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Biochar Art

Artworks created with biochar, soil, and natural materials during land art performances and rituals.

Jan Karpíšek: Sea and Sky, reverse of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac

Sea and Sky

reverse of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac, 104 × 135 cm, 2026

Jan Karpíšek: Black Buddha, face of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac, 135×105 cm, 2026

Black Buddha

face of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac, 135 × 105 cm, 2026

Jan Karpíšek: Black Buddha (reverse), reverse of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac, 135×105 cm, 2026

Black Buddha (reverse)

reverse of a dried-up puddle, natural earth pigments and biochar on linen canvas, fixed with hare glue and shellac, 135 × 105 cm, 2026

Jan Karpíšek, Earth and Night (2025) - Large-scale biochar and soil artwork created during performance at Krajina umění plein air, Jimramov

Earth and Night

soil and biochar on canvas, saturated with walnut oil, 95 × 160 cm, 2025

Jan Karpíšek - Night Landscape: Contemporary artwork created with soil and biochar on canvas saturated with poppy oil during the Biochar Orchard Burning performance at Krajina umění (Art Landscape) plein air festival, Jimramov, Czech Republic, September 6, 2025

Night Landscape

soil and biochar on canvas, saturated with poppy oil, 50 × 70 cm, 2025

Jan Karpíšek: Second Biochar Ritual, performed as part of the festival Steierische Herbst '24, Graz, Austria, September 2024 (photo: Elias Holzknecht), performer using biochar, half nude

Second Biochar Ritual

Jan Karpíšek: Purification, a performance in the river Mur with biochar on the face, as part of the group project Second Cities, Graz, Austria, September 2024 (photo: Elias Holzknecht), performer sitting half naked on the stone in the river with biochar on his face

Purification

The artist stands in the courtyard of Schaumbad, Graz, watching sparks swirl from a biochar retort during a performance, while in the background the tall chimneys of the Energie Steiermark heating plant burn Russian gas.

Biochar Ritual

Jan Karpíšek - Time Flowing Moments Fly, performance, 2004

Time Flowing Moments Fly

action painting (result of the performance Throwing Action), symposium Contacts, Klenová, 150 × 200 cm, 2004