Variation on a theme
Švehla Filip
Variation on a theme, 2023
183 x 132 cm
acrylic on canvas
the painting was made during a residency in Accord, Upstate New York in the summer of 2023
About the artist
born in 1991, Prague, Czech Republic
Education:
2011 - 2017 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Rep., Painting Studio of doc. Michael Rittstein, Painting Studio of prof. Jiri Sopko, Painting Studio of prof. R. Šalanda
2015 Utrecht School of the Arts, Netherlands
Scholarships and residences:
2023 Gray Nivas Art Residency, New York, USA
2022 Residence in Miami, THINK + feel contemporary Art Gallery, USA
2017 Summeracademy Venice - scholarship, Venice, IT
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2021 14. Ročník Ceny kritiky za mladou malbu, Galerie Kritiků, Prague, CZ
2020 Art Prague Fair, Youngrealart, Prague, CZ
2019 Šmucik Ordnung, Stolen Gallery, Prague, CZ
2019 370 Days Sunny (with Jan Heres), Jan Čejka Gallery, Prague, CZ
2014 Your Silence has Become Our Silence, AVU Gallery, Prague, CZ
2013 Having a Coffee, Alta Studio, Prague, CZ
2012 Paintings, Cestice Castle, CZ
2011 Paintings and Drawings, Egzyl Gallery, Brandys nad Labem, CZ
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Elements, Galerie Škroupovka, Hradec Králové
2023 Pop up shop, Parasol Projects, New York
2022 18 FPS, Jan Čejka Gallery, Praha
2019 Painting III, Millennium Gallery, Prague, CZ
2019 Leinemann Kunstpreis - Negative Realism, Czech Center, Berlin, DE
2018 Summeracademy Venedig, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, IT
2017 New Wave, AVU graduates 2017, Veletržní Palace, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
2017 Landscape 2017, Nová galerie, Prague, CZ
2013 Lukov Symposium, Topicuv Club, Prague, CZ
2012 Figurama, Gallery of Czech Technical University in Prague, CZ
Awards:
2021 14th Critics' Award for Young Painting - finalist
2019 Kunstpreis der Leinemann-Stiftung - finalist
2017 Josef Hlávka Foundation Award - finalist
2017 AVU Studio Award
