Vita - English Version
| Area of work: | Paintings, Graphics |
| Born: | 1943 in Martin (Slovak Republic) |
| Address: | Hohestrasse 50, 40213 Duesseldorf, Germany |
| Phone: | +49 (0)172 / 186 05 72 |
| E-mail: | info@varinska.de |
| Webpage: | www.varinska.de; www.satchi-gallery.co.uk |
| 1960 | Graduated from high school in Presov (Slovak Republic) |
| 1960 - 1966 | Studied at the University / Academy for Fine Arts in Presov (with a focus on Painting); master thesis on the subject of "Female portrait" with Prof. Lehotsky; scholarship for talented students. Graduation from university with distinction |
| 1966 - 1968 | Lecturer for painting and history of arts at the Pedagogical Institute in Lucenec, later on at the University of Banska Bystrica (Slovak Republic) |
| As of 1967 | Works as a free lance artist; regular exhibitions in Germany and abroad |
| 1968 | Marries with a German and moves to Germany; continues her teaching as part- time; works also as a journalist for Deutschland funk and Deutsche Welle And for art magazines in Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | Develops her own artistic style which she names "Erotogramme" |
| 1971 | Member of the working association "Arbeitsgemeinschaft beim Neumarkt der Künstler" in Cologne (Germany) award winner of "Italia 2000", Centro Divulgatione Arte e Poesia, Naples (Italy) |
| 1975 | Participation in the International Symposium for Fine Arts in Koszalin(Poland) Member of the organizing committee of the exhibition "Realists in Wuppertal" |
| 1988 | Study visit at the International Pushkin Institute, Moscow (Russia) |
| 1995 | Gets commission to equip with her paintings the representation of Dresdner Bank in Bratislava (Slovak Republic) |
| Ab 1995 | Several study visits in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain |
| 2005 | Gets commission to equip with her paintings the office of Mr Figel, Member of the European Commission in charge of culture, Brussels (Belgium) |
| 2006 | Gets commission to equip with her paintings the conference room of the French Consulate General in Düsseldorf (Germany) |
| As of 1967 | Numerous successful, individual exhibitions in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and the United States. |
Member of the artists associations "Malkasten" and "BBK" (as of 2008 Member of the Board of BBK) and "Verein der Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen, Wien"