ARTIST PROFILE

Matyáš Chochola

  • Czech Republic (b. 1986 in Hradec králové)
  • Currently in Praha, Czech Republic.
  • What is important for Matyáš Chochola is freedom, energy and overcoming conventional constraints. He combines abstract forms, rituals and weird mythological stuff with everyday objects, creating as a whole a harmonious chaos.

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Pleasantry Pleasantry, Gallery at the Good Shepherd, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Laugh Ha Cha Cha Cha Ha Ha, Happy Throaty Laugh, Reagional gallery of Art, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Branches, Rocks and Amulets, Sam83, Česká Bříza, Czech Republic.
  • Telepresence of a Gasoline Warlock of the Digital Era and his Green-Brown Gown-Clad Marten in the Temple of Heaven During Late New Moon (in collaboration with Lumír Hladík), GAVU, Cheb, Czech Republic.
  • MMXV (in collaboration with Kirstine Roepstorff), SVIT , Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • All Beings That Are Constantly Laughing to Us, 207 gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • The Song of Birds of Prey, Fotograf Festival, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Bye Bye Dragonfly, Kostka gallery Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • 180 on the Speedometer of Emotional Intelligence, Ferdinand Baumann gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Imagery Preceeding the Fight (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová), Prádelna Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Atavism, Coat of Arms, Drapery and Tutanchamon, Barefoot Mánes gallery, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • The Exhibition, A.M. 180 gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Wandering Travels, Fotograf gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kindly Familiar (in collaboration with Daniel Vlček), Trafačka gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Conquest of Paradise (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová), Galerie Mladých BKC, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Direction of Vortex – Smell of Smell, Altán Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Inevitable Encounter with a Master Chip, Bjornsonova 2, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2009

  • Daily Life, Benzinka gallery, Slaný, Czech Republic.
  • Went Two and Middle One Had Backslid, Ve Sklepě gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Type of a Style (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová), Anne Frank Memorial gallery, café Spolek, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Heartbreaker, M.odla gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Exhibition Humhala, Jelení gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Christmaschrision!, Potraviny gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.

2007

  • Houmlesprojekt, Makráč gallery ÚMCHČR, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Hidden Language of Flowers, National Gallery, Palace of Kinsky, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • MAGNETIC LEAKAGE FLUXES , The House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Urban Pangea People, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Wondering Paths, Syntax, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Plato's Third Eye, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Crystalization, City gallery , Blansko, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Endoambivalent Christmas, Kwadrat gallery, Berlin, Germany.
  • HOTEL INTERNATIONAL, Warhus Ritterhaus, Cologne, Germany.
  • FLOW, Prague Bienale 6, Prague Bienale 6, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Hi5, House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Metaphysik der Disciplin, Gallery of Czech Centre Berlin, Berlin, Czech Republic.
  • Senseless Crisis, Luxfer gallery - AZ Tower, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • About the Chair, BIP, Liége, Belgium.

2012

  • World Domination, GUM Studio, Torino, Italy.
  • VI. Zlín Youth Salon, Regional gallery, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • The International Bongo-Bongo Brigade: The Hair in the Prophetic-Cannibal Soup of Dr. Emil Holub, NTK gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Finally Together, Emil Filla gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Mikulov Art Sympozium, Mikulov Art Sympozium, Mikulov, Czech Republic.
  • Pseudo Science, NTK gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Art Has No History, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Behind the Spines of the Books I Have Not Read, Hvězda Summer Pavillion, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Pleso, The Mountain Lake, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Bez názvu /Sans Titre/ , galerie 35, French Institute Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Collected Reflections, Entrance gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kas ir čehu máksla ?, Il Guciems, Riga, Latvia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1986 in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Praha, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2013 - 2013
    Universitaet der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
    international fellowship in (Thomas Zipp)
  • 2008 - 2014
    Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
    Master of Fine Arts in (Vladimír Skrepl and Jiří Kovanda)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Václav Chad Award
    VI. Zlín Youth Salon, Zlín, Czech Republic

COLLECTIONS

  • Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic