ARTIST PROFILE

Tomáš Klepoch

  • Slovakia (b. 1981 in Bratislava)
  • Currently in Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Visual artist, graphic artist and illustrator. The basis of his artistic creations is figural drawing used in free graphics (linocut, woodcut, monotype), illustrations as well as in his monumental realizations.

REPRESENTATION

CONTACT & LINKS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Mor ho! , Kulturdrogerie , Vienna, Austria.
  • HDP/GDP, Photoport gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2014

  • Cut by Klepoch, Baobab gallery , Tabor , Czech Republic.

2013

  • Majland , Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2012

  • Coquette With Pitch and Delicious Collapse , Enter gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia.

2011

  • Plaudite cives acta est fabula , Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2010

  • Illustrations: How I became a wise man (Ilustrácie: Ako som sa stal mudrcom) , ASIL Gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia.

2009

  • Everything Depends on the Position, Ex Cafe, Bratislava, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • ENEMA project and others , El Legnero, Puebla , Mexico.
  • Klyzma - úvod k pozemským metódam , Galéria Gagarinka , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Triennal of Small Object and Drawings / Trienále malého objektu a kresby , Gallery of Jozef Kollár , Banská Štiavnica , Slovakia.

2014

  • Agro, 4D Gallery , Galanta, Slovakia.

2013

  • International Graphic Exhibition , Graphic Art Centrum , Beograd , Serbia.
  • Linolschmidtt Heute IX , Linolschmidtt heute IX , Beitigheim-Bissingen , Germany.

2012

  • Asimilation vs. Original / Asimilácia vs. Originál, Galéria SVU, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Apocalypse Now! , Medium gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia.

2011

  • Graduates of AFAD / Absolventi VŠVU , Dom umenia , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Sme pre deti , ASIL Gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts / Medzinárodné bienále grafiky a kresby Gyor , Kondor Béla Gallery, Gyor, Hungary.
  • Monkey Jumping (Klepoch, Maťátko, Sabová) , Tranzit dielne , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Trans-media space of Printmaking / Trans-mediálny priestor grafiky, Nitrianska galéria , Nitra, Slovakia.
  • Slovak Contemporary Graphic Art / Súčasná slovenská grafika, Stredoslovenská galéria , Banská Bystrica , Slovakia.
  • Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava / Nominačná výstava reprezentácie ilustrátorov pre BIB 2011, Bibiana , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • BLATT/LIST/LAP (J.Horvath, J.Čumlivski, P.Čejka, S.Mikyta, T.Klepoch, M.Maťátko), LOKATOR, Krakow, Poland.

2010

  • I Will Never Draw Under the Desk Again / Už nikdy si nebudem kresliť pod lavicou, ASIL Gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Artworks from Pohoda festival , 4D Gallery , Galanta, Slovakia.

2009

  • Opening of 4D gallery / Výstava pri príležitosti otvorenia 4D gallery , 4D Gallery , Galanta, Slovakia.
  • M.A.S.O objekt 2009 , 4D Gallery , Galanta, Slovakia.
  • International Triennial of Poster in Trnava 2009 / Medzinarodné trienále plagátu Trnava 2009, Západoslovenské múzeum , Trnava, Slovakia.
  • Biennial of illustrations Bratislava / Nominačná výstava reprezentácie ilustrátorov pre BIB 2009, Bibiana , Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Plus/Minus 20, Galeria Im-puls, Kulturdrogerie , Vienna, Austria.
  • Pictures of Small Worlds / Obrázky malých svetov , P.I.C. , Piešťany, Slovakia.
  • Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava / BIB 2009, Dom umenia , Bratislava, Slovakia.

2008

  • Design on the wheels / Dizajn na kolesách , Univerzita Tomáše Bati , Uherské Hradiště , Czech Republic.
  • Slovak Rep. , Místodržitelský palác, Moravské náměstí , Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Illustrators of the book Colourful tales / Ilustrátori knihy farebné rozprávky, P.I.C. , Piešťany, Slovakia.

2007

  • Students of printmaking from AFAD / Výstava študentov grafiky VŠVU , Dom umenia , Piešťany, Slovakia.
  • Blue on White / Modré na bielom , Ex libris café, Bratislava, Slovakia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1981 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.

EDUCATION

  • 2006 - 2011
    AFAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design , Bratislava, Slovakia
    Mgr.art in Visual communication (Doc. Pavol Choma (2007 - 2009 Bc. degree, 2009-2011 Mgr.art degree), Prof. Ivan Csudai (intership, 2008), Prof. Robert Jančovič (2005-2007) )

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2011
    Golden Apple (1st prize for the children's book illustration)
    B.I.B., Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2009
    Design on the Wheels / Dizajn na kolesách
    National prize for design, Prize of the Ministry of culture , Bratislava, Slovakia

COLLECTIONS

  • Slovak national gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia