Roman Ondak

Roman Ondak (born 5 August 1966 ) is a Slovak conceptual artist.

Life and career Roman Ondak was born in Žilina, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). He studied at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava from 1988 to 1994.

Roman Ondak has been awarded the 2018 winner of the Lovis Corinth Prize.

Selected works Dubbing (2001) Good Feelings In Good Times (2003) Spirit and Opportunity (2004) It Will All Turn Out Right in the End (2005) More Silent Than Ever (2006) Measuring the Universe (2007) Time Capsule (2011) Loop (2009) do not walk outside this area (2012) Signature (2014) Planets I - X (2018) New Observations (1995 / 2018) Perfect Society (2019)

Exhibitions

Biennale in Venezia (1999, 2003, 2009, 2011)

2006: Tate Modern in London (2006) 2007: Pinakothek der Moderne in München (2007) 2008: Measuring the Universe, DAAD Galerie, Berlin 2009: Measuring the Universe, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2010: Shaking Horizon, Villa Arson, Nice 2010: Before Waiting Becomes Part of Your Life, Salzburg Kunstverein 2010-2011: Measuring the Universe, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 2011: Time Capsule, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford 2011: Measuring the Universe, Tate St Ives 2011: Enter the Orbit. Kunsthaus Zürich 2012: Within Reach of Hand or Eye, K21, Düsseldorf 2012: Do not walk outside this area, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin 2012: Roman Ondak, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris 2012: Within Reach of Hand and Eye. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21, Düsseldorf 2012: DOCUMENTA 13 2013: Escena, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2013: Some Thing, The Common Guild, Glasgow 2014: Roman Ondak, Kaldor Art Projects, Sydney 2015: Storyboard, Times Museum, Guangzhou 2016: The Source of Art is in the Life of a People, South London Gallery, London 2017: History Repeats Itself, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg 2017: Man Walking Toward a Fata Morgana, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago 2018: Objects in the Mirror, BASE Progetti per l’arte Arte, Florence 2018-2019: #12 Roman Ondak, mezzaterra 11, Belluno 2018: Based on True Events, Lovis-Corinth-Preis, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2021: SK Parking, Kunsthalle Bratislava 2022: Roman Ondak – Measuring the Universe, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 2025: Roman Ondak: The Day After Yesterday, Kunsthalle Praha

Art in public collections

Ludwig Museum Budapest (Hungary), Slovenská národná galéria/ Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava (Slovakia), Kunsthalle Praha (Czech Republic), TATE Gallery London (UK), Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (France), MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) Vienna (Austria), Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), Art Collection Telekom Berlin (Germany), Boros Collection Berlin (Germany), Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris (FR)

Awards 2009: Nomination for Hugo Boss Prize 2012: Awarded Best Artist of the Year elected by the Deutsche Bank