UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. MgA. Jozef Sedlák
Email:
 jozef.sedlak@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FMK UCM - Faculty of Mass Media Communication
Pracovisko:
KUK - Katedra umeleckej komunikácie

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Sedlák
I.2 - Name
Jozef
I.3 - Degrees
Thirt
I.4 - Year of birth
20.03.1958
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Mass Media Communication
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Skladová 3., Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jozef.sedlak@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://app.crepc.sk/?fn=detailBiblioForm&sid=9D4BC4CB00DF15A3C79DC458AC
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Mediálne a komunikačné štúdiá
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-5675-3886

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Television and Film Faculty of AMU Prague
II.b - Year
1984
II.c - Study field and programme
Art Photography
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Television and Film Faculty of AMU Prague
II.b - Year
1984
II.c - Study field and programme
Art Photography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts Bratislava
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
2.2.1. Fine Art
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
University teacher/ Associate Professor Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM in Trnava 01.11.2011 – to present
University teacher/ assistant professor Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM in Trnava 01.09.2006 – 30.9.2011
University teacher / part time teacher Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Photography and New Media Bratislava 01.09.1991 - 30.6.2021

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
European driving license for computers Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM Trnava 20.11.2008
NÚCEM a certificate for the performance of the function of the chairman of the school graduation committee NÚCEM Nitra 16.02.2011
Pedagogical minimum - pedagogy and pedagogical practicum AMU, Faculty of Film and Television, Department of Art Photography 30.5.2013
Course for post-production techniques of creative digital photography (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator) Central European House of Photography Bratislava, 2022 2022

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Creativity in digital games processing theory of digital games second Media and communication studies
Graphics and design theory of digital games second Media and communication studies
Methodological aspects of media culture research theory of digital games third Media and communication studies
Cultural contexts of digital games theory of digital games third Media and communication studies
Creativity in processing digital games theory of digital games second Media and communication studies
Journilistic Photography I. II. Massmedial communication second Media and communication studies
Photographic practicum I., II. theory of digital games first Media and communication studies
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
theory of digital games first Media and communication studies
theory of digital games second Media and communication studies
theory of digital games third Media and communication studies
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
38
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
41
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
6
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
86
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
56
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

1. Exhibition

The World of the Gorals [photography] : Everywhere Goral / Sedlák, Jozef [Artist, 50%] ; Lančarič, Peter [Artist, 50%]. – Vienna (Austria) : Die Welt Goralen, Galerie auf der Pawlatsche, Vienna17.03.2022-17.04.2022. – [2022]. – 400 mm x 500 mm. – [DUC VU].

2. Collective exhibition:

ID: 1009616 | Odvody [photography] / Sedlák, Jozef [Artist, 100%]. – Catania (Italy) : Festival Literary Maps, 05.10.2022-08.10.2022. – [2021]. – 140 mm x 140 mm. – [DUC VU]. – [Realization].

3. Collective exhibition:

EUCA45079 - Trieste Italy: Salone degli incanti Gallery / SEDLÁK, Jozef (1958), University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Mass Media Communication, Department of Art Communication ; Category: YVX; Artistic output: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Title: Join the Dots; Tech. description: Black and white digital print on canvas. Collective international exhibition, photographic project of luminography.; Participation rate: Collective / Group; Percentage: xxx; Date of publication of the output/performance of artistic activity: 30.5.2018 - 2.9.2018; Documentation of the implementation of the output/performance: electronic invitation, poster, print screen program of media outputs and websites, catalog.

4. UCA54502 - BIALYSTOK INTERPHOTO 2021; House of Arts Sródmiescie / SEDLÁK, Jozef (1958), Title: Jozef Sedlák – Latencia 2011 – 2021; Characteristics: Author's exhibition – installation in space, exhibition of art photography of a serious nature. Art photographs 17 pcs.

