bio
born
15th March 1981 in Jihlava, Czech Republic
He lives in Brno Soběšice.
education
1993–1999 Grammar School, Třeboň
1999–2005 Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology – Studio Painting II (Prof. M. Mainer)
2002 Semester in Studio Performance (Prof. T. Ruller), ibid.
contact
awards
Dave Bown Projects, 11th semiannual competition (finalist), New York City, 2015
2nd place in art competition Artkontakt, Brno, 2004
The Prize Of Decan, Brno, 2003
collections
The National Gallery in Prague
The Hodonín Gallery of Fine Arts
Private collections: Biggs, Hillsboro, Richmond, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anguilla, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Spain, Japan, Saudi Arabia
solo exhibitions
"Cultivate – Self", Opobchod Store, Jemnice,18 Feb – 17 May 2024
"World according to Plan", (together with Jonáš Karel Karpíšek), Umakart Gallery, Brno, 6 Sep – 2 Oct 2022
"Beehive in Ji-Hlava", Nonstrop Gallery, Jihlava, 3 Aug – 31 Oct 2022
"History lesson", Labyrinth School, Brno, 1 Sep – 21 Nov 2021
"Spring of Collections", Josef Jambor Gallery, Tišnov, 8 Aug – 27 Sep 2020 - Photo report
"Drawings and letters", Zastavkafe, Chotěboř, 18 Dec 2019 – 30 Jan 2020
"Bee Images", Alternativa, Vysočina County Gallery, Jihlava, 13 Sep – 14 Oct 2018
"Paintings by Bees", Diera do sveta, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, 21 Jul – 31 Aug 2018
"Paintings by father beekeeper", Community center Brno-North, Brno, 16 Mar – 10 May 2018
"Drawings", Doma Gallery, Kyjov, 13 May – 8 Jun 2017
"Art with Bees", Deptford Cinema, London, 16–31 Mar 2017
"Layer of Illusion", Gallery U kolen / Tři ocásci, Brno, 10 Oct – 11 Nov 2016
"Plevel in Jindřišská", vegan & raw restaurant Plevel, Prague, 16 Sep – 10 Nov 2016
"Commemoration celebration for extinct plants", (with Ondřej Maleček), Na shledanou Gallery, Malsička cemetery, Volyně, 27 Aug 2016 – 1 Sep 2017
"Landscape is Divine", evangelical house of prayer, Brno Židenice, 11 Jun – 11 Jul 2016
"From The Red Hills", Café Park, Prague, 11 May – 8 Jun 2016
"5&30", Literary Tearoom Glass Meadow (Skleněná louka), Brno, 16 Mar – 7 May 2016
"Chaverim Tovim", (together with Daniela Mikulášková), Verbena, Brno, 20 Jan – 18 Feb 2016
"Rysunki dla Joachima", Café Šestá větev, Brno, 8 Jan – 6 Feb 2016
"Better And More Happily", (together with Tomáš Ronovský), industrial music bar and gallery Schrott, Brno, 27 Nov 2015 – 13 Jan 2016
"Reality is a miracle" (project VýTěr, together with Ondřej Horák, curator Dominika Halvová), Gallery Off/Format, 11 Mar – 17 Mar 2015
"Mortgage on a coat", Gallery Dole, antiquarian bookshop Fiducia, Ostrava, 27 Jan – 7 Mar 2014
"About the teeth, about the objectives, about the mind, about the tranquility", Prokopka Gallery, Prague, 11 Dec 2012 – 14 Jan 2013
"The Green Man and other paintings", Café and Bakery Zastávka, Brno, 4 Sep – 30 Sep 2012
"I walked barefoot to the garden", Gallery under the city-hall, Club of art admirers Ústí nad Orlicí, 25 May – 15 Jun 2012
"Art with bees", Kabinet Gallery, Střítež, 11 Sep – 13 Oct 2011
"Reduced abstract and natural paintings", Lipka – The House of Ecological Education, Kamenná, Brno, 30 May – 30 Jun 2011
"down-to-earth", Místogalerie, Brno, 21 Apr – 12 May 2011
"Brian Tjepkema, Jan Karpíšek", (with Brian Tjepkema), Doma Gallery, Kyjov, 4 Jun – 20 Jun 2010
"Everything has got its own head!", (with Lukáš Karbus), Café Sausalito, Brno, 29 Apr – 9 Jun 2010
"OHEŇÍHIT – Freegan art of time paintings?", U mloka Gallery, Olomouc, 21 Oct – 13 Nov 2009
"Well we all are in the Kettle, but everything is absolutely allright", Institute of macromolecular chemistry AV ČR, Prague, 13 Oct – 7 Nov 2008
"A Painter, A Man", Dolmen Gallery, Uherské Hradiště, 29 Sep – 26 Oct 2007
"Ecogardener’s brush-drawings on paper", Minikino Gallery, Ostrava, 28 Sep – 31 Oct 2007
"Confession in Krmítko (Bird Table)", student club Krmítko at Faculty of Arts (Masaryk University), Brno, 21 Feb – 14 Mar 2006
"Following Mind and Time", Gallery Artkontakt, Brno, 2005
"The Passing Of The Time" (Performance), Festival New Media, Cheb, 2003
"Paintings", Salon Zena, Jezuitska Street, Brno, 2002/2003
selected collective exhibitions
"Beyond the Horizon of Landscape“, The Museum in Šlapanice, 25 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
"Exhibition of the plein-air art symposium Landscape of Art Jimramov 2025“, former Church of St. Matthew in Jimramov, 4 – 31 Oct 2025
"BUZZ", INHABIT Galerie, Corrales, New Mexico, USA, 12 Apr – 29 Jun 2025
"Second Biochar Ritual", performance at the festival Steirischer Herbst ʼ24 – Horror Patriae, Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Austria, 28 Sep 2024
"Rendezvous extended: Value / Wert, Druhá města / Andere Städte", Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Austria, 14 Sep – 26 Oct 2024
"Second Cities - andere Städte", Káznice, Brno, 13 Jun – 12 Jul 2024
"Personal Mythologies", House of the Lords of Kunštát, House of Arts, Brno, 14 Sep – 13 Nov 2022
"When I hear you say it, I have joy in my eyes", Cursor Gallery, Center for Contemporary Arts Prague, 6 Oct – 28 Nov 2021
"We Must Cultivate Our Gardens", Zahorie Gallery of Jan Mudroch in Senica, Slovakia, 20 Aug – 10 Oct 2021
"Here and now!", House of Arts, Brno, 16 Feb – 11 Jul 2021
"Boys and Girls", Nová Galerie, Prague, 7 Mar – 18 Apr 2019
"Pre-auction exhibition for St. Lazarus Hospice in Pilsen", Gallery Klatovy Klenová, 17–30 Nov 2017
"Petr Bezruč – bard first he spoke", Silesian Museum, Opava, 13 Sep 2017 – 18 Feb 2018
"Czech Honey", The Archivist’s Gallery, London, UK, 12–17 Sep 2017
"Wail of Silence", Gallery 1435 mm, Praha-Žižkov freight railway station, Prague, 1–30 Jun 2017
"Klein- und Großformat", Ausstellungsbrücke, Niederösterreichisches Landhaus, St. Pölten, Austria, 16 Feb – 19 Mar 2017
"Landscape 2017", Nová galerie, Prague, 25 Jan – 3 Mar 2017
"I don’t know how this turns out", Sam83 Gallery, Česká Bříza, 4 Sep – 15 Oct 2016
"5th visit to the collection of contemporary art of Zeman spouses", Gallery Sladovna, Žatec, 15 Apr 2016 – 31 Jan 2017
"Etcetera 1", pre-auction exhibition, Gallery Kvalitar, Prague, 17–21 Nov 2015
"Spectrum 2k", Cafe Prostoru_, NTK, Prague, 21 Jul – 7 Sep 2015
"The Stinging Nettles", Industra Art, Brno, 11 Jun – 2 Aug 2015
