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Artist Statement:
I seek the peace of mind and
heart sometimes
It is called with many names
I paint what I have found
sometimes
I was born on the 15th March
1981 in the Czech Republic, a
small middle European country,
in an era of a collapsing
communistic regime.
(Communists governed until the
Velvet Revolution in 1989.) My
family is secular middle
class, ancestrally farmers and
workers, but also engineers
and had been politically
persecuted. My father is a
champion in logics and
crosswords. A family tradition
is a mushroom picking.
I was an inquiring child. I
read when I was five years
old. I wrote stories and
poems; fascinated by the fact
that we live and that we are
going to die. My best days
were rollicking in the garden
of my mother's mother and also
at the cottage of father's
parents at one of the Polish
borders. There, in the
beautiful countryside, I
started to learn Asian martial
arts from my friend when I was
nine. Trying to find the
arcanum of mysterious art of
overpowering an attacking
enemy without any weapon led
me to learn about Asian
philosophy and religion. It
corresponded with my nature
perfectly. Impressed ...
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Artist Galleries:
Dolmen Gallery:
www.galerie-dolmen.cz
Gallery Ad-Astra Kurim:
www.ad-astra.cz
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Artist Reviews:
Awards:
2nd prize in the Artkontakt
competition, Brno, 2004
The Prize of Decan, School
Award for Extraordinary
Bachelor Work, Brno, 2003
Bibliography:
* MF Dnes Central Bohemia,
8.7.2007, Students exhibit
with their teacher, Zdenek
Hejduk, 2007
* Atelier, 10/2007, pg.5,
The Fluid Arscontact?, Helena
Hradska, 2007
* Arscontact Balance, ...
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Collections:
National Gallery, Prague,
Czech Republic
Gallery Ad-Astra, Kurim, Czech
Republic...
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Commissions:
I'm ready to create works for
commissions. If you like my
paintings, my topics, my
direction of concentration, my
style - we can discuss it.
Sorry, I do not simply copy
photographs of anything. But
don't hesitate to state some
serious topic, some question,
spiritual problem etc. If you
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Exhibitions for Jan Karpisek:
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Solo actions :
"A Painter, A Man", Dolmen Gallery, Uherske Hradiste, 29.9.-26.10.2007
"Ecogardener's brush-drawings on paper", Minikino Gallery, Ostrava, 28.9.-31.10.2007
Confession in Krmitko (Bird Table), Krmitko Club at Masaryk University, Brno, 21.2.-14.3. 2006
"Following Mind and Time", Gallery Artkontakt, Brno, 15.9.-15.10. 2005
The Passing Of The Time (Performance), Festival New Media, Cheb, 2003
Salon Zena (Exhibition of paintings), Jezuitska Street, Brno, 2002/2003
Selected collective exhibitions:
2009
"Betakontext", Freie Internationale Tankstelle, Berlin, Germany, 5.-8.8.2009
"Svitava to Svet (World)", Exhibition Hall Below the Tower, Trebon, 1.-30.8.2009
"Cycle Tcheque", Lagalerie, Rue de la Forge Royale, Paris, France, 24.6.-4.7.2009
"Stuck in the Middle of November II", Dolmen Gallery, Kampa, Prague, 18.6.-12.7.2009
"Blaze 2", Gallery Stary Pivovar, Brno, 8.4.-8.5.2009
"The Pack of Bats", Gallery of the city Blansko, 10.1.-11.2.2009
2008
"Stuck in the Middle of November II", Dolmen Gallery, Brno, 4.11.-25.11.2008
