Katalin Papp
created: 19. 12. 2022 13:44 modified: 19. 12. 2022 13:53
A Romani artist Katalin Papp was born in 1958 in Lučenec. She emigrated to Germany, later on she moved to the USA where, in 1996, she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with Master of Fine Arts degree. She worked as an assistant professor at SUNY Farmingdale Public College in New York, taught at Nassau Community College and Queensborough Community College. She worked in the field of arts also when staying in Hungary or Germany, organizaing her own art workshops. Her work includes painting and drawing (2D production) as well as sculpture and ceramics (3D production).
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. The digital photograph was created in 2006 in Lučenec during an interview for the Romani newspaper Romano nevo Ľil.
Source:
Čonka, Roman. 2006. Rozhovor s Katalin Papp. Romano nevo ľil č. 777-783/2006, str.14-15
Zdařilová, Eva. 2010. Rozhovor s Katalin Papp. Romano džaniben 17 (2): 160–166.
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Jaroslav Cicko
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:53 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:53
Jaroslav Cicko is a well-known Romani artist and sculptor who created his works mainly from wood, but also stone.
He was born on March 25, 1939 in Martin and died on November 18, 2010 in Horná Štubňa in the district of Turčianske Teplice.
He worked as a toolmaker at the Heavy Engineering Plant in Martin and as a carver at the Martin Studio of Non-Professional Artists. He was a lecturer at symposia of non-professional artists.
In 2000, he exhibited his works and demonstrated various methods of creating his works in Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Italy.
The most common motif of his works is a woman in all her forms.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2005 in Bratislava during the journalists' award in the Baroro (Pebbles) competition, which was organized by the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities. In the photo, he presents the award, a wooden sculpture, to TV playwright Markíza D. Paulovičová.
Source:
RNĽ č. 688-694/2005
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Sestra Atanázia
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:46
Sister Atanasia, formerly Mária Holubová, was born in the village of Svetlice near Humenné. She graduated from the Secondary Medical School in Prešov, where, while studying there, she felt the call of faith. After graduation, she joined the Institute of Social Care in Bardejov, where the nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great worked as well. In 1972 she secretly entered the novitiate and in 1973 she made her first religious vows. She received her university education at the Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology in Spišské Podhradie. She works in the Roma housing estate Poštárka in Bardejov in a kindergarten and primary school.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Bardejov during an interview about Christmas activities at Poštárka.
Source:
RNĽ č. 725-729/2005
www.employment.gov.sk/files/slovensky/uvod/informacie-media/aktuality/uspesne-romske-zeny-profily.pdf
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Erika Šajgalová
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:40 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:40
Erika Šajgalová is an artist who grew up in an orphanage, she lives and works in Poprad. In 2003, she started attending the Secondary Art School in Košice, successfully graduating in the field of Design - working with wood. She later graduated from the Secondary Pedagogical School in Košice, as she wanted to work with preschool children. She is a talented portraitist, she prefers to portray children. She illustrated additional textbooks for children: Children's Syllabary and Merry Letters. She also exhibited her work in exhibitions organized by the Jekhetane-Spolu Civic Association under the direction of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová.
A documentary film made by the Košice based film company ATARAX called ERIKA portrays the story of her life and her strong desire for education.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Roma artists.
Source of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
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Vojtech Kökény
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:30 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:34
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Romani artists.
Sources of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
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Alexander Bohó
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:04 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:04
The photo shows a professional Romani artist Alexander Bohó. He was born in Brezno and comes from five siblings. He studied with doc. J. Jánoška and professor F. Ondra free graphics and graphic design. He studied painting with the academic painter F. Kráľ in the years 1979-1985. In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of History of Art.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Romani artists.
Sources of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
category: fine arts
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Ján Šándor
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:46
The photo shows the Romani writer Ján Šándor. He was born in 1948 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic). From the age of 16 he lived in Prievidza until his death. He worked as a laborer all his life.
Since 1979 he published in the magazines Železničiar, Bosorka, Smer dnes, Prieboj, Romano nevo ľil, Sam adaj, Romano džaniben. He made his book debut with a collection of fairy tales and short stories called The Roma Dream (2004). In 2008, the Jekhetane-Spolu association published a book of Romani fairy tales titled The Black Rose, in Slovak and Romani. He has published a total of 10 books.
He was a member of the Slovak Writers' Association.
In 2017, he was awarded the Roma Spirit Award for his lifelong literary work and the development of Roma culture.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Prievidza during the christening of his book.
Sources of Information:
ŠÁNDOR, Ján. Čierna ruža / E kaľi ruža. Prešov: Jekhetane-Spolu Prešov, 2008, 132 s. ISBN 978-80-968744-2-2
www.romaspirit.sk/rocniky/rocnik-2017/nominovani/jan-sandor-prievidza/
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Ctibor Nečas
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:40 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:41
The photo shows prof. PhDr. Ctibor Nečas, DrSc. (26.7.1933 Rakvice, district Břeclav - 19.12.2017). He worked as a university teacher at Masaryk University in Brno, where in 1992 he obtained the title of professor of general history. He is the founder of Romani studies in the former Czechoslovakia. His main area of interest was the persecution of Czech Roma during the Nazi occupation and the Roma Holocaust.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2006 in Bratislava during an event called The Unrecognized Holocaust.
Sources of information:
RNĽ nb.755-758/2006
encyklopedie.brna.cz/home-mmb/
amariluma.romanokher.sk/encyclopedia/necas-ctibor/
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Karel Holomek
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:36 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:36
Karel Holomek was born in 1937 in Brno, in the family of the original Moravian Roma who settled in Morava at the end of 17th century. His father Tomáš Holomek was the first Roma with the university degree in former Czechoslovakia.
Karel Holomek graduated from the Faculty of Machinery Engineering of the Military Academy in Brno, later he worked there as the senior assistant. His statements about the occupation of the country by the Soviet Army in 1968 got him fired from the Faculty. After that he worked as manual worker until 1990.
After 1990 he spent two years as the member of the Czech National Council (The Czech Parliament), a member of the Občianske hnutie party.
After 1989 he began his activities for integration of Roma into society. He is one of the founder of the Museum for Romani Culture in Brno and the founder of the Society of Roma in Morava, which publishes the bi-weekly Romano hangos (published since 1999). In 2002 he was awarded with the Medal for Merit, III. degree.
The author of the photo is the Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. The digital photo was made in 2006 in Bratislava during the event named The Unrecognized Holocaust.
Source:
RNĽ č.755-758/2006
www.srnm.cz/zakladatel-karel-holomek/
www.pametnaroda.cz/cs/holomek-karel-1937
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Ján Berky Mrenica
created: 04. 06. 2021 09:57 modified: 04. 06. 2021 10:07
Ján Berky Mrenica junior, one of the members and since 1997 also the head of the Devil´s violin Orchestra, belongs among the prominent violin virtuosos in Slovakia. He studied the violin play on Conservatory Bratislava, but he is also engaged in writing the books about the most famous Romani songs. He utilized his musical talent for composing the musical arrangements for a CD of Devil´s Violin, but also for the other various folk ensembles. He supports musically talented children from socially disadvantaged environment, his effort grew into a well-known project called Divé Maky (Wild Poppies). The photographs were taken during the pre-Christmas concert in Kežmarok, within the project Music Without the Borders, in cooperation with Poland and the Secondary Proffesional School of Kežmarok.
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