Conceptual Art

Works made in collaboration with non-human actors: honeybees, drying puddles, rust and other natural processes. More in the essay Art by Bees.

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 - Buddha, natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 135×105 cm, 2025

Buddha

natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 135 × 105 cm, 2025
Jan Karpíšek - Slope, natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 133×104 cm, 2025

Slope

natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 133 × 104 cm, 2025
Jan Karpíšek: Škoda Octavia, process painting (rusting metal on canvas), 40×120 cm, 2024, modern painting, contemporary conceptual art, painting by rust

Škoda Octavia

process painting (rusting metal on canvas), 40 × 120 cm, 2024
Jan Karpíšek – Score I., abstract artwork created through honeybees interaction on paper, organic propolis shapes and chewed holes resembling musical notation, mixed natural patterns, 30×37 cm, 2020

Score I.

honeybees interaction on paper, 30 × 37 cm, 2020
Jan Karpíšek: Anubis, honeybees interaction on canvas, 38×42 cm, 2020, art with bees, contemporary art

Anubis

honeybees interaction on canvas, 38 × 42 cm, 2020
Jan Karpíšek: Golden Cage, honeybees interaction on canvas, 42×42 cm, 2020, contemporary art with bees

Golden Cage

honeybees interaction on canvas, 42 × 42 cm, 2020
Jan Karpíšek: Pink Notes, honeybees interaction on canvas, 42×42 cm, 2020, contemporary art by bees

Pink Notes

honeybees interaction on canvas, 42 × 42 cm, 2020
Jan Karpíšek: Abstraction by Bees #3, honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70×80 cm, 2018, contemporary art by bees, abstract painting

Abstraction by Bees #3

honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70 × 80 cm, 2018
Jan Karpíšek: Abstraction by Bees #2, honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70×80 cm, 2018, contemporary art, art by bees

Abstraction by Bees #2

honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70 × 80 cm, 2018
Jan Karpíšek: Abstraction by Bees #1, honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70×80 cm, 2018, contemporary art, art by bees

Abstraction by Bees #1

honeybees interaction / colored papers, 70 × 80 cm, 2018
Jan Karpíšek: Vladimír Mečiar, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, 39×30 cm, 2018, contemporary art, Slovak politician, political portrait finished by bees

Vladimír Mečiar

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, 39 × 30 cm, 2018
Jan Karpíšek: Andrej Babiš #2, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 40×30 cm, 2017, contemporary art, Babiš portrait, art by bees

Andrej Babiš #2

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 40×30 cm, 40 × 30 cm, 2017
Jan Karpíšek: Vladimir Putin, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, contemporary art, drwaing finished by bees, political portrait, conceptual art, Putin in art, Putin portrait

Vladimir Putin

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, art by bees, Erdogan portrait, Erdogan in art

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Hillary Clinton, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, Clinton portrait, art by bess

Hillary Clinton

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Donald Trump #2, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, Trump in art, contemporary art, Donald Trump portrait

Donald Trump #2

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Donald Trump #1, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, contemporary art, Trump painting, Trump in art, art by bees

Donald Trump #1

honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Hidden Movers, honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, Czech text

Hidden Movers

honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Wood Beings, honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 39×40 cm, 2016, contemporary art, art by bees, Holes in the canvas gnawed by bees, yellow color by bees

Forest Beings

honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 39×40 cm, 39 × 40 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Words, honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, contemporary art, koan, art by bees, German text

Words

honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Towers, honeybees interaction / propolis on towel (ready-made), 55×40 cm, 2016, art with bees, contemporary art, propolis on canvas

Towers

honeybees interaction / propolis on towel (ready-made), 55 × 40 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Sechs, honeybees interaction / residue of handmade paper inserted in the beehive, 20×33 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, fragment

Sechs

honeybees interaction / residue of handmade paper inserted in the beehive, 20 × 33 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Dear Bees, honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 39×39 cm, 2014, letter to bees, contemporary art, philosophy art, letter in Czech

Dear Bees

honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 39 × 39 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Liebe Bienen #1, honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 38×39 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in German, future of the mankind

Liebe Bienen #1

honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 38×39 cm, 39 × 38 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Liebe Bienen #2, honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 38×39 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in German, subtle humor, text art

Liebe Bienen #2

honeybees interaction / acrylic on canvas, ca 38×39 cm, 38 × 39 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Liebe Bienen #3, honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in German, text art

Liebe Bienen #3

honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Liebe Bienen #4, honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in German, text art

Liebe Bienen #4

honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Liebe Bienen #5, honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 2016, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in German, Bodhidharma, koan, text art

Liebe Bienen #5

honeybees interaction / acrylic on handmade paper, ca 39×30 cm, 39 × 30 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Greenish Landscape, ready-made from the beekeeper's workshop, 110×115 cm, 2016, contemporary abstract art, rust painting

Greenish Landscape

ready-made from the beekeeper's workshop, 110 × 115 cm, 2016
Jan Karpíšek: Hello Bees, honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 39×39 cm, 2014, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in English

Hello Bees

honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 39 × 39 cm, 2014
Jan Karpíšek: Dear Queen, honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 24×39 cm, 2014, letter to bees, contemporary art, letter in Czech

Dear Queen

honeybees interaction and acrylic on canvas, 24 × 39 cm, 2014
Jan Karpíšek: Visions and Dreams, net perforated by bee mandibles and acrylic on canvas in the background, 24×39cm, 2014, contemporary art, bees art

Visions and Dreams

net perforated by bee mandibles and acrylic on canvas in the background, 24 × 39 cm, 2014
Jan Karpíšek: Fish, mixed media, wood and honeycomb, 24×39 cm, 2011, art by bees, wax assemblage by bees

Fish

mixed media, wood and honeycomb, 24 × 39 cm, 2011
Jan Karpíšek: Flying Saucer, honeybees interaction / propolis on canvas, 24×39 cm, 2011, contemporary painting, art by bees, ufo art, U.F.O.

Flying Saucer

honeybees interaction / propolis on canvas, 24 × 39 cm, 2011
Jan Karpíšek: Headland, mixed media, bee propolis on netting, 24×39 cm, 2011, , contemporary art, art by bees

Headland

mixed media, bee propolis on netting, 24 × 39 cm, 2011
Jan Karpíšek: Heads, mixed media on canvas, oil and honeycomb, 24×39 cm, 2011, contemporary art, art by bees

Heads

mixed media on canvas, oil and honeycomb, 24 × 39 cm, 2011
Jan Karpíšek: Double Pool, natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (double dried-up pool), 90×150cm, 2009, contemporary painting, conceptual art

Double Pool

natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (double dried-up pool), 90 × 150 cm, 2009
Jan Karpíšek: Oheňíhit, natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 145×200 cm, 2009, Saudi Arabia, private collection, abstract painting, contemporary painting

Oheňíhit

natural pigments from Rudice on canvas (dried-up pool), 145 × 200 cm, 2009
Jan Karpíšek: Winter Mandala, natural pigments from Rudice on canvas, 64×84 cm, 2009, contemporary natural painting, mandala by natural pigments

Winter Mandala

natural pigments from Rudice on canvas, 64 × 84 cm, 2009
Jan Karpíšek - Rain Painting, process painting, 2004

Rain Painting

process painting (rain on canvas), symposium Contacts, Klenová, 2004
Jan Karpíšek - Flow Of Time, 2003

Flow of Time

Flow of Time ritual, New Media festival, Cheb, 2003