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Jiri Kovanda

Biography

Jiri Kovanda Born in 1953 in Prague. Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

Solo exhibitions

2008

CGAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela.

Untitled, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Prague.

Kissing through Glass (Performance), Frac Lorraine, Metz.

Two Cushions, gb agency, Paris.

When I was a Little Boy, I played with girls, Galerie U Bílého Jednorozce, Klatovy.

2007

Jiri Kovanda vs The Rest of the World, Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelone.

Jiri Kovanda vs le reste du monde, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valence.

Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna.

Jiri Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest.

Jiri Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, De Appel, Amsterdam.

2006

I'd Rather be an Angel, Atelier Josefa Sudka, Prague.

Galerie Na bidylku, (with J.G. Dokoupil), Brno.

Moravska galerie, Brno.

Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de Rapprochement), cur. G. Désanges & F. Piron, gb agency, Paris.

Jiri Kovanda, une rétrospective, Galerie Zdenek Sklenar, Prague.

Jiri Kovanda, Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna.

Julius Koller, Jiri Kovanda, Index - Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm.

2005

From The Third Side, Dum umeni, Ceské Budejovice.

I Hunted for the Zoo, A.M 180, Prague.

30 cm to the Left, Institut français, Prague.

2004

1985, Galerie Na bidylku, Brno

I Have Nothing Against It, Dum panu z Kunstatu, Brno.

Soul Mate, Gallery Sternberk, Sternberk.

2002

Open Gallery, Bratislava. (with D. Lehocka)

Walled Sausage, Gallery CO 14, Prague.

Gallery Jeleni, Prague. (with D. Lehocka)

Spejnovna, Prague. (with J. Spanhel)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno. (with J. Mancuska)

2001

Mestska knihovna, Pilsen.

2000

A Few Contemporary Artists, Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Sunflower, AP Atelier, Prague.

1999

Drawings 1970 - 1999, Gallery Na bid lku, Brno.

1998

A Favourable Moment, Gallery MXM, Prague.

Gallery zum Roten Leue, Klingnau.

1997

Nina at Work, Gallery Mala Spálovka, Prague.

European Studies Center of the Institute for East West Studies, Prague.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

1996

Gallery Caesar, Olomouc.

Mestske Muzeum, As.

Gallery 761, Ostrava.

White Food, Gallery MXM, Prague. (with V. Skrepl)

1995

Gallery MXM, Prague.

Forum Stadtpark, Graz. (with V. Skrepl)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Mestska Knihovna, Boskovice.

1994

Gallery Pod Vezi, Trebon.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Gallery of J. Krale, House of Art, Brno.

Gallery Velryba, Prague.

1993

Gallery MXM, Prague.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

1992

Gallery MXM, Prague. (with M. Dopitova)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

1991

Dum Kultury, Ceske Budejovice.

Gallerymladych, Brno.

Workshop Na Skorepce, Brno.

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.

Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

1990

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Gallery Holzer, Villach. (with V. Kokolia)

Gallery Pohlhammer, Steyr. (with G. Hosovsky and L. Teren)

1989

Gallery Na Bidylku, Brno.

Cultural Center Opatov, Prague.

1988

Vystavni Sin Luna, Louny.

Little Exhibition Hall, Liberec. (with M. John and V. Skrepl)

1987

Kulturni stredisko Blatiny, Prague.

Kulturni stredisko Opatov, Prague. (with M. Johnem and V.Skrepl)

1984

Futurum, Prague.

1982

Vystavni sin Kniha, Prague.

1976

Gallery Mospan, Warsaw.

Group exhibitions

2009

Nord, Nord-Ouest, gb agency, Paris.

2008

Crowd, Centre d'Art Contemporain La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand.

Playtime, Bétonsalon, Paris

Collection premier mouvement. Des contes, des images, quelques tableaux et un théâtre invisible, Musée départemental d'art contemporain, Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart.

New But For Exceptions, Wannieck Gallery, Brno.

Art Sheffield 08 : Yes, No & Other Options, Sheffield.

Contemporary Czech Cubism, City Gallery, Prague.

Absence Recorded, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague.

Tomas Cisarovsky, Jiri Kovanda, Petr Pastrnak, Fifth Floor Gallery, Prague.

Why do you Resist, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem.

2007

Why Do You Resist, Forum Stadtpark, Graz.

Fiac, gb agency, Cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris.

The Fair Gallery, gb agency, Frieze Art Fair, London.

Passion de l'été pour l'hiver, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou.

