Jan Martinec
EDUCATION
- High school - SSUPŠ Zámeček Plzeň
Pilsen, Czechia | sep. 1999 - July 2003
Fine arts, sculpting and stone restoration program - Pedagogical Faculty of South Bohemian University - Master Degree
Budweis, Czechia | sep. 2005 - July 2010
Teaching of arts for art schools program. - Escola Superior Artística do Porto - Bachelor Degree
Porto, portugal | sep. 2012 - feb. 2013
Student of semestral international exchange program (Erasmus). Fine arts department of ESAP Porto. - Academy of Art Architecture and Design - Master of Arts
Prague, Czech Republic | sep. 2010 - Sep. 2015
Fine Arts department, Supermedia studio of Academy of Art Architecture and Design in Prague.
PROJECTS
- Návštěva - contemporary videoart platform
Czechia and Slovakia | oct. 2015 - 2017
Návštěva was an independent project aiming to present contemporary art in relation to contemporary society through organising screenings and publishing interviews with artists. Founder and active producer together with Juliana Hoschlova. - Stolen Fire - Independent contemporary art space, Quanzhou, China.
China | oct. 2017 - 2018 | website: https://stolen-fire-space.tumblr.com/
Non-profit art space project aimed on mediating cultural exchange and video art promotion in China, Quanzhou.
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUPS EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
- 2021 | Summer Video Art Screening "NEW RITUALS OF HEALING", Kulturforum Berlin
- 2021 | Alchemy Film & Arts Festival: Continue Watching: The Brexit Tree, Scotland, UK
- 2020 | The Cinema House of Ęxïstęnzîā, Hilbertsraum, Berlin
- 2019 | Glocal propose, The 19th Seoul International NewMedia Festival, Korea, Seoul
- 2018 | Navigate Me Through The Waterfall, Berlinskej Model, Prague
- 2018 | Future Will Be Great, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- 2018 | How to stop watching a video that never ends, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czechia
- 2016 | UMPRUM ATTACK!, National Gallery, Prague, Czechia
- 2015 | TESERAKT, GAMU, Prague, Czechia
- 2015 | Hey, do you speak favorite?, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, Netherlands
- 2015 | Subversive Tactics, Czech Centre New York, USA
- 2015 | OFF2 Bienale, NG, Prague, Czechia
- 2014 | 60 seconds in a minute | NTK, Prague, Czechia
- 2013 | Portas Abertas, Eugenio de Almeida forum Gallery, Évora
- 2013 | Minimální trvanlivost, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí N.L., Czechia
- 2012 | Jan Filip: Manifest, Jelení Gallery, Prague
- 2012 | Generátor, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí N.L., Czechia
- 2012 | 1+1+1+1, Lofté Gallery, Porto, Portugal
- 2011 | Krajinná 2, Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery, Prague
- 2011 | Control In Exile, DOX Gallery, Prague
- 2011 | Otherness In Exile, New Gallery - Peckham, London
AWARDS
- 2017 - First Prize, National Photo exhibition China in Foreign’s teachers’ eyes, Beijing, China
- 2013 - Shortlist, Other Visions, Festival Of Film Animation Olomouc, Czechia
REVIEWS
- Michael Pattisson from the Alchemy Arts on the Brexit Tree film