Born 1974, Prague, ČSSR
education
2009 - 2014
PhD., Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education (Visual Arts)
1992 - 1998
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague (studios of Adéla Matasová and Pavel Štecha)
1988–92
Václav Hollar School of Fine Arts, Prague
Stipends and residencies
2015
Frontiers of Solitude, Finmark, NO
2012
Faculdade de Ciemnccias Sociais e Humanas | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT
2009
Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa, PT
2007
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, MX
2005
Egon Schiele Art Center, Český Krumlov, CZ
2004
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York City, USA
2000
Heart Project, Helsinki, Finland
1998
Germinations X, Delphi, Greece
1997
Norwich School of Art and Design, Great Britain
Awards
2009, 2005
short listed for Jindřich Chalupecký Award for Young Artists
Solo exhibitions
2019
Oumuamua, AlternativaARCHA, Lubná, Czech Republic
2018
Quartz, Galerie 1.patro, Prague
The Last Footprint & Q: / Seconds Before…, Fait Gallery, Brno
2016
Silent Game, Czech Center in Sofia, Bulgaria
Králík a královna / Rabbit and the Queen, Prague City Gallery, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, Prague
2014
Ship, Ship, Slip and Drip (with William Hunt), hunt kastner, Prague
2013
DDMMYY, Gallery Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal, PT
2012
Shore Patrol, Fotograf festival: Off Limits / Photography in a Public Space, Verdikt, Prague
Chiliagon (with Jan Šerých), Fait Gallery, Mem, Brno
2011
Whale Has Heart Big as Size of a Car (with David Böhm), Fotograf Gallery, Prague
2010
Fish People, Josef Sudek Studio, Prague
2009
Next Time, House of Art, České Budějovice
2008
Eye-Glasses (with guest Martin Vančát), Galerie 35M2, Prague
Somewhere Else, (with guest David Böhm), Josef Sudek Studio, Prague
Olive in a Martini (with guest Lenka Vítková), hunt kastner, Prague
2007
Classic, Šternberk City Gallery, Šternberk
2006
It’s Starting Again, Prague City Gallery, Old Town Hall, Prague
Underway, Czech Center, New York City, USA
2005
Diamond Valley, Gallery G99, Brno
2004
Cyclone, Gallery Jelení, Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague
AK Photographs, Gallery XXL, Louny
2002
“Die Station Sehnsucht” (with Michal Pechouček), Gallery Unsichtbar, Stuttgart, DE
2001
The Film’s End, Gallery 761, Ostrava & Gallery Fiducia, Ostrava
Trip to the Hook, Gallery Malá Špálovka, Prague
Kyjev / Kiev, (with Jiří David), MXM Gallery, Prague
2000
House No.9 / Heart Project, Prague-Helsinki 2000, (with Marja Kanervo), Mankkaa, Finland & Palackého náměstí – subway station; Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague
1999
Temporary Person II, Palais Jalta, Frankfurt am Main, DE
1998
Temporary Person I., Križanke, Ljubljana, SL
Temporary Person, Theatre Archa, Prague
Group exhibitions (selection)
2020
Šest pohlednic (Jolana Havelková a autoři), Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno
David Böhm a Jiří Franta Vykladači světa, Villa Pellé, Prague
2019
Quodlibet, curated by Karel Císař, hunt kastner, Prague
2018
The Audience Has Award, curated by Jindrich Chalupecky society, Galerie TIC, Brno
It Started with a Memory…, curated by Nina Moravcová, 4+4 Days in Motion Festival, Prague
Fotografky ze sbírek galerie Klatovy / Klenová, curated by Michal Lazorčík, Galerie Klatovy – Klenová
Eight, curated by Blanka Čermaková, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Tribute to the Skirt, curated by Marketa Vinglerová, 8smička, Humpolec
Apparatus 2.0: Nespolehlivá knihovna, Centrum pro současné umění Praha
Confluențe 100/ Confluences 100, Galateca, Bucharest, RO
Wie banal ist das Böse?, curated by Katarzyna Uszynska, part of the Vienna Curated by program
2017
Soulful Interiors, curated by Michal Koleček and Marcela Štýbrová, West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen
New Acquisitions of the Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague
2016
