Dušan Kochol was born in Bratislava (Slovakia), graduated in Promotional Art Design at School of Applied Arts of Josef Vydra in Bratislava (Slovakia). Bachelor and Master of Arts degree achieved at Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University in Opava (Czech Republic), where he is now studying for his PhD of Arts degree. He attended photography courses at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (England) and at London College of Fashion (England). His work was exhibited in Germany, England, Poland, Austria, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia and also featured in numerous periodicals. He is producing fine art photography and video, is organizing and curating an alternative photographic festival in Bratislava (www.offfestival.sk) and is working as an art director for prestigious magazines.
Work of Dušan Kochol is based on the combination of colorful fragments of environments, mixed with carefully lit up and staged spectacle. Often it is interlinked with fine art and symbolism mixed with kitsch and pop culture. He is enjoying mystical and slightly absurd situations and the many varied responses and reactions they create within people. „I like to watch and absorb the perceptions and feelings of individuals and situations, the reaction of people to urban environments and culture and to re-interpret them in the form of a photograph. I find endless enjoyment in the creation of characters and the arrangement of them into scenes, which are based on my experiences and imagination. My projects are always asking questions but never giving the answer. The greatest satisfaction in exhibiting my photographs is when they provoke strong reactions, what ever that might be.”