ARTIST PROFILE

Jan Lesák

  • b. 1984
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • My work explores the ways in which one can engage with already existing works, artifacts, formal structures or ideas. I have consistently worked with the medium of photography, using it on multiple levels.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Running in Haze, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.

2013

  • I N S I D E, ISCP, New York, United States.
  • B/W, Berlínskej model, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • between, Altán Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • THE CASE FOR A ROOKIE, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Reflection, m.odla gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Between Document and Monument, Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Touching the Art, (the Fragile and Forgotten), ARTPLACC, Tihany, Hungary.
  • Touching the Art, (the Fragile and Forgotten), ART QUARTER BUDAPEST (AQB), Budapest, Hungary.
  • Peripheral vision, 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • JAN / DAN, Berlínskej model, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • FESTIVAL FLUIDUM #4: ENDGAME, K4 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • FILM Directed by Artists 2, The Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia.

2011

  • Magic circles, Emila FIlla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Sweetness of death, DOX, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Magic circles, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Brussels, Belgium.

2010

  • Prague Photo, Exhibition Hall Mánes, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • LOST IN TRANSLATION?, Riverside studios, London, Czech Republic.
  • Making Worlds, Ústí nad Labem, Emil Filla Gallery, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Photomonth – Shining, Divus Gallery , London, United Kingdom.
  • Rozum v oku, Petrohrad Gallery, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

2006

  • Six, Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic.

2005

  • No man´s land, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany.

LOCATION

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

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2017
    The University of J. E. Purkyně – Faculty of Art and design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
    Ph.D. candidate in Visual communication
  • 2008 - 2010
    The University of J. E. Purkyně – Faculty of Art and design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Fine Art Photography (Pavel Baňka)
  • 2006 - 2006
    FHTW Berlin University of applied science – Faculty of communication design, Berlin, Germany
    Erasmus in Communication design
  • 2003 - 2007
    The University of J. E. Purkyně – Faculty of Art and design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art Photography (Pavel baňka)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2010
    Graduation Prize
    The University of J. E. Purkyně – Faculty of Art and design, Ústí nad Labem
  • 2005
    Prize for Merit (1st Prize)
    The University of J. E. Purkyně – Faculty of Art and design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    Art Quarter Budapest (AQB), Budapest, Hungary
  • 2013
    International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, United States
  • 2008
    LEONARDO DA VINCI, Contemporary Art Projects, London, United Kingdom