Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová (born 1988) is a Slovak fine-art photographer. Švarbová's most recognized collection is In the Swimming Pool.

Biography Švarbová was born in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia and the in Bratislava. Švarbová's artworks have appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Forbes, CNN and The Guardian. She has been commissioned to photograph advertising campaigns for large international companies such as Apple, Murata and Museum of Ice Cream. Švarbová has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world.

Style Švarbová's works depict socialist-era architecture, public spaces and routine actions of daily life. The Guardian has described her work as "inspired by the stark architecture" of Slovakia. Each scene is meticulously designed, especially with regard to the colours of the props and the minimalist poses of the models; the photographer relies on a lighting and costume team to do this. Bibliography notes

Exhibitions Selected solo and group exhibitions. Photo London Fair, Artitled Contemporary, London, United Kingdom, 2024, Art Fair Art Madrid Fair, Gallery Bat, Madrid, Spain, 2024, Art Fair London Auction 'Ultimate''', Phillips, London, United Kingdom, 2023-2024 Remote Control, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2023, Solo museum exhibition 어제의 미래 (Futuro Retro), Seoul Arts Center - Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 2022-2023, Solo museum exhibition Fragile Concrete, Kolektiv Cité Radieuse, Marseille, France, 2021, Solo exhibition at Unité d’Habitation Le Corbusier 20th Century Art: A Different Perspective, London, United Kingdom, 2021, Sotheby's auction212 Photography Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 2020, International Photography Festival Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, United States, 2020, Solo gallery exhibition Lotte Gallery Jamsil, South Korea, 2019, Solo gallery exhibition Contessa Gallery, Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida, US, 2019, Solo gallery exhibition Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota, US, 2019, Solo museum exhibition ART Miami, Contessa Gallery, Miami, Florida, US, 2019, Art Fair Asia Premiere Expo, Art Angle Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018, Solo exhibition of whole work Weather'', Daelim Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 2018, Group museum exhibition Delpozo, Madrid and London, Spain and United Kingdom, 2017, Solo exhibition Leica Gallery, Miami, US, 2017, Solo gallery exhibition Vogue Italia, Milan, Italy, 2016, International Photography Festival