5. The Issue of Gallery as a Public and School Space / Jozef Sedlák, Peter Lančarič, Eva Jonisová, 2022. - Category until 2021 ADN. In: ejmap : European Journal of Media, Art & Photography. - ISSN 1339-4940, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2022), pp. 56-65.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

1. Historical monograph: Association of amateur photographers YMCA and Fotoskupiny KSTL Bratislava, FOTOFO / Central European House of Photography Bratislava 2021, 392 pp. (appendices 102 pp.), ISBN 978-80-85739-86-2

2. Author monograph: Jozef Sedlák - In the Confinement of Images, PHOTON Gallery Vienna-Ljubljana, Slovenia, Austria /Fotofo/Stredoeurópsky dom fotografie Bratislava 2021, Slovakia, 120 pp., ISBN 978-80_85739-85- 5

3. Scientific study: Empiricism of the medium of Photography and the Interflow of Realities of Vision / Petra Cepková, Peter Lančarič, Jozef Sedlák, 2021. DOI DOI 10.13187/me.2021.1.37. In: Media Education. - ISSN 1994-4160, no. 17(1) (2021), p. 37-44.

4. Author's exhibition: Jozef Sedlák – In the quarantine of images, Slovak Cultural Institute in Budapest, Hungary, International Festival of Photography - Month of Photography in Bratislava, November 2021 - February 2022, Budapest, Hungary

5. Author exhibition: Jozef Sedlák - Photographs, FINEART GALERIE TRAISMAUER, WIENER STRASSE 10, AUSTRIA, October - November 2021, curator: Konrad Stania, https://www.fineartgalerie.at/josef-sedlak-vernissage-15-oktober- 1900/

6. Historical monograph: Petrk Béla, priest photographer, chronicler, Foart Bratislava, FOTOFO / Central European House of Photography Bratislava 2023, 288 pp., ISBN 978-80-8209-033-1

Professional publication: Jozef Sedlák: Photomontage, Historical Contexts and Creative Sources, FMK UCM, Trnava. 2023, 120 pp. ISBN 978-80-572-0400-8

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

1. Jozef Seflák, Eschatology of photography, author's exhibition, Gallery of Spiš artists, Spišská Nová Ves, February - June 2021

testimonials:

Gabera, David, Jozef Sedlák's exhibition resembles a walk through the grave. It will leave you thinking about death and your own transience. in: DenníkN, 28/04/2021, Visual art

2. Jozef Sedlák, Homage to Dark room, author's exhibition, Photon Gallery Vienna, April - May, Vienna, Austria

testimonials:

Slovak photographer Jozef Sedlák exhibits in the Vienna gallery, in: Pravda, kultura, 21/04/2021

3. Presentation of author's work Jozef Sedlák in a book publication

testimonials:Michel Sicard, L’exil et le territoire Remarques sur la photographie slovaque. in: Libri Historiae Europae,Institut slovaque, Rome Chaire de l’histoire slovaque de la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université Comenius, Bratislava, Mélanges offerts à Jozef M. Rydlo, membre de l’Institut slovaque, Textes ressemblés par Justín Dudáš, Monique Gay-Šmondrková, Ladislav Vančo, Première édition Bratislava 2021, 888 pages, ISBN 978-80-8218-022-3, s.712 - 731 

4. Jozef Sedlák, Twice Live Photography, author's exhibition, Artist Gallery, Slovak Art Union, Bratislava, Photography Month 2018

testimonials:

Gdovidová, Denisa, Who is actually normal? Week, 11/11/2018, p. 18 - 20

5. Jozef Sedlák, published photos in the chapters of the history of European photography in the book publication

testimonials:

2016 The History of European Photography 1970 – 2000, Central European House of Photography, Slovakia and European Month of Photography Vienna, ISBN 978-80-84739-70-1

6. Jozef Sedlák, Petrik Béla, priest photographer, chronicler, Foart Bratislava, FOTOFO / Central European House of Photography Bratislava 2023

reviews: Anton Baša, Reverend Petrika's time capsule, Fotonoviny, 63/23, 12/05/2023, p. 18.

Jozef Sedlák, Petrik Béla, priest photographer, chronicler, Foart Bratislava, FOTOFO / Central European House of Photography Bratislava 2023

reviews: Viga Gyula: Jozef Sedlák: Petrik Béla – priest, photographer, chronicler. Petrik Béla – priest, photographer, chronicler.

Central European House of Photography. Bratislava, 2023. 287 pp. Ethnographia, A Mygyar Néprajzi Társaság folyóirata, 135 évfolyam, 2024, š. szám

Jozef Sedlák: Photomontage. Historical contexts and creative starting points. FMK UCM in Trnava, 2024. 120 p.

reviews, responses: Monika Stacho: Photomontage. Fotonoviny, 66/2024. p. 18. Central European House of Photography in Bratislava.

