Draft:Igor Malijevský

Igor Malijevský (born 15 April, 1970, Prague) is a Czech theoretical physicist, art photographer, writer, poet, lyricist and radio host.

Life
He was born in Prague, where he studied Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, finished his studies with the thesis Deterministic Chaos in Tokamak Plasma and completed six semesters of philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the same university. Subsequently, he worked as a computer science teacher, editor, or IT specialist. He lives in the village of Čelechovice, near Kladno.

With Jaroslav Rudiš, he has been presenting the literary-musical cabaret EKG (formerly Monoskop) in the Archa theater since 2007. On the Vltava station of the Czech Radio, he hosted the program Čajovna, together with Miss Jarka, a vibration diagnostician and silent healer using radio waves. On this station, he also has the program Večerní škola (Existential Counseling of Václav Kahuda and Igor Malijevsky, as part of the Radio Dada program) with Václav Kahuda. He writes song lyrics for musician Tomáš Pastrňák and a musical group Hlinomazův apetit.

Works
He began focusing on artistic activities to a greater extent around 1995. He captures his black-and-white photographs using the classic method with an analog film camera. He held a number of individual and group exhibitions, his photographs are represented in a number of Czech and foreign galleries and private collections. In 1999 and 2003, he won an award in the Czech Press Photo photography competition. He illustrated a number of books with his photographs and collaborated on the book covers of the publishing houses Druhé město, Torst, Labyrint, Protis, Artbooks, etc. In addition to photography, Malijevský is also active in literature. He works with genres such as short stories, poems, or poetic poems. His texts are published in Czech periodicals, e.g. Literární noviny, Tvar, Lidové noviny, Revolver Revue, Salon Práva, and others.

Selected exhibitions

 * 2003 – The photographic Eye, Gallery of Fotofest, Houston, USA
 * 2006 – Imago Fotokunst, Berlin, Germany
 * 2006 – Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
 * 2006 – Czech center, Sofie, Bulharsko
 * 2007 – Czech center, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2008 – The Sings, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Netherlands (Empty paradise)
 * 2008 – PDNB, Dallas, USA (Contemporary Czech Photography)
 * 2008 – Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, USA
 * 2010 – Doma Gallery, Charlotte, USA (Mysticism, Apparations, Dreams)
 * 2010 – Henry Gregg Gallery, New York, USA, (In the Zone – with Robert Frank, Gordon Parks and others)
 * 2011 – Seoul Photo 2011, Seoul, South Korea
 * 2012 – See+ Gallery, Beijing, China
 * 2012 – Stern Verlag Gallery, Kassel, Germany
 * 2013 – Stredoeurópsky dom fotografie, Bratislava, Slovakia
 * 2013 – Staroměstská radnice, Prague, Czech republic
 * 2015 – Výstavní síň Chrudim, Chrudim, Czech republic
 * 2016 – Znamení Lvova, Czech center, Praha, Czech republic
 * 2016 - Camera Club of the Philippines, Manila, Filipíny
 * 2017 – Igor Malijevský: Fotografie 1996-2016, Galerie Vltavín, Prague, Czech republic
 * 2019 - Velvet Generation, Silver Street Studio, Huston, USA
 * 2021 - Poetic View, Çankaya Municipal Gallery, Ankara, Turkey