Roman Ondak was born in 1966 in Zilina, he lives and works in Bratislava.
Roman Ondak’s artistic interventions blur the boundaries between art and the everyday, challenging traditional hierarchies between artists and non-artists, the artwork and the spectator and between public and private domains. In presenting elements of everyday life in an art context, new perspectives on social relations and human experience arise. Ondak’s relational art practice breaks with the traditional idea of the art object - the constructed social environment becomes the art. Choosing immersion over representation, he invites viewers, friends and family, to play a vital role in his work, enlisting their own creativity in the process of following his instructions. The result is a controlled study of collective discovery and imagination.
Taking on a variety of forms, from installation and photography to drawing and performance, Ondak’s work makes subtle interventions into social and cultural structures and crosses the borders between art and everyday life, the private and the public, the personal and the institutional. For Loop, 2009, designed for the Czech and Slovak Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale, Ondak extended the gardens outside through the pavilion itself, playing with viewers’ experience of interior and exterior, reality and the exhibition space. In Measuring the Universe, 2007, gallery attendants marked viewers’ heights, first names, and the date of the measurement on the gallery walls, so that over time the gallery gradually accumulated the traces of thousands of visitors.
Art Fair
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
October 18-22, 2023
Group show including the work of Dove Allouche, Robert Breer, Mark Geffriaud, Tirdad Hashemi, Pratchaya Phinthong, Roman Ondak and Chloé Royer.
gb agency, Paris
October 14 - November 10, 2023
Group show with works by Roman Ondak
Collegium, Arévalo
September 4 - February 4, 2024
Group show including the work of Roman Ondak
Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich
June 28, 2023 - May 26, 2024
Solo show
Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
May 12 - November 22, 2023
Collective platform with works by Roman Ondak
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
February 3 - 11, 2023
Art Fair with the works of Dove Allouche, Tirdad Hashemi, Apostolos Georgiou, Roman Ondak, Cally Spooner, Majd Abdel Hamid, Paul Heintz and Ryan Gander.
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
October 20-23, 2022
Group show with works by Robert Breer and Roman Ondak
Aichi Triennial, Aichi
July 30 - October 10, 2022
Art Fair
Art Basel, Messe Basel
June 14 - 19, 2022
Solo presentation
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
June 6 - August 25, 2022
Collective show with the works of Mark Geffriaud, Apostolos Georgiou, Tirdad Hashemi, Paul Heintz, David Horvitz, Július Koller, Jirí Kovanda, Roman Ondak, Pak Sheung Chuen, and Yann Sérandour
gb agency, Paris
May 14 - July 19, 2022
Group show with works by Roman Ondak and Tirdad Hashemi from the collection
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris
April 20 - August 28, 2022
A collective exhibition by Yann Sérandour
gb agency, Paris
March 26 - May 7, 2022
Group show with works by Július Koller, Roman Ondak, Cally Spooner
Frac Franche-Comte, Besançon
January 22 - March 30, 2022
Group show with works by Cally Spooner and Roman Ondak
By Art Matters, Hangzhou, China
December, 2021 (TBC) - May 8, 2022
Art Fair
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
October 20 - 24, 2021
Solo exhibition
gb agency, Paris
Oct 16 - Nov 20, 2021
Group show with work by Roman Ondak
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
October 12, 2021 - February 27, 2022
Art Fair
Messe Basel, Basel
September 21 - 26, 2021
Group show with works by Roman Ondak
Tempelhof Airport Berlin, hangar 2, 3, Berlin
June 8 - September 19, 2021
Group show with works by Cally Spooner, Robert Breer and Roman Ondak
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
May 15 - Aug 8, 2021
Group show including the works of Roman Ondak, Ryan Gander and Pratchaya Phinthong
Museion, Bolzano
March 26 - August 8, 2021
Solo show
Kunsthalle Bratislava
January 27 – March 14, 2021
Online Viewing Rooms
March 2 - 7
Public days: March 4 - 7
Solo show
Slovak National Gallery, The Schaubmar Mill, Pezinok
Until December 31, 2021
Group show with works by Roman Ondak
Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Until 11 April 2021
Group show
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Until November 21, 2020
Online Art Fair
August 28 - September 13, 2020
Group show
Deutsche Bank Collection, PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
Until February 8, 2021
Group exhibition
Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei
January 16 - 19, 2020
Group show
gb agency, Paris
From November 30th 2019 to January 11th, 2020
Art Fair
Art Basel
12-16 June 2019
Solo exhibition
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
19 Mai – 28 Septembre 2018
Art Fair
Convention & Exhibition Centre. Wan Chai, Hong Kong
March 29 - 31, 2018
Solo show
gb agency
From Oct 14th to November 25th, 2017
Solo exhibition
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Oct. 11th, 2017 - March 5th, 2018
Exhibition
Arco, Madrid
Feb 22-26, 2017
Solo exhibition
SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, London
29 SEPT 2016 - 6 JAN 2017
Group exhibition
High Line Art, New York
May 2 – September 30, 2016
Art Fair
March 3-6, 2016
Spring Studios, NY
Art Fair
Grand Palais, Paris
22-25 October 2015
A solo exhibition by Roman Ondak
gb agency
From October 18, 2014 to January 17, 2015
Exhibition and performance
Monnaie de Paris
Sept 16 - Nov 8, 2015
Gallery itinerary
Paris
29 - 31 May 2015
19 April–21 June 2015
Times Museum
Times Rose Garden III, Guangzhou, China
Art Fair
Grand Palais, Paris
23 - 26 October 2014.
