Jiří Kovanda
Lebt und arbeitet in Prag | Lives and works in Prague
Geboren in Prag, Tschechische Republik | born in Prague, Czech Republik
Professor an der Akademie für Bildende Kunst | professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
Katalog, Gallery of Visual Arts Cheb, CZE
‘White Blanket’, Secession, Wien | Vienna
Krobath, Wien | Vienna
Krobath, Berlin
1, 2, 3, Wallspace, New York, USA
Jiří Kovanda - 1,2,3, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Ludlow 38, New York, USA (with J. Koller)
Pink Carpet, CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea / Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago di Compostela
Jiří Kovanda - Killing The Blues, Galerie ad astra, Kuřim
Jiři Kovanda – Resistance, DOMINIK ART PROJECTS, Krakau | Krakow
Als ich klein war, spielte ich mit den Mädchen | When I was a little boy, I used to play with girls, GKK - Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová
Two Cushions, GB - Agency, Paris
Stains, Gallery Futura, Prag | Prague (mit | with E. Kotatkova)
Golden Ring, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Prag | Prague
Windows, Fishes, Geraniums, Gallery 5. patro, Prag | Prague
Resistance, Dominik Art Edition, Krakow, Poland
Jiri Kovanda versus the Rest of the World, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde, Centre d’Art Passerelle, Brest
Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Wien | Vienna
GB-Agency, Paris
Moravska galerie, Brünn | Brno
Performance, Tate Gallery, London
Situations - Performances in De Appel: Jiri Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, De Appel, Amsterdam
Untitled, Vernon Project, Prag | Prague
Johnen Gallery, Berlin (mit | with J. Merta)
Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de Rapprochement), gb agency, Paris
Radši bych byl andělem, Studio of Josef Sudek, Prag | Prague
The First Kovanda’s Retrospective, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Prag | Prague
Galerie Na bidylku, Brno (mit | with G. J. Dokoupil)
Index, Stockholm, Sweden (mit | with J. Koller)
Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Wien | Vienna
Gallery Jeleni, Prag | Prague
From the Third Side, Dům Umĕní - House of Arts, České Budějovice
I Hunted for Zoo, A.M. 180, Prag | Prague
I am not Against, House of Lords of Kunstat, Brünn | Brno
The Second Half, Gallery Sternberk, Sternberk
Open Gallery, Bratislava (mit | with D. Lehocka)
Gallery Na bidylku, Brno (mit | with J. Mancuska)
Sunflower, AP Atelier, Prag | Prague
Drawings 1970–1999, Gallery Na bidylku, Brünn | Brno
A Favourable Moment, Gallery MXM, Prag | Prague
Nina at Work, Gallery Mala Spalovka, Prag | Prague
Gallery Caesar, Olmütz | Olomouc
Gallery 761, Ostrava
White Food, Gallery MXM, Prag | Prague (mit | with V. Skrepl)
Gallery MXM, Prag | Prague
Forum Stadtpark, Graz (mit | with V. Skrepl)
Gallery of J. Kral, House of Art, Brünn | Brno
Gallery Na bidylku, Brünn | Brno
Gallery MXM, Prag | Prague (mit | with M. Dopitova)
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum
Gallery Pohlhammer, Steyr (mit | with G. Hosovsky and L. Teren)
Cultural Center Opatov, Prag | Prague
Little Exhibition Hall, Reichenberg | Liberec (mit | with M. John and V. Skrepl)
Futurum, Prag | Prague
Gallery Mospan, Warschau | Warszaw
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Group Exhibitions (Selection)
"Collaborations & Interventions" , A project by Friederike Nymphius, Berlin, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca
‘Museum of Parallel Narratives. In the framework of L’Internationale’, MACBA Barcelona
‘Gone to Croatan – Strategien des Verschwindens’, hartware medien kunst verein, Dortmund
‘Why do you resist? Forms of Resistance in Contemporary art', Arsenal Gallery Bialystok, Polen
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Boba Dylana (with Nina Beier and Marie Lund), DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Praha
‘...and Don`t Forget the Flowers’, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZE
Der ideale Ort, um mit der Freiheit unter vier Augen zu sprechen, Künstlerhaus Bremen
Malerei: Prozess und Expansion – Von den 1950er Jahren bis heute
MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
High Ideals & Crazy Dreams, Vera Munro, Hamburg
Why do you resist?, Pori Art Museum, Pori
Les Promesses du passé, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Double bind / Arrętez d’essayer de me comprendre!, Villa Arson, Nice
