*1985
lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic
+420 608 119 000
viktorvalasek.com
info@viktorvalasek.com
Education
2004 – 2010 Master´s degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
(painting dept. of Vladimír Skrepl, classical painting dept. of Zdeněk Beran, printmaking dept. of Jiří Lindovský)
2009 The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY (exchange student)
2008 Faculdade de Belas Artes, Porto (exchange student)
2007 Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague (one semester internship in intermedia dept. of Jiří David)
2000 – 2004 High school of Art and Design, Brno
Honors and awards
2020 CirculUM 2020, GHMP and Neolokator, Prague Motol
2012 – 2018 MeetFactory Residency, Prague
2015 Résidence Vives Voix, Dakar
2014 DE-CONSTRUKT [projekts] Residency, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Goetemann Residency, Rocky Neck Artist's Colony, Gloucester, MA
2011 Essl Art Award, finalist
2007 Department award, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Selected solo exhibitions
2017 Convict #2, Kavárna pod Lipami, Prague
2016 Convict #1, Public House, MeetFactory, Prague
2016 Altán Klamovka, Prague
2015 Artifice & Wilderness (with C.Armstrong), Michael S. Currier Center Gallery, Putney, VT
2014 Recycled Vol.II – NYC, DE-CONSTRUKT [projekts], New York, NY
2013 Good Old Days, Potrvá, Prague
2012 Recycled, Kismet Wharf, Gloucester, MA
2010 Positive Occupation (with J.Bareš), Trafo gallery, Prague
2010 Souvztažnost / Corelation (with C.Armstrong), AVU Gallery, Prague
Selected group exhibitions
2021 T 9-2-7 (JEDNOTA V ROZMANITOSTI), Trafo Gallery, Prague
2021 Reality do you need me, 4+4 dny v pohybu, Nová strašnická škola, Prague
2019 Stopy Krajiny, G18, Zlín
2015 Partcours, Espace Vives Voix, Dakar
2015 This Is Pilsen, Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
2015 Výchozí pozice, Armaturka - Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2013 Play Is Soul Food, Juno Shoreditch, London
2013 Pictures Attached, NoD Roxy, Prague
2011 Essl Art Award CEE 2011, City Gallery Prague
2011 Behal Fejér Foundation opening, Pevnostní 651, Prague
2010 Diplomanti AVU, National Gallery in Prague
2009 L.I.C. Open Studios, New York, NY
2009 The exchange students exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2008 Azores Combo ArtCamp, Azores, Portugal
2008 Artsemestr, AAAD, Prague