Lucia Tallová was born in 1985 in Bratislava, Slovakia. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, where she studied in the Department of Painting (Studio 4, under Prof. Ivan Csudai). Tallová is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2026, the NOVUM Foundation Art Award 2021, the Tatra Banka Foundation Art Award 2016, the VÚB Bank Painting of the Year 2013, and the Strabag Kunstforum Art Award International 2010.
She has participated in numerous international artist residencies, such as Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France (2020); the Artist-in-Residence program at Karla Osorio Gallery in Brasília, Brazil (2019); the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California (2018); Regular Line Santa Cruz in California (2014); and the Strabag Artstudio in Vienna, Austria (2011). In September 2022, Tallová was among the artists selected for the 16th Biennale de Lyon. She has presented her exhibition projects, among others, in Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, Brasília, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Prague and Istanbul.
Her works are included in the collections of the Bundestag Art Collection, the Slovak National Gallery, Strabag Kunstforum (AT), Museu Nacional da República (BR), MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio (BR), the Nitra Gallery (SK), the Orava Gallery (SK), and the Gallery of M. A. Bazovský in Trenčín (SK).
They are also held in several private collections, including those of Francesca Rinaldo & Alessandro Gallo (IT), Olivier Waltman Picasso (FR), the Maták Collection (SK), the Runták Collection (CZ), the VÚB Foundation / Intesa Sanpaolo (SK / IT), the Marta e Matteo Cardamone Collection (IT), and the WAP Foundation in Seoul, South Korea.
Education
2005 - 2011 Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Painting, prof. Ivan Csudai
2001 - 2005 Secondary school of Applied Arts and Design in Bratislava, Sculpture and Stone-carving
Awards
2025 - DEUTSCHE BANK - Artist of the Year 2026
2021 - The NOVUM foundation art Award, Prize for visual artist
2016 - Tatra Bank Foundation Art Award 2016 - Prize for young visual artist
2013 - Painting 2013, VUB Foundation Award for Young Painting - 1st place
2012 - One-year grant for fine art graduates, Artservis
2010 - Strabag Art Award International 2010 - winner, Austria
Residencies
2025 - Telegraph Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic / May 01st - June 30th
2020 - Cité internationale des arts Paris, Paris, France / August 04th - September 28th
2019 - Artist in Residence Karla Osorio Gallery, Brasilia, Brazil / April 18h – June 2th
2018 - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California / March 16th – May 5th
2014 - Regular Line Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California / July 4th – July 21th
2011 - Strabag Artstudio, Vienna, Austria / August 1st – November 30th
Selected solo exhibitions
2025 - Unstable Monuments, Zilberman gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2025 - I Wish That I Was Made of Stone, Telegraph gallery, Olomouc, Czech republic
2025 - Marble Sky, Tomas Umrian Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia
2024 - Home is where one starts from, Zilberman gallery, Istanbul
2024 - Areas of Transformation, Galerie Pekelne Sane, Kromeřiž, Czech republic
2023 - Fragility of Caryatid, Rosenfeld Palace, Zilina, Slovakia
2023 - A Room with a View, Pradiaren by Tomas Umrian Contemporary, Bratislava
2023 - Push The Sky Away, 171 Project Space, Arnhem, Netherlands
2022 - Mountain of Oblivion, Lubovna Castle, Stara Lubovna, Slovakia
2021 - Mountains Between Us, Gallery of Milos Alexander Bazovsky, Trencin , Slovakia
2021 - Mountains Between Us, Galerie Paris B, Paris, France
2020 - Looking Through, Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech republic
2020 - Clouds, Tomas Umrian Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 - Islands, The P. M. Bohun Gallery in Liptovksy Mikulas, Slovakia
2019 - Away from Everything, Galeria Karla Osorio, Brasilia
2019 - I’m the Land, You are the Sea, SODA gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 - Building a Mountain, Galerie Paris B, Paris, France
2018 - Island of Time, Tezukayama gallery, Osaka, Japan
2018 - Time in Dust, Lower Akihabara by Kogure, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - Second Archive, MEDIUM Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 - House on the Clifftop, AT HOME Gallery, Samorin, Slovakia
2016 - Archive of fictional memories, Synagogue in Stupava
2016 - Before the beginning after the end, Kasarne Kulturpark, Slovakia
2015 - Sea, Nevan Contempo Gallery, Prague, Czech republic
2014 - By Tears The Black Pearl Revives, Gallery Vernon, Prague, Czech republic
2013 - My Tears Have Turned to Snow, INDUSTRIAL Gallery, Ostrava
2011 - Schwarzer Regen, HotDock Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 - Hidden grace of black stories, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
2009 - Sweet city, Gallery of Ján Koniarek, KlUb 3, Trnava, Slovakia
Selected group exhibitions
2025 - Voyage in Liquid Times, Gallery of Ján Koniarek, Trnava, Slovakia
2024 - Limits of Landscape, Rosenfeld Palace, Zilina, Slovakia
2024 - I wish You Were Here, Chez Olivia Project Room, Brussels, Netherland
2024 - (Don’t) Be Oversensitive! Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2023 - Landscape of Memories, Zilberman gallery, Miami, US
2023 - 2019, Zilberman gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 - Cocon, Rekos Abandoned Factory, Revuca, Slovakia
2022 - Biennale de Lyon, Manifesto of Fragility, Fagor Factory, Lyon, France
2021 - Lost Human, JAMA, Banska Stanica Contemporary, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
2020 - The Future is Female - Love Letters, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherland
2018 - I made a Line, Soda gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 - The Future is Female, Parts Project, The Hague, Netherland
2018 - Sonda, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 - Paper Only, Francis Boeske Project, Amsterdam
2017 - Par voi(X) postale, Musée de la photographie à Charleroi, Brussels
2017 - Escape Rout, Rooster Gallery, Vilnius, Latvia
2014 - One Step Forward vol.3, INDUSTRIAL Gallery, Ostrava, Czech republic
2014 - Skydivers, Brides & Wheels, Chimera project, Budapest, Hungary
2013 - PANEL STORY, Bratislava City Gallery, Pálffy Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 - 6th Zlín Youth Salon 2012, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Czech republic
2012 - Back to the Reality, Photoport, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 - INTER-VIEW, The Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2010 - Exhibition of the prize winning works, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria