imrich veber

bio

is a visual artist based in braunschweig, germany and opava, czech republic. he has finished his studies of photography and history of art. he is finding the possibilities of using documentary language and fiction nowadays and uses this approach in works which are communicating contemporary surroundings. he is interested in the space, conditions and society we live in.

2008—2011 / institute of creative photography at silesian university in opava (BA)
2009—2013 / department of the history of art of the faculty of arts at palacký university olomouc (Bc.)
2012—2014 / institute of creative photography at silesian university in opava (MA)
since 2018 / postgradual study at the academy of fine arts and design in bratislava, slovakia

/ projects

HOMOurban, 2007—2012
mejdan podle plánu / merry-making according to plan, 2008—2016
BLOK 62, 2013—2014
NH2O, since 2014
something is missing, 2015—2017
20172018_nothing is like it seems to be

/ books

HOMOurban, prague, cz, 2012
BLOK 62, opava, cz, 2015
NH2O (1), opava, cz, 2016
mejdan podle plánu / merry-making according to plan, opava, cz, 2016

/ scholarships and grants

university of porto, faculty of arts, porto, pt, february—july 2012
university of évora, évora, pt, february 2012
we know about one another / víme o sobě, grant from the statutory city of opava, cz, 2011
HOMOurban, grant from the statutory city of opava, cz, 2012
BLOK 62, grant from the statutory city of opava, cz, 2014
the international meeting place portfolio review in houston, grant from the statutory city of opava, cz, 2014
the international meeting place portfolio review, fotofest, houston, tx, usa, 2014, scholarship artist
mejdan podle plánu, grant from the statutory city of opava, cz, 2015 (2016)
NH2O, grant form the village of nové heřminovy, cz, 2015
mejdan podle plánu, grant from the regional authority – moravian-silesian region, cz, 2016
BS project, hochschule für bildende künste, braunschweig, germany, 2017—2018

/ artist residency

k.a.i.r. košice artist in residence, košice, sk, march—april 2015
something is missing, visegrad fund for art residence in košice, sk, 2016
BS project, hbk, braunschweig, germany, 2017—2018

/ shortlists and nominations

portfolio review, photoireland, dublin, irl, 2013, shortlisted
art books wanted, edition lidu, prague, cz, 2013, shortlisted
emergentes dst award, encontros da imagem, braga, pt, 2013, finalist
month of photography, bratislava, sk, 2013, finalist
duesseldorf photo weekend, portfolio review, duesseldorf, d, 2014, finalist
vienna photobook review, vienna, a, 2014, shortlisted and nominated for vienna photobook award
fotofestiwal lodz, portfolio review, lodz, pl, 2014, shortlisted
new photographers, international photo festival leiden, leiden, nl, 2014, finalist
the photobook show, athens photo festival, athens, gr, 2015
self publishing photolux award, lucca, it, 2015, finalist
poznan photo diploma award, poznan, pl, 2015, nominated

/ solo exhibitions

do we live freely or on the edge of society?, ostrava, cz, 2008
not one life, opava, cz, 2009
ostrava???, ostrava, cz, 2010
HOMOurban, berlin, d, 2011
HOMOurban, opava, cz, 2013
the chance of change, olomouc, cz, 2013
dokolakolem, opava, cz, 2014
HOMOurban, hodonín, cz, 2014
HOMOurban, vítkov, cz, 2015
something is missing, košice, sk, 2015
HOMOurban, krystal gallery, havířov, cz, 2015
not one life II, the house of art, opava, cz, 2015

/ group exhibitions

students of the institute of creative photography, warszaw, pl, 2009
contemporary landscape, ostrava, cz, 2011
off station festival, pilsen, cz, 2011
photo harwest, mikulov, cz, 2011
prague photo, prague, cz, 2013, projection
freud & thal, bruntál, cz, 2013
finalists of emergentes dst, teatro circo, braga, pt, 2013
the town, ladislav sutnar gallery, pilsen, cz, 2013
off station, pilsen, cz, 2014
eastreet, lublin, pl, 2014 (again in f, be etc.)
the perimeter of the world, contemporary travel photography, rayko photo center, san francisco, ca, usa, 2014
new photographers, international photo festival leiden, leiden, nl, 2014
new photographers, photoville, new york city, usa, 2014
the visual voice: new photo book narratives, rayko photo center, san francisco, ca, usa, 2015
25 years of institute of creative photography, the house of art, opava, cz, 2015
poznan photo diploma award, poznan, pl, 2015 (again in maison de la photographie in lille, fr, 2016)
something is missing, depo, pilsen, cz, 2015
nothing always body, hbk, braunschweig, germany, 2018

/ books in collections

national library in prague, cz
national library of france, paris, f
british library, london, gb
macba, barcelona, e
museu calouste gulbenkian, lisbon, pt
new york public library, nyc, usa
the museum of fine arts, houston, tx, usa
artphilein foundation, liechtenstein

/ book's exhibitions

HOMOurban, art books wanted, center of contemporary design, prague, cz, 2013
HOMOurban, art books wanted, gallery 140, tabook festival, tábor, cz, 2013
HOMOurban, les rencontres d'arles, arles, f, 2013
HOMOurban and BLOK 62, the visual voice: new photo book narratives, rayko photo center, san francisco, ca, usa, 2015
HOMOurban and BLOK 62, the photobook show, athens photo festival, benaki museum, athens, gr, 2015
BLOK 62, call for books, encontros da imagem, casa das bombas/gallery janes, braga, pt, 2015
BLOK 62, ping pong exhibition, 30 classic vs. 30 young photobooks, maria inc., paris, fr, 2015
BLOK 62, self publishing photo lux award, lucca, it, 2015

/ lectures and public presentations

faculty of fine arts, university of ostrava, ostrava, cz
ladislav sutnar faculty of design and art, university of west bohemia, pilsen, cz
faculty of philosophy and science, silesian university of opava, opava, cz
leica gallery prague, prague, cz
university of porto, porto, pt
kosmos cinema, katowice, pl
international conference, zabrze, pl
faculty of arts, technická univerzita v košiciach, košice, sk
hochschule für bildende künste, braunschweig, germany