With Only Exceptions New, Wannieck Gallery, Brno.

Intocable, el ideal de la transparencia, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid.

Documenta XII, Kassel.

Invisible Things, Trafo Gallery, Budapest.

Some Time Waiting, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris.

Tanzen Sehen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen.

Actions and Interruptions (Saturday Live), Tate Modern, London.

2006

Tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurt

More stories on absence, Extra City, Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp.

I invited some friends to come and watch, Galerija Nova, Zagreb.

I (ICH) / PERFORMATIVE ONTOLOGY, Secession, Vienna.

I, Direct Ontology, Futura Gallery, Prague, Secession, Vienna.

Gray Zones, GfZK, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.

Kontakt, Sammlung der Erste Bank Gruppe, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna.

2005

Flash Fair, Ata Hotel, Milan.

ViennAfair, Messezentrum, Vienna.

Prague Biennale 2, Karlinska hala, Prague.

Fourth New Zlin Salon, Dum Umeni, Zlin.

20th Centurty Czech Photography, Umeleckoprumyslové Museum, Galerie hl.m. Prahly, Prague.

Definitions, Display Gallery, Prague.

East Art Museum, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Den Hagen.

Concept Art, Neue Gallery, Graz.

2004

Eintritt Frei, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna. *

Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baseland, Basel. *

Parallel Actions, Galerie der HGB, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig.

Being the Future, Palast der Republik, Berlin.

The Richard Adam Collection, Oblastni Gallery Vysociny, Jihlava.

The Collection Obsession, Oblastni GalleryVysociny, Jihlava.

Cordially Invited, Back a Central Museum, Utrecht.

Like Breads on an Abacus Designed to Calculate Infinity, Rockwell, London.

One Possibility, Sternberck g Gallery, Sternberk.

Neutral, Motorenhalle, Dresde.

De ma fenêtre, des artistes et leurs territoires, ENSBA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (cur. N. Boutin, S. Guillier et L. Gorczyca), Paris.

2003

To the Letter, Czech Center, New York.

Parallel Actions, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.

Today, We Must Still Appeal to Your Imagination, Kölnischer Kunsverein, Cologne.

2002

FAIR, Royal College of Art, London.

arty, Café Bystrica, Bratislava.

Object, Object, Moravska gallery, Brno.

Interpretation is Not a Crime, Dum umeni, Brno.

On Paper, MXM Gallery, Prague.

Black and White, Vystavni sin zamku, Bruntal; Mestské Muzeum a Gallery, Svitav; Stenberk Gallery, Stenberk.

Yo-Yo Effect, Wortneruv dum, Ceske Budejovice.

Tsjechish Cultuurfestival, Christine van Stralen Gallery, Almere.

Third New Zlin Salon, Dum Umeni Zlinsky zamek, Zlin.

Akademija za likovno umetnost iz Prage se predstavija, Posavski Musej, Brezice.

Field of Phenomena: The Solitude of Things, Moravska Gallery, Brno.

2001

Body and the East, Exit Art, New York.

Object, Object, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague.

Die Sammlung, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna.

Contemprary Past, Oblastni Gallery Vysociny, Jihlava.

Blinded Intemacy, Centrum pro Soucasne Umeni, Prague.

2000

ÃœberlebenKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Berlin.

Contemporary Past, Alsova jihoceska Gallery.

On the Road to Permanent Exhibition: Contemporary Czech Painting and Sculpture, Muzeum Umeni, Benesov.

100, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc.

Modern Czech Drawing, Vitavin Gallery, Prague.

1999

Perplex, V. Spala's Gallery, Prague.

Brother's Brother, V. Löffler's Museum, Kosice.

99 CZ' Nineties, Wenceslas Square no.15 and other spaces, Prague.

The Prague MXM Gallery, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin.

Sensitivities-Contemporary Art of Central Europe, European Academy for the Arts, London.

Czech Days, City Exhibition Hall, Wesseling.

Green, Akademie Gallery Vytvarnych Umeni, Prague.

Aspekte / Positionen, 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949?1999, Museum Moderner Kunst, Palais Lichtenstein; 20er Haus,Vienna.

Art for Hospitals, V. Spaly, Prague.

Czech Art in the 1990's, The Czech Center, New York.

Translocation, Generali Foundation, Vienna.

ARCO, Madrid.

Homage to Franck Kafka, Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg, SRN;Tancici dum, Prague.

Second New Zlin Salon, Zlinsky zamek a jiné prostory, Zlin.

Transversal Structures, Château de Vaudrémont.

MXM Gallery Messe, Vienna.

1998

Lewered Budget, Manes, Prague.

Liste 98 ? The Young Art Fair, Werkraum Warteck, Bâle.

Body and the East, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.

Sensitivities ? Contemporary Art of Cenral Europe, European Academy for the Arts, Londres.

Osterreichisches Kultur Institut, Rome.

Gifts and Purchases, Narodni Gallery, Veletrzni Palac, Prague.

Painted Collage, Na bidylku Gallery, Brno.

1997

Demode, Gallery U dobreho Pastyre, Brno.

Cse(h)ndes üzenetek, Budapest Galeria, Budapest.

There Is No Normal Family, Na bidylku gallery, Brno.

The Art of the Frozen Time: The Czech Art Scene 1969-1985, Moravska Gallery, Brno.

Between Tradition and Experimentation: Works on paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989, Muzeum Umeni, Olornouc.

Art Market 97, Dresde.

Interfaces, Kunstverein, Konstanz.

Distribution of Presents, MXM Gallery, Prague.

1996

Ceska abstraHce, V. Spala?s Gallery, Prague.

L'Art au Corps, MAC, Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, Marseille.

Sleeping Doll, MXM gallery, Prague.

Silence, Warmth, Liquids, JNJ Gallery, Prague.

First New Zlin Salon, Dum um_ni a jiné prostory, Zlin.

Confrontation 96, Svarov.

The Art of Frozen Time: The Czech Art Scene 1969-1985, Ceske Muzeum Vytvarnychumeni, Prague.

Malamut 96, Parnik, Ostrava.

Villa, Richterova vila, Prague.

Abstract/Real, Museum Moderner Kunst, 20er Haus, Vienna.

2000-4/Simple Notification, AP Ateliér, Prague.

1995

Trial Run, Manes, Prague.

Pure Profit, MXM Gallery, Prague.

Pretty Much Like That, But With Caution, MXM Gallery, Prague.

Bona Fide Pictures, Sypka Gallery, Vikov.

Yearly Market 95, Kunsthalle, Krems.

MXM Gallery, München.

Abstrakt/Real, Museum Moderner Kunst, 20er Haus, Vienna.

1994

Circle, Gallery MXM, Umeni Gallery, Ostrov nad Ohri, Spka Gallery, Vikov.

1993

Gray Brick 35/1992, Gallery J,Jokobiho, Kosice; Zahorska Galery, Senaca.

Second Exit, Ludwig Forum, Aachen.

Reality and Illusion, Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou; Pribam Oblastni GalleryVysociny, Jihlava.

The Landscape in Contemporanity Art, DumU Kamenneho zvonu, Prague.

Czech Works on Paper, South Bank Centre, Londres; Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr.

Gallery MXM, Prague.

What's Left, Stenc's House, Prague.

Europe Without Walls, City Art Galleries, Manchester.

11th International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Gallery, Murska Sobota.

What's Left, Art, Hamburg.

1992

Rosemary, Sage and Thyme, gallery Panetta, Mannheim.

Presparty, Galleryhlavinho mesty Prahy Prague.

Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou; Pribam Oblastni GalleryVysociny, Jihlava.

Project 1992, Civitella d'Agliano, Agliano.

Crash, Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

Sirup, Pasinger Fabrik, München.

Gray Brick 35/1992, Gallery Klatovy, Klenova.

Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska Galerie, Hluboka n/V.

1991

New Intimacy, ULUV, Prague.

Contribution to Happiness, Galerie der Künstler, München.

The Exhibition of the Contemporary Czech Art, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei.

Contemporary Czech Painting, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul.

Roads Toward Postmodernism, Umeleckoprumyslove Museum, Prague.

The 1980s Generation, Palffyho Palac, Prague.

Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou.

Gallery MXM, Prague.

Magic Box, Vila Portheimka, Prague.

Action Art, Manes, Prague; Povazska Galeria Umenia, Zilin.

1990

Description of a Struggle, Gallery of Art, Cheb; Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary; Orlicka gallery, Rychnov nad Kneznou; House of Art, Opava.

1989

Metaphysical Visions: Middle Europe, Artists Space, New York.

Description of a Struggle, Gallery of Art, Roudnice nad Labem.

Rockfest 89, Palac Kultury, Prague.

Smiles, Jokes and Faces, Palac Kultur, Prague.

Vystava na podporu OF, Dum U Kamenneho Zvonu, Prague.

