Jozef Sedlák

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Biography

Jozef Sedlák (*1958, Bratislava) graduated in Fine Art Photography from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (1984). He is currently Head of the Studio of Communication in the Medium of Photography at the Department of Art Communication, Faculty of Mass Media Communication, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. In addition to teaching, he is engaged in exhibition and editorial work.
He has exhibited both individually and collectively in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, England, Sweden, Greece, France, Poland, Russia, Japan, and the USA. His works are represented in numerous public collections and institutions, including the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague; FMK Gallery, Budapest; The Museum of Instant Images, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Gallery of Spiš Artists; Museum and Cultural Centre of Southern Zemplín; Ernest Zmeták Gallery of Art; Library of Trnava University; Museum of Photography, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava; Slovak National Gallery; J. Bocatius Public Library, Košice; Murray Forbes Foundation, The Navigator Foundation, Massachusetts; Archive of Modern Conflict, Toronto/London; and The Clarence Ward Art Library at Oberlin, Ohio.
He is the author of several publications: Jozef Sedlák: Dvakrát živá fotografia, VŠVU Bratislava, 2018; Jozef Sedlák: V karanténe obrazov (In the Confinement of Images), Photon Gallery Vienna, Fotofo/Central European House of Photography Bratislava, 2021; Združenie fotografov amatérov YMCA a KSTL Bratislava, Fotofo/Central European House of Photography Bratislava, 2021; Petrik Béla, kňaz, fotograf, kronikár (Petrik Béla, Priest, Photographer, Chronicler), Fo Art Bratislava, Fotofo/Central European House of Photography Bratislava, 2023; Jozef Sedlák: Fotomontáž, FMK UCM, Trnava, 2023; Pripútaní na kríž (Bound to the Cross), Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, 2025.