdoor Sculpture at College," Art Matters, 1995

Leslie Kaufman, "The Sculpture Garden," Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ, 1995

Jiri Setlik, "Grey Brick, "Museum of Fine Arts, Klatovy, Czech Republic, 1994

Katarina Rusnakova, "Zdeno Majercak," Profile of Contemporary Art, Slovakia, 1994

Phyllis Braff, "Wood," New York Times, November 21, 1993

Steve Kennen, "Wood - Burnished, Supple, and Provocative," Village Herald, Nov. 1993

Bruce Baldwin, "Wood at the University Gallery," Stony Brook Stateman, Nov. 15, 1993

Marcela Pankova, "New York - Praha," Praha, Czech Republic, September 1993

Charlotta Kotik, "Exile in New York," Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993

Rhonda Cooper, "Wood," SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 1993

Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1991

"Sculpture Salon '91," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1991
5

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY - continued

Katarina Rusnakova, "Genius Loci," Museum of Fine Arts, Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1991

"Zdeno Majercak," Art Life, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, April 1991

"3rd Triennial of Sculpture," Art Museum, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia, 1991

Dagmar Strnenska, "Slowakei Bildende Kunst," Art Museum, Neuhofen, Austria, 1991

"Sticks and Stones," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1990

Lubomir Feldek, "Interview with Zdeno Majercak," Hi Europe, Slovakia, October 3, 1990

William Zimmer, "50 Artists Reunited at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, 8/5/1990

Vivien Raynor, "A Group Show at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, July 23,1989

Joan Snitzer, "Artist in the Marketplace," Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1989

"Sculpture '89," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1989

"Young Artists from Bratislava," Artists Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1984

"Art Salon '83," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1983

"Zdeno Majercak - Sculpture," New World, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, August 1983

"Young Slovak Artists," Art Center, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1983