BIO
The work of painter Jakub Janovský is grounded predominantly in his skills in drawing, which he uses to touch upon a wide range of urgent themes. Personal and collective dimensions are reflected in his choices of a wide range of materials and techniques.
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Education:
2000 - 2004, SUŠG Jihlava
2004 - 2010 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Atelier of Drawing - Prof. Jitka Svobodová)
Awards:
2011 - 2. Place in the NG 333 Prize, National Gallery in Prague, Trade Fair Palace
Symposia:
2018 - Art Urbain, Paris, France
2015 - International Painting Symposium, Alš South Bohemia Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou
2014 - Multipoint International Art Symposium, Nitra, Slovakia
2013 - Enamel Art, Ostrava
2011 - International Painting Symposium, Jihlava
Residencies:
2012 - Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf-Fronberg, Germany
Representation in collections:
National Gallery in Prague, Gallery of the Capital City of Prafa, Regional Gallery of the Highlands in Jihlava, Museum of the Highlands Havlíčkův Brod, Alš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou, Klatovy/Klenová Gallery, private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad
Separate:
2022 - Janovský in the Cellar, Art Space NOV, Padubice
2022 - Concrete Garden, Alšova jihočeská galerie, Hluboká nad Bltavou
2021 - Carousel, Jilská 14 Gallery, Prague
2021 - An Hour on the Swing, Sculpture Gallery, Hořice
2019 - Six Fingers (Janovský, Filípek), DSC Gallery, Prague
2018 - Jack in the Box, Petr Novotný Gallery, Prague
2017 - The Room, Prague House, Brussels, Belgium
2017 - Does the Wolf Love or Hate the Lamb?, Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague
2016 - Silicon Family, Trafo Gallery, Prague
2016 - Existential Boredom! (with M.Fabian), PRFR Studios, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 - Playground V-51, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2014 - Mix-Er, Windows Wienna Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2013 - Mental Mix, Off Format Gallery, Brno
2011 - Dušičková"(Janovský, Šumbera, Véla), Trafačka, Prague
2009 - Kango Mortale, House at the Golden Ring, Prague City Gallery
2004 - Heads from His Head, Jewish Cemetery Telč
Collective:
2022 - Physiognomy of the Present, European Parliament Building, Brussels, Belgium
2021 - Solitude in the midst of the crowd Charles Baudelaire and Czech art" GASK, Kutná Hora
2021 - Hopeful Prospects, DOX, Prague
2020 - Vanitas, DOX, Prague
2020 - Dream within a Dream, Edgar Allan Poe and Art in the Czech Lands, NG Prague,
2019 - Demoncracy, EMMA Kreativzentrum Pforzheim, Germany
2019 - Ostrale, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany
2019 - Prague Berlin Barter , Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 - Tangents , House of Art, Brno
2017 - Disruptive Imagination, Ferenczy Múseumi Centrum, Szentendre, Hungary
2016 - Personae (with M. Fabian and R. Palúch), Galerie NoD, Prague
2016 - Ornament Masses, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2015 - Czech Dream, Czech Center, New York, USA
2014 - Ostrale, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany 2014 - Figura Obscura, SVÚ Gallery - Umelka, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 - Trap: Temple of Freedom" Red Gallery, London, UK
2011 - NG 333 Finalists, National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác
2009 - Critics Award for Young Painting, Adria Palace, Prague
2008 - Introcity, Nuclear Family, Topic Salon, Prague