"The Gardens", Gallery of the city Blansko, 25 Apr – 27 May 2015
"SET 4", Betakontext, Berlin, Germany, 27 Mar – 27 May 2015
"ArtPrague 2015", Kafka’s house, Prague, 24–29 Mar 2015
"Urban Beeing / Beekeping in the cities", Školská 28 Gallery, Prague, 21 Nov – 12 Dec 2014
12th auction show "Artists for the Barriers Account", Veletržní palace, National Gallery, Prague, 28 Nov – 12 Dec 2014
"By a bee and by milk", Jiří Putna Gallery, Brno, 3 Oct 2014
"Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art", The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, USA, 7 Sep 2014 – 1 Mar 2015
“Benefity for Atelier magazine”, Gallery of Critics, Adria Pallace, Prague, 15–27 Jul 2014
“Metamorphosis”, Villa Mysteria, Open Air Program, Hradec Králové, 21–30 Jun 2014
“Third visit to the collection spouses Zeman”, Gallery Sladovna, Žatec, 14 Apr – 29 Sep 2014
“Animals”, Café Steiner, Brno, 26 Feb – 16 Apr 2014
“First visit to the collection spouses Zeman”, Gallery Sladovna, Žatec, 26 Sep 2012 – 29 Mar 2013
“The body is an earthly garden of suffering”, Moving station, South suburb station , Plzeň, 23 Apr – 15 May 2012
"I wish, 001", art on topic of human rights, Deqiang College, Harbin, China, 7–16 Dec 2011
"Small Format 2011", International painting symposium, Gallery of Visual Arts in Hodonín, 11–28 Aug 2011
"Silent post melts the bounds", Café Steiner, Brno, 20 Dec 2010 – 29 Jan 2011
"Eko Bio", Reduta Theatre, Brno, 15 Dec 2010 – 21 Jan 2011
"Apartment exhibition", flat no.3, Gorkého Street 2, Brno, 14 Dec 2010 – 20 Jan 2011
"Une femme est une femme: Us in woman, woman in us", Alfa Passage, Brno, 6–23 Dec 2010
"Blaze", Gallery of the Šumperk Region, Šumperk, 10 Sep – 7 Nov 2010
"Boys and girls who don’t mind about that", Sam83 Gallery, Česká Bříza, 15 Aug – 13 Oct 2010
"Blaze.cz Telč", Atelier Návrat, Telč, 31 Jul – 14 Aug 2010
"Blaze.cz Jihlava", Vysočina County Gallery, Jihlava, 6–23 May 2010
"Ratolest Gallery", Café Sausalito, Brno, 24 Feb – 31 Mar 2010
"Blaze.cz", Kašpar Dostal Gallery, Prague, 16 Jan – 16 Feb 2010
"Christmas Presents Distribution by the Blissful Ones", Café Steiner, Brno, 18 Dec 2009 – 14 Jan 2010
"Normal Childhood", benefit exhibition, House of Lords of Lipá, Brno, 14 Sep – 4 Oct 2009
"Betakontext", Freie Internationale Tankstelle, Berlin, Germany, 5–8 Aug 2009
"Svitava to Svět (World)", Exhibition Hall Below the Tower, Třeboň, 1–30 Aug 2009
"Cycle Tchèque", Lagalerie, Rue de la Forge Royale, Paris, France, 24 Jun – 4 Jul 2009
"Stuck in the Middle of November II", Dolmen Gallery, Kampa, Prague, 18 Jun – 12 Jul 2009
"Blaze 2", Gallery Starý Pivovar, Brno, 8 Apr – 8 May 2009
"The Pack of Bats", Gallery of the city Blansko, 10 Jan – 11 Feb 2009
"Stuck in the Middle of November II", Dolmen Gallery, Brno, 4–25 Nov 2008
"The Horizontal Eight and The Banana", Reduta Theatre, Brno, 10 Oct – 16 Nov 2008
"Blaze.cz", U mloka Gallery, Olomouc, 8 Oct – 8 Nov 2008
"Fifty-Fifty – gender, porno and art", Hala C, Prague, 26 Sep – 14 Oct 2008
"Kampa Punkwo?", Dolmen Gallery, Kampa, Prague, 18 Jun – 10 Jul 2008
