Jan Valik

Jan Valik

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Degree: MA Painting
University: Royal College of Art
Graduation Year: 2024

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The shapes and colours here are as strange as they are delightfully hypnotic. These abstract landscapes seem to transport the viewer to somewhere private and perfectly peaceful. A fierce new artist, who describes himself as: "deeply interested in brushwork" and intrigued by the concept of "painting as a principle and a method of thinking in an effort for the metamorphosis of a trace into a vision." 

Artist Statement

I think of my paintings as territories and/or ecosystems. From accidental marks that can lead to unexpected shifts of imagination to patiently developing painting’s layers, I’ve been always fascinated with the brushwork’s capacity to conjure and imply fictive spaces, evoke ideas and abstract atmospheres. 

Balancing the perception of space to open its further associative and metaphorical qualities, my painting practice is a continuous effort for the metamorphosis of a trace into a vision. 

Solo Exhibitions

(2023) Small Infinities, Galerie Amart, Vienna, Austria

(2022) Shifting Places, Husk Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

(2022) Breakthrough, L.L. Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

(2021) Landscapes, Galerie Amart, Vienna, Austria

(2020) Verge, Husk Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

(2019) Abstract Reality and Temporary Neighborhoods, Industra Art, Brno, Czech Republic

(2019) Triple vision, Cin Cin Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2018) Inner weather, Chisou Gallery, Komono, Japan

(2018) Uncertain territories, ABC Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2017) Plethora and a quet world, Niche Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

(2016) Fragile garden, Art Space Nov, Pardubice, Czech Republic

Group Exhibitions

(2023) Echo of the Depth in Space, Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czechia

(2022) Selects pt. 2, London Paint Club x Koppel Projects, London, UK

(2022) Now Introducing, Studio West, London, UK

(2022) RWS Open, Bankside Gallery, London, UK

(2021) Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK

(2021) Of Other Places: Gardens of Dreams, Art Exchange, Colchester, UK

(2020) In Arcadia, Husk Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

(2019) Room with a View, Niche Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

(2019) Muster Actions, Star Art Gallery, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China

(2019) Expansion of Reality, Gallery Amart, Vienna, Austria

(2018) Plain Air Valdis Bušs, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia

(2017) Tao Hua Tan, Gallery of Xuancheng Library, Xuancheng, China

(2017) Floating Fellows, Motoazabu Gallery, Saku, Japan

(2017) L’art Slovaquie, Gallery of Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France

(2016) “2016”, DOT. Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2016) Subtilities, DOT. Contemporary, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2016) Finalists of Painting 2016, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2015) disJOINTED, MauMau Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

(2015) Finalists of Painting 2015, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2014) Drawing Box, Associazione Culturale Luci e Ombre, Bologna, Italy

(2013) Drawing Box, Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland

(2013) Drawing Box, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland

(2013) Beyond That Place, Gallery AVU, Prague, Czech Republic

(2013) Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany

(2013) Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

(2012) Diplomanti, National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Competitions, Prizes & Awards

(2016) Painting 2016 Prize, VUB Foundation, Intesa Sanpaolo Group

(2015) Shortlisted, Painting 2015 Prize, VUB Foundation, Intesa Sanpaolo Group

(2011) Shortlisted, EXIT Award 2011, University of JE Purkyne

(2021) Shortlisted, Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021

(2022) Shortlisted, Now Introducing Award, Studio West, London

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