Hi, I’m Robert PaRsO

I have been dealing with visual communication for more than 20 years since my graduating from Graphic Design at AFAD in Bratislava.

I am constantly experimenting with textual and visual symbols and I have lectured on this topic at universities in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

PaRsO

Born on July 4, 1970 in Bratislava.
Living and working in Kaplna, Slovak republic

STUDIES

bachelor’s and master’s studies

(1993-1999) Academy of Fine Arts,
Department of Graphic Design,
studio of prof. Ľubomír Longauer,  Bratislava
(1996) Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

supplementary studies

(1995-1996) Academy of Fine Arts,
Supplementary pedagogical study
– teaching of visual disciplines 

next education

(1998) art workshop ETUD, Kopčany 
(1997) art workshop ETUD, Martin 
(1993) cardboard workshop SCP, Ružomberok 
(1992) photo workshop with Yuri Doyc, Michalovce 
(1991) photo workshop, Poprad

PRACTICE

(2019) project manager, graphic designer eSlovakia
(since 2011) own brand, graphic designer MultitTalent
(2010) assistant professor PdFUK Bratislava
(2001-2006) assistant professor AFAD Bratislava
(2001-2003) project manager BURYZONE
(2000-2011) own brand, graphic design STUPIDesign
(1999-2002) copywriter, graphic designer Mark BBDO
(1997-1999) graphic designer RECO Senica
(1997-1999) graphic designer SEPTEMBER sro
(1992-1993) driver & assistant Slovak Design Center
(1991-1992) graphic, scene-designer VVPŠ Bratislava

LECTURES

(2018) Czemu jestem taki?, ASP Warsaw
(2018) Slovak design, Tršić
(2016) Poster workshop, UJEP, Ústí nad Labem, lecturer 
(2014) Via stultitia creatrix, UJEP, Ústí nad Labem
(2014) Guest R.P., Design na hranici, Zlín
(2013) Let’s make portfolio, VŠMU, Bratislava, lecturer 
(2012) Posters in glass tower, GJK Trnava 
(2012) Poster to street and stream, Trnava, lecturer
(2012) Pecha Kucha Night vol. 5, Trnava 
(2010) Pecha Kucha Night vol. 7, Bratislava 

MEMBERSHIPS

(since 2013) member of civic association Združenie 84
(since 2009) director of civic association Poster
(2003) member of Advisory Committee Slovak design center

JURIES

(2021) C-IDEA DESIGN AWARD, Adelaide, Taiwan, Beijing 
(2021) SEPS logotype competition 
(2020) C-IDEA DESIGN AWARD, Adelaide, Taiwan, Beijing 
(2020) Risograph competition, KOCR TTSK 
(2020) KOCR TTSK logotype competition 
(2020) UNESCO posters, 27th IPB, Warsaw 
(2020) BKIS logotype competition 
(2019) TTSK logotype competition 
(2019) Identity of Kancelária verejného ochrancu práv SK competition 
(2019) Satyrykon 2019, Legnica 
(2018) Beautiful Polish Books, Warsaw 
(2016) National Award for Student Design 2016, Brno 
(2015) SIEA logotype competition, Bratislava 
(2014) Virtual Biennale Prague, Prague

AWARDS

(1997) Mikuláš Galanda Award
(1997) The Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia 

EXHIBITIONS

(2021) The Message of Eid, Serpong
(2020) Christmas tram, Bratislava
(2020) Let them become Fashion !!!, Serpong
(2020) 16 BICM Mexico, Mexico
(2020) JR 100+, Brno
(2020) National Design Award, Bratislava
(2020) Tolerance, project of Mirko Iljić, traveling exhibition
(2019) Velvet Generation, London
(2018) Trsić Art Colony, Trsic, Serbia
(2018) SHUT UP !, posters
(2016) Robert Paršo – Príbehy tisíc a jednorazovej vidličky, Bratislava
(2008) Čierna skrinka, Považská galéria umenia v Žiline
(2008) Slovak Rep., Moravská galerie, Brno
(2008) Robert Paršo – SkypeTo_Verster, FreeDom gallery, Báhoň
(2006) Trnava Poster Triennial 2006, Trnava
(2004) Stil Life, Burundi, Bratislava
(2003) Type yourself, Galeria Sito, Krakow
(2003) Exhibition KGD VŠVU Bratislava, České Budějovice
(2002) STUPIDesign, BuryZone, Bratislava
(2001) 100 years of STUPIDesign, BuryZone Gallery, Bratislava
(2021) Se vidimo, Ján Koniark Gallery, Trnava
(2000) Trnava Poster Triennial 2000, Trnava
(2000) Plocha, Trnava
(1999) Posterra Incognita, Pod Reka Gallery, Kraków 
(1999) 100 years of STUPIDesign, Pod Reka Gallery, Krakow
(1998) ETUD, Kopcany
(1998) Studio 202, Medium Gallery, Bratislava
(1998) Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno
(1997) Trnava Poster Triennial 1997, Trnava
(1997) Biennial of Book Production, Martin
(1997) ETUD (experimental, creative, art workshop), Martin
(1997) Trma-vrma, Novy Jicin
(1996) der KREIS, Podbiel
(1996) Exhibition on Panenská, Bratislava
(1995) Tunnel, tunnel under the castle, Bratislava
(1994) Robert Paršo -Intercolumnium, happening, Bratislava
(1993) der KREIS, Plavecký Štvrtok
(1992) der KREIS, VVPŠ club, Bratislava6

