ARTIST PROFILE

Petr Kratky

  • Czech Republic (b. 1985 in Klatovy)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • visual artist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Mole in the city, Petrohradská 1,2,3 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • David and the rootlet, NF Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Disclosure, Chladnička Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Self-portrait, Knot Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • The Event Horizon, Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Inversion, Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Dedicated to Dobromila, Etc. Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Medium Manifestation, Greenhouse, Berlin, Germany.

2014

  • Black is than..., Truhlárna, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Role, INI Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Reverberation, The Kostka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Frame Story, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Stop Motion, TIC-Kabinet Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Woman With A Wolf, Jelení Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Retrospect, Gallery Luxfer, Česká Skalice, Czech Republic.

2010

  • 74°C, National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Equilateral Triangle, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic.

2009

  • Petr Krátký/ Jan Zdvořák, Gallery Klatovy Klenová, Klatovy, Czech Republic.
  • Screen, Gallery of Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, United Kingdom.
  • Best Of Better, Gallery 207, Prague, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Petr Krátký/ Jan Zdvořák, Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Free Amusement, The Běhal Fejér Institute , Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • For me it is too random, PAF - Festival of Animation and Contemporary Art, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • FUTURE LANDSCAPES, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi and Venice Art House Gallery, Venice, Italy.
  • MOVERE, The House of Arts , Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Structure Movement, Gallery of Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Other Vision 2015, PAF - Festival of animation and moving images, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • PAF NEW YORK 2015, Czech Centre NY, NEW YORK, United States.
  • 4+4 Days In Motion, Desfourský palace, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Other Visoin 2014, Seljavellir, Seljavellir, Iceland.
  • Other Vision 2014, tAD Gallery, Denton, Texas, United States.
  • Zlínský Salon , Regional Gallery of Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Other Visoin 2014, PAF - Festival of animation and moving images, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • 8th International Dada Festival, Dada Festival, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Locomotion Festival of Moving Images, Store, London, United Kingdom.
  • No comment? Vol.4, Central Slovak Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

2013

  • Best of Cross talk, Higgs Field Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Cross talk Video Art Festival, Toldi Cinema, Budapest, Hungary.
  • The ArtPlacc in Thinay, Balaton, Balaton, Hungary.
  • The Mind Is A Muscle, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Tetradekagon, Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Urbanism Animation, PAF- International Festival of Animation, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Moving Images, Gallery Fotograf, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Transparent Refractions, Tam Tam Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
  • Antithesis of Painting, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Art Has No History!, Karlín Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • A Lively Experiment, The Yellow Trailer Art Gallery, Providence, United States.
  • Art In box, LaPortaBlu Gallery, Roma, Italy.
  • Absurdity? Slapstick? Irony? 2nd part, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Collected Reflections, Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Videokemp, GASK, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.
  • Temporary Forms, Kunstroute by Tuk Tuk, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2009

  • Sculptures On The Streets, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.

2008

  • 10+10, Gallery Klatovy Klenová, Klatovy, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1985 in Klatovy, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2011
    Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, United States
    intership in Sculpture
  • 2010 - 2010
    Willen De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    intership in Intermedia
  • 2009 - 2010
    Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
    intership in Monumental art (Jiří Příhoda)
  • 2006 - 2012
    Academy of Art, architecture and design , Prague, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia (Jiří David)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    shortlist - Other Vision 2015
    PAF - Festival of animation and moving images, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 2015
    shortlist of Chimera Art Award
    Chimera Project, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2014
    shortlist - Other Vision 2014
    PAF - Festival of animation and moving images, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 2012
    Szpilman Award - shortlist
    Szpilman Award
  • 2011
    Final of Critics Prize for Young Painters
    Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2010
    Final of Critics Prize for Young Painters
    Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Bonobo, Greenhouse , Berlin, Germany
  • 2013
    Visegrad fund, Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2015 - Present
    AAAD - Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2014 - 2015
    RoxyVisuals , Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2011 - 2013
    I.D.A. initiative for contemporary art, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2009 - 2012
    Gallery 207, Prague, Czech Republic

COLLECTIONS

  • Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Artbank, Prague, Czech Republic