Tomáš Tichý
Tomáš Tichý (1984) is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (2011). In 2009, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. His work is often shortlisted for prestigious art prizes (e.g. Wells Art Contemporary, the Columbia Threadneedle Prize, CBM Prize). His work was featured in the After Rembrandt exhibition project held at the National Gallery in Prague and at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne (2016 - 2021). He is represented abroad by the Italian gallery CRAG.
In his figurative paintings, Tomáš Tichý has been observing the changes that human sensitivity has gone through under the circumstances of the post-media era (characterised by the junction of various types of media) and the digital era. His work reacts to the flood of photo images and motion pictures that become, whether on a conscious or a sub-conscious level, an integral part of our lives, transforming the surface of reality and sculpting a new dimension of our perception that automatically involves elements of manipulation and equalisation. Tomáš Tichý studies how the world of new media interacts with certain visual genres such as fashion, sports, politics, and consumerism, and with the trend of creating attractive, easy-to-remember visual setups (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). He compares and examines the relationship between the traditional painting that hangs on a wall and certain new impulses that transform the linguistic framework of painting and set it into motion.
Petr Vaňous
Solo exhibitions
2022
Disconnected, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague (CZ)
2020
Echo, Galerie Krystal, Havířov (CZ)
2019
Monoscope, Peron Gallery, Prague (CZ)
In Private, (with Kateřina Čápová), HYB4, Prague (CZ)
2018
Instantlife (with Ondrej Oliva), Kotelna Gallery, Prague (CZ)
About a Digital Dream, Crag Gallery, Torino (IT)
Waves, Museum of Modern Arts, Náchod (CZ)
2017
Signal 2.0, The Embassy of Saxony in Prague
2016
After Rembrandt, The National Gallery in Prague
Fortress, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2015
Pentimenti, Peron Gallery, Prague
(an)organic codes (with Ondřej Oliva), The Kotelna Gallery, Prague
2014
The Artificial Paradises, The Chemistry Gallery / BADOKH, Prague
Projection, Salon Vaňkovka, Brno
2013
After the Supper, Prague House Brussels
Mein Blick auf die Dinge, Salve Art Gallery, Leipzig
The Theatre, The Chemistry gallery, Prague
2012
On the Road - Verbindungsburo des Freistaates Sachsen in Prague
(The Embassy of Saxony)
2012
All my Tiny Little Things - Primavesi Gallery, Olomouc
Tomas Tichy - paintings and Ondrej Oliva - sculptures, the Museum of Minsk
(Exhibition organised by the Czech Embassy)
2011
Tomas Tichy and Ondrej Oliva - Water power station in Semily
2010
Contrasts (with Jiri Lautenkranc), Trafogallery, Prague
Group exhibitions
2020
Mikulovské sympozium, Zámek Mikulov
Rembrandt: Portrét člověka, Národní galerie v Praze, Palác Kinských
Deset let trvání cyklu Umělci do 40 let, Galerie výtvarného umění v Náchodě
2019
Inside Rembrandt, Wallraf – Richarts Museum, Kolín nad Rýnem
PragArtworks –Velvet Edition, Prague
2018
Passion, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells, Bishop´s Pallace, Somerset (GB)
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, výstava finalistů, Londýn
2017
PragArtworks - group exhibition, Prague
The Art Of Making Catastrophe , Zoya Museum, SK
2016
Misteriosa, Crag Gallery, Torino
Narciso, Crag Gallery, Turín
Look at me, Areacreativa42, Torino
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Pallazzo Strozzi, Firenze
Art Prize CBM - Torino, Prague, London
2015
Art Copenhagen (September), Vimm Gallery
Summer show, Millenium Gallery
Temporary Contemporary, The Chemistry Gallery - Lobowicz Pallace, Prague
Forum Junge Kunst | Bayern – Tschechien 2015, Schönsee – Regensburgu – Pillsen
2014
The Thereadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
ArtPrague, Peron Gallery in Manes Gallery, Prague
2013
Celeste Prize exhibition, Rome, Italy
„7“, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Biannual for Diaconia IV, Prague
Leinwand, Salve Art Gallery, Leipzig
No Show!, K4 Gallery Prague, Emil Fila Gallery – Ustí nad Labem
2012
ArtPrague, The Chemistry Gallery in Manes Gallery, Prague
2011
5/9 - Trafo Gallery, Prague
Caleidoscope, Kotelna Gallery - Prague
The Best of Graduates - The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Biannual for Diaconia III, Prague
Paintings - Orco Gallery, Prague
Paintings - Czech National Bank, Prague
Studio 363, Orco Gallery, Prague
Graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Karlin Hall, Prague - catalog
2010
Chance Project, Vltavin Gallery, Prague
ARScontact - Confrontation - finalist - Prague, Brno - catalog