Author's exhibitions: Jozef Sedlák: By-product, I'm not fighting with photography anymore, SEDF Gallery Bratislava, Prepoštská 4.

reviews, responses: Peter Lančarič: I'm not fighting with photography anymore. Fotonoviny, 68/2024. p. 18. Central European House of Photography in Bratislava.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

1. Project – Damnatio memoriae/The loss of memories, FPU 2019 Damnatio / memoriae, book publication and exhibition project, Gallery library in Podolínec, Redemptorist monastery garden in Podolínec, publication editor: Jozef Sedlák; the publication was assessed by: prof. Ján Krížik, prof. PhDr. Slavomír Gálik, PhD.. - 1st ed. - ISBN 978-80-973291-0-5, Bratislava 2019

2. Project – Twice Live Photography – Jozef Sedlák, FPU 2018 Sedlák, J: Twice Live Photography, Author's book and exhibition for the 60th anniversary, Umelka Gallery, Month of Photography in Bratislava, editor: Jozef Sedlák, publication judged by: prof. Václav Macek, prof. PhDr. Slavomír Gálik, PhD.. - 1st ed. - Bratislava VŠVU, ISBN 978-80-8189-018-5, Bratislava 2018

3. Project – Vyšné Ružbachy: Where man and water spring together / Vyšné Ružbachy pictorial essays, FPU 2018 [Photos] / Sedlák, Jozef, 2018. In: Where man and water spring together : Vyšné Ružbachy pictorial essays / photo essays / publication editor: Jozef Sedlák; the publication was assessed by: Slavomír Gálik, Ľubo Stacho. - 1st ed. - Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM in Trnava, 2018. - ISBN 978-80-8105-926-1, p. 34-219.

4. Project KEGA – Projection of digital technologies in the structure of means of expression of the medium of photography when examining luminography, photomontage and staged portrait in the pedagogical process, KEGA Project no. 013UCM-4/2021, Author and project leader: doc. MgA. Jozef Sedlák, co-investigators: Mgr. art Petra Cepková, ArtD., Mgr. Peter Lančarič, PhD., Mgr. Eva Jonisová, Mgr. Kristián Pribila

5. Project – Photography: communication program, KEGA 2011 Document / Sedlák, Jozef, 2011. In: Photography: communication program / editors Peter Rónai, Jozef Sedlák. - 1st ed. - Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication, Department of Art Communication UCM in Trnava, 2011. - ISBN 978-80-8105-257-6, p. 180-182.

6. Project – Obraz perlievanie realít, 10 years of the gallery of Ľudovít Hlaváč – Jozef Sedlák, FPU 2022 Sedlák, Book for the 10th anniversary, editor: Jozef Sedlák, texts in the publication: Jozef Sedlák, Petra Cepková, Peter Lančarič, Jana Hojstričová, Jana Križanová, Klára Kubíková, Andrea Boldišová, - 1st ed. - FMK UCM, ISBN 978-80-572-0229-5, Trnava, 2022.

KEGA Project – Projection of digital technologies in the structure of the expressive means of the medium of photography, when examining luminography, photomontage, and staged portrait in the pedagogical process No. 013UCM-4/2021. Author and project leader: doc. MgA. Jozef Sedlák.

KEGA Project – Identification and Interpretation of Violence in the New Wave of Slovak Documentary Photography Authors, Implementation of Research in the Pedagogical Process of the Medium of Photography. Project No. 003UCM-4/2024. Author and Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. MgA. Jozef Sedlák. Deputy Project Leader: Mgr. Eva Kramara Jonisová, PhDr., Co-investigators: Mgr. Peter Lančarič, PhDr., Mgr. Kristína Svítok Mayerová.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Scientific Council Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM Trnava 01.02.2019 – to present
Member of the trade union commission Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM Trnava 01.02.2019 – s04. 02. 2023
Member of the domestic professional society Slovak Art Union, Association of Slovak Professional Photographers 01.09.1984 – to present
Member of the editorial board of a scientific journal European Journal of Media, Art and Photography, FMK UCM Trnava 2013 – sto present
Member of the domestic professional society Fotofo, Central European House of Photography Bratislava 1991 – to present
Member of the domestic professional society Slovak Syndicate of Journalists 26.06.2018 – to present
Member of the scientific and program committee of the conference Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM Trnava apríl 2016 – to present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya Malajzia 23. 3. 2021 Virtual Visiting Lecture Programme: Mgr. art Petra Cepková, ArtD. Assoc. prof. Mgr. art. Jozef Sedlák, ArtD. - Photographic stories of abandoned children/Old monastery, that knows the stories of the childs soul
BELGOROD STATE NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Journalism of the Institute of Social Sciences and mass Communications / Department of Slavic studies of the University of Bergamo (Italy) / Regional public organization «Union of journalists of the Belgorod region Russia december 2021 Petra Cepková, Jozef Sedlák: "GLOBÁLNY VEK ČLOVEKA V KONTEXTE FOTOGRAFIE/GLOBAL AGE OF MAN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF PHOTOGRAPHY"– Conference Discursology and media criticism/e-journal Contemporary Discourse Analysis

