Gallery: Slovakia
Forms of presence: Formy prítomnosti
Forms of Presence is uses the bathroom as a space of confrontation and reflection. It is a place where not only bodily identity becomes tangible. Where skin, posture, gesture, aging, care, discomfort, and desire reveal themselves through everyday rituals. The bathroom mirror does not simply reflect a body; it stages an encounter with oneself.
Yet presence within this space is never fixed. While physically enclosed with our bodies, our minds may drift elsewhere. The bathroom becomes a threshold between awareness and absence, between attention and distraction. It is a setting where thoughts unfold in solitude, where memories surface unexpectedly, and where moments of self-recognition coexist with detachment.
The exhibition can be understood as a space where identity is not presented as fixed, but as something continuously formed through bodies, images, materials, environments, memories, cultural references, and technologies.
The bathroom occupies a peculiar place in our lives. It is both intimate and mundane, a space of routine and vulnerability. Removed from the public gaze, it becomes a site where the body is encountered most directly, exposed, and unavoidable.
In a world increasingly experienced through mediated representations of images and screens, what forms can presence take?
This group exhibition, which brings together eleven artists does not attempt to provide one answer to what identity is. Instead, it brings together different forms through which identity becomes visible.
List of artists
Viktória Papová
A Painted Dream
Acrylic
2024
Viliam Fedorko
Lace frame
Embroidery thread, bobbin lace
2025
Viliam Fedorko
Clay Ring
Air dry clay, metal wire
2025
Viliam Fedorko
Rope
Discarded textile, upcycle, ropetwist
2025
Viliam Fedorko
Lace loop
Embroidery thread, bobbin lace
2025
Natália Božiková
Adrenochrom
Oil painting
2023
Helena Jucková
OIDIPUS
Trilogia Pathos
Poetry, photography, digital drawing
2026
Helena Jucková
MEDUSA
Trilogia Pathos
Poetry, photography, digital drawing
2026
Helena Jucková
HEKATÉ
Trilogia Pathos
Poetry, photography, digital drawing
2026s
Natália Božiková
NETOPIER
Aquarelle
2021
Natália Božiková
N a lady A
Collage, marker, fashion illustration
2025
Natália Božiková
Bez názvu
Acryl
2024
Natália Božiková
Stvorila som svet
Collage
2023
Natália Valková
Eyes on us
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Natália Valková
Decomposition
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Miriam Kandrová
Lillies in Crimson
Tempera and acrylic on canvas
2022
Miriam Kandrová
Midnight Flow
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Miriam Kandrová
Prima
Mixed media on paper
2024
Miriam Kandrová
No.11
Mixed media on paper
2024
Miriam Kandrová
No.8
Mixed media on paper
2024
Miriam Kandrová
Zmeny
Acrylic and dry pastel on paper
2024
Miriam Kandrová
Bloom in Timber
Wood carving
2022
Dušan Kutlík
Ormalee Piper
Drawing, ink on paper
2025
Martina Ondovčinová
Abstract
Tattoo, torso
2026
Martina Ondovčinová
Bunny
Tattoo Cover-up, ankle
2024
Martina Ondovčinová
Fly
Tattoo, thigh
2025
Martina Ondovčinová
The Kiss
Tattoo Cover-up, upper arm
2023
Martina Ondovčinová
Thirst
Tattoo, thigh
2024
Dušan Kutlík
Nausicaa 01
Drawing, ink on paper
2025
Dušan Kutlík
Hurricane 1
Drawing, ink and marker on paper
2025
Dušan Kutlík
Hurricane 2
Drawing, ink and marker on paper
2025
Dušan Kutlík
Nausicaa 02
Drawing, ink on paper
2025
Dušan Kutlík
Princess Mononoke
Drawing, aquarel
2026
- Natália Božíková
- Viliam Fedorko
- Helena Jucková
- Dušan Kutlík
- Martina Ondovčinová
- Viktória Papová
- Natália Valková
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