Na pomezí Samoty | Frontiers of Solitude, galerie Fotograf and galerie Školska 28, Prague; Vysočiny Regional Gallery, Jihlava; Gallery Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Reflexe / Jam Session of Pavel Baňka and His Guests, Dům umění – Univerzitní umělecké centrum / Fakulta umění a designu UJEP v Ústí nad Labem
Teorie chlupatého míče | Theory of the Furry Ball, galerie Klenovy – Klatová, curated by Adéla Matasová, Klatovy
Aparát utopického obrazu, curated by Pavela Sceranková and Dušan Zahoranský, galerie EFA, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA
Nevratný posun, Brno House of Arts, Dům Pánů z Kunštátu, curated by Jen Kratochvíl, concept Adéla MAtasová Brno
Krajina na konci času /Landscape at the End of Time, National Gallery Perla, Vrané nad Vltavou
Galerie SPZ, (vlajka|Flag), Prague
Nezávislý výzkum subjektivity, 4+4 dny v pohybu, U radnice 5, Prague
2015
Teseract, Gallery AMU, Prague
How Not to Want Anything, 4+4 Days in Motion, Desfours Palace, Prague
I Exist… (Selfportrait in the Contemporary Czech Fine Arts – Sample), Gallery 35m2, Prague
Distant Observers, The Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem
2014
Variable Collection, National Gallery Perla, Vrané nad Vltavou
In a Skirt – Sometimes / Art of the 1990s, Prague City Gallery, The Golden Ring, Prague
The Charm of the Still-Life, Josef Sudek Studio, Prague
Call Me on Sunday, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria, AT
In a Skirt – Sometimes, The Moravian Gallery in Brno
7th New Zlín Salon, The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín
Zone in Motion, DOX, Prague
About the Chair, 9th International Biennial Of Photography And Visual Arts, Liege, Belgium, BE
2013
The Beginning of the Century 2000-2010, Ostravian gallery, Ostrava, CZ
The Sea! Why is not here! Regional Gallery of Vysočina in Jihlava, CZ
Their Photographs, Gallery 5th floor, Prague, CZ
The Earth Turns And All Things Slip Away, curated by Edith Jeřabková, hunt kastner, Prague, CZ
2012
Ř/ Czech National Identity in Contemporary Art, Gallery AAAD, Prague, CZ
Film. Directed by Artists / Film in Contemporary Art, Gallery Nitra, SK
My Place/the Space of Intertext, Gallery Trafačka, Prague, CZ
The Beginning of the Century, West Bohemian Gallery, Masné krámy, Pilsen, CZ
Between the First and Second Modernity (1985-2012), NG, Veletržní Palace, Prague, CZ
Hidden Publics, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem; Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE
2011
Scenario Strategies, MeetFactory Gallery, Prague
Just so Stories, Revolutionary Art Project, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia
Turned Down, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, CZ
The Sea Through Which We All Sail, Gallery Chodovská tvrz, Prague, CZ
Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, Canary Island
Mutating Medium, Photography in Czech Art 1990–2010, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
NY / PRAGUE 6, Czech Center, New York City, USA
2010
Collected Reflections, Entrance, Karlín Studios, Prague, CZ
… and Don’t Forget the Flowers, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Pražák Palace, Brno, CZ
The Lost Highway, (with Tomáš Vaněk), hunt kastner at Villa Reykjavik, Iceland
Collectors: The Czech–Slovak Pavilion, Hilger Brot Kunst Halle, Vienna, AT
2009
Jindřich Chalupecký Award, Final 09, DOX, Prague, CZ
What Lies Beneath, House of Sweden, Washington DC, USA
After Velvet, Prague City Gallery, House of the Golden Ring, Prague, CZ
White Paper, Black Bride, Prague Biennale 4, Karlín Hall, Prague, CZ
Formats of Transformation 89–09, Seven views of new Czech and Slovak identity, Brno House of Arts; MUSA, Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, AT
Behind the Velvet Curtain: Contemporary Art from the Czech Republic, Katzen Arts Center, American
University Museum, Washington DC, USA
Czech Photography of 20th Century, Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublic Deutschland,
Bonn, DE
Month of Photography, Aktualizacja I., Krakow, PL