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

The most significant awards for scientific results: 2019 Fra Angelica Prize awarded by the KBS Council for Science, Education and Culture, for contribution to Christian culture in Slovakia for visual arts 2018 Tribute awarded to Michal Bartók, General Director of the National Awareness Center, for lifetime contribution to amateur photography 2018 Award of a memorial medal by the rector on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2015 Rector's Award of the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2010 Biennale of free visual arts 2010, Prize of the Slovak Art Union, Bratislava 1997, 1998 FUJI FILM EURO PRESS PHOTO AWARDS, winner of the national round in the life category 1992, 1993 "Anonymous stories" - social project awarded by the Ministry of the Slovak Republic and Št. by the Pro Slovakia fund 1990 Plaque and Prize of the Republic of Hungary at the international art festival Art to Days in Budapest 1988 Prize at the III. Biennale of Photography, Cheb, Czech Republic Assessor of KEGA grant scheme projects Member of district, regional, all-Slovak commissions of AMFO non-professional photography competition Image publications/monographs: Václav Macek, Jozef Sedlák, 116 p. ISBN 80-217-0304-0 Osveta Martin, Martin, 1986 Jozef Sedlák - Carnival, 84 p. ISBN 80-85739-17-8 Fotofo, Bratislava, 1999 Jozef Sedlák - Obec božia, 116 p. ISBN 80-85739-2 Fotofo, Bratislava, 2000 Jozef Sedlák, Cardinal J.Ch. Kores still with us, LÚČ Bratislava 2006, p. 244, ISBN 80-7114-580-7 Inner worlds, Picture report on life and people in the village of Hybe, p. 164. ISBN 978-80-8105-603-1, Luč Bratislava 2013 Jozef Sedlák – Te Deum Laudamus, Farewell to the Cardinal J. Ch. Korcom, LÚČ Bratislava, s. 168, . ISBN 978-80-8179-022-5 Jozef Sedlák – RE/IMAGE MIGRATION, 60 p. ISBN 978-80-89259-93-9, Devin Print, Bratislava.

Jozef Sedlák, Peter Lančarič, Kristián Pribila:in HIDDEN MEANINGS OF IMAGE OF COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDIUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY (WISDOM AND MADNESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY) European Journal of Media, Art & Photography, Vol. 8, No. 2 November 2020 Faculty of Mass Media Communication University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava SSN 1339-4940 No: 1Page Range: 72-82Page ADN. SEDLÁK, J.: A photographer of lively faith. In European Journal of Media, Art & Photography, 2019, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 6-77. ISSN 1339-4940. ADF. Autorská výstava: Homage to Darkroom - Jozef Sedlák, Photon Vienna Gallery, Rakúsko, apríl – máj 2021, kurátor výstavy: prof. Václav Macek. Monografia: Jozef Sedlák, Dvakrát živá fotografie, Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, NEUMAHR, Bratislava 2018, prvé vydanie, 160 s. ISBN 978-80-8189-018-5, recenzeti: prof. Václav Macek, prof. PhDr. Slavomír Gálik CAB,FAI . Autorská výstava: Latencia/Latency - Jozef Sedlák, DKŚ Gallery at Kiliński St, Bialystok, kurátorka: Petra Cepková, Grzegor Jarmociewicz, september - október 2021, Medzinárodný festival fotografie Bialystok - Interphoto 2021,“Dichotomy, East&West, október 2021, Poľsko 

Date of last update
2025-01-15