Monument to Transformation, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevič, Zagreb, CRO
City Dreamers, Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Labem, CZE
When attitudes…, The Printemps de Septembre – ŕ Toulouse. Festival de création contemporaine, Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse
40 Lives of One Space, 3 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, former Red October chocolate factory / Confectionary Hall, Moskau | Moscow
Historical Work - Vilém Kabzan, Jiří Kovanda, Marek Meduna, Michal Pěchouček, Pavel Sterec, Jiří Thýn, Tomáš Vaněk, Galerie Václava Špály, Prag | Prague
IT RESTS BY CHANGING - Rolf Julius, Jiří Kovanda, Roman Signer, Franz Erhard Walther, Galeria Raffaella Cortese, Mailand | Milan
Pičces des résistance: Forman von Widerstand in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunstmuseum Thun
Ohne Uns!, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Energy and Proces (Landscape and Action), Tate Modern, London
Inéditos 2009 / A la vuelta de la esquina, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Any-Instant-Whatever, Bunkier sztuki, Krakau | Krakow
Very Simple Actions without Any Particular Purpose, Artra, Mailand | Milan
Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
FLOWER POWER, Craa - Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania
Julius Koller & Jiri Kovanda, Ludlow 38, New York
The Death of the Audience, Secession, Wien | Vienna
Gone to Croatan, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun
Monument of Transformation, City Gallery, Prag | Prague
Jiří Kovanda – Hommage an Július Koller (1939–2007), Tschechisches Zentrum, Wien | Vienna
Minimal Shift, Galeria Jana Koniarka, Tyrnau | Trnava
Performing the East, Kunstverein Salzburg
After the Velvet, Galerie hlavniho mesta Prahy, Praha, CZE
UFF, Muzeum architektury, Wroclaw, POL
All The Best: Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Gallery One One One, London
Art Sheffield 08 – Yes, No & Other Options, Situ Gallery, Sheffield
You Are My Mirror 1: L’Infamille, FRAC Centre Lorraine, Metz
La Foule / Zéro–Infini, Espace d’Art Contemporain la Tôlerie, Clermond Ferrand
Michel de Certeau, OUI, Grenoble
Fetish versus Evocation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig
Crossing 68/89, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Between Concept and Action, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin
Mind Expanders, Mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien | Vienna
Collection premier mouvement. Des contes, des images, quelques tableaux et un théatre invisible, Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain, Chateau de Rochechouart
Sécurité Qualité Précision Innovation Modernité, Abbaye du Ronceray, Angers
Why Here Is Always Somewhere Else, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Playtime, Bétonsalon, Paris
Curator Curator #2: What is my name, HISK, Gent | Ghent
…No Places No Frontiers…, Dominik Art Projects, Krakau | Krakow
RÜCKBLENDE, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
auch nicht und nur das, Arthotek München, München | Munich
With Only Exceptions New, Wannieck Gallery, Brünn | Brno
Why do you Resist, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
Pleskot, Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prag | Prague
Tomas Cisarovsky, Jiří Kovanda, Petr Pastrnak, Fifth Floor Gallery, Prag | Prague
Why do you Resist, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem
documenta 12, Fridericianum, Kassel
Intocable (el ideal de la trasparencia), Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
Czech Contemporary Art from the Collection of Richard Adam, Wannieck Gallery, Brünn | Brno
Invisible Things, Trafo Gallery, Budapest
Tanzen Sehen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen
Contacts 2007, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová
Form Follows… Risk, Futura / Karlín Studios, Prag | Prague; Slovak National Gallery, Pressburg | Bratislava
Actions and Interruptions, Tate Modern, London
A CDEFGHIJK MNOPQ STUV Z, Frac Ile de France / Le Plateau, Paris
Claydon, Jürgensen, Kovanda, Reyle, Veilhan, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München | Munich
3rd Prag Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prag | Prague
GALERIE. FOCUS WIEN, Kunstraum Innsbruck
Some Time Waiting, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