Projects

(2020) Tolerance 2, Klarisky, Bratislava, curator
(2020) Tolerance, Most SNP, Bratislava, curator
(2019) Lech Majewski – Head in Picture, Polish Institute, Bratislava, curator
(2019) ROZZZKAZ, Facebook, texts, project manager
(2018) Workshop FAKE NEWS, Trnava, project manager
(2018) TPT 2018, Trnava, project manager, curator
(2016) Eduardo Barrera Arambarri – Post the motherposting posters, FUGA, Bratislava, curator
(2016) FORK – installation for today, Facebook, photo, video, project manager
(2016) ISTÁ OSOBA, Facebook, texts, project manager
(2015) APOSTERIORI, Slovak Institute, Warsaw, curator
(2015) TPT 2015, Trnava, project manager, curator
(2012) István Orosz in Satelit, Satelit gallery, Bratislava, curator
(2012) Workshop POSTER TO STREET AND STREAM, Trnava, project manager, lecturer
(2012) TPT 2012, Trnava, project manager, curator
(2011) Workshop TYPO-TOPO, Báhoň, project manager, curator
(2009)  Workshop RURAL POSTER, Báhoň, project manager, curator
(2009) TPT 2009, Trnava, member of the organizing committee
(2008-2011) FREEDOM Gallery, Báhoň, founder, project manager
(2006) TPT 2006, Trnava, member of the organizing committee
(2006) MASA – Mars Affairs Space Agency, Mobile Studios, Bratislava, lecturer
(2006) Workshop World Culture, VŠVU, Bratislava, co-organizer
(2004) Workshop DROP-IN, VŠVU, Bratislava, co-organizer
(2003) Workshop ***** POSTER, VŠVU, Bratislava, co-organizer
(2002) MULTIPLACE Festival, Bratislava, co-founder 
(2001) Za Gagarinom Festival, Bratislava, co-organizer 
(2001-2003) BURYZONE Club and Gallery, Bratislava, co-founder, project manager 
(1993) Workshop SCP, Ružomberok, co-organizer 

PUBLICITY

Hosť naladený na Devín radio interview (radio Devin)
designum-4-2011 interview (designum)
Seurat bodkoval svoj slávny obraz dva roky interview (sme)
Robo Parso/pieskovisko (wikipedia)
Velvet Generation: Robert Paršo interview (edesignum)

Fork project:
Príbehy tisíc a jednorazovej vidličky solo exhibition (prezidentskysalonik)
Príbehy tisíc a jednorazovej vidličky solo exhibition (citylife.sk)

TOLERANCE POSTER SHOW in Bratislava:
THE TOLERANCE PROJECT (project website)
O výstave Tolerancia (youtube)
Tolerancia – svetová výstava v Bratislave (bkis)
Tolerancia – výstava s posolstvom (inba.sk)
Plagáty, čo kladú otázky o tolerancii (pravda.sk)
Výstava s posolstvom (teraz.sk)

Ján Šicko – Memory exhibition in Vienna (dobrenoviny.sk)
Underground images SVA NY exhibition in Bratislava (afad)
Head in the picture Lech Majewski Exhibition in Bratislava (instytutpolski)

BURYZONE project
Pioneering design community in Bratislava (criticaldaily.org)
Buryzone Čajakova 11 (miestakultury.sk)

PechaKucha Night Trnava vol. 5 (publikum.sk)
Asi som naiva, ale je to bezviš (filmsk.sk)
Robert Paršo pozýva na NCD 2016 (youtube)