Zbyněk Sedlecký
Zbyněk Sedlecký (born 1976) is a member of a generation of notable ar tists that emerged on the
Czech art scene around the start of the new millennium. His work tends towards figurativism – albeit a closer study of the evolution of Sedlecký’s output reveals a complex interplay of visual expression that goes far beyond standard definitions of the aesthetic scope and range of categories such as “figurative” or “abstract”painting. For Sedlecký, his paintings are not only as a documentary medium, but also as a medium for reflection. On occasion, the primar y motivation for the generation of a work of art is a desire by the artist to create a representation of a real-life moment that moved or inspired Sedlecký in some manner. On other occasions – both consciously and unconsciously – the artist offers a collection of impressions, comprised of a large number of works, focused on reflecting a par ticular and specific place, mood, atmosphere or human movement or gesture.
text: Petr Vaňous
Solo exhibitions:
2023
Production, Telegraph Gallery, Olomouc
2022
Props, Trafo gallery, Prague
2020
Portait of Gulliver, Nova Gallery,Prague
2019
Course, Gallery Peron, Prague
2018
Mr. Pata and Other Working People, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava
True Noon, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
2017
From a Fictional Album, Dub Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pelhřimov
2016
Captain’s Shadow, Via Art Gallery, Prague
End of a Season, Dům Gallery, Broumov
2015
Here and Later, Topič Salon, Prague
Chair, Pedestal, and a Model in a White Shirt, Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague
2013
Fragments and Events, Kabinet T. Gallery, Zlín
Náměstí Republiky, NoD Gallery, ROXY, Prague
2012
Automatic View, Karlín Studios, Prague
2011
Manual Focus, Acb Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010
STAFF, Prinz Prager Gallery, Prague
2009
Tate, 35m2 Gallery, Prague
Enter Date, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc
2008
I Couldn’t Get Hold of You, I’ll Call Back Later..., Sokolská 26 Exhibition Hall, Ostrava
2007
Tourist, Vernon Gallery, Prague
2006
SCREENPLAY, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava
2005
Night and Day, Via Art Gallery, Prague
Zbyněk has “Black Peter”, Brno Gallery, Brno
Group Exhibitions:
2026
GOOD DAY, MR. DIENTZENHOFER, Portheimka Gallery, Prague
2020
Workers die but work lives on, GVUO, Ostrava
2019
Dictation of conditions, Holešovická tržnice, Prague
2018
Mechanisms of the Imagination, Gallery at the Bethlehem Chapel, Prague
10 YEARS OF CHEMISTRY, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Dancing People Are Never Wrong, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha
CHEMISTRY SALON, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha
2017
New Zlín Salon 2017, Zlín
Events of (To)day, Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové
The Other Life of a Snapshot, Vysočina Regional Gallery, Jihlava
The art of making catastrophe, Zoya Muzeum, Modra
2016
This isn’t Poetry! Collapse of the Senses, Litomyšl
2015
Overture II, Hauch Gallery, Prague
Czech Dream, Bohemian National Hall, NYC
2014
AREAS, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava
2013
Discrete Transformations, Topič Salon, Prague
2011
Ein Tanz, Edition 18: Tschechien, HangArt−7, Salzburg
2010
The Human Stain, Liverpool Biennial, Touched, Liverpool
2009
After Velvet, House at the Golden Ring – Prague City Gallery, Prague
Exposition Fleuves, Chatou
2008
Resetting, Municipal Library of Prague – Prague City Gallery, Prague
2007
TINA-B, Billboard text art, Prague
New Patience, Mánes Gallery, Prague
2006
Beauty Word, Youth Gallery, Brno
2005
MINI, Artkontakt gallery, Brno
2003
6. 5, NoD, ROXY, Prague
ART NOW, Mánes, Prague
2001
The Magic of Colours, Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn, Pražák Palace – The Moravian Gallery in Brno
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