ARTIST PROFILE

Václav Kopecký

  • Czech Republic (b. 1983 in Prague)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • artist, photographer, teacher at Graphic School Prague (Hellichova)

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Zkamenělina / Petrification (IV), OFF Format, Brno, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Zkamenělina / Petrification (III), Gallery Josef Sudek Studio, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Zkamenělina / Petrification (II), Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Zkamenělina / Petrification (I), House of Arts, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • Hotel Zenit (o), Buňka, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Hotel Zenit - Reverse Wave, Kabinet Gallery (TIC BRNO), Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Hotel Zenit (II), Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Neon (with Jiří Thýn), The Good-bye Gallery, Malsička hill, Volyně, Czech Republic.
  • Hotel Zenit (I), 35m2 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Fading light, growing shadow (with Pavel Baňka), Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Invisible Cube, M.odla gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • "untitled", Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • As bee hive seen it / Včela z úlu v pohledu, Jelení Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Notes to the Subject (with Veronika Daňhelová), Školská 28 - Communication space, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • RIPPLE EFFECT, Center For Contemporary Art Futura, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Inventura 2016, Galerie u Bílého jednorožce v Klatovech, Klatovy, Czech Republic.
  • Cities and (Velo)cities, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium.

2015

  • Between Document and Monument, Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Kdo na moje místo, Plato, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • 7th New Zlín Salon, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlin, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Hast du von Bergen geträumt ? III, curated by Alena Drahokoupilová, Czech Centre Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • About the Chair, Biennial of Photography and Visual Art Liege 2014, Liége, Belgium.
  • About the Chair, 9th Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liege, Liege, Belgium.
  • Hast du von Bergen geträumt ? II, Czech Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

2013

  • Hast du von Bergen geträumt ? I, Kulturrathaus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
  • Prague Biennale Photo 3, curated by Pavel Vančát, the functionalist railway station Žižkov, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Hidden River, DOX Centre for contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 6th Zlín Youth Salon, Zlín House of Arts, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Fotofestival Uničov 2, Teta Gallery, Uničov, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Finalists of EXIT Award, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • The Exhibition 2011, curated by Karel Císař, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Magic circle (annual exhibition of the department of photography of Pavel Baňka), Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Collected reflections, curated by Edith Jeřábková, Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • One day you will lose it all, curated by Markéta Kinterová, 4+4 Days in Motion, 15th Performing Arts Festival, 4+4 Days in Motion, Prague, Czech Republic.

2009

  • Gedanken Zur Revolution, Part 03 “Art & Politics, Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Second shift, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1983 in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2013 - 2017
    Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Phd. in Photography
  • 2011 - 2011
    Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    . in (Tomáš Vaňek)
  • 2010 - 2012
    Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    MgA. in Photography (Aleksandra Vajd & Hynek Alt )
  • 2006 - 2010
    Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Art and Design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
    BcA. in Photography (Pavel Baňka)

RESIDENCIES

  • 2013
    residency CC Brussels, Czech Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2012
    residency Egon Schiele Art Center, Egon Schiele Art Center, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic