
CV — Karel Balcar
Karel Balcar (b. 1966)
Training
1984-85 Czech Technical University, Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
1986-87 University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Management, Automated Control Systems
1992-99 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, with Professor Zdeněk Beran
Awards
1993 Studio Award
1994 Studio Award
1998 Scholarship from the Jana Milan Jelínek Foundation
2000 Finalist, ArtLink@Sotheby’s International Young Art
Solo exhibitions
1991 ‘Delta’, Prague
1991 ‘Behemoth’, Prague
1995 Aguéli Museum, Sala, Sweden
1997 ‘Death Before Your Eyes’, Lichtenstein Palais, Prague
2003 ‘Auto-da-fé’, Galerie Fronta, Prague
2009 ‘Man with The Finger’, Czech Centre, Prague
2010 Galerie Z, Stuttgart, Germany (with Yulia Kazakova)
2010 ‘From Love to Decadence’, Galerie Peron, Prague
Group exhibitions (a selection from 2005 onwards)
2005 ‘Akty v akci II’ (Nudes Move II), Galerie Diamant, Prague
2005 ‘Prague Studios’, New Town City Hall, Prague
2006 ‘tina b.’, Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Trade Fair Palace, Prague
2006 ‘Allied’, Trade Fair Palace, Prague
2006 ‘black 2006’, Art Festival, VCG, Pardubice
2007 ‘New Patience’, Mánes, Prague
2007 ‘City jsou přežitek’ (Feelings are a Relic), Czech Centre, Prague
2007 ‘Contemporary Czech Art – Parallels between Generations’, Zurab Tsereteli Gallery, Moscow
2008 ‘Defenestration’, New Town City Hall, Prague
2008 ‘Transfer’, Prague, and Kunštát House, Brno
2009 ‘Czech Contemporary Art, Parallel Lines lll’, Heritage Gallery, Moscow
2010 ‘The Self-portrait in Czech Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries’, AJG, Hluboká nad Vltavou
2010 ‘Na vlastní oči’ (With One’s Own Eyes; with Jan Gemrot), Divadlo Karla Pippicha, Chrudim
2010 ‘Sex extrémně líbezný’ (Extremely Sweet Sex), Galerie XXL, Louny
2011 Art Fair, Karlsruhe
2011 ‘HYPE-R-R’, artpro gallery, Prague
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