ARTIST PROFILE

Marek Cihal

  • Czech Republic (b. 1986 in Velke mezirici)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Moon Art - Contemporary Turkish Painting (with Vaclav Stratil), Paper Factory, Pilsner, Czech Republic.
  • An Audience with Pope Innocent X, Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Princeliness, Hadovka Palace, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Bella Arte - Tres Moderne, Jan Smok Gallery, Jihlava, Czech Republic.
  • Morantarantula, Electro House, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Expressionist Video, Gnomo Cinema, Milan, Italy.

2013

  • Moon Art - first show (with Vaclav Stratil), Patricia Milano Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • 26.12., MOMA - Beijing, Beijing, China.
  • 26.12., The Embassy of the Czech Republic, People’s Republic China, Beijing, China.
  • Silver, Central Bohemian Regional Gallery (GASK), Kutna Hora, Czech Republic.

2011

  • If You Invite Me, Youth Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Provincial Drawing Teacher, 35m2 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • From the Landscape to the Landscape, Zdenek Sklenar Gallery / Chambre à part, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Times of Youth, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China.
  • Hunt, Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • The Hair in Canibal-prophetic Soup of Dr. Emil Holub, NTK Gallery, Prague , Czech Republic.
  • The Industrial Revolution, National Historic Landmark Vítkovice Lower Area, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Audacious Heart Paints with a Poetic Brush, Zdenek Sklenar Gallery / S, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • The International Bongo Bongo Brigade, Château de Servières, Marseille, France.
  • Prison: No Limits for Art, DOX Contemporary Art Centre / Moravian Gallery , Prague / Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Read it Read it, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Scooter III – The Biennale of Young Art, Galéria Jána Koniarka / The Eastern Slovakian Gallery, Trnava / Kosice, Slovakia.
  • The International Bongo Bongo Brigade meets the Haffners, Haffner Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Behind the Spines of Books I Haven't Read, Belvedere Hvezda, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Queen Loser, Silwex House, London, United Kingdom.
  • The International Bongo Bongo Brigade in Meet Factory, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1986 in Velke Mezirici, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2012 - 2013
    University of Art in Berlin (UDK), Berlin
    MA in Paintings (Thomas Zipp)
  • 2007 - 2013
    Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU), Prague, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Paintings (Vladimir Skrepl)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Jan Svetlik Award for young artists
    National Historic Landmark Vítkovice Lower Area, Ostrava, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Czech Chinese Contemporary (CCC), Czech Chinese Contemporary (CCC), Beijing, China

COLLECTIONS

  • Lettenmayer Collection, Prague, Czech Republic
  • MOMA Beijing, Beijing, China
  • Jan Svetlik Collection, Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Hafner Collection, Innsbruck, Austria
  • Château de Servières, Marseille, France
  • Central Bohemian Regional Gallery (GASK), Kutna Hora
  • Richard Adam, Brno, Czech Republic