Hynek Martinec

Exhibition at ZAHORIAN&co GALLERY

Hynek MARTINEC (1980, Czech Republic)
Lives and works in London.

Education

2004 Cooper Union, New York
2002 Middlesex University, London
1999-2005 Academy of Fine Art (MgA.), Prague

Awards

2008 The Changing Faces, London
2008 BP Visitor Choice, National Scottish Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 BP Young Artist Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2007 BP Visitor Choice, National Portrait Gallery, London
2003 Studio Prize, Academy of Fine Art, Prague

Collections

British Museum, London
National Gallery, Prague
Sammlung FIEDE, Aschaffenburg
Standard Chartered Bank, London
WCIT Collection, London

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Project

2017 National Gallery, Prague
2016 Hybrid, The Factory Gallery, London
2016 Thank You For Looking at Me, Iceland
2015 Intellectual Properties, Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Prague
2014 Every Minute You Are Closer To Death, Parafin, London
2013 Every Minute You Are Closer To Death, Flowers Gallery, London
2010 Lucky Man, Caroline Wiseman, London
2009 At The Same Time, Cosa Gallery, London
2009 After Holiday 1986, Czech Centre Gallery, Sofia
2008 Lost in Time, Cosa Gallery, London
2007 Czech Centre Gallery, Paris

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017 Museum of Modern Art, Olomouc
2017 Arc of Memory, ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 YIA # 7 (Young International Artists) Paris, France, represented by ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN
2015 Blow-up, Parafin, London
2014 John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2014 L ND N, ZAHORIAN&co GALLERY, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2012 Beyond Reality: British Painting Today, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague Ein Weisses Feld, Schlachthaus Aschaffenburg
2012 Coal and Steel, Candid Arts Trust Gallery, London
2012 Coal and Steel, Czech Centre Gallery, Prague
2011 Encoded Systems, Read Gate Gallery, London
2010 BP Portrait Award, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
2010 Passion for Freedom, UNIT 24 Gallery, London
2010 TRANSFER, Czech National Building, New York
2009 BP Portrait Award, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
2009 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2009 Prague Biennale 4, Prague
2009 TRANSFER, MG Gallery, Brno
2008 TRANSFER, WhiteBOX Gallery, Munich
2008 International Triennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague Re-Reading The Future, Project Mobility, National Gallery, Prague Defenestrace, Novoměstská radnice Gallery, Prague
2008 BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 BP Portrait Award, Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle
2007 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 BLACK Art Festival, Pardubice
2005 Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague
2005 Gallery Foundation M + J Anderle, Prague
2005 Prague’s Studios, Novoměstká Radnice Gallery, Prague
2004 Cooper Union Gallery, New York
2003 Čtvercová leč ARTTODAY, Nová Síň Gallery, Prague

Bibliography
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Intellectual Properties, Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Prague, 2015
Every Minute You Are Closer To Death, Parafin, London, 2014
John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2014 Beyond Reality British Painting Today, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, 2012 500 Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2011
Umění vnímat Umění, Michael Třeštík, Gasset, Prague, 2011
Prague Biennale 4, Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milan, 2009
RE-READING THE FUTURE, Mobility, National Gallery, Prague, 2008 Hynek Martinec Paintings 1999-2008, Czech Centre, London, 2008