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= Vojtěch Kovařík = Vojtěch Kovařík (born 2 November 1993) is a Czech contemporary painter, ceramicist and sculptor. He lives and works in Brno, Czech Republic. Currently, he is considered the most successful painter of contemporary Czech painting.

Life
In the years 2009-2013, he graduated from the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Uherské Hradiště, majoring in Artistic processing of ceramics and porcelain. He also studied at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava in Ostrava, where in 2019 he graduated from the Drawing Studio of Josef Daňek. In the same year, he won the Critic's Award for Young Painting. In 2019-2020, he completed residencies abroad in Los Angeles, Palma de Mallorca and London.

He exhibits in many foreign galleries and institutions, and actively participates in art markets (e.g. Art Basel, Frieze Art Fair).

Work
Iconography and mythology are fundamental to his work. His Herculean figures are contorted, seemingly defeated by the frame of the canvas, flaunting their blue, green and yellow flesh against a vegetal backdrop. Vojtěch Kovařík first trained as a ceramicist and sculptor, later he started painting as a self-taught artist. This self-taught formation led him to mix oils, acrylics and spray paint, suggesting relief in a plane surface. His exaggeration of human anatomy creates a sense of sincerity and naivety, challenging traditional notions of physical strength and power.

Since 2020, he is represented by the galleries - Mendes Wood DM and Galerie Derouillon. His works are in many world collections, e.g. LACMA, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Bleinheim Art Foundation, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Institute of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, X Museum, The Ekard Collection, The Bunker Artspace, Zuzeum Museum, or in private collections in Czech Republic, Europe, Asia and the United States of America.

Solo Exhibitions

 * 2018
 * ARMAGEDON, Galerie OFF/FORMAT, Brno
 * 2019
 * Landscapes of Muscle, Galerie Dukla, Ostrava
 * Heaven Hell Paradise, Galerie města Třinec, Třinec
 * Teample of Doom, Berlínskej Model, Praha
 * 2020
 * Sadness & Beauty, NADA Miami, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
 * Villa Era, Mendes Wood DM, Vigliano Biellese
 * Hidden Garden, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
 * 2021
 * Fiac OVR, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
 * In the Thickets of Unexplored Places, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
 * 2022
 * Dusk of the Gods, Mendes Wood DM, New York
 * Destinies of Stone Faces, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
 * 2023
 * The Labours of Hercules, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels

Group exhibitions

 * 2018
 * 4 + 4 Days in Motion, Desfourský Palác, Praha
 * Tales of Talent, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg
 * Temporary Storeroom - Drawing: Case Study, PLATO Ostrava, Ostrava
 * 2019
 * A Private Matter, LM Gallery, Latina
 * A Snake Without A Head Is Just A Rope, Sim Smith, London
 * Bracia, 18a Gallery, Warsaw
 * 12th Prize of Crique for Young Painting, Galerie Kritiků, Praha
 * 2020
 * What Fruit it Bears, Peres Project, Berlin
 * A Very Long Wait, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp
 * 2021
 * BT14: 14th edition Baltic Triennale, CAC, Vilnius
 * 1920 - 2020: Figures and Portraits, Massimo De Carlo, Milan
 * 2022
 * ARS22: Living Encounters, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
 * Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami's Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
 * 2023
 * The Rings of Saturn, Galerie Derouillon, Paris