Zdenek Trs
Zdeněk Trs (*1985, Liberec) completed his studies in the glass studio of the University of Applied Arts in Prague (prof. Vladimír Kopecký) and in the classical painting techniques studio of the Academy of Fine Arts there (prof. Zdeněk Beran). In his work, he functionally combines elements of both. The original interest in the descriptive world and its grasp resonates with radical realist tendencies. Among other things, the painting Garden (2005), which is part of the collection of the Liberec Regional Gallery, dates from this period. Around 2010, efforts to make more significant use of the illusory possibilities of painting appear in his work. Over time, these lead to a reduction of all the tools and strategies used, the result of which is an almost minimalist focus on the general principles of geometry and luminosity. The conclusions reached in this way turn out to be completely universal and universally valid. This period is also represented in the gallery's collections (Aton, 2014; Oscilace, 2015).
Solo exhibitions:
2021
Gnomon, Regional Gallery Liberec, Liberec
2019
Ashy glow, Trafo Gallery, Prague
2017
Attraction, Galerie Ahoj Nazdar Čau, Liberec
2015
AFTER REMBRANDT, National Gallery, Prague
Art Prize CBM III, Turin, I.
2012
Visions, Michal's Collection, Prague
2011
Horizons, Dea Orh Gallery, Prague
2008
Gallery in the Chapel, Bruntál
2003
Hermes Gallery, Jablonec nad Nisou
Group exhibitions:
2022
Parallels, Municipal Museum and Gallery Hořice, Hořice
2021
Universum, Triennale, Olomouc Art Museum, SEFO, Olomouc
Summer art salon, KODL Gallery, Prague
2020
22:22 3, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Rembrandt: Portrait of a Man, National Gallery Prague, Prague
2019
Inside Rembrandt, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Kolín nad Rýnem
2018
10 Years of The Chemistry Gallery, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Art Market Budapest, The Chemistry Gallery, Budapest
Dancing People Are Never Wrong, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Foreign Worlds, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc
Chemistry Salon, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2017
Passion, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
The Art Of Making Catastrophe, Zoya Museum
Junge Prager Junge Berliner, Czech Centrum, Berlin
Fascination with reality, Musem of Art, Olomouc
Junge Prager Junge Berliner, SMETANA Q, Prague
London Art Fair, Crag Gallery, London
2016
Jiří Dostál+21, Liberec Gallery, Liberec
Art for Heart, Mánes, Prague
Resuerection, Trafo Gallery, Prague
The solo project, The Chemistry Gallery, Basel
2015
Art Prize CBM III, Christine Park Gallery, London
The face of Pilsen, DEPO2015, Pilsen
Et Cetera, muzeum MAXXI, Rome
2014
I LOVE LUCY, Sýpka Gallery, Valašské Meziříčí
22:22 2, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Charming Strange Up Down, Czech Silver Museum, Kutná Hora
2013
Et Cetera,Italian Cultural Institute in Prague
22:22, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Amygdala, Budoart gallery, Prague
2012
Paintomorrow, National History Museum, Šumperk
Czech painting, Fontána Gallery, Piešťany
2011
Contemporary Czech Painting and Sculpture, National Gallery in Prague
Contemporary Czech Painting, Dea Orh Gallery, Prague
View, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Artbank, Kick off, DSC, Prague
4, Kotelna Gallery, Říčany
2010
Graduates, AVU, National Gallery in Prague
2009
PAINt, National History Museum, Šumperk
Articulation, S.V.U. Mánes Diamant Gallery, Prague
Defenestration, Novoměstská radnice, Prague
2008
1+2+8 Kopecky`s school, Deset Gallery, Prague