1988

Rockfest 88, Palac Kultury, Prague.

Humor 88, Krajska Gallery.

Painting of the 80' Generation, Palace of Youth, Moscow.

1987

Exhibition 30, People's House, Prague.

Second Congress of Young Czech and Slovak Artists, Bratislava.

Rockfest 87, Palackultury, Prague.

Confrontation VI, Prague.

Artists Festival, Bratislava.

Confrontation VII, Svarov.

1986

Body in the Czechoslovak Photography, Museum Kromerizska, Kromeriz.

Confrontation V, Svarov.

Confrontation IV, Prague.

First Congress of Young Czech and Slovak Artists, Prague.

1981

Returns to Nature, Salon Fotografia, Belgrade.

1979

Places and Moments, Galeria Foto-Medium-Art, Wroclaw.

Czechoslovak Conceptual Photography, Dziekanka, Warsaw.

Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam.

1978

Experience Book, Gallery Maki, Tokyo.

1977

Laboratorio, Milan.

Vysokoskolsky club, Hradek Kralové.

Bibliography

(selection)

2008

Modern Painters, Spring, Jiri Kovanda, Two Cushions, by Vivian Rehberg.

Frieze, March, Kiss and Tell, by Noemi Smolik.

2007

Flash Art, The Faint Breeze of the everyday, by Vit Havranek.

Flash Art, CZ/SK, August, Intimni a rusivy Kovanda, by Eva Kratka.

El Cultural, 15/07, Al altro Lado des cristal, by Javier Hernando.

El Pais, 14 julio, A traves del cristal, by Fernando Samaniego

Untitled, #42, Summer, Tranzit: an institution without institution, by Tobi Maier.

Springerin Magazine, Heft1, N°XIII, Jiri Kovanda Versus Rest of The World, gb agency, Paris, by Hedwig Saxenhuber.

Particules, #18, March-april, Jiri Kovanda: I want You, by Guillaume Leingre.

2006

Paris-Art.com, Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de rapprochement), by Aurore Bonneau.

Art Forum, Critics' picks: Jiri Kovanda at gb agency, Paris, by Yoann Gourmel.

Les Inrockuptibles, #564, 19-25 septembre, Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde, by Claire Moulène & Judicael Lavrador.

Spike art Quaterly, Sommer, Jiri Kovanda, Patina und Welt, by Christian Kobald.

2004

Flash Art, July-September, #237, p. 54, Free Entrance, by Nora Theiss.

Springerin, 2/04, I am not against, by David Kulhánek.

Atelier, 13/2004, p. 7, Kovanda / Baladran, by Jirí Valoch.

Times, February 6th 2004.

East Art Map, p. 43, New Moment nr. 20, Ljubljana, Slovinsko.

Ken Johnson, Once Upon a Time in Central Europe, When Unruly Was the Rule, New York.

Umelec, #3, Jiri Kovanda, Get Along with what we have, by Vit Havranek.

1999

Pavlína Morganova, Art of Action, pp. 123-126, 203, 227-228, Votobia.

1998

Springerin, 4/98, pp. 52-55, Auf einen Anruf warten, by Georg Schöllhammer.

Detail, the author's issue, 6/1998, pp. 1-8.

1997

Atelier, 2/1997, p. 16, Abstrakt/Real, by Jana and Jiri Sevcik.

Detail, 1/I, p. 21, Jiri Kovanda and Vladimir Skrepl in Graz.

1994

Jiri Kovanda: From Action to Installation, Vytvarne umeni, Art of Instalation, 4/94, pp. 75-76.

1993

G+B Arts International, Australia, pp. 74-77, Contemporary Czech Painting, by Pavla Pecinkova.

1991

Vytvarne umeni, 4/91, pp. 46-54, Jiri David Talks with Jiri Kovanda: 'Trail my Coat'.

Artforum, January, No. 5, pp. 82-88, The Czech Point: Finding A Third Way, by Valerie Smith.

1990

Flash Art, June-July 1990, #156, pp. 90-93, Finzione o Realta, by Jana and Jiri Sevcik.

1989

Umeni a remesla, 3/89, pp. 21-29, Painting of Eighties in Bohemia, by Jana and Jiri Sevcik.

1988

Flash Art, March-April 1988, #139, pp. 93-95, From Prague, by Jana and Jiri Sevcik.

1982

Petr Rezek, Body, Thing and Reality in Contemporary Art, p. 156, published by Jazzova sekce, Prague.

Works

Performances and actions

Interventions and installations

Paintings and Objects