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
1981-1985    School of Applied Arts, Painting, Architectural and Stage Design, Prague, Czech Republic

AWARDS

       2006    Central 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 ad 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

       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

       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

        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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

       2007     *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
       1996     *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

         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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