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Libertíny was born in Slovakia in 1979. In 1999, he enrolled in the Industrial Design Department at the Technical University in Slovakia.
In 2001, he was awarded George Soros’s Open Society Institute Scholarship to study at The University of Washington in Seattle, where he explored painting and sculpture.
Shortly afterwards, he continued his study at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in painting and conceptual design.
Libertiny enrolled in Masters program at the Design Academy Eindhoven where he received his MFA in 2006. In fall of 2007, he found his studio in Rotterdam where he is focused on exploring design strategies in art and science. The studio produces his works for private collectors, galleries and industrial manufacture. In 2009 he was awarded The Designer of The Future during Art Basel.
His works have recently been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and Cincinatti Art Museum. Libertíny is also a frequent speaker at conferences and a visiting lecturer.