"VII. Art Prague", (Basic), Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, 26 May – 1 Jun 2008
"The Critics Prize for Young Painting", Gallery of Critics, Adria Pallace, Prague, 30 Jan – 15 Feb 2008
"BBKL-Labor" (mail-art), Kunstraum, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 29 Jan – 16 Mar 2008
"Punkwa – Vernissage", Peng, Mainz, Germany, 12 Jan – 2 Feb 2008
"King Industry", The Slovak National Gallery, Zvolen Castle, Slovakia, 6–27 Jan 2008
"Stuck in the Middle of November", Topič‘s Salon, Prague, 10–30 Nov 2007
"The Anomal Paintings about Brno", Gallery Vinum Missae, Havlíčkův Brod, 9 Nov – 10 Dec 2007
"ARSkontakt Balance", The Supreme Burgrave’s House, Prague, 2–28 Oct 2007
"Vernisage", Vrakbar, Jihlava, 24 Sep – 30 Oct 2007
"40 days of Punkwa", Dolmen Gallery, Brno, 3 Jul – 13 Aug 2007
"Wine", Vinothek At The Golden Pike, Kolín, 28 Jun – 28 Jul 2007
"ARSkontakt: The Balance", South Wing of The New City-Hall, Brno, 18 Apr – 15 May 2007
"Amaro Jilo – Our Heart", House of Arts, Brno, 12–26 Apr 2007
"8th auction salon of artists for BARIÉRY account", Cloisters of Carolinum, Prague, 14 Nov – 2 Dec 2006
"El Temperamento Nuevo", House of Blues, Plzeň, 24 Oct – 23 Nov 2006
"Letní Slunowrat", Housův Mlýn, Tábor, 16–30 Jun 2006
"Pipistrello", Club Fleda, Brno, 30 Mar – 2 May 2006
"Damerychtufauleve", Galerie FaVU, Brno, 7–19 Feb 2006
Christmas show, Slévárna Vaňkovka Gallery, Brno, 6–20 Dec 2005
"Diploma works exhibition, Gallery Aspekt, Brno, 2005
"International Biennale of Contemporary Art", National Gallery, Prague, 2005
"ArtPrague", Gallery of Vaclav Spala, Prague, 2005
"Punkwa – 001", Gallery in Old-Firemen-Station, Brno-Komín, 2005
"Artkontakt", 2nd year on travell, Gallery XXL, Louny, 16 Apr – 20 May 2005
"Artkontakt", 2nd year, Gallery At the Good Shepherd’s, Brno, 2005
"Malta 2", Hadivadlo Theater, Brno, 2005
"Homepage", Exhibition of artist’s web pages, Gallery Doubner, Prague, 2004
"Artkontakt", art competition, Gallery Vltavín, Prague, 2004
"Artkontakt", art competition, Gallery XXL, Louny, 1 Jun – 16 Jul 2004
"Contacts", International symposium of Fine Arts Academies, Grannary Klenová, 2004
"QuasiReality", Gallery Riverside, Prague, 2004
"Artkontakt", art competition, Gallery of Youngs, Brno, 2004
"MMS", The Brno City Theatre, 2004
"Astorka II", The Library Of Janáček Academy of Music And Performing Arts, Brno, 2004
"Atelier Klasse – Klasse Atelier", House of Arts, Brno, 2004
The Library Of Janáček Academy of Music And Performing Arts, Brno, 2003
Gallery Bartholomeus, Festival New Media, Cheb, 2003
"Between The Church And The Square", Březanova Street No. 6, Třeboň, 2003
"Honza, don’t forget to put out the wings!", Gallery NoD, Roxy, Prague, 2002
"The Quick One", Studio Of Environment, FaVU, Brno, 2002
Gallery of Critics, Adria Pallace, Prague, 2002
Vegetarian Agitprop Canvas of Nesehnutí, Malinovský Square, Brno, 2002
Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2002
Gallery Of Felix Jenewein, Kutná Hora, 2002
Ján Šmok Gallery, Jihlava, 2001
Castle in Náměšť na Hané, 2001
Staroměstská Radnice (The Old City-hall), Prague, 2001
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