Solo show
The Common Guild, Glasgow
12 October -14 December 2014
Group exhibition and performance
Centre Pompidou, Paris
2 July, 2014 - 7 March, 2016.
Art Fair
Art Basel
June 19 - 22, 2014.
Frieze Art Fair
New York
May 9-12 2014
Group show
M HKA in Antwerpen
Untill May 11, 2014.
Performance and video exhibition
Centro de Arte dos de Mayo, Madrid
March 23-September 22, 2014
Group exhibition
M HKA, Antwerpen
21st February - 11th May 2014.
Group Exhibition
Clark House, Colaba, Bombay
7th February - 30th April 2014
Solo exhibition
Palacio de cristal, Parque del Retiro. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
September 19, 2013 - February 23, 2014
Inventing a Future, group exhibition
gb agency
January 26 - March 13, 2013
Solo show
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
September 28 - December 16, 2012
Kassel, Germany
9 June - 16 September 2012
Group exhibition
gb agency
from April 21 to May 26 2012
Group show
gb agency
From June 25 to July 25, 2009
A solo show by Roman Ondak
gb agency
From April 25 to June 20, 2009
A solo show by Roman Ondak
gb agency
From June 8 to July 22, 2006
Group exhibition
gb agency
5 November to 22 December 2005
Group exhibition
gb agency
13 September to 8 November 2003
Solo exhibition by Roman Ondak
gb agency
1 March to 19 April 2003
Group exhibition
gb agency
17 February to 6 March 2001
Roman Ondak
New Observations, 2018
Publication
Hardcover
Publisher: Walther König
ISBN: 978-3960983767
Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.5 cm
Language: English
Roman Ondak
History Repeats Itself, 2017
AALBORG, MUSEUM KUNSTEN
Catalogue ed. by Stinna Toft, Gitte Ørskou & Roman Ondak. Aalborg 2017.
184 pages
Roman Ondak
Roman Ondak, 2013
Editors Julian Heynen, Emily Korchmaros, Michael Stanley, Mirjam Varadinis.
Texts by Jörg Heiser, Julian Heynen, Mirjam Varadinis.
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
ISBN 978-3-86335-291-2
Roman Ondak
Guide, 2012
Work compilation from 2007 to 2011
English, 176 p.
Roman Ondak
LOOP, 2012
Publication
Author: Roman Ondak, Kathrin Rhomberg
Publisher: Verlag Der Buchhandlung König
Pages: 320
Language: English / Germany
ISBN-10: 3863350197
ISBN-13: 9783863350192
Roman Ondak
Observations, 2012
148 pages, 122 images
hardcover with silk screen print
29,7 x 23 cm
Editor Roman Ondak
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln/Cologne
Roman Ondak
Roman Ondak Notebook, 2012
Catalogue
Edited by Deutsche Bank
Texts by Elena Filipovic, Friedhelm Hütte, Christian Rattemeyer
Graphic design by Kerstin Riedel
German or English versions
2012
300 pages, 566 illustrations28.60 x 28.60 cmHalf cloth
ISBN 978-3-7757-3342-7
Roman Ondak
Measuring the universe, 2009
Book
Texts by Magali Arriola, Tim Etchells, Jeanine Griffin, Bernhart Schwenk
English
© Bawag Foundation Edition / Christoph Keller Editions, 2009
ISBN : 978-3-03764-024-1
Roman Ondak
Roman Ondak, 2007
Book
Texts by Silvia Eiblmayr, Maria Hlavajova, Jessica Morgan, Jan Verwoert
156 pages, English/German
Publisher:BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht / galerie im Taxilpalais, Innsbruck
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Koln, 2007
ISBN : 978-3-86560-332-6
Roman Ondak
Roman Ondak, 2004
Catalogue published by Kunstverein Köln, 2004.
Texts by Igor Zabel, Georg Schöllhammer & Frank Frangenberg. Interview from Hans Ulrich Obrist.
224 pages, German/English
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005
MUMOK,Vienna, Austria
Musée d’art de la Province du Hainaut, Charleroi, Belgium
MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
FNAC, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Frac Pays de Loire, Carquefou, France
Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
National Gallery/Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Art Collection Telekom, Bonn, Germany
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Nomas Foundation, Roma, Italy
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Mudam, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Slovak National
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Fondation Jean-René et Janely Fourtou, Institut de France, Paris, France
Tate Modern, London, UK
David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
GoMA,The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
MoMA, NewYork, USA