Vladimír Gažovič (Biography)

Slovak, born 1939
  • Born in Bratislava
  • Studied at the School of Applied Arts, Bratislava, 1954-1958
  • Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, 1961-1967, with Professor Vincent Hloznick and later with Albin Brunovsky
  • Began as an assistant graphics technician in 1967 and continued teaching (with exception of the two interludes listed below) at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava
  • Received von Herder Fellowship to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 1969-1970, and spent two months at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1979
Selected Public Collections
  • Albertina, Vienna, Austria
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Bibliotheque royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
  • Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  • Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
  • Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
  • Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
  • Musee National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
  • Narodni galerie v Praze (The National Gallery in Prague), Czech Republic
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
  • Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Princeton University Library, Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
  • Slovenska narodna galeria (Slovak National Gallery), Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany