Zdeno Mayercak

About the Artist

Zdeno MAYERCAK EDUCATION M.F.A. 1979 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (equivalent) Sculpture, Drawing - received the Academy of Fine Arts Annual Award 1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy Italian Government Scholarship - sculpture with Prof. Lorenzo Guerrini 1972 School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Wood Carving, Design FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS 1996 ART/OMI, Omi, NY - International Residency 1992 Fulbright Fellowship - Finland 1992 Pollock-Krasner Grant 1992 Millay Colony for the Arts - Residency 1989 Pollock-Krasner Grant 1982 Slovak Commission on the Arts - Artist Grant 1979 Academy of Fine Arts Annual Award, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1978 Italian Government Scholarship, Rome, Italy SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Sculptures, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD                                                                                              2011 Sculptures, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2010 Sculptures and Prints, (with D. Grecner) Slovak Embassy, Washington, DC 2003 The American Years: 1985-2003, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine 2000 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine 1999 June Fitzpatrick Alternative Space, Portland, Maine 1998 Between the Muse, Rockland, Maine 1997 Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Maine 1993 University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland 1992 Town Center, Terchova, Czechoslovakia 1992 Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia 1991 101 Wooster Street, New York 1990 O.K. Harris, New York 1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021  Juried Exhibition, Online at Maryland Federation of Art                                                                                      2021  National Juried Exhibition, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD                                                                            2019  Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville, MD                                                                                                        2019   Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown. MD                                                                                                      2019   Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY                                                                                                                          2016  Then and Now, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2014  Critical Contacts, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD 2014* Every year from 2004, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2013  Sculpture in Open Space, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine 2011  Sculptures in the Park, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine 2008  Sculptures for Contemplative Garden, Pownal, Maine 2007  Unity in Diversity, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD 2005 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine 2002 Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine 2002 Sculptures in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine 2001 Sense of Place, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset Maine 2001 Sculpture, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine 2001 Sculpture, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine 2001 Sculpture, University of New England, Portland, Maine 2000 Good Business Is the Best Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY 2000 Sculpture in the Garden, June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine 2000 Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME 1999 Slovak Contemporary Art, United Nation Secretariat, New York 1999 The Log Show, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine 1999 4 Maine Artists, G. Marshal Store Gallery, York, Maine 1998 Sculpture and Object III, Bratislava, Slovakia 1998 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine 1998 Round Top Center, Damariscotta, Maine 1998 Cole Haan Outdoor Exhibition, Yarmouth, Maine 1998 MECA Faculty Exhibition, Portland, Maine 1997 Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine 1997 Lakes Gallery, Casco, Maine 1996 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA 1996 Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ 1996 Subjective Vision, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 1995 9th Rosen Outdoor Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1995 46th Annual Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT 1994 Grey Brick, Klatovy, Czech Republic 1994 Sculpture in the Park, Allentown, PA 1993 Wood, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 1993 Exile in New York, Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic 1992 First Sculpture Symposium, Terchova, Czechoslovakia 1991 Painting & Sculpture, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA 1991 Slovak Fine Art from 1900, Neuhofen, Austria 1991 Genius Loci, Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Czechoslovakia 1991 Triennial of Sculpture, Museum of J. Kollar, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia 1991 Ivan Karp's Choice, Triplex Gallery, City University of New York, NY 1991 On Scale, Bennett Siegel Gallery, New York 1991 Divinations, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA                                                                                                  1990 Idols, Icons, Effigies and Incantations, Farfield University, Farfield, CT 1990 Decade of the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY 1990 Contemporary Art from Czechoslovakia, Stuart Levy Gallery, NY 1990 Small Works, Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY 1989 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY 1989 Sticks and Stones, Washington Square, Washington, DC 1989 Sculpture '89, Washington Square, Washington, DC 1987 Walker, Ursiti & McGinniss Gallery, Washington, DC 1984 1st Biennial of Young Artists, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1984 17th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia 1984 Young Artists from Bratislava, City Art Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia 1983 Salon '83, City Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia 1983 16th Exhibition of Park Sculpture, The Spa Gardens, Piestany, Czechoslovakia 1982 Art Teachers, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1981 Artists in Bratislava, Artists' Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1974 25th Anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts, Art Center, Bratislava COMMISSIONS 1992 Oravec Hill, Terchova, Czechoslovakia 1983 Ceremonial Hall, Trnava, Czechoslovakia 1983 City Hall, Gbely, Czechoslovakia 1982 Town Center, Cejkov, Czechoslovakia 1982 City Center, Streda nad Bodrogom, Czechoslovakia COLLECTIONS Museum of Art, Klatovy, Czech Republic; Museum Kampa, Prague,Czech Republic Museum of Fine Art, Zilina, Slovakia Collection of University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland Embassy of Czech Republic, Washington, D.C. Collection of Richard and Ann Nemrow, Brunswick, Maine; Collection of June LaCombe, Pownal, Maine and other private collections TEACHING Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland 2004 - present: 3D Design, Sculpture                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine 1996-1998: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making, 3-D Design                                                                  Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1979-1983: Studio Foundation, 3-D Design, Figure Modeling, Figure Drawing                                                        Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Continuing Studies 1996-2002: Stone Sculpture, Wood Sculpture, Mold Making                                                                                          Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA May 1996                                                                                                                                                                    Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio October 1995                                                                                                                                                                  Lecturer, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC May 1994                                                                                                                                                                      Lecturer, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland August 1993                                                                                                                                                                        Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA April 1992 Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia June 1991                                                                                                                                                                        Art Teacher, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1987-88: Sculpture, Woodworking                                                                                                                                       Art Instructor, Art League School, Alexandria, VA 1986: Portrait Sculpture, Figure Sculpture SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Bob Keyes, “ Emerged from Exile”, Maine Sunday Telegram, August 24, 2003 Shirley Jacks, "Zdeno Mayercak: Recent sculptures," Art New England, December 1999 Lubomir Feldek, "Slovak Sculptor in America," Reader Digest Slovakia, July 1999 Ken Greenleaf, "Modern Art Takes Giant Steps," Maine Sunday Telegram, June 1997 Ivan Jancar, "Sculpture and Object III," Bratislava, Slovakia, June-August 1998 Gregory Volk, "Art Omi 1996-1997," New York, 1997 Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1996 Mary E. Sondrini, "Art of Contemporary Nature," Pittsfield, MA September 1996 James Nestor, "Subjective Vision,"University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1996 Terry Suhre, "Ninth Rosen Outdoor Sculpture," Appalachian State University, NC, 1995 Lisa DiChiara, "Outdoor Sculpture at College," Art Matters, 1995 Leslie Kaufman, "The Sculpture Garden," Burlington College, Pemberton, NJ, 1995 Jiri Setlik, "Grey Brick, "Museum of Fine Arts, Klatovy, Czech Republic, 1994 Katarina Rusnakova, "Zdeno Majercak," Profile of Contemporary Art, Slovakia, 1994 Phyllis Braff, "Wood," New York Times, November 21, 1993 Steve Kennen, "Wood - Burnished, Supple, and Provocative," Village Herald, Nov. 1993 Bruce Baldwin, "Wood at the University Gallery," Stony Brook Stateman, Nov. 15, 1993 Marcela Pankova, "New York - Praha," Praha, Czech Republic, September 1993 Charlotta Kotik, "Exile in New York," Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993 Rhonda Cooper, "Wood," SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 1993 Jock Reynolds, "Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1991 "Sculpture Salon '91," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1991 Katarina Rusnakova, "Genius Loci," Museum of Fine Arts, Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1991 "Zdeno Majercak," Art Life, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, April 1991 "3rd Triennial of Sculpture," Art Museum, Banska Stiavnica, Czechoslovakia, 1991 Dagmar Strnenska, "Slowakei Bildende Kunst," Art Museum, Neuhofen, Austria, 1991 "Sticks and Stones," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1990 Lubomir Feldek, "Interview with Zdeno Majercak," Hi Europe, Slovakia, October 3, 1990 William Zimmer, "50 Artists Reunited at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, 8/5/1990 Vivien Raynor, "A Group Show at the Bronx Museum," New York Times, July 23,1989 Joan Snitzer, "Artist in the Marketplace," Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1989 "Sculpture '89," Washington Square, Washington, D.C. 1989 "Young Artists from Bratislava," Artists Union Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1984 "Art Salon '83," Art Museum, Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1983 "Zdeno Majercak - Sculpture," New World, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, August 1983 "Young Slovak Artists," Art Center, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1983