Jan Valik

In 2024 Jan Valik showed solo in an exhibition entitled ‘Levity’ at Chamber in Vienna, Austria, in the same year he graduated from Royal College of Art in London, during which he was awarded Rose Finn-Kelcey Bursary and The Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship.

Following this, subsequent solo exhibitions at Megafield Gallery in Beijing, and again in Vienna, Austria . His work was also acquired to the important collection of contemporary art Andrea and Manuela Bille from the RCA 2024 Show. This is an emerging artist making some serious waves.

Jan Valík creates works that explore the intricate relationship between human perception and the landscape. His paintings balance abstract and figurative elements, creating spatial and pictorial ambiguity that invites viewers into a realm where imagination and reality converge. Valík's work addresses contemporary issues such as global displacement, environmental anxiety, and posthumanist understandings of histories, reflecting a profound engagement with the world around him.

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.

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