2008
The Deep Mystique of TAO, Lidice Gallery, CZ
When I was a Little Boy I used to Play with Girls, Gallery at the White Unicorn, Klatovy, CZ
Contemporary Czech Cubism, Prague City Gallery, Old Town Hall, Prague, CZ
In / Visible, Gallery U Mloka, Olomouc, CZ
2007
If You Don’t See Me, I Don’t Exist, FUTURA, Prague
Glocal Girls: Young Czech and Slovak Women Photographers, Prague Biennale 3, Karlín Hall, Prague, CZ
Sklerotische Nachbar/i /n, Fluss-NÖ, Initiative für Foto und Medienkunst, Wolkersdorf, Austria
Gross Domestic Product, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague; MARS Gallery, Moscow, RU
Facelift: 3 Contemporary Czech and Slovak Artists (with Kateřina Šedá and Lucie Nimcová), A.I.R., Gallery, New York City, USA
Punctum, Futura, Prague, CZ
INTERCITY Berlin-Prague /07 Fotographie, Kunst- und Medienzentrum Adlershof, Berlin, DE
2006
UFO, The Images of The Invisible Phenomenon, Photo Forum Pasquart, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
Placing Sense, MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Jindřich Chalupecký Award Finalists, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague, CZ
Cultural Domestication – Instinctual Desire, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Imprese, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
INTERCITY Berlin-Prague / 07 Fotographie, Gallery Mánes, Prague, CZ
Czech Photography of 20th Century, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague, CZ
Insiders, DUMB, House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno, CZ; Futura, Prague, CZ
2004
Certain Traces: Dialogue Prague-Los Angeles, Šípkárna, Prague; Gallery S.C.A.P.E, Los Angeles, USA
Photography ??, Gallery at the White Unicorn, Klatovy; DUMB, House of Lords of Kunštát, Brno, CZ
Interkosmos 2004, Gallery Raster, Warsaw, PL
Jaromír Funke Award Finalists, Prague House of Photography, Prague, CZ
2003
Compression, Kolonie Wedding International & Gallery Amanda Deva, Berlin, DE
Pal Fiction, Gallery Art Factory, Prague, CZ
INOUT, International Festival of the Digital Image, Prague-Bratislava-Budapest
Survey’03, Futura, Prague, CZ
Temporary Spaces, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Elektrobot, Home Gallery, Prague, CZ
2002
It Happened One Night…, Municipal Gallery of Pilsen, Pilsen, CZ
Politik-Um / New Engagement, Theresian Wing, Prague Castle, Prague, CZ
4th Biennial of Young Artists, Prague City Gallery, House of the Stone Bell, Prague, CZ
2001
Vintage and Contemporary Czech Photography, SK Josefsberg Gallery, Portland; Benham Gallery,
Seattle, USA
Femme Fatale, Felix Jenewein Gallery, Kutná Hora
FOTOK, MEO, Budapest, Hungary
No Flash!, Center for Contemporary Arts, Kiev, Ukraine
2000
Story, Gallery NoD, Prague, CZ
Videofashion, Gallery Eskort, Brno, CZ
The Second Zlín Salon of Young Artists, City Gallery of Zlín, CZ
On a Free Theme But to the Point, Vacláv Špála Gallery, Prague, CZ
ÜberlebensKunst, NBK, Berlin; Castle Plassenburg, Kulmbach, DE
Transglobe, Gallery Mánes, Prague, CZ
1999
99 CZ, Václavské náměstí 15, Prague, CZ
Germinations X, European Projects for Young Artists, Kultur-Elzenfeld, Antwerpen, Belgium
Crossings, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
Ordinary Fairy-Tales, Gallery at the White Unicorn, Klatovy, CZ
Perplex, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague, CZ
Vidiny, Gallery NoD, Prague, CZ
1998
Germinations X, European Projects for Young Artists, Gallery Factory, Athens, Greece
Body and Photography, First Photographic Festival FOTO Praha – Kolín, Kolín, CZ
Artwork in Public Spaces, organized by the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague, CZ
1997
Forum 2000, Theatre Archa, Prague, CZ
Contacts, The 2nd International Open Air Symposium, Gallery Sýpka, Klenová, CZ
1994
New Names, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague, CZ
Istroprojekt, 2nd International Student Biennial of Academies of Fine Arts, House of Culture,
Bratislava, Slovakia, SK
Moon Faces, Modes Robes, Prague, CZ