Heretic and Co. / Golden City, Jiří Svestka Gallery, Prag | Prague
KONTAKT Belgrade...works from the Collection of Erste Bank Group, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrad | Belgrade
Ver bailar. Dialogo entre la danza y las bellas artes, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempoáneo, Sevilla
Tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurt am Main Replaced, Barbara Klímová, Brünn | Brno
Galerie Na bidylku, Brünn | Brno (mit | with G. J. Dokoupil)
More Stories on Absence, Extra City, Antwerpen | Antwerp
I (ICH), Galerie, Grafisches Kabinett, Secession, Wien | Vienna
Pozvao sam par prijatelja da bace pogled, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevič & Galerija Nova, Zagreb
Já / I, Futura, Prag | Prague
Get Together, Galerija Skuc, Laibach | Ljubljana
Grey Zones, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Narrow Focus, Gallery Futura, Prag | Prague
Kontakt, MUMOK - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien | Vienna
Prague Biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prag | Prague
Czech Photography of 20th Century, Museum of Applied Arts, Prag | Prague
East Art Museum, Karl Ernst Osthaus – Museum Hagen, Hagen
Support 3 (Fluxus, Happening, Konzeptkunst), Neue Galerie, Graz
1811197604122005, galeria plan b, Cluj
Eintritt Frei, BAWAG Foundation, Wien | Vienna
Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
Parallel Actions, Galerie der HGB, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
Being the Future, Palast der Republik, Berlin
Neutral, Motörenhalle, Dresden
Cordially Invited, BAK and Centraal Museum, Utrecht
De ma fenetre, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris
Wir müssen heute noch an Ihr Vorstellungsvermögen appellieren..., Kölnischer Kunsverein, Köln | Cologne
Parallel Actions, acfny - Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
FAIR, Royal College of Art, London
arty, Café Bystrica, Pressburg | Bratislava
Body and the East, Exit Art, New York
Object, Object, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prag | Prague
Die Sammlung, MUMOK - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien | Vienna
ÜberlebenKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Berlin
Perplex, V. Spala’s Gallery, Prag | Prague
Brother’s Brother, V. Löffler’s Museum, Kaschau | Kosice
99 CZ – Nineties, Wenceslas Square no. 15 and other spaces, Prag | Prague
Aspekte/Positionen. 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949–1999, Museum moderner Kunst, Palais Lichtenstein, 20er Haus, Wien | Vienna
Reduced Budget, Manes, Prag | Prague
Liste 98 – The Young Art Fair, Werkraum Warteck, Basel
Body and the East, Moderna galerija, Laibach | Ljubljana
Sensitivities – Contemporary Art of Cenral Europe, European Academy for the Arts, London
Demode, Gallery U dobreho pastyre, Brünn | Brno
Cse(h)ndes üzenetek, Budapest Galeria, Budapest
Czech Abstraction, V. Spala’s Gallery, Prag | Prague
L’art au corps, MAC - galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille
Abstrakt/Real, Museum moderner Kunst, 20er Haus, Wien | Vienna
Test Run, Manes, Prag | Prague
Second Exit, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Czech Works on Paper, South Bank Centre, London
That What Is Left, Stenc’s House, Prag | Prague
Europe Without Walls, City Art Galleries, Manchester
Sirup, Pasinger Fabrik, München | Munich
Gray Brick 35/1992, GKK - Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová
Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska galerie, Hluboka nad Vltavou
New Intimacy, ULUV, Prag | Prague
Contribution to Happiness, Galerie der Künstler, München | Munich
The Exhibition of the Contemporary Czech Art, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei
Art of Action, Manes, Prag | Prague
Contemporary Czech Painting, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul
Metaphysical Visions: Middle Europe, Artists Space, New York
Description of a Fight, Gallery of Art, Roudnice nad Labem
Painting of the 80’ Generation, Palace of Youth, Moskau | Moscow
Exhibition 30, People’s House, Prag | Prague
Body in the Czechoslovak Photography, Museum Kromerizska, Kromeriz
Returns to Nature, Salon Fotografia, Belgrad | Belgrade
Places and Moments, Galeria Foto-Medium-Art, Breslau | Wroclaw
Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam
Experience Book, Gallery Maki, Tokio | Tokyo
Laboratorio, Mailand | Milan