Roman Ondak

Born 1966 in Žilina (SK)
Lives and works in Bratislava (SK)

Roman Ondak often uses unpretentious elements and objects from everyday life in his installations and sculptures, he integrates them into slightly estranged or displaced situations, recontextualising them and thus opening a space for new thoughts and interpretations. Like an ethnographer, Roman Ondak delves into his own personal history and the archive of human memory.

Roman Ondak, !, 2024

Roman Ondak, !, 2024

Silkscreen on acrylic on canvas, wooden frames, 69.8 × 83.6 × 5.6 cm

Roman Ondak, Key Vision, 2024

Roman Ondak, Key Vision, 2024

Keys, steel ring, ø 33 cm

Roman Ondak, Dystopia, 2021

Roman Ondak, Dystopia, 2021

Modified heating, water and gas steel pipes, variable dimensions

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Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2019

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2019

Photo: Anna Konrath

Roman Ondak, Planet VIII, 2018

Roman Ondak, Planet VIII, 2018

Bowl from a ladle, wooden board, paint, 70 × 149.7 x 2 cm

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Roman Ondak, Fountain, 2017

Roman Ondak, Fountain, 2017

Section of a bathtub, coins, water, 30.6 × 70 × 55 cm

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Roman Ondak, Pyramid, 2018

Roman Ondak, Pyramid, 2018

Corner sections of a wardrobe, 55 × 53.7 × 27.3 cm

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Roman Ondak, Parallel Worlds, 2022

Roman Ondak, Parallel Worlds, 2022

Section cut of a tree, 21 × 31 × 8 cm

Roman Ondak, Message, 2017

Roman Ondak, Message, 2017

acrylic paint on a found postcard, 26.4 × 33.4 × 3.5 cm

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Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2014

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2014

Photo: Markus Wörgötter

Roman Ondak, Erased Wing Mirror, 2013

Roman Ondak, Erased Wing Mirror, 2013

Found plastic map, found template of a wing mirror, 84.5 × 96.5 × 6 cm

Roman Ondak, Ein Museum, 2009

Roman Ondak, Ein Museum, 2009

B&W photographs and colour photograph, edition of 3 + 1 A.P., 12 parts, each 36 × 54 cm

Roman Ondak, Leap, 2012

Roman Ondak, Leap, 2012

Found railing, two bars bent by the artist, 305 × 110 × 210 cm

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Exhibition view, MoMA, N.Y., 2009

Exhibition view, MoMA, N.Y., 2009

Photo: MoMA, N.Y.

Roman Ondak, Three Hands, One Broken IV, 1995

Roman Ondak, Three Hands, One Broken IV, 1995

Laser print on paper, indian ink, 59.2 × 81.3 cm

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