Pavel Piekar
Drawings | Paintings | Curriculum Vitae
Born: 18 July 1960 in Ostrava
Education
- 1983
- gradate of the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT), Faculty of Civil Engineering
private art instruction with senior lecturer Bohuslav Kutil and Jenny and Jan Hladík.
Solo exhibitions (selection 2010–1995)
- 2010
- From My Travels, Havelka Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2009
- To Venice and Beyond, Millennium Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2009
- 2x About Light, Anderle Gallery, Pélle Villa /with Jiří Lindovský/ Prague, CZ
- 2009
- Imaginary Portraits, Museum of Czech Literature, Strahov, Prague, CZ
- 2009
- Sketches and Engravings from Šumava, Museum of the Šumava, Kašperské hory, CZ
- 2008
- Echoes of Orpheus, Municipal Museum in Volyně, Volyně, CZ
- 2008
- Porträts der tschechischen und deutschen Künstler des 19.,20., und 21. Jahrhunderts, Alte Feurwache, Dresden, D
- 2008
- Twelve Colours of Snow, Art pro galerie plastiky, Prague, CZ
- 2007
- Artists and Their Muses, Gallery La Femme, Prague, CZ
- 2006
- Art and Travels, Langer House, Jindřichův Hradec, CZ
- 2006
- Italia-ispirazione storica e contemporanea, Galleria il Tempo, Bologna, ITA
- 2006
- Pavel Piekar, Linocuts, Galerie české plastiky, Prague, CZ
- 2006
- Italia-ispirazione storica e contemporanea, Castello di Udine, Udine, ITA
- 2006
- Italia – inspirazione storica e contemporanea, Auditorium di Hotel Laurus, Florence, ITA
- 2006
- Italia – ispirazione storica e contemporanea, Accademia di Belli Arti, Naples, ITA
- 2006
- Linocuts, Anderle Gallery, Pélle Villa, Prague, CZ
- 2005
- Italia-ispirazione storica e contemporanea, Istituto culturale Ceco, Rome, ITA
- 2005
- Pavel Piekar – Tjeckist landskap, Tjeckiska centret, Stockholm, SWE
- 2004
- LinoLithographies de Pavel Piekar, Centre Culturel Beauchamp, Bibliothèque Municipale Joseph Kessel, FRA
- 2003
- Pavel Piekar, Sokol Exhibition Hall, Ostrava, CZ
- 2003
- La Venezia, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc, CZ
- 2003
- Czech Landscape /Böhmische landschaft, Tschechisches zentrum, Dresden, D
- 2000
- Pavel Piekar – Linocuts, Klatovy-Klenová Gallery, CZ
- 1997
- Face and Body, Galerie Růžový kopeček, Cheb, CZ
- 1995
- Linocuts, Pecka Gallery, Prague, CZ
Graphics in public collections
- Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, CZ
- Husite Museum in Tábor, CZ
- Klatovy-Klenová Gallery, CZ
- Museum of Czech Literature, Prague, CZ
- Museum of Art, Olomouc, CZ
- Beauchamp Centre Culturel, FRA
- Gallery of the Špillar Brothers, Domažlice, CZ
- Artotéka of the District Library in Opatov, CZ
- Sanamchandra Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, THA
Group exhibitions (selection 2010–1993)
- 2010
- Czech Art 20 Years After, Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, SK
- 2010
- Hollar Jubilants, Hollar Gallery of Czech Graphic Art, Prague, CZ
- 2009
- 2nd Bangkok Triennial, International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, THA
- 2008
- Il significato del natale? nell’interpretazione di noti artisti cechi, Instituto culturale Ceco, Rome, ITA
- 2008
- Il nudo nell‘ arte boema (Jirků, Sládek, Hřivnáč, Piekar), Instituto culturale Ceco, Rome, ITA
- 2007
- 5th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Prague 2007, Old Town Hall, Prague, CZ
- 2007
- ITALY, From Inside and Outside, with Livio Ceschin, Czech Centre Prague, Prague, CZ
- 2007
- Travels of a Graphic Artist, Millennium Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2006
- Amor vincit omnia, Saarländischen Galerie im Palais, Berlin, D
- 2005
- Prague Ateliers, New Town Hall, Prague, CZ
- 2005
- 11th Triennial of ex libris, Chrudim, CZ
- 2005
- LINO, Linocuts From the Collection of the Klenová Gallery, František Drtikol Gallery, Příbram, CZ
- 2005
- Quinze graveurs tchèques, Galerie de Wégimont, Soumagne, BE
- 2004
- 4th International of Graphic Art, Mánes, Prague, CZ
- 2003
- GRAFIX – Břeclav, biennial of small-scale graphics, Municipal Museum and Gallery, Břeclav, CZ
- 2002
- Interpretation Isn’t a Crime, Brno House of Art, Brno, CZ
- 2001
- 1st International Linocut Symposium, Klenová Gallery, CZ
- 2001
- A Walk Through the Landscape / The Landscape and Nature in Czech Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century from the collection of the Klatovy-Klenová Gallery, Plzeň Municipal Gallery, CZ
- 2001
- 5a Biennale Europea per l´Incisione, ACQUI TERME, ITA
- 2000
- 5ème Triennale Mondiale d´Estampes Petit Format 2000, Chamalières, FRA
- 1998
- Longing to Become an Indian, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc, CZ
- 1997
- Five Names of Czech Linocuts, Municipal House, Prague, CZ
- 1996
- Czech Linocuts, Pecka Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 1995
- Czech Linocuts, Czech Cultural Centre, Berlin, D
- 1993
- Biennial of Graphics, Maastricht, NL
Awards
- 2003
- GRAFIX biennial of small-scale graphics, jury award, Břeclav, CZ
- 2003
- Graphic Artist of the Year, honourable mention in the linocut category, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague, CZ
- 2004
- Graphic Artist of the Year, first prize in the linocut category, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague, CZ
- 2007
- GRAFIX biennial of small-scale graphics, jury award, Břeclav, CZ
- 2009
- Graphic Artist of the Year, honourable mention in the letterpress category, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague, CZ