ARTIST PROFILE

Jan Kajetán Pfeiffer

  • Czech Republic (b. 1984 in Prague)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Pfeiffer investigates the relationship between man and space. The criteria is the idea, in which he realizes in different mediums. The combined effort shapes the appearance of things in relation to their consequences, and the politics of the every day.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Asolo Art Film Festival Launches, Festival Launches, Treviso, Italy.
  • Counterbalance , Galerie Dukla, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Two Rules for One Thing , NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Somewhere Something Is Happening , Galerie Entrance, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Black in The Move , Galerie Louby, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Relation of a Relation , Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • In-depth Research , Gallery SPZ, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Movement of Metal , Gallery Altán Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Mastabas and Dumps , Hit Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2014

  • Hidden Power , Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Ostentatious Abstraction , Colloredo - Mansfeld Palace - Prague City Gallery , Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • The Fire Begins All Over Again, Gallery OFF/FORMAT, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Each embracing all the rest, Jelení Gallery, Prague.
  • Some Things Pass, Drdová Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Right in front of me, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy.

2010

  • Urbanism of Memory, Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • OK / XII. Trienále malého objektu a kresby, Jozefa Kollára Gallery , Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.
  • Urban Skanzen, Clam Gallasův palace, Prague, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Spiritualita, sekularita, bilaterálnosť, Gallery Synagoga – Center for contemporary art, Trnava, Slovakia.
  • Kukačka 7, Trojhalí Karolína, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • The Symbols of Socialist Art,, Gallery OSA, Budapest, Hungary.

2016

  • StopTrik festival , Salon uporabnih umetnosti, Maribor, Poland.
  • Movere, City art house Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Monument, Czech-Chinese Cultural Centre, Bejging , China.

2015

  • Plato Video 05 , Trojhalí Karolínka, Ostava, Czech Republic.
  • Vzdálení pozorovatelé, Gallery of Modern Art Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Výchozí pozice, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Persona Forte, Prádelna Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • CZXSK, Galéria Gagarinka, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Metropolis, City gallery Silezia, Katowice, Poland.
  • Exacta, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • The Circular Ruins, Institut français de Prague Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Nulla Dies Sine Linea, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Multiplicity, Mixed Greens, New York, United States.

2013

  • Biennale Di Penne, Di Penne Gallery, Di Penne, Italy.
  • Festival Otets Paisy Street, Otets Paisy Street, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • Blind Spot, Gallery NTK, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Empty Lines - Borders Worlds, Kulturbrücke Fratres Art Centre, Fratres, Austria.
  • Silhouette, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, United States.

2012

  • Maps, City Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Gaze upon my gaze, Art Museum at The Art Park, Taipei.

2010

  • THE BIG SCREEN PROJECT, Cooper Union Project, New York, United States.
  • Biennale of Young Artists, House at the Stone Bell, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Collectors : The Czechoslovak Pavilion, Brotkunsthalle, Wiena, Austria.

2009

  • ESSL AWARD CEE 2009 Winners, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg - Wiena, Austria.
  • Tropic Lab, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Singapore.

2008

  • The New Czech Cubism, Old Town Hall, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Cosmopolitics, Gallery Artlaboratory, Berlin, Germany.

LOCATION

  • Born 1984 in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2014 - 2019
    Charles University, Prague
    Ph.D. in multimedia (doc. PhDr. Marie Fulková, Ph.D.)
  • 2010 - 2010
    Cooper Union, New York, United States
    exchange program in Multimedia (Dennis Adams, Sharon Hays)
  • 2006 - 2011
    Academy of fine arts Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Multimedia (Jiří Příhoda)
  • 2002 - 2005
    School of Design and Art, Prague, Czech Republic
    highschool in sculpture (Jiří Kryštůfek)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Nomination - Czech Lion Awards by Czech Film and Television Academy for the best scenography
    Czech Film and Television Academy, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2011
    Henkel Award
    Henkel , Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2009
    Essl Award CEE
    bauMax, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2009
    Other Visions 2009, PAF - 8th festival of Film Animation - Jury Award
    PAF - festival of Film Animation, Olomouc, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Art School Palestine, Delfina foundation, Ramallah, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
  • 2014
    Metropolis, Imago Mundi, Bytom/ Katowice/ Krakow, Poland

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2014 - Present
    Skutek, Prague, Czech Republic

COLLECTIONS

  • Galerie Ernst Hilger Collection, Wiena, Austria