MgA. Michal Janiga

born 1991, Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia

Lives and works in Prague

2015 - 2017 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Studio of Figural Sculpture and Medal/Vojtěch Míča School. Graduated with title MgA. (Magister Artis/MFA). Czech Republic.
2016 Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Scuola di Scultura Prof. Francesco Cremoni, Prof. Pier Giorgio Balocchi. Italy
2011 - 2015 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Studio of Figural Sculpture and Medal/Prof. Jan Hendrych School. Czech Republic
2010-2011 work in studio of distinguished Slovak sculptor and painter Andrej Rudavský, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007-2011 Josef Vydra School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, Department of Design (sculptors Marián Huba (Head of Department), Roman Hrčka, Dušan Rychtárik). Slovakia

Exhibitions

2024 Festival současného umění Prostějov 2024, group exhibition, Prostejov, Czech Republic
2024 Hvězdy berou hvězdy, solo exhibition in Gallery UFFO, curator MgA. Petra Lomnická, Trutnov, Czech Republic
2023 Zber pohybu, solo exhibition in Gallery of Miloš Alexander Bazovský (GMAB), guest Petra Lomnická, curator Dr. Elena Porubänová, Trenčín, Slovakia
2023 Commemorative plaque 30th anniversary of the Slovak Republic, Trenčín, Slovakia
2023 On Chair - Balancing on the Edge of Comfort, group exhibition, curators Eva Slunečková, Romana Drdová, The Design, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Fresh Power, group exhibition of the art collection, Centre for Contemporary Art EPO1, Trutnov, Czech Republic
2023 finalist of ART.cukrovar sculpture competition, Skanska Residential, Prague, Czech Republic
2022 Commemorative plaque of Dr. Armin Hoffmann, Turzovka, Slovakia
2022 1st place in art competition for monument of col. Karel Pavlík in his birthplace
2021 Carl Gustav Swensson memorial in C. G. Swensson Park in Žilina, Slovakia. Authors Michal Janiga and Marek Sobola
2021 2nd place in art competition for monument of the 700th anniversary of the city Žilina, Slovakia. (with Marek Sobola cooperation)
2021 Nesnesitelné teplo domova, garden of the cultural center H55, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 Horizonty súčasnosti V., group exhibition, Gallery of Miloš Alexander Bazovský (GMAB) in Trenčín, Slovakia
2019 The Run Slovakia (relay race) realisation of trophies and medal, production cooperation with Hydro Extrusion Slovakia
2019 Negative Realism (You're Broken When Your Heart's Not Open), Lienemann-Stifung für Bildung und Kunst Award, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin, Germany
2018 Mimo predpoklad, with Petra Lomnická, MG Gallery, Považská Bystrica, Slovakia
2018 2nd place in art and architecture competition for WWI monument, Klatovy, CZ
2017 Symposium Norge, international sculpture symposium, Larvik, Kingdom of Norway
2017 New Wave, group exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague graduates 2017, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
2016 Doposud, with Petra Lomnická, Gallery AMB, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
2016 Jezdec mění barvu pole, with Petra Lomnická, Culture House Gallery, Holice, Czech Republic