Samuel Pauco belongs to the outstanding personalities of the youngest generation of contemporary painters. In his creative opinion, he cannot deny his generational roots, particularly in challenging traditional concepts and practices of painting. It is not a skepticism of it as such – on the contrary, Pauco still remains fundamentally a painter – but rather the need to think beyond its conventional limits and towards its understanding in a more open discourse of painting in the “expanded field”. Although he does not abandon the world of figuration, he develops his work around several central themes and artistic problems, among which an important role is given to color, structure and inspiration in the reality of nature. In this way, one can also grasp the genre of the author’s work, which is keeping alive the essence of the traditional category of landscape painting.
Pauco’s body of work, despite his youth, has a remarkable dynamic in which he explores the dialectic of painting not only as a specific medium and means of expression, but also as a means of its perception. Its attractiveness for a contemporary viewer is rooted n the fact that the author is not seeking a satisfactory solving (or solution) of visual conflicts, but their opening, confrontation, and the effort to keep their visual energy alive and visible.
1986 Born in Zvolen, Slovak Republic
2005–2011 Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, studio of prof. Martin Mainer
2008 stay in the studio Intermedia of Václav Stratil, Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno
2010–2012 assistant at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno (prof. Mainer, prof. Kvíčala)
2012–2018 assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (prof. Mainer)
solo exhibitions
2018 Na konci světa mírně doprava – Nová galerie, Prague
2018 ZNAK – galerie ARTIKLE, Brno
2016 Samuel Paučo – Embassy of Slovakia, London
2016 START Art Fair (solo project for Nová galerie) – Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 Hromy a Blesky ( + M. Nagypal) – Nová galerie, Prague
2016 Potopa – Strom Art Gallery, Brno
2015 Do lesov páni! – Galerie města Třinec
2014 Entropie od Ruky – The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2014 OOOO – Nina Hedwic Gallery, Prague
2014 Full House ( + D. Mikulášková) – Reduta, Brno
2013 Boha Jeho! – Galerie mladých, Brno
2012 Snoop dog – The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2011 Za oponou (Behind the Curtain) – Diploma work, Wannieck gallery, Brno
2011 Stejná předehra, jiná opera ( + J. Pražan) – WalkThruGallery, Hradec Králové
2008 Mraky – galerie Dolmen, Uherské Hradiště
2007 Všetko o kvapke – galerie Dolmen, Brno
group exhibitions
2018 Expozice 2 – galerie ARTIKLE, Brno
2017 Vášeň – The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2017 Expozice 1 – galerie ARTIKLE, Brno
2017 Designblok 2017 – Prague
2017 Meanwhile in the forest – Czech Centre, Munich
2017 YIA Art Fair – Brussels
2017 Krajina 2017 – Nová galerie, Prague
2016 Všichni svatí – Nová galerie, Prague
2015 Berliner Liste – Berlin
2015 ESSL Award 2015 – Futura, Prague
2015 Art Prague
2014 Art in Artgen, Prague
2013 Stille SPKTKL – Munikat DE, Munich
2013 2. návštěva sbírky manželů Zemanových – Galerie Sladovna, Žatec
2013 1. návštěva sbírky manželů Zemanových – Galerie Sladovna, Žatec
2013 Plej! – Slezskoostravská gelérie, Ostrava
2013 Alchymie – Sokolov
2013 Jeden pták jaro nedělá (TUBA) – Galerie u Prstenu, Prague
2013 Kraj-inné meze – Galerie města Blansko
2012 Apartment Private Art Party III. – Brno
2012 Umlělecké tržiště – Prádelna Bohnice, Prague
2012 Ruka Ruku Myje – Galérie AULA FaVU, Brno
2012 Nad vodou (Mainer, TUBA) – Galerie Behémót, Brandýs n. Orlicí
2012 Těžký výběr – Galerie Sýpka, Vlkov
2012 Žádnej Ležér / skupina TUBA – Galerie Workshop@y, Prague
2012 Brbaguba – Galéria Guba, Bratislava
2012 Apartment Private Art Party II. – Brno
2012 Druhoroj - Galerie D-ecore, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2011 Cena NG333 – Veletržní palác, Prague
2011 Diplomky 2011 – The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2011 ABS – The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2010 FaVU Records, Galerie Aula – FaVU, Brno
2010 Brno ist Berlin, Berlin ist Brno – Galerie Aula – FaVU, Brno
2009 ESSL Award 2009 – Veletržní palác, Prague
2009 “Cycle Tchèque” – Lagalerie, Rue de la Forge Royale, Paris
2009 „Punkwa” – Galerie Města Blansko
2008 „U koho jsou” Výstava pedagogů k 15. výročiu FaVU – Galerie Brno, Brno
2008 FIFTY-FIFTY (gender, porno a umenie) – Inter-art, Prague
2008 Kampa Punkwo – Galerie Dolmen, Prague
2008 V Praze je Blaze – Galerie Kritiků, Prague
2008 Ty Vole – Galerie Sýpka, Valašské Meziříčí
2008 Boží dětství – Galerie Slévarna, Vaňkovka, Brno
2008 Brno Punkwa exhibition in Pengland – Mainz
2008 Amen – Galeria Živa – SNG, Zvolen
2007 40 dní Punkwy – galerie Dolmen, Brno
awards
2018 special Award for the Best Painting, SK
2015 nomination for ESSL Award, CZ
2011 nomination for Award NG333, CZ
2009 nomination for ESSL Award, CZ