Ján Pečarka is a Slovak-born visual artist based in New York City. He holds two MFAs, from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and the New York Academy of Art.
His artistic practice explores the human condition, transformation, and the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Moving between figuration and abstraction, Pečarka works across painting and mixed media, continually exploring the possibilities of material, form, and composition.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Konvergencie/ Fairy tales Ján Pečarka and Gábor Szűcs, MKS Šamorín, Slovakia
2025 Organika NYC, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, New York, USA (solo)
2025 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2024 Organika, Galerie Stara radnice, Vsetin, Czechia (solo)
2023 Organika, Galéria Provinčný Dom, Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia (solo)
2021 Vsade dobre ..., Kysucká galéria, Oščadnica, Slovakia
2019 #BYRO, Múzeum moderného umenia Andyho Warhola, Medzilaborce, Slovakia (solo)
2018 Retrospektíva, Galéria Provinčný Dom, Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia
2018 Laughing Matters, Lena Art Space, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2017 The Summit / Metamorphosis, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery – National Academy, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2017 Creative Mischief, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery – National Academy, New York, NY, USA
2016 Emotion, discovery and illusion, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery – National Academy, New York, NY, USA
2014 Reflections on the classical, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery – National Academy, New York, NY, USA
2010 One more touch from behind, Galéria M++, Bratislava, Slovakia (solo)
2009 Nocturne, Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2009 Painting, Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2007 Return to the nature, Slovak institute, Wien, Austria
2006 Return to the nature, Galéria Prokop, Pezinok, Slovakia
2006 Last supper, Galeria u Jezuitow, Poznan, Poland
2005 Maľby - Kamil Kozub a Ján Pečarka, Galéria Provinčný Dom, Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia