Early Life, Family and Training Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 1979, Jozef Srna ml. grew up within a family defined by painting. He is the son of the painter Jozef Srna st., a man whose own creative style was noted for its distinctive and sometimes constricted qualities. This familial connection placed the younger Srna within a specific lineage of visual expression from his earliest years. His formal training began at the Škola úžitkového výtvarníctva Josefa Vydru in Bratislava, where he studied from 1994 to 1998. During this time, he worked within the department of restoration and conser…