Bio & contact




Mgr. art. 

Anna Mária Beňová



︎ a.m.benova@gmail.com
︎ anna.maria.benova

Born 1996, Bratislava

Slovak artist Anna Mária Beňová explores
the themes of womanhood within a neo-feminist era in a male-dominated society.

Her paintings depict woman in control,
where Beňová portrayts the complexity of female sexuality revealing its beauty and ugliness, strength and fragility.

She captures the dynamic interplay of both asserting dominance and surrendering to it. Benova approaches this exploration with wit and humor, almost as mockingly demonstrating to male screenwriters
how to craft a girl character.

Nevena Martinovic


Education


2020 - 2022
Academy of Fine Arts and Design
in Bratislava,
Masters degree 
painting department 
Ateliér mal+by 
doc. Mgr. art. Klaudia Kosziba, ArtD. 
2019 - 2020
FaVU -Vut, Brno 
internship
Painting department 2 
doc. MgA. Luděk Rathouský
2016 - 2020
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava,
Bachelors degree
painting department
Ateliér mal+by
doc. Mgr. art. Klaudia Kosziba, ArtD.  
2012 - 2016
Josef Vydra School of Applied Art  Bratislava



Group exhibitions


2025
On the Origins of the 21st Century
or the Fall of Communism
as Seen in Gay Pornography,
Kunstverein,
Hamburg, Germany
2025
Wall Creeping,
Torula Gallery,
Győr, Hungary
2025
DISKUSSIE,
DISKUS Gallery,
Aalst, Belgium
2024
MUTATING IDENTITIES,
Telegraph Gallery,
Olomouc, Czech republic
2024
FOLK U ALL,
bod.K7 Gallery Behind the glass,
Nitra
2024
SHE DON’T LIKE HER EGGS ALL RNNY,
Espace Galerie Flux,
Liège, Belgium
2024
By appointment,
Rare cultural space,
Bratislava
2023
Myslivecký realismus vol.2,
Letohrádek Portheimka,
The Chemistry Gallery,
Praha, Czech republic
2022
DAS GOLD DER LIEBE
Shore Gallery
Vienna, Austria
2022
Christmas Party 2022
blu: gallery
Modra
2022
THE MEDIUMM IS THE MESSAGE
DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery
Bratislava
2022
“OH MY GOD, SHE GOT THE POWER.
WELL, LOOK AT HER, SHE GOT THE POWER”
White & Weiss Contemporary Art Gallery
Bratislava
2021
VÚB prize for painting
Finalist
Foundation VÚB
Gallery NEDBALKA
Bratislava
2021
Replant
Rosenfeld Palace
Žilina
2019
Student exhibition of painting studio AM2, fine art department
VUT Brno
Gallery vila at Ždánice
Ždánice, Czech Republic
2018
Young horses, Oh, dream with it
Koniareň - space for contemporary art
Trebišov
2017
WINTER SELECTION 6
FLAT GALLERY
Bratislava



Solo exhibitions


2024
HUNT,
Zlievareň - Alternative exhibition space,
Bratislava
2023
GIRLS SHOULD NOT PAINT LIKE THIS
City Gallery Manor's yard
Veselí nad Moravou, Czech Republic
2022
Oops!…I Did It Again
ATELIER XIII - Contemporary Art Gallery
Bratislava
2021
She is lost
Contemporary art gallery Photoport
Bratislava



Art fairs


2021

SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair
Sweden
2023

2023
The Others Art Fair – Turin

SPRINT Art Book Fair – Milano, 25.-26. 11.