Vlado Bača is undoubtedly one of the best photographers, active on the scene for quite a long time. Despite the fact that he deals with various motifs in his work, we can identify favorite, characteristic elements accompanying a significant part of his rich work. The person of a woman and an unconventional environment. Components that he often uses in the creation of advertising, thus avoiding the usual and worn-out ways of representation.
Vlado Bača's entire work so far presents his effort to see photography through different eyes and thus bring new ideas into this sphere, which is mainly documented by his work in the field of advertising photography, in an area where innovative ideas are more than welcome. However, it also brings substantial enrichment to the environment of nude and glamor photography or landscape photography.
The significance of his name in the context of Slovakian, but undoubtedly also world photography, is indicated by the considerable number of awards he has received during his life so far, or honors in the form of published photographs at home and abroad. However, the artist is undoubtedly most represented by his work itself, which speaks for itself and is also unforgettable thanks to the charm of his personality.
Katarína Markovičová: Photographic work of Vlado Bača/ 2015, bachelor's thesis - (Pan-European University).
AWARDS
2004 Certificate QEP - Qualified European Professional Photographer (FEP – Brussels, Belgium)
2006 Awards nominee „Henkel Art Awards“, Wien, Austria, Awards nominee „Personality of Slovak photography”, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Silver and Bronze Awards FEP, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Gold Award- FEP, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Silver award – The Epson Pano Awards, (Australia)
2014 FEP, Brussels (Belgium) finalist (landscape category)
2018 FEP, Dublin (Ireland) silver awards (landscape category)
2019 Slovak Press Photo 2019 finalist (environment category)
2022 Bronze award – The Epson Pano Awards, (Australia)
2023 Finalist FAPA- Fine Art Photography Awards (London), landscape category
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONs (from 2000)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 - "New York - The day before...", Pálfy palace, Bratislava, Slovakia
2003 - "New York - The day before...", Šariš gallery, Prešov, Slovakia
2007 - „Shapes of body“, Czestochowa, Poland
2008 - „ From Intimate diary“, The Museum of Art Žilina, Slovakia
2009 - „Pictures under Rozsutec Hill“, Karlsruhe, Germany
2010 - „ From Intimate diary“, Slovak Institut, Berlin, Germany
2011 - „From Intimate diary“, Orava Gallery, Dolný Kubín, Slovakia
2013 - „From Intimate diary“, Slovak Institut, Moscow, Russian
2015 - „Secrets“ – castle Rona, Lednické Rovne/ „Selection of From Intimate Diary“, SOHO Gallery, Žilina
*„Park 1977/ 2015“, Regional cultural center, Žilina, Slovakia
2016 - „Landscapes of my hearts“, Slovak house, Prague, Czech republic/ *„Park 1977/2016“ City Hall Žilina, Slovakia
2017 - „People and landscape under Rozsutec Hill“, City Hall, Žilina
2022 - „Shapes and Changes“, Rosenfeld palace, Žilina/ „ Modified landscape, Budatín castle, Žilina/ *„Shapes and Changes & Modified landscape, Galanta, Slovakia/ *„Shapes and Changes“, Magna Gallery, Piešťany, Slovakia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 - The Museum of Art Žilina/ Slovakia *„Foto SK 2006“, Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 - „Foto SK 2006“, Slovak Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2008 - „Foto SK 2006“, Brussels, Belgium „Selection of members/ *APFCR“, Prague, Czech Republic/ *„Slovak retrospective“ The Slovak members FIAP, Bratislava/ *„Lux Collegium“, Bratislava, Slovakia/ *„Lux Collegium“, Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic
2009 - „ Príjemné závislosti“, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2010 - „Selection of members APFCR No 2“, Vsetín, Czech Republic/ *„Slovak retrospective“ The Slovak members FIAP/ *Slovak Institut, Budapest/ Hungary
2012 - Members of photographers SVU, Košice, Slovakia
2015 - Members of FORMA, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia/ *Aircraft Gallery, Bratislava/ Slovakia
2016 - SOHO Gallery, Žilina/ Slovakia
2019 - Slovak Press Photo 2019, House of Art, Bratislava/ Slovakia
PUBLICATIONS
2000 - „PHOTO ANNUAL 2000“ (publishing Graphis, New York/ * “NUDE 3“ (publishing Graphis, New York/ USA
2005 - Actual publication of members Certificate QEP
2006 - „Foto SK 2006“ - almanac The selection of 13 Slovak photographers
2008 - Photo Art – magazin fine art photography, Czech republic *Monograph „Pictures under Rozsutec Hill/ * Monograph „Žilina in photos“
2017 - Monograph Park 1977/ 2017
2018 - Monograph „Vlado Bača: My Story of Photography“
PUBLICATIONS PHOTOBOOKS
2016 - „Intimate diary“ and "Route 66"
2017 - „Paris mon amour“, „ Carnival in Venice“ and „ Intimate/ *Landscapes in B/W“
2018 - „Wonder of the West“ / *„Intimate Landscapes“
2019 – „The Best Photos of Photomodel Tina“