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PHOTOGRAPHER
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Life in Blue, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava
Looking Back. Salon Daguerre, Brno
Life in Blue, Mala galerie české sporitelny, Kladno
Life in Blue, Fotofestival, Blatná
Life in Blue, Kino Hvězda, Uherské Hradi‘tě
2011
Life in Blue, BlueSky Gallery, Portland
Life in Blue, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington
2010
Life in Blue, Hidden Landscapes, Fotogalerie im Grazer Rathaus, Graz
Life in Blue, Fotografic Gallery, Prague
2009
Life in Blue, Galerie Zluta ponorka, Znojmo
Hidden Landscapes, Reich Steinhof, Poysdorf
2007
Life in Blue, Galerie Artistu, Brno
Home Sweet Home, Galerie113, Bialystok
Life in Blue, Home Sweet Home, Galerie Opera, Ostrava
Gypsies in Brno City, Galerie auf der Pawlatsche, Wien
Gypsies in Brno City, ONE WORLD documentary movies festival, Zlin
2006
War?, GM Gallery, Pardubice, Galerie Artistu, Brno
2004
Ecce Homo, Leica Gallery Prague, Prague
2003
Ecce Homo, French Cultural Institute, Amman
Ecce Homo, Leica Gallery, Solms
Ecce Homo, Galerie Artistu, Brno
Ecce Homo, Summer Cultural Festival, Boskovice
2002
Ecce Homo, Fiducia Gallery, Ostrava
Ecce Homo, Many Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001
Ecce Homo, Velryba Gallery, Prague
Ecce Homo, MiO Gallery, Osaka
Ecce Homo, Das BildForum, 6. Internationale Fototage, Herten
Ecce Homo, Aero Gallery, Prague
2000
Sun and Shadow, Ambit Gallery, Praha
Ecce Homo, Zvíkov castle Gallery, Zvíkov
Ecce Homo, Fotogalerie Migros, Thun
1999
Gypsies in Brno City - second chapter, Gallery Cpilar, Brno
Ecce Homo, FOMA Gallery, Brno
Ecce Homo, Moravian-Silesian National Theatre - Theatre of Jirí Myron, Ostrava
1998
Gypsies in Brno City, New Town Hall Gallery, Brno
Collections
Collection of Union of Czech Photographers, Prague
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato
Moravian Gallery, Brno
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Romany Culture, Brno
National Museum of Photography, Jindrichuv Hradec
The Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
School of Visual Arts, Osaka
Silesian Museum, Opava
private collections in Europe, Israel, Japan and USA
Basic Info
Born on the 4th June 1967 in Brno.
Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology in Brno and the Institute of Creative Photography of the Silesian University in Opava.
He works as a freelance photographer and as a photography teacher (Institute of Creative Photography, Opava; Fotoškola Brno; Philosophical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno; South Moravia Photoworkshops)
The focal point of his work is documentary photography.
Awards
2010
LensCulture Award, Honorable Mention for Life in Blue series, France
2001
Talentinum, 2nd prize in documentary photography, Czech republic
2000
M.I.L.K. competition
General winner in "Love" category, U.S.A.
MiO Photo Award, Grand Prix Winner, Japan
Scholarship
2004
CHOICE - Credit Suisse Masterclass for Photojournalists from Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest - New York
Residences
2010
Internationales Haus der Autoren Graz, Cultural City Network Graz, Graz, Austria
Stiftung kunst:raum sylt quelle, Sylt, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Civilised ilusions, Museum of Arts, Olomouc
GRID 2012, International Photo Festival, Amsterdam
Sylt in Spigel zeitgenossischer Fotografie, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
Element F, Moravian Gallery, Brno
2011
Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2010, San Francisco - New York - Paris
Revival - ChoiceImages, Galerie G4, Cheb
2010
Escapes and returns, Moravian Gallery, Brno
Noorderlicht 2010 Photofestival, Groningen
Perception Meets Reality, Bruges
Photographers: Network selection 2010, Studio Thomas Kellner, Siegen
2009
CHOICE Choice, Fotografic Gallery, Prague
Humor or Irony, Galeria 2piR, Poznan
Second Cities Photo Project, Fotogalerie in Grazer Rathaus, Graz
Contemporary Czech Photography, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh
Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst- und Ausstellunghalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Czech It, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh
FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma - VIII edizione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma
2008
Czech Press Photo, Old Townhall, Prague
Contemporary Czech Photography, PDNB Burt Finger Gallery, Dallas
Kaunas Photo08, Kaunas
Second Cities, Kosice
Who doesn't know history has no future, Leica Gallery Prague, Prague
2007
CHARTA77, Czech Centers, Budapest, (Budapest, Warsaw, Wien)
Second Cities - Photo Project, Ko1ice
We live here, House of Arts, Opava
2006
Choice, Puffin Cultural Forum, New Jersey
CHOICE - photo agency, Month of Photography, Bratislava
2005
Czech Photography of 20th Century, Mestská knihovna, Galerie hlavního mesta Prahy, Prague
Backlight05, Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere
National Museum of Photography Collection, Congres Centre of Czech National Bank, Prague
2004
City in Contemporary Czech Documentary Photography, Fotobienale / Month of Photography, Museum of Russian History,Moscow
M.I.L.K. Exhibition, Las Vegas
2003
M.I.L.K. Exhibition, Waitemata Plaza, Auckland
Contemporary Czech Documentary Photography, Opera Gallery, Ostrava
2002
Junge tschechische Kunst, Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen
Photographs by the Next Generation: Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato
Being Black, Archa Theatre, Prague
Czech and Slovak photography of the 1980s and 1990s, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
Backlight02, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere
Czech Documentary Photography, Leica Gallery, New York
2001
M.I.L.K. Exhibition, Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Station, New York
Talentinum, Center of Czech Photography, Prague
Das BildForum, 6. Internationale Fototage, Herten
M.I.L.K. Exhibition, Museum of Science, London
Czech Press Photo, Old Town Hall, Prague
2000
Gypsies in the Czech republic, Brussels
MiO Photo Award, MiO Gallery, Osaka
1999
Another World?, House of Arts, Opava
Czech Press Photo, Old Town Hall, Prague
1996
New names, Prague House of Photography, Prague
The Studio of Jindrich Ctreit, Uherské Hradi1te, Cheb, Ko1ice, Cieszyn
On the Edge, Salzstadel Gallery, Regensburg, Ceský Krumlov, Augsburg
Contemporary Czech Documentary Photography, Fotogalerie Migros, Thun
Books
Life in Blue
Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2011
essays by Jiří Pátek & Jiří Siostrzonek
Life in Blue - wall paper limited edition catalogue
– graphic design by Linda Dostálková
Brno 2008
essay by Jiří Siostrzonek
Ecce Homo
Brno - Prague, 2004
essay by Vladimír Birgus
Workshops
Teaching and Lectures
2012
Fotofestival, Blatná, Czech Republic
Prague House of Photography / City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
2011
BlueSky Gallery, Portland, USA
DOX - Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Leica Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
Museum für Gegenwartskunst e.V., Siegen
Workshop on documentary photography, University of Ostrava, Atelier of Photography, Czech Republic
Workshop on new landscape photography, Cultural Centre Mikulov, Czech Republic
2009
South Moravia Photo Workshop, Lednice, Czech Republic
2008
since 2008 - Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic - lectures on history of photography
Leica Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
Univerzita Tomase Bati, Atelier fotografie, Zlin, Czech Republic
2005
FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic - series of workshops on documentary photography & fiction
2003
Leica Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 - 2008
teaching at the Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University Opava, Czech republic - lectures on theory of photography, documentary portrait and documentary photography & fiction
2001
University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
2000
School of Arts, Osaka, Japan
since 1997
teaching at Fotoąkola Brno, Czech Republic - workshops and lectures on documentary photography
Selected Bibliography
2012
GRID 2012 Catalogue, Amsterdam
Civilised Ilusions – Photography Collection of the Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
Full Spectrum. Moravian Gallery, Brno
Sylt in Spigel zeitgenossischer Fotografie, Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern
Element F, Moravian Gallery , Brno
2011
Creative Light in Photography, Zoner Press, Brno
Life in Blue, Kehrer, Heidelberg
2010
Česká fotografie 20. století, KANT, Prague
LAND – country life in the urban age, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen
Humour or Irony – catalogue acompanying the exhibition, Poznan
2010
Česká fotografie 20. století, KANT, Prague
LAND – country life in the urban age, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen
Humour or Irony – catalogue acompanying the exhibition, Poznan
2009
Czech It - catalogue acompanying exhibition, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh
Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhundert, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH, Bonn
Life in Blue, Photonews - Magazine fur Fotografie - June 2009, Hamburg
essay by Denis Brudna
2008
Life in Blue - catalogue acompanying the exhibition, Brno
Old Age - Foundation of Tatana Kucharova Callender 2009, Praha
Second Cities - project catalogue, Kosice
2007
Greenpeace Czech Republic Callender 2008, Brno
Po meste, jez je mi souzeno - Brnenska zakouti v poezii, Weles, Brno
2006
Theory of Photography of the Czech Photographic Avantgarde, Master degree diploma work published as lecture notes, Institute of Creative Photography, Opava
2005
Czech Photography of the 20th Century - Guide, Museum of Aplied Arts Prague, Kant, Praha
2004
Photobiennale 2004 – Cinquiéme Mois International de la Photographie á Moscou, Moscow
Ecce Homo, catalogue acompanying the exhibition in Leica Gallery Prague, Brno
CHOICE - Credit Suisse Masterclass Portfolio, Cultural Exchange Foundation, Washington
2003
Institute of Creative Photography - Diploma and Final Portfolios 1998 - 2003, Institute of Creative Photography of Silesian University, Opava
2002
Photographs by the Next Generation: Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photograpfic Arts, Kiyosato
Czech and Slovak Photography of the 1980s and 1990s, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
My point of view - Leica photographic diary 2003, Leica AG, Solms
Backlight02, Museum Centre Vapriiki, Tampere
2001
Ecce Homo, Galeria Velryba and FAMU, Praha
Das BildForum, 6. Internationale Fototage ,Herten
Das Jahrzehnt, Internationaler Preis fur jungen Bildjournalismus 1991 - 2001, BildForum and Agfa, Leverkusen
Love - a celebration of humanity, M.I.L.K. publishing limited, New York
Ecce Homo, catalogue acompanying the exhibition in MiO Gallery, Osaka, Brno
2000
MiO Photo Award, MiO Gallery, Osaka
SCRIPTUM - magazine for literature, arts and life, Olomouc
1999
People of Hlucín Region in 1990s, Institute of Creative Photography of Silesian University, Opava
1999
Na rozhraní - Grenzbereiche, Galerie Salzstadel, Regensburg
