Sbírka Marek Collection

Born in Leningrad (USSR) in 1979, lives and works in Prague (Czech Republic).

Education
2015 School of History, Art History and Philosophy, University of Sussex, Brighton
2013 – Department of Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy & Arts, Charles University, Prague
2008–2013 Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy & Arts, Charles University, Prague
2001–2006 Institute of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague
2003–2005 Studio of Sculpture, Studio of Conceptual Tendencies, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague
1999–2001 Studio of Classical Painting, Studio of Visual Communication, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague

Occupation
since 2012 Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Brno, lecturer
since 2007 editor-in-chief of the magazine The Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
since 2006 Academic Research Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, researcher

Selected solo shows
2016 Anti-Nature vs Anti-Culture vs Anti-Future, Drdova Gallery, Prague
2015 Autonomy, PLATO, Ostrava
2015 Enjoy Your F-scale, Etc Gallery, Prague
2015 A Turmoil in the Library, Měsíc ve dne, České Budějovice
2014 Epimenedes’ Lectures, Photograph Gallery, Prague
2013 Solidaire/solitaire, Gallery of Young Artists, Brno
2012 From the Aesthetic Education Secret Files, Kostka Gallery, Prague
2012 28 Days and a Few Evenings, Entrance Gallery, Prague
2012 Coordinates, Moravian Gallery, Brno
2009 Possibilities of a Student Life, Tranzitdisplay, Prague
2009 Father’s Blind Eye, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2006 April Fools’ Day, AM 180 Gallery, Prague

Selected group shows
2015 La vérité des apparences. Histoires de codes et de reflets, La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand
2014 About the Chair. 9th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts: Pixels of Paradise, Liège
2014 Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis 2014, Kunstmuseum Bonn
2013 12th Biennale de Lyon: Meanwhile… Suddenly, and Then, Le Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon
2013 Jindřich Chalupecký Award: 2013 Final, National Gallery, Prague
2013 Reminiscences of the Future II, House of the Lords from Kunštát, Brno
2012 Islands of Resistance: Between the First and Second Modernity 1985–2012, National Gallery, Prague
2011 Distrust of Intelligentsia, OPEN Gallery, Bratislava
2010 Case of Reoccurrence of Children Illnesses, Karlin Studios, Prague
2010 Jindřich Chalupecký Award: 2010 Final, Centre of Contemporary Art DOX, Prague
2010 And Don’t Forget the Flowers, Moravian Gallery, Brno
2007 Glocal Outsiders. Praguebiennale 3, Karlin Hall, Prague
2007 Invisible Things, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
2006 I Invited Some Friends to Have a Look, Nova Gallery, Zagreb
2006 Shadows of Humour, Centre of Contemporary Art M’ars, Moscow

Presentations and screenings
2015 A Punchline of the Repeated Joke, INI Gallery, Prague
2014 Directions: European Video Art Screenings and Artist Talks, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2014 Report on the Construction of a Spaceship Module, New Museum, New York

Selected curatorial projects
2010 Gaspard of the Night, Futura, Prague
2008 Contemporary Czech Cubism, City Gallery Prague
2007 A Place for a Project, AAAD Gallery, Prague
2007 Punctum, Futura, Prague
2006 The States of Things, Karlin Studios, Prague

Residencies
2012 MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2011 A-I-R Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
2011 Duende Studios, Rotterdam
2009 International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
2009 SPACE Residency Lab, Bratislava