Graduated in Art History from the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava. Since 2013 employed as curator of the applied art and design collection at SNG in Bratislava. Worked at the Slovak Design Centre in Bratislava and as curator of the galleries ÚĽUV Design Studio and Art Design Project in Bratislava. Curatorial collaboration on several seasons of the International Festival of Contemporary Design Bratislava Design Week. Curatorial, publishing, and popularisation activities focus on design and applied art (especially designer jewellery, ceramics, glass, experimental design) in Slovakia in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Exhibitions
Design Unpacked (SNG Bratislava, 2024, with Jana Švantnerová)
Jozef Sušienka. Landscape Lesson (SNG Bratislava, 2024)
Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Spaces (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2023, curatorial cooperation for SNG)
Visiting Dušan Jurkovič (SNG – Zvolen Castle, 2023, with Jana Švantnerová and Denis Haberland)
Biblioman. Bibliophile books and book design from the collection of Igor Gazdík (SNG Bratislava, 2023)
7 x 7. Seven Free Reflections on Art. Propaganda (SNG Bratislava, 2022)
Lost and Found. Expedition to the Past and Future of Schaubmar Mill (SNG – Schaubmar Mill, Pezinok, 2022, with Eva S. Kotláriková, Veronika Němcová and Terézia Parec)
Jakub Gulyás. Song After Work (SNG – Ľudovít Fulla Gallery, Ružomberok, 2022, with Alexandra Kusá)
In the Shop Display: Martin Bu (SNG Bratislava, 2021)
Oh, That Dress! (SNG Bratislava, 2020)
Have No Fear of Modernism! School of Arts and Crafts (1928–1939) (SNM – Museum of History, Bratislava Castle, 2018–2019, curatorial collaboration for SNG)
Out of the (Potter’s) Wheel. Modern and Contemporary Slovak Ceramics (SNG – Schaubmar Mill, Pezinok, 2018–2019)
Sew Long! Fasion in Slovakia 1945–1989 (SNG Bratislava, 2017, with Zuzana Šidlíková)
List Hunters. SNG for ŠperkStret – International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery (Medium Gallery, Bratislava, 2016, curatorial cooperation for SNG)
Anton Cepka. Kinetic Jewellery (SNG Bratislava, 2016, with Petra Hölscher)
After the Storm. Aleš Votava in the SNG collections (SNG Bratislava, 2014–2015)
A Play for the Eye. Theatre Poster from the SNG collections (SNG Bratislava, 2014)
Diversity Required. AFAD Model 2014 (SNG Bratislava, 2014, with Lucia Gregorová Stach and Alexandra Tamásová)
Contact
viera.kleinova@sng.sk
02-20476118
