Simon Vahala

Graduated in 2009 with a MA in Intermedial school of prof. Milan Knizak (Fluxus) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In his broad-spectrum work, he as an artist brilliantly replies to the intermedia demands of present times. He exploits specifics of individual media (painting, photography, objects, performances). He has been exhibited and published internationally, including shows at National Gallery in Prague, The Phillips de Pury in Londonv, etc. Featured in Humble Arts Foundation’s The Collector’s Guide To Emerging Art Photography. He participated in the Contemporary Czech Paint and Sculpture exhibition in the National Gallery in Prague. Recent group exhibition was the Finalists of 333 Award of National Gallery in Prague.

Education:
2003–09 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague - MFA,
- Intermedial studio of prof. Milan Knizak

2007 Kyoto Art and Design Univesity
- Visual information, prof. Suzuka Yasu

2001 Hochschüle fur Künst und Gestaltung in Zürich
- Vorkurz

1999 Secundary Art and Design school in Prague
- Painting studio


Solo exhibitions:
2009 Paintings, Kancl Gallery, Prague
2006 Koinoburi and readymades, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto
More less Kyoto, ETW. Gallery, Kyoto
Onanoko, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto

Selected group exhibitions:
2011 Original And Perspective,
- Bohemian Modern Art Gallery Prague
Contemporay Czech Painting and Sculpture,
- National Gallery in Prague
Graduates of Academy of Fine Art in Prague,
- Chateau Moravska Trebova
Intermedial Studio of prof. Milan Knizak,
- Gallery UFFO, Trutnov
Mailart, Villa Mazzarosa, Italy

2010 Finalists of Award 333 NG and ČEZ Group,
- National Gallery in Prague
Contemporay Czech Painting and Sculpture,
- National Gallery in Prague
Summer Coctail, Galerie Michal’s Collection, Prague
3V - Vlcek, Vahala, Vela,
- Michal`s Collection Gallery, Prague

2009 Refused, National Gallery in Prague
Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury London
Documünta, Galerie Mu Zurich
Confrontation Svarov 2009, Svarov
Those? Theme! Sam83 Gallery
19 years after, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Berlin
AAP, Galerie Kobylka, Prague

2008 I Hate Nature - Intermedial studio of AVU,
- Opera House, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
Sofa Painting, Atelier No.8 AVU, Prague
2007 Selfportrait, PACE ⁄ MACGILL GALLERY, New York
Art Is Nothing, Cultural Center DOM, Moscow, Russia
2006 Sculpture Grande 2006, Art Factory Gallery, Prague
2005 Intermedial Studio of prof. Milan Knizak,
- Gaudeamus Gallery, Ostrava
La petite mort, Slavonice City Gallery, Slavonice
Intermedial Studio of prof. Milan Knizak,
- Art Factory Gallery, Prague
Intermedial Studio, XXL Gallery, Louny
2004 Cialis, Ledebur’s Terase, Prague
2001 HGKZ, Vorkurs, Zürich, Switzerland

Auctions:
2011 Auktion Rauch, Razzia Seefeld, Zurich
2010 Emerging Artist’s by Daniel Cooney Fine Art, USA
2009 Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury London

Representation:
National Gallery in Prague
Eraldo Di Vita's Collection, Italy
Michal's Collection Gallery, Prague
Private collections in Japan, Switzerland, England,
Czech Republic, Hawaii USA

Works published at:
Original And Perspective, Bohemian Modern Art Gallery
Contemporay Czech Painting and Sculpture, The National Gallery in Prague
Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury London
The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Art Fundation. New York
Summer Coctail, Michal`s Collection Gallery Prague
3V - Vlcek, Vahala, Vela, Michal`s Collection Gallery Prague
Refused, The National Gallery in Prague
Diplomanti AVU 2009: Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Celeste Magazine, Mexico City, Mexico
FIFI Magazine, Miami
Tiger Magazine, Tokyo

Afisha Magazine, Moskva