Jakub Janovský

The work of painter Jakub Janovský is based primarily on masterful drawing, through which he explores a range of contemporary themes. Personal and collective aspects are reflected in his choice of various materials and techniques. ‘s Resume EDUCATION 2000–2004 SUŠG Jihlava 2004–2010 AVU Prague, Drawing Studio, Prof. Jitka Svobodová AWARDS 2011 2. Venue: NG 333, National Gallery in Prague, Trade Fair Palace SYMPOSIUMS 2011 International Painting Symposium, Jihlava 2013 Smalt Art, Ostrava 2014 Multipoint International Art Symposium, Nitra, Slovakia 2015 International Painting Symposium, Alšova South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou 2018 Art Urbain, Paris, France RESIDENCY PROGRAMS 2012 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf-Fronberg, Germany WORKS IN COLLECTIONS , National Gallery in Prague, Prague City Gallery, Vysočina Regional Gallery in Jihlava, Vysočina Museum in Havlíčkův Brod, Alšova South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou, Klatovy/Klenová Gallery, private collections in Bohemia and abroad. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004 Heads from His Head, Jewish Cemetery, Telč 2009 Kango Mortale, House at the Golden Ring, Prague City Gallery 2011 All Souls’ Day (with Šumbera and Vélou), Trafačka, Prague 2013 Mental Mix, Off Format Gallery, Brno 2014 Mix-Er, Windows Vienna Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2015 Playground V-51, Nitrianská Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia 2016 Existential Boredom! (with M. Fabian), PRFR Studios, Bratislava 2016 Silicon Family, Trafo Gallery, Prague 2017 Does the Wolf Like the Lamb, or Does It Hate It?, Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague 2017 The Room, Prague House, Brussels, Belgium 2018 Jack in the Box, Petr Novotný Gallery, Prague 2019 Six Fingers (with Filípek), DSC Gallery, Prague 2021 An Hour on the Swing, Galerie plastik, Hořice 2021 Carousel, Galerie Jilská 14, Prague 2022 Concrete Garden, Alšova South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou 2022 Janovský in the Cellar, Art Space NOV, Pardubice GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 Introcity, Nuclear Family, Topič’s Salon, Prague 2009 Critics’ Award for Young Painters, Adria Palace, Prague 2011 NG 333 Finalists, National Gallery in Prague, Trade Fair Palace 2014 Figura Obscura, SVÚ Gallery – Umelka, Bratislava 2014 Ostrale, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany 2014 Trafačka: Temple of Freedom, Red Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2015 The Czech Dream, Czech Center, New York, USA 2016 Ornament of the Masses, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia 2016 Personae (with M. Fabian and R. Palúch), NoD Gallery, Prague 2017 Disruptive Imagination, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, Hungary 2018 Tangenty, House of Art, Brno 2019 Demoncracy, EMMA Kreativzentrum, Pforzheim, Germany 2019 Ostrale, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany 2019 Prague Berlin Barter, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2020 A Dream Within a Dream – Edgar Allan Poe and Art in the Czech Lands, National Gallery, Prague 2020 Vanitas, DOX, Prague 2021 Promising Prospects, DOX, Prague 2021 Solitude in the Crowd – Charles Baudelaire and Czech Art, GASK, Kutná Hora 2022 Physiognomy of the Present, European Parliament Building, Brussels, Belgium WORK: “ ” (The House of the Little Girl) Cast glass sculpture, blown glass Lhotský Glassworks, Štefánek Glassworks, 2023