Andrej Balco

Born: September 25, 1973
Address: Za hradbami 17, 902 01 Pezinok, SK
Tel: 00421 905 422 105

Education:
1994-1999 Faculty of Social Work, University of Trnava, SK
1998-2000 Art Photography Conservatory, Ostrava, CZ
2001-2005 Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University, Opava, CZ

Awards & Grants:
2002 Czech Press Photo, honorary merit - reportage
2004 Mio Photo Awards, final selection, Osaka, Japan
2004 VII / Altemus Workshop for Emerging Photographers from Eastern European Countries
2004 PhotoDocument.sk – a full-year photo-stipend awarded by Vaculik Advertising, Bratislava, SK
2005 Mio Photo Awards, Jurors Awards (Shimao Shinzo), Osaka, Japan
2006 Frame 006, first prize in category Travel, Brno, CZ
2007 IPRN 'Changing Faces', Work - project in Brazil
2007 Frame 007,first prize in category Dependance, Brno, CZ
2007 Czech Press Photo, first prize in category Portrait, Praha, CZ

Membership:
2005 Young Photographers United, www.ypu.org
2006 Sputnik photos, international association of photojournalists, www.sputnikphotos.com
2006 CHOICE IMAGES, www.choiceimages.org

Solo exhibitions:
2001 "Pohoda 2001", International Festival of Photography, Pezinok, SK
2003 "Photographs", 113 Gallery, Bialystok, PL
2003 "Photographs", Gallery Daleko od baru, Horní Becva, CZ
2006 "Sidliska / Suburbs", Kino Art Gallery, Brno, CZ

Joint exhibitions:
2000 "People from Mníšek", Technical museum, Košice, SK
2001 "8x3", Folks Bank gallery, Bratislava, SK
2001 "Czech Press Photo", Praha, CZ
2002 "Family album.sk", Umelecká beseda gallery, Bratislava, SK
2002 "Family album.sk", State gallery, Banská Bystrica, SK
2002 "Family album.sk", Koniarik gallery, Nitra, SK
2002 "Family album.sk", Oravská gallery, Dolný Kubín, SK
2002 "Family album.sk", Museum Bruntál, CZ
2002 "Czech Press Photo", Praha, CZ
2002 "It is best with mum and dad", SNP square, Bratislava, SK
2002 "It is best with mum and dad", Košice, SK
2003 "It is best with mum and dad", Ján Koniarek gallery, Trnava, SK
2003 "Czech Press Photo", Praha, CZ
2003 "Diploma works from ITF, 1998-2003", House of arts, Opava, CZ
2004 "Diploma works from ITF, 1998-2003", Czech centre, Bratislava, SK
2004 "Diploma works from ITF, 1998-2003", U mloka gallery, Olomouc, CZ
2004 "OSCE exhibtion", Warsaw, PL
2004 "Czech Press Photo", Praha, CZ
2004 "Digital Olympus – Mostar", Profile gallery, Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK
2005 "Fifteen" (The Fifteenth Year of the Institute of Creative Photography Silesian University in Opava) , Prague House of Photography, Praha, CZ
2005 "Fifteen", Gallery Opera Myrona, Ostrava, CZ
2005 "Mio Photo Awards", Osaka, JPN
2006 "Graduates", House of arts, Opava, CZ
2006 "CHOICE", Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK
2006 "Frame 006", Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno, CZ
2007 "Work - IPRN / Changing Faces", Photography commissions 2006/2007, Rowaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, FI
2007 "At the Border", Gallery P.M.Bohun in Liptovsky Mikulas, SK
2007 "Frame 007", The Brno House of Art, Brno, CZ
2007 "5lovensko", Central European House of Photography, Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK
2007 "Czech Press Photo", Praha, CZ
2007 "Andrej Balco a Petr Nagy - FOTOGRAFIE", Gallery Opera Myrona, Ostrava, CZ