Bajus Jozef

Education

• 1979-85 BFA and MFA in Painting and Fiber, Academy of Fine Arts and Design (AFAD), Bratislava, Slovakia

Experience

• 2005 Associate Professor, Tenure with promotion, Buffalo State College, NY, USA
• 2002 Buffalo State College, Coordinator of Fiber, Design Program, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2001-2002 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, USA
• 1999 Visiting artists/guest lecturer‚ The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
• 1995 Associate Professor in Fiber, Head of the Fiber Program AFAD, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 1990 Head of Textile Design Studio, AFAD, Bratislava, Slovakia

Exhibitions (selected)

• 2015 Wondering Mind, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2014 Lendfield, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2014 Long Distance Calls, M.A. Bazovsky Gallery, Trencin, Slovakia
• 2013 Long Distance Calls, City Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2011 Look to What is Beneath, Peter A & Mary Lou Vogt Gall., Bouwhuis Library, Canisius Callege, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2008 The Combing Wave, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2006 Curved Circle, Gallery of Koloman Sokol, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
• 2006 Curved Circle, Buffalo Art Studio, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 1997 Objects and Compositions, Slovak Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
• 1996 Artslink, Rutgers University Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
• 1989 Bajus & Ilavsky, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Group exhibition

• 2014 New Bridges 11:11, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
• 2013 My Future Ex, UB Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2013 A Very Long Engagements, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, New Scotia, Canada
• 2013 Vascular Modes, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2011 Modified Expressions, National Craft Gallery, KAF  Kilkenny, Ireland
• 2010 Fibreman Kherson Art Gallery, Kherson, Ukraine
• 2004 Strands of Fabrication, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 2001 On Paper – New Paper Art, Craft Council Gallery, London, England
• 1999 Chongju International Craft Biennial ’99, Chongju Art Center, Chongju, Korea
• 1996 Artslink ’96, The Rutgers Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
• 1994 Fiber- Slovak Textiles ’84-’94, SNG, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 1994                10 Jahre Internationale Textilkunst in Graz, Graz, Austria
• 1993 Other Europe, 2nd Biennial of Tapestry and Textile Art, Tournay, Belgique
• 1991 Fan, International Exhibition, Namur, Belgium
• 1988 th International Biennial of Tapestry, Museum Wlokienictva, Lodz, Poland
• 1988 st International Triennial of Patterns, Muczarnok Museum, Budapest, Hungary
• 1989                5 Jahre Jnternationale Textilkunst in Graz, Austria

Awards

• 2014 Nomination for Crystal Wing Award in Category Art, Slovakia
• 2013 Henkel Award, City Gallery of Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2008 The 2008 Esprit de Corps Award in category artist, Burchfield  Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 2008 President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creativity, BSC, Buffalo, NY, USA
• 1992 Honorary Mention, Interplays 92, World Crafts Council Show, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 1988 st Prize, 1st International Triennial of Patterns, Muczarnok, Budapest, Hungary

Bajus’ artworks are included also in private collections in Europe, Canada, Japan and USA. He lives in Buffalo, NY, USA. Contact: jozefbajus@hotmail.com, http://www.jozefbajus.com/