Born in  Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic)

EDUCATION

2004 – 2005 University of Reading PGCE Secondary: Art & Design (Distinction in Teaching)

2001-2004 Wimbledon School of Art BA (HONS) in Fine Art – Painting (First Honours)

2000-2001  Reading College and School of Arts & Design (BTEC) National Diploma in Foundation studies in Art & Design (Distinction)

SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS

2023

Monsieur T, 12th International Animated Film Festival ANIMOCJE, Special Mention Award, Poland

Monsieur T, Métamorphoses ICART, Prix public, Lyon, France 

Monsieur T,  Auditorium de Chaponost, Chaponost, France

2022

Tires des Langes, Atelier Alma, Maison de l’Estampe des Grands Moulins, Gleizé, France

Monsieur T, Aquarium Ciné-Café, Lyon, France

Little Etude N.3, R festival #3 2022, Le Croiseur, Lyon

 

2021
Torrance Art Museum, curated by Max Presneill, Torrance, USA
hARTslane Gallery , curated by Nikos Akridis, Rachel Lonsdale and Cristiana Bottigella, London, UK
Institut für Alles Mögliche / Stützpunkt Teufelsberg, curated by Urlike Riebel, Berlin, Germany

2020
The Live Drawing Project, Lyon
Riddle57, Double Elephant Print Workshop studio, Exeter, UK

2019
“Berliner Zeitgeist – Falling Walls: Mail Art Exhibition” John Street gallery, Stroud Valley Artspace (SVA), Stroud
Humanising Medicine Exhibition, Barts Pathology Museum, 24 W Smithfield,
London, United Kingdom

2018

Desir, Studio O’Bahamas, France

2017

Homart,  Saint Didier de Formans, France Festival de Poche 2017, Villie Morgon, France

International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, Leeds, UK

2016

Paperscissorsbook, Contemporary Craft Tour, Cumbria, UK

Anibar animation festival, Peja, Kosovo

Les Tres Court, Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgique Les Jeudis Soirs du film court, France

2015

International Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers, Tallinn, Estonia

Facade Video Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Bideodromo Festival 2015, Bilbao in BilbaoArte Art Production Center, the Sarean Cultural Center and the French Institute of Bilbao, Spain

34ème festival du film d’animation de Bourg-en-Bresse, France

Très Court International Film Festival, Paris France

Kino 35, Institut Français de Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Kino Aero, Prague, Czech Republic

Terrasse Chez Elvire , Dacia, Bucarest, Romania

Cinéma Cirko-Gejzír , Budapest, Hungary

Cinéma Eden, Chateau-d’Oex, Swizeralnd

Centre Cultural “Ausiàs March”, l’Atzubia, Spain

69 O’Connell Street, Limerick, Ireland Worm,Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ciné Utopia, Luxembourg Tabacka

Kulturfabrik , Kosice , Slovakia

Tallinn Viimsi Cinema, Tallinn, Estonia

Centre culturel de la Channe, Chania, Greece

Cinéma Zawya , Egypt

Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scéniques de Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger

Goethe-Institut Lomé, Lomé, Togo Cine Brasilia , Brasilia,

Brazil Place Puerto Príncipe, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela

Estudio Multiuso del GECU, Universidad de Panama, Panama

Ciudad, Panama Cinéma Magaly, Barrio

La California, frente al Observatorio, Nicaragua Alianza Francesa de Guatemala, Guatemala

Ciudad , Guatemala Alliance française de Shanghai, Shanghai, China Centre Culturel du Mont-Dore, Mont –Dore

PUBLIC MURAL 1MIN ANIMATION TORIDE , Japan

The Anti Gallery Gallery Show,Espacio Gallery,159 Bethnal Green Road,London,UK

2014

MJC Chaponost, France

Pratiques du film d’animation : programme et expérience(s) – Artist Talk, LARA, Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, France

Mairie de Chaponost, Salle  municipal, France

F.I.V.E. International Video Art Project Sidney Cooper Gallery, Open Film, Canterbury, UK

The Creative Process, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Oregon, USA

The 8Fest 7th Annual Festival, SPK Polish Combatants’ Hal, Toronto, Canada

2013

Ozo Coffee House, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey

The Artist’s Book NOW, Chelsea Arts, Culture and Heritage Centre, Quebec 15e Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris, France Portas Abertas, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Portugal Chateau Marmot, screening event, York, UK

Baobab Project, Echo, short animation commision , France 2012

Shadow Play, The Point, Eastleigh, UK

Gaza’s International Festival for Video Art 2012, General Union of Cultural Centers Abu Hsirah St. behind Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza

