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“Small absurd things”
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art scene
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Šaloun’s Studio, Prague, Bohemia
“Situacionalistic Situation”
2011
iron
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I let a shopping cart to be run over by a train.
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2010
“The Personal Ventilator”
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Solo Exhibitions
2011
2008
Provinilé mäso (Guilty Feeling Meat), Inspiral Club, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Mé milované Candy - Vypraná plátna (To My Beloved Candy - Washed Canvases), A.M. 180, Prague, Czech Republic
Schwarzepeter, Galerie Crux , Brandýs nad Labem, Czech Republic
Group Exhibitions
2012 Želvy Imidža (Image Turtles), GAVU / Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 Pátý přes devátý, Trafo galerie (Trafačka), Prague, Czech Republic
Koncentrát IV. Made by Readymade, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Koncentrát IV. Made by Readymade, Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
Medzicentrum, Považská galéria umenia v Žiline, Námestie Andreja Hlinku, Žilina, Slovakia
7308.230, Mess Hall, Chicago, USA
7308.230, GAVU / Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Art Fair, Meetfactory, Prague, Czech Republic
Šťavnatý odkaz (Juicy Link), Trafo galerie (Trafačka), Prague, Czech Republic
MAK_Night, Vienna Bienalle, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Koncentrát III. Nejskromnější umění (Concentrate III. The Most Humble Art), Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
DIGITANCE / Digital dances, festival Colour Meeting, Polička, Czech Republic
Poslední večeře (The Last Supper), Galerie Avoid, Prague, Czech Republic
Gelitin in Berlin, part of a Spencer Sweeney’s project Laboratorium, VeneKlasen Werner gallery,
Berlin, Germany
Vousy (The Beard), Galerie NF, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Výstava Dataismů (The Exhibition of Dataisms), Final Club, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 Koncentrát II. (Concentrate II.), Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
Creative Destruction, GAVU / Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
Kinderpunk (Children’s Punk), Klub V. kolona in a psychiatrical medical facility in Bohnice, Prague,
Czech Republic
2008 Videokemp 2008, Letenské sady, Prague, Czech Republic
Visual Pleasure, GAVU / Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
Koncentrát / Concentrate, Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
Dangerous Meeting, Klub V. kolona in a psychiatrical medical facility in Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic
Videoart is Dead, Videocell on Vítkov, Václavské Sq., Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Výstava Zel (Exhibition of Evil Pieces), Inspiral Club, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Performances
2011 Situace n°4, galerie Pavilón, Prague, Czech Republic
Situace n°4, prostor Uderground, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Oranžově koukáš (You see in orange), Prague, Czech Republic
Curatorial Projects
2011 Koncentrát IV. Made by Readymade, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Koncentrát IV. Made by Readymade, Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
2010 Koncentrát III. Nejskromnější umění (Concentrate III. The most humble art), Galerie Crux,
Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
2009 Koncentrát II./Concentrate II., Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
2008 Koncentrát/ Concentrate, Galerie Crux, Brandýs n. L., Czech Republic
Presentations
2010
Pecha Kucha of New media II., Dům pánů z Kuštátu, Brno, Czech Republic
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