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"ASK 3D"

The "ASK 3D" - 3D Free Creativity Studio is about reflecting on and exploring the environment, current social phenomena or one's own subjective thinking about oneself. The theoretical overview is deepened in the form of individual or collective presentations, joint discussions not only with invited artists and theorists, but also with experts from other fields and through the study of literature on fundamental questions of art and philosophy. The Master's semester project itself is expected to produce its own author's program that is an expression of the student's autonomous artistic thinking. Students are also required to master and apply practical skills in any medium during their studies – from classical sculpture to conceptual projects or video.
DOC. MGR. ART. RADOVAN ČEREVKA, ARTD.

Head of Studio

Radovan Čerevka (1980) studied at the AVU in Prague and later graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Košice (ASK 3D Prof. Juraj Bartusz), where he currently works as an associate professor and head of the 3D Free Creativity Studio. In 2011 he defended his doctoral thesis at the VŠVÚ in Bratislava. In 2006, he founded the art group Kassaboys together with the artists Tomáš Makara and Peter Vrábeľ. For the author, his intermediary work is a typical shift of the archaic concept of sculpture and object into coexistence with the mass media reality. In 2013 he was awarded the Oskar Čepan Prize. He lives and works in Košice.

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@radovancerevka
Mgr. art. Dávid Demjanovič ArtD.

Assistant professor

He graduated from the Studio for Spatial Communication + of Prof. Anton Čierny at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. In the years 2009-2023 he worked as part of the artist duo Mitríková / Demjanovič. In his work he uses a wide range of different materials and techniques. From pyrography, drawing and ceramics to concrete, wood, bronze, performance and scent. He completed foreign residencies in Switzerland and the Netherlands. Pedagogically, he works as an assistant professor in the ASK 3D studio at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice. 

@mitrikovademjanovic
 
MGR. ART. nikolas bernáth

Doctoral student

Nikolas Bernath (1993) is a curator and organiser of numerous activities in the field of contemporary visual culture. He studied at the Studio of Photography under Rudo Prekop and Ľubo Stach at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice, where he graduated from the Studio of New Media under Michal Murin. He is currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the 3D Studio of Free Creativity. In 2016, he founded the VUNU Gallery, which he still runs today. He is the editor-in-chief of New Translation Magazine. He is interested in the discovery and creation of new cultural situations, formative influences in the age of post-industrial machines and social inequalities. 

@nikobernath
MGR. ART. Katarína Bajkayová

Doctoral student

Katarína Bajkayová (1994) completed her master's studies at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice, in Studio of Free Creativity 3D, where she is currently a doctoral student. She is mainly devoted to the creation of spatial installations. In her work, she uses ceramics in combination with other materials. Her research is devoted to the motif of caves in the visual art. Currently, she is particularly interested in the themes of social relations, housing, and eroticism, which she explores in the contexts of natural sciences, architecture, and literature.

@kata_bajkay
MGR. ART. MICHAL MACHCINÍK, ARTD.

Lector

Michal Machciník (1989, SK) is a sculptor from Košice with a clearly defined authorial program. He studied at the Faculty of Arts in Košice in the Studio of Free 3D Creativity under the guidance of Prof. Juraj Bartusz. During his studies, he completed an internship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the sculpture studio of Jindřich Zeithammel (2012), in 2015 he was a semi-finalist of the Start Point Prize - an award for graduates of European art schools. He completed his doctoral studies in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Petr Rónai. He is mainly engaged in classical sculptural forms, which are preceded by performative expression, action, and physically conditioned activity close to the sculptural craft. His intermedia work moves at the interface of sculpture, object, concept, and new media. In his previous realizations, he explores space as a physical entity in confrontation with the contemplative message of the chosen site.

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@michal.machcinik
 

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