ARTIST PROFILE

Tomáš Moravec

  • Czech Republic (b. 1985 in Prague)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Tomáš Moravec gained his Master in Arts (MgA.) at the intermedia department of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic in 2012. His works could be described as „spatial situations“, mostly realized by means of object, video and installation.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Border invisible from above, Gallery of Faculty of Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Revize (with Matej Al-Ali), Gallery AVU (GAVU), Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Revize (together with Matej Al-Ali), Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Quarter Kilometre of an Airship, SPZ Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Notes on Airships, The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Palindrom#2, XY Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • Palindrom (Art Week Liberec 2017), Cinema Varšava, Liberec, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Realm of Futility (Ivan Kafka, Guest: Tomáš Moravec), Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Plastic film, Gallery Školská 28, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Cast, Gallery Lauby, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Sketches in bronze, DADS, Liberec, Czech Republic.
  • Still life with mechanical scenario (together with Matej Al-Ali), Gallery U Dobrého pastýře, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Question of superficial affection – extended, BB15, Linz, Austria.

2014

  • Panic room (with Matej Al-Ali and Petr Dub), Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Handle with care and criricism (with Matěj Al-Ali and Petr Dub), Prádelna Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Question of superficial affection, OFF/Format Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Opencall (with Matěj Al-Ali), Gallery Weltecho, Chemnitz, Germany.
  • From head to toe (with Matěj Al-Ali), Theatre Alfréd ve dvoře, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Prospect, Plusminusnula Gallery, Žilina, Slovakia.

2012

  • Beds and Folds (with Matěj Al-Ali), Gallery Jelení, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Dividing, Vitrina Deniska, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Subject to alterations, FKSE Studio, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Echoes of entropy (with Matěj Al-Ali and Petr Dub), Gallery of critics, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Pre-postures, Telep Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • It lasts, Gallery 207, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Spare month, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Puncture tyres (with Roman Štětina), Space Gallery, Bratislava, Czech Republic.
  • Accidental deception (with Matěj Al-Ali), Altán Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • If (training in materials and tools) (with Roman Štětina), Meetfactory / Kostka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Reserve pair of socks (with Matěj Al-Ali), Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • OFFCITY AiR happening / Enter the Void, OFFCITY, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
  • Linz FMR 19, LINZ FMR 19, LINZ, Austria.

2018

  • The Audience has Award, Gallery u Dobrého pastýře, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Apparatus 2.0, Foundation and Centre for Contemporary Art Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Conditions of impossibility I/VII - Wate of Time, Cursor Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Observer’s anamnesis, GHMP - Colloredo-Mansfeld palace, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 23. Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, Museum of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
  • Soulful Interiors - Artistic dwelling in Adolf Loos’ architectural spaces in Pilsen, The Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Irreversible Shift, Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Aparatus for a utopian image, Elisabeth Foundation Project space, NYC, United States.
  • Monument: School of gestures, Czech China Contemporary, Beijing, China.
  • Hairy ball theorem, Gallery U bílého jednorožce, Klatovy, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Soul capsule, Gallery of modern art in Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem.
  • 7th Zlín youth salon, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Distant observers, Gallery of modern art in Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • The 2015 James and Audrey Foster Prize, ICA Boston, Boston, United States.
  • Screen City Festival, Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
  • Zen Pilsen, Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
  • Chasing Max Mustermann, Graz, Graz, Austria.
  • Movement is beautiful, Gallery 99, Brno, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Zone in motion, DOX, Centre for contemporary art, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Fatal jump from a stool, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • About the chair, 9th International Biennial of photography and visual arts Liège, Liège, Belgium.
  • About the Chair, Biennial of Photography and Visual Art Liege 2014, Liége, Belgium.

2013

  • Poison Green, Czech Center Gallery, New York, United States.
  • Non-subjective cinema, Gallery U Dobrého Pastýře, Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • 6th Zlín youth salon, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Use your illusion, BB15, Linz, Austria.
  • Graduates AVU, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Syndrom povlacenja, Salon 77, Niš, Serbia.
  • Happiness, 4+4 days in motion festival, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Finally together, Armaturka gallery, Ústí nad Labem.
  • Raum:selbst, Brno house of arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Placcc festival, Central Passage Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Galerie2, Prague quadriennale, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • The Reply, Bell Street project space, Wien, Austria.
  • Exit a.a.O., Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
  • Trial trail, Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien, Austria.
  • Scherneschnitte 3 - Des Kaisers neue Kleider, Oberhafen Kantine, Hamburg, Germany.

2009

  • Telescopic studio, Václav Špála gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Sculptures in the streets - Brno Art Open, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Exit 2009, Armaturka gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Jindrich Chalupecký award, Final 2008, Dům Pánu z Kunštátu, Brno, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

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

EDUCATION

  • 2016 - 2016
    Academy of Arts in Prague, Prague
    Enrolled Ph.D. programme in intermedia (Dušan Zahoranský and Pavla Sceranková)
  • 2010 - 2012
    Academy of Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in intermedia (Jiří Příhoda)
  • 2010 - 2010
    Guest professor studio, Academy of Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    internship in guest professor studio (Marcus Geiger)
  • 2005 - 2010
    Institute of Art and Design (UUD), Plsen, Czech Republic
    BcA. in intermedia (A. Matasová, D. Zahoranský, M. Pěchouček)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2017
    Gascar Prize 2017
    23. Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
  • 2015
    Václav Chad Prize 2015
    The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic
  • 2015
    Finalist of The James and Audrey Foster Prize 2015
    ICA Boston, Boston, United States
  • 2009
    Finalist of EXIT 2009 Prize
    FUD/UJEP, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
  • 2008
    Finalist of Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2008
    CJCH, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2008
    Art ON! – viewers prize
    International film festival Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

RESIDENCIES

  • 2019
    OFFCITY AiR, OFFCITY, Pardubice, Czech Republic
  • 2013
    AIR - Studios Das Weisse Haus, Studios Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
  • 2013
    AIR - Triangle Arts Association, Triangle Arts Association, NYC, United States
  • 2011
    AIR - FKSE, FKSE, Budapest, Hungary

COLLECTIONS

  • Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Museum House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
  • Galery of Modern Art Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic
  • The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic
  • Sbírka Marek, Valtice, Czech Republic