1967 born in Czech Republic
1988-89 lived in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
from 1989 permanent resident, USA

 

EDUCATION

2001 Master of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Utah
1981-85 School of Applied Arts, Painting, Architectural and Stage Design, Prague, Czech Republic

 

AWARDS

2009 Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Show, Ephraim Utah, third place
2006Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Juried Show, Ephraim Utah, best of show,
  Juror: Howard Rosenthal, Pratt Institute, art critic
2005 New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover
2005 Utah Art Council Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting ad Sculpture, Juror's Award, Travel Award
2002 Utah 2002, Painting and Sculpture, Juror's Award
2002 The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art Exhibition, State Capitol, UT
2001 Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and NEA
1998 Merit Scholarship Residency, School of the Chicago Art Institute
1996 Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and NEA
1996 Prize of the Masaryk Academy of Arts for Artistic Achievements, Prague, CR
1995 Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and NEA

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2011 Artist in Residence, Salt Lake Art Center
2002 Great River Arts Association, Little Falls, MN - art instructor
1998 Advanced Painting Institute - School of the Chicago Art Institute, scholarship
1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont - scholarship

 

COMMISSIONS

2009 Finalist for CityCreek Development, downtown SLC
2007/8 TRAXX commission, Old Greek Town Station, downtown SLC, UT
2006 Flying Objects sculpture – downtown Salt Lake City, UT
2006 Wasatch Elementary, Four Murals for their new school building
2005 Finalist - Salt Lake County Commission, Draper Library

 

LECTURES

2010 Utah ValleyUniversity, Visiting Artist Lecture
2010 BYU, Visiting Artist Lecture
2005 Utah Valley State College, Visiting Artist Lecture BYU University, Provo
2004 University of Utah, Guest Lecturer, Graduate Seminar Utah Valley State College, Public Lecture Series

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 *Drawing the Light In, installation, Salt Lake Art Center
2008 *Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
2007 *Close and Distant Danger, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO
  *Selective Measures, Kayo Gallery, SLC, UT
2005 *Rodeo Picture Show, A Gallery, SLC, UT
  *Rodeo Picture Show, Red Shift Gallery, Denver, UT
  *Rodeo Picture Show , St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
2004 *Multiplicity, BYU University, Provo
2003 *Conditions, Mailroom Gallery, Portland Oregon
2002 *Memory Game, Art Access Gallery, SLC, Utah 
2001 *Lost & Found, Cordell Taylor Gallery, Denver, CO
2000 *Galerie U knihomola, Prague, Czech Republic
1999 *Metropolitan Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
1999 *Recent Work, Atrium Gallery, SLC, UT
1998 *Table Settings, Cordell Taylor Studio/Gallery, SLC, UT
  *Pioneer Memorial Theater, SLC, UT
1997 *Painting in Cage, Back Alley Gallery, SLC, UT 
1996 *Speakeasy Cafe, Seattle, WA
  *Cordell Taylor Gallery, SLC, UT
1995 *Atrium Gallery, SLC, UT 
1993 *Painting and Such, Mediterranean Cafe, SLC
  *Transparency, Rio Grande Cafe, SLC

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 *Papercuts, Georgia StateUniversity, Atlanta, GA, Space 301, Mobile, AL
  *Papercuts, Space 301, Mobile, AL
  *West of Center, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 * Nature/Culture, CastleGallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
  *Untitled,Rio Gallery, Utah Arts Council, SLC, UT
  *Landscape: Shaken Gently With A Twist, Art Access Gallery, SLC, UT
2009 *ArtPrize, installation, GrandRapids, MI
  *Paperworks, bj spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2008 *Rocky Mountain Biennial,Fort Collins, CO
  *PresentTense, Salt Lake Art Center, UT
2007 *Intervals, Fort Andross Mill, Brunswick, ME
  *337 Project, SLC, UT
  *Kayo Gallery, Group Show
  *Mizel Center for Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2006 *Constructing Self, The Gallery at Library Square, Utah Arts Festival, SLC, UT
  *Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Juried Show, Ephraim Utah
  *Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 *New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover
  *UAC Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting ad Sculpture. WSU, Ogden, UT
2004 *environMental, 8 Contemporary Utah Artists, Sundance, UT
  *Borderline, Utah Arts Council Gallery, SLC, UT
2003 *Interior Exterior Spaces, invitational alumni show, Gittins Gallery, UT
  *Torrey Gallery, Torrey, UT
  *Artists from Cordell Taylor Gallery, Bangor, India
  *Emotions, Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT
  *Love 4 Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO - invitational show
2002 *Utah 2002, Painting ad Sculpture, Park City, UT - Juror's Award
  *Rocky Mountain Bienial, Fort Collins, CO  
  *The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art Exhibition, State Capitol, UT
  *International Mail-Art Project, Bacharach, Germany
  *Ztracene-Nalezene (Lost and Found), Galerie Spektrum, Strakonice, Czech Rep.
2001 *Ztracene-Nalezene (Lost and Found), Galerie U prstenu, Prague, Czech Rep.
  *Juxtapositions, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, Utah - invitational group show
  *Size Matter, Flux Gallery, Denver, CO
  *Rio Grande Gallery, Grant Recipients Show, Utah Arts Council
  *Alumni Art Invitational, University of Utah
  *Objects of Adoration and Mystery, Salt Lake Art Center
  *MFA Show, Portland Maine
  *Global Reflections, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME - with Mel Chin,
  Katarina Weslien and Krzystof Wodiczko
2000 *Alumni Art Invitational, University of Utah
  *Filament Gallery, Portland, Maine
  *Art Access Gallery, SLC, UT
  *Gutenberg 2000, Mainz, Germany, France
  *Western Regional Women's Artists Invitational, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  *Bread Installation, Ginger & Fred House, Prague, Czech Republic
  *Utopia,Dystopia,Apocalypse: Images for a New Millennium, Atrium Gallery, UT
1999 *Emergency 23, Rough House, 330 W. 38 St., NY NY
  *Folding Screens, Salt Lake Art Center, UT  
  *Breaking Boundaries: Women’s “Work”, Union Gallery, SLC, UT
1998 *Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT
1997 *This is not a Beauty Contest, Union Gallery, University of Utah - with Joe Stetich
  *Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT
  *Utah Arts Festival, Surface Group installation
  *Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
  *Zompa Gallery, Seattle, WA - three artist show
  *Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT
  *Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
  *Salt Lake Art Center, UT
  *Kite to Asylum, Atrium Gallery, SLC, UT
  *Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit, Utah
  *Louder than Words Gallery, SLC, UT - two artist show
  *European Traveling Exhibit: Strakonice, Plzen, Tabor, Prague, Czech Republic - with Cordell Taylor
1995 *Women Show-traveling exhibit, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
  *Salon ‘95, Springville Museum of Art, UT
  *Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn, SLC, UT - three artists show
1994 *Graduate Show, Union Gallery, U of U, SLC, UT
  *Intercollegiate Show, Gittin’s Gallery, U of U, SLC
1993 *Holiday Exhibit, Art Barn, SLC
  *Art for Life, Utah Aids Foundation, Tivoli Gallery, SLC
  *Summer Solstice, Gittin’s Gallery, U of U, SLC
  *Invited artist, Utah Arts Festival 
1992 *Intercollegiate Show, Gittin’s Gallery, U of U, SLC
1991 *Autumn Exhibition, The Hardware Building, SLC

 

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

2011 New American Painting
2011 Studio Visit Magazine
2011 Papercuts - exhibition catalog
2011 LookBook, One Artist Road Gallery catalog
2008 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Regional Art Collection Catalog
2008 Present Tense, Salt Lake Art Center, UT- catalog
2007 Mizel Center for Contemporary Art, exhibition catalog, Denver, CO
2006 Plus Gallery catalog, Denver, CO
2005 New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover
2005 UAC Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture, exhibition catalog
2002 Utah 2002, Painting ad Sculpture, Park City, exhibition catalog
2002 The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art, exhibition catalog
2001 Galerie U Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic, catalog
2000 Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany, catalog
1999 Victory Park, The Journal of the New  Hampshire Institute of Art
1999 Utah Painting and Sculpture/Swanson, Olpin, Seifrit
1997 Utah Painting and Sculpture/Swanson, Olpin, Seifrit

 

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