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Jiri Straka

  • born 1967 in Prague
  • 1995 graduated from Czech Charles University, Department of Chinese
  • 1997 graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
  • 2002 - 2006 curator at National Gallery in Prague; started to live in Beijing
  • 2014 Became the mural painting department distinguished professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts
  • 2014 won the European culture and art award "2014 the 14th European TREBBIA cultural and artistic contribution award" and awarded by Czech President himself

Once, in ancient times, when the World-Honored One was at Mount Grdhrakuta, he twirled a flower before his assembled disciples. All were silent.

Only Mahakasyapa broke into a smile.

The World-Honored One said, "I have the eye treasury of right Dharma, the subtle mind of nirvana, the true form of no-form, and the flawless gate of teaching. It is not established upon words and phrases. It is a special transmission outside tradition. I now entrust this to Mahakasyapa."

Gáthá

Twirling a flower,

The snake shows its tail,

Mahakasyapa breaks into a smile,

And people and devas are confounded.

(The Wu-men Kuan, Case 6)

Solo exhibitions:

  • 2024 - "Jiri Straka – Ink Painting", Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany
  • 2024 - "In The Shade Of The Fire, In a Bluish Silence", Oblastni Galerie Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
  • 2024 - "Silence", GASK - Galerie Stredoceskeho kraje, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
  • 2022 - "Ink Cowboy", Karpuchina Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2022 - "Ink Cowboy 3", CCC Czech China Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2021 - "No Man´s Land", Beijing Caochangdi Deshe Space, Beijing, China
  • 2021 - "Ink Cowboy 1", CCC Czech China Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2020 - "Storm Over Studenec", Trutnov Gallery, Trutnov, Czech Republic
  • 2020 - "Chinese Sandwich", KODL Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2019 - "Eco-Ink", DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2018 - "An Old Friend Quinghua Porcelain", Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2017 - "Flowers In a Sea of Evil", Nova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2016 - "Belief in Chinese Ink", Taihe Art Gallery Beijing, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
  • 2015 - "Ink Building Sites", Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2014 - "Czech Meadow", Heng Jia Tang, Beijing, China
  • 2012 – "Chinaman from Czech", Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2012 - "Feathers", Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2011 - "The World", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2010 - "Zartes Grauen", Arteversum Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • 2007 - "Samsara", Shitai Space Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
  • 2007 - "Heart Blossoms", Galerie V Kapli, Bruntal, Czech Republic
  • 2006 - "Heart Blossoms", Art Institute of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
  • 2005 - "Jiri Straka – Ink Painting", Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2003 - "Jiri Straka – Ink Painting", Pisek Gate, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2003 - "Jiri Straka – Ink Painting", Doubner Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2002 - "Ink Painting by Jiri Straka", Czech Embassy, Beijing, China
  • 2001 - "Ink Painting by Jiri Straka", Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2000 - "Ink Painting by Jiri Straka", Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen, China

Live painting:

  • 2024 - "Silence", GASK - Galerie Stredoceskeho kraje, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
  • 2022 - "Ink Cowboy", Karpuchina Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2021 - "Ink Cowboy 2", Dawantang, Mountains of White Stones, Quiping, China
  • 2020 - "Live Painting – Kodl Gallery", KODL Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2019 - "Eco-Ink", DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2012 - "Presence of Tong Hui River", Tongzhou, Beijin, China
  • 2011 - Guan Shanyue Museum, Shenzhe, China
  • 2011 - "Act", Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2010 - Cologne Art Festival, Germany
  • 2010 - "Faces", Czech pavilion on Shanghai World Expo, China
  • 2009 - "Feathers", Qujiang International Contemporary Art Season, Xi'an, China
  • 2008 - "Lily", Painting in Wan Shou Temple - International Art Plan, Changchun, China
  • 2008 - "Painting Pebellion", 798 Art District, Sky Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2007 - "Painting Pebellion", 798 Art District, Ying Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2007 - "A Sea of Clouds – Live Painting", Decinsky Sneznik, Czech Republic

Joint exhibitions:

  • 2024 - "The Night Draws With Darkness And Shadow", Kunst Hala Liberec & Cozy Studio, Liberec, Czech Republic
  • 2022 - "Wuhan Biennal", Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
  • 2022 - "The 9th China Beijing International Art Biennal", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 2021 - "Disordered", Song Zhuang Art Museum (Art Festival Song Zhuang), Beijing, China
  • 2021 - "The 4the Xishuangbanna International Art Exhibition", Xishuangbanna Art Museum, China
  • 2021 - "A White Horse Is Not a Horse", Song Zhuang, Beijing, China
  • 2021 - "Contemporary Ink Painting Invitational Exhibition", Shenzhen, China
  • 2017 - "Battle of Wits", The 1st Ink Painting Biennal in Wuhan, Wuhan Gallery, Wuhan, China
  • 2016 - "The Power of Attention - Ink Painting Works of Young Artists", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2016 - "The Contemporary Art Exhibition of The Peony Pavilion", Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
  • 2016 - "TA Era - The Zone In Between", Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2016 - "Magnanimous Shanghai - Art Home Exhibition", Golden Bridge Building, Shanghai, China
  • 2015 - "Memory of Six Cities" New Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition, Shandong Province Art museum, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
  • 2015 - "Magnanimous Art Home Exhibition", The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
  • 2015 - "Heaven near 100 meters can stall", CCC Czech China Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2014 - "The Dragon Awakens", Prague National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2014 - "Meeting At The End Of The Summer", Czech Embassy, Beijing, China
  • 2014 - "Ink Painting Monaco", Monte Carlo, Czech cultural days in Monaco
  • 2014 - "Situation 2014 Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition", The 2nd China International Art Exposition, Beijing, China
  • 2014 - "Five officials - Eight horses" Caochangdi Ink Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2014 - "Ink Pieces - Essence", 798 Xinyi Art Space, Beijing, China
  • 2013 - "The 1st Dongmeng Contemporary Art Biennal", Dongmeng Art Museum, Nanning, China
  • 2013 - "Modern ink painting", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2013 - "Modern ink painting", Museum of Fine Art, Wuhan, China
  • 2012 - "The 5th China Beijing International Biennal", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 2011 - "Songzhuang art festival", Shangshang Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • 2010 - "Beyond", Song Zhuang Art Festival, Beijing, China
  • 2009 - "Undercurrent" (with Josef Bolf, Martin Eder, Jonathan Meese), Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2008 - "Painting Rebellion", 798 Art District, Sky Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2007 - "Painting Rebellion", Inter Art Center, 798 Art District, Ying Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2005 - "Jiri Straka & A Qin", Czech Embassy, Beijing China
  • 2004 - "The 4th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennal", Guan Shanyue Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • 2002 - "Chinese Ink Painting", City Hall Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong, China
  • 2002 - "The 3th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennal", Guan Shanyue Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • 2000 - "The 2nd Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennal", Guan Shanyue Museum, Shenzhen, China

Works Collection

Collected by National Art Museum of China, Shandong Museum, Wuhan Museum, Beijing Times Gallery, National Art Museum of Czech, Czech KAMPA Gallery, Sklenar Art Museum and others.