Oneroi, Southend-on-Sea Film Festival 2012,UK

Walthamstow International Film Festival, London,UK

MARGINS, Art Suites Gallery, Beyoğlu/Istanbul, Turkey

Çanakkale Boğaz Komutanlığı, Deniz Müzesi Muavenet-i Milliye Sergi Salonu, Çimenlik Kalesi/Çanakkale, Turkey

L’Arrivage, 6, rue Larivey – 10000 Troyes, France

2011

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México

Cinéma L’Horloge, Animation Film Festival,  Meximieux, France

Women’s glance, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Italy

Kaunas Biennial, Kauno, Lithuania

Façade Video Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Busan International Video Festival, Korea

The Walthamstow International Film Festival, London,UK

One Minute Film & Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland

Cherry Kino, Mobile Cinema at the Saltaire Arts Trail, West Yorkshire, UK Magmart, Naples, Italy

2010

Streaming Stills 2010, Paardcafe, Hague, Netherlands Lost in Translation?, Riverside Studios, London, UK

CAM CASORIA Contemporary Art Museum, Magmart, Naples

2009

STREAMING FESTIVAL selection on VisualcontainerTV

2008

The Streaming Festival, 3rd Edition, Hague, Netherlands

Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, “Long Overdue: Book Renewal”, Louisiana, USA

ATA Film and Video Festival, “Global Underground”, ATV San Francisco, USA

Elysium Artspace, “Elysium artspace international Film night”, Swansea, UK Wolstenholme Projects,”Closer”, Liverpool, UK

2007

Alsager Art Gallery, “700IS Reindeerland” MMU Manchester, UK

Samy’s Camera, “Popcorn! Short Film and Video Festival”, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

ГУ Киноцентр «Родина», filmcentre “Rodina”, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Space “Wild Dog 5 – Wild Dog Summer Party” http://www.microtonalprojects.co.uk/wild_dog_5.html, Docklands, London, UK

Bath Fringe Festival, “Drop Frame 2”, the Sony Centre & Moss of Bath, Bath, UK Ladyfeast, “Exp 24”, Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, UK

Arizona State University Art Museum “11th Annual Film Festival”, Arizona, USA

Culture Centre of Fljotsdalsherad “700IS Film Festival”, Egilsstadir, Iceland Eleven Projects, “Clear-Cut”, London, UK

2006 Stroud House Gallery, “Can you Eat it?”, Stroud, UK

Art Burn Gallery, “Eclectic”, Wargrave, UK

Open Hand Open Space Gallery, “Opposite to the Devotion of Pleasure”, Reading,UK

Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece Exploding Cinema, Hatcham Social Club, London, UK

Cornerhouse Gallery, “Another Product”, Manchester, UK

2005

Greenwich Picturehouse, “Wild Dog 2”, London, UK

Arc Burn Gallery, “29”, Wargrave, UK

291 Gallery, “Take291”, London, UK

Waterloo Gallery, “Looking Glass”, London, UK

Candid Art Gallery, “Three Sixteen”, London, UK

University of Teesside, “Animex”, Student Animation Award, Tees Valley, UK

2004

Switch London, “50/500 Event”, London, UK

Orleans House Gallery, “Drawing the Line”, Twickenham, UK

Wimbledon School of Art, “TAKE 04”, Graduation Exhibition, Wimbledon, UK

Prenelle Gallery, “Island Art Film & Video Festival 2004”, London, UK

291 Gallery, “Hearts of Glass”, London, UK

2003

Wimbledon Library Gallery, “If U Want My Body”, Wimbledon, UK

Global Café Gallery, “In Print”, Reading, UK

AWARDS

2015 PUBLIC MURAL 1MIN ANIMATION TORIDE Grand Award

2014 Hop l’Awards, BaoBaB Project pour « Echo », candidat à la catégorie clip musical de l’année. Shortlisted for the music video of the year prize. 2004 Idris Pearce Prize (short listed), Wimbledon School of Art, London 2003 The Drawing Prize, Wimbledon School of Art (1st prize), London

2001 British Council Youth Millennium Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020 Dwell time Magazine n.2
2019 Penny Thoughts Magazine Issue 30
2016    Art Habens, contemporary Art Review, special edition, p.4-p28.

2012 Time Out Istanbul, May 2012 issue

2010     Marginalia, issue n6, Cultural Clash Lost in Translation?, Sander Roberto Maurano Filho ,  pg.27

2008     MASTARS – SELECTED MA GRADUATES ELISHABETH SARDARI-KERMANI AXIS

2004     TAKE04”Wimbledon School of Art catalogue

2001     “EYECON : special edition” AIAS Wimbledon 2001, Identity in the Digital Age