Oliver Solga

Oliver Solga
Oliver Solga in 2024
Current municipal councillor of Pezinok
Assumed office
1998 – 2002
28 November 2022 – present
Current regional councillor of Bratislava Region
Assumed office
2005 – ?
22 November 2022 – present
Former mayor of Pezinok
In office
December 2002 – 10 December 2018
Preceded byIvan Pessel
Succeeded byIgor Hianik
Personal details
Born (1954-08-03) 3 August 1954
SpouseJana Solgová
ChildrenAdam Solga
EducationFaculty of Arts, Comenius University

Oliver Solga (born 3 August 1954[1]) is a Slovakian art historian, visual artist and the mayor of Pezinok from 2002 to 2018.

In 1985 he graduated from visual arts at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava.[2] He worked as a teacher and as editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine called Pezinčan. He was involved in graphics, illustration and postage stamps. He illustrated posters for both years of Koncert mladosti festival.[3] He had several dozen exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Vienna, Warsaw, Budapest, and Paris. As an art historian and curator he prepared several dozen exhibitions of domestic and foreign artists.

He was not and is not a member of any political party. He is married, has a son, Adam, and grandchildren, Terézia and Oliver.

Career

  • 1985–1995 – teacher at the Secondary Vocational School in Pezinok (ceramics department)
  • 1995–1998 – editor-in-chief of the Pezinčan magazine

Communal politics

  • 1998–2002–municipal councillor and deputy mayor of Pezinok
  • 2002–elected mayor of Pezinok
  • 2006–elected mayor of Pezinok
  • 2010–elected mayor of Pezinok
  • 2014–elected mayor of Pezinok
  • 2022–elected municipal councillor of Pezinok

Regional politics

  • 2005–elected regional councillor of Bratislava Region
  • 2022–elected regional councillor of Bratislava Region

References

  1. ^ "Blahoželáme primátorovi". Pezinčan. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Absolventi". Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Woodstock v Pezinku". .týždeň – iný pohľad na spoločnosť (in Slovak). 18 August 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2023.