"The Horizontal Eight and The Banana", Reduta Theatre, Brno, 10.10.-16.11.2008
"Blaze.cz", U Mloka Gallery, Olomouc, 8.10.-8.11.2008
"Fifty-Fifty - gender, porno and art", Hala C, Prague, 26.9.-14.10.2008
"Kampa Punkwo?", Dolmen Gallery, Kampa, Prague, 18.6.-10.7.2008
"VII. Art Prague", (Basic), the Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, 26.5.-1.6.2008
"The Critics Prize for Young Painting", Gallery of Critics, Adria Pallace, Prague, 30.1.-15.2.2008
"BBKL-Labor" (mail-art), Kunstraum, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 29.1.-16.3.2008
"Punkwa - Vernissage", Peng, Mainz, Germany, 12.1.-2.2.2008
"King Industry", The Slovak National Gallery, Zvolen Castle, Slovakia, 6.1.-27.1.2008
2007
"Stuck in the Middle of November", Topic's Salon, Prague, 10.11.-30.11.2007
"The Anomal Paintings About Brno", Gallery Vinum Misae, Havlickuv Brod, 9.11.-10.12.2007
"ARSkontakt Balance", The Supreme Burgrave's House, Prague, 2.10.-28.10.2007
"Vernisage", Vrakbar, Jihlava, 24.9.-30.10.2007
"40 days of Punkwa", Dolmen Gallery, Brno, 3.7.-13.8.2007
"Wine", Vinothek At The Golden Pike, Kolin, 28.6.2007-28.7.2007
"ARSkontakt: The Balance", South Wing of The New City-Hall, Brno, 18.4.-15.5.2007
"Amaro Jilo - Our Heart", House of Arts, Brno, 12.4.-26.4.2007
"ARSkontakt: The Balance", South Wing of The New City-Hall, Brno, 18.4.-15.5.2007
2006
"8th auction salon of artists for BARIERY account", Cloisters of Carolinum, Prague, 14.11.-2.12.2006
"El Temperamento Nuevo", House of Blues, Plzen, (24.10.-23.11.2006)
"Summer Solstice", Housa's Mill, Tabor, (16.6.-30.6.2006)
"Pipistrello", Club Fleda, Brno, (30.3.-2.5.2006)
"Damerychtufauleve", Gallery FaVU, Brno (7.2.-19.2.2006)
2005
"Malta 2", Hadivadlo Theater, Brno
"Artcontact", 2nd year of student confrontation, Gallery At the Good Shepherd"s, Brno
"Artcontact", 2nd year of student confrontation, Gallery XXL, Louny
"Punkwa 001", Gallery in Old-Firemen-Station, Brno-Komin
"ArtPrague", Artkontakt Gallery presentation, Gallery of Vaclav Spala, Prague
"International Biennale of Contemporary Art", National Gallery, Prague
Diploma works exhibition, Gallery Aspekt, Brno
2004
Atelier Klasse - Klasse Atelier, The Brno House Of Arts
"Astorka II", The Library Of Janacek Academy of Music And Performing Arts, Brno
"MMS", The Brno City Theatre
"Quasi-Reality", Gallery Riverside, Prague
"Artcontact", young artists confrontation, Gallery of Young, Brno
"Contacts", international symposium of fine art academies, Grannary Klenova
"Artcontact", travelling of the confrontation, Gallery XXL, Louny
"Artcontact", travelling of the confrontation, Gallery Vltavin, Prague
"Homepage", exhibiton of www sites of visual artists, Gallery Doubner, Prague
2003
"Between The Church And The Square", Brezanova Street No. 6, Trebon
Gallery Bartholomeus, Festival New Media, Cheb
The Library Of Janacek Academy of Music And Performing Arts, Brno
2002
Gallery Of Felix Jenewein, Kutna Hora,
Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
Vegetarian Agitprop Canvas of Nesehnuti, Malinovsky Square, Brno
Gallery of Critics, Adria Pallace, Prague
Fast One, Studio Of Environment, FaVU, Brno
"Honza, put out the wings!", Gallery NoD, Roxy, Prague
2001
Staromestska Radnice (The Old City-hall), Prague
Castle in Namest na Hane
Jan Smok Gallery, Jihlava
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