Dávid Čársky (1959) is an artist and art educator. Since 1995 full-time faculty at VŠVU (Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava), where he teaches drawing to the students of art conservation.

Education

1992 M.F.A., Department of Printmaking, VŠVU (AFAD)
1986-1992 VŠVU (AFAD) Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (SK)
1990-1991 Exchange student, Art Department, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA
1980-1982 Art Conservation / Restoration, SUPŠ (School of Applied Arts), Bratislava, SK
1974-1978 Stone-Carving / Sculpture, SUPŠ, (School of Applied Arts), Bratislava, SK

Selected Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

2020 Creative Scholarship, Slovak Arts Council, SK
2012 Award of the Slovak Union of Visual Arts, SK
2005 Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
1996 Creative Scholarship, NMG (Mikuláš Galanda Foundation), SK
1995 Creative Scholarship, FVU (Visual Arts Fund), SK
1994-1995 Fulbright Award, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
1993 Italian Government Scholarship, Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy
1990-1991 Exchange Scholarship, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA

Academic Experience and Artist Residencies

2013 Appointed Associate Professor, VŠVU (AFAD)
2008-present Chairperson of the Division of Drawing, VŠVU (AFAD)
1995-2008 Assistant Professor at the Department of Conservation and Restoration, VŠVU (AFAD)
2005 Visiting Artist and Educator at the School of Art & Design,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2005 Artist in Residence at the Humanities and Fine Arts,
University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA
2000-2003 Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations, VŠVU (AFAD)
1999 Visiting Professor at the Department of Printmaking,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
1994-1995 Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Fellow) at the Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
1993-1994 Senior Lecturer at the Stone-carving / Sculpture Department, School of Applied Arts, Bratislava, SK
1993 Instructor of Printmaking at the Art Department, Slippery Rock University, PA, USA
1992 Instructor at the Department of Printmaking, VŠVU (AFAD)

Selected Lectures

2022 “Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava”, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy [Erasmus+]
2019 “Drawing for Art Conservators”, Accademia di belle arti G. Carrara, Bergamo, Italy [Erasmus+]
2006 “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
2005 “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2005 “Selected Art Conservation Projects in Slovakia”, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA
2001 “Turčianske Jaseno Conservation Project of Assoc. Prof. V. Plekanec”, at the workshop:
“The Influence of Italian Medieval Frescoes: A Project for their Conservation”, Florence, Italy
2000 “The Academy of Fine Arts and Design and its new Art Institute”, 6 th ELIA Biennial Conference, Barcelona, Spain
1999 “Department of Conservation and Restoration, AFAD”,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA

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