Bio
Jan Kovářík (1980) is a Czech sculptor, graduate of the Sculpture Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Due to his background in ceramics, his perception of color and mass has formed since childhood. His artworks typically feature biomorphic objects based on the psychological effect of color and shape. He focuses on closed and open forms, objects shaped like mattresses and clouds, deformed objects and large-scale, formally rich installations made of combined materials. He won several competitions for the realization of sculptures in public space.
His best-known realizations include the Maria Theresa memorial at the Powder Bridge in Prague (2020) and the Roubíček family tombstone at the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague (2021). In 2023, he created the monumental site-specific intervention Concentration at the St. Salvator Church in Prague.
Works
Zoya
m-01
Heavy Weights
Illusion
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Jan Kovářík / Heavy Weights / 2024
Jan Kovářík / OF - 04 / Uranium / 2023
Jan Kovářík / M - 01 / Orange / 2023
Exhibitions
2024 / Heavy Weights by SIN, DSC Gallery, Prague2023 / Taxonomy, Kvalitář, Prague
2023 / Elements, Galerie Škroupovka, Hradec Králové
2023 / Concentration, St. Salvator Church, Old Town, Prague
2022 / Arsenal, AXA Palace, Prague
2021 / Cast Off, Galerie 50°47’55.9”N 14°57’22.6”E, Andělská Hora u Chrastavy
2021 / Non-Fungible Castle, Lobkowiczký palác, Prague
2020 / Colorbond, Prague City Gallery, Prague
2019 / SOCHA2, Municipal Gallery Plzeň
2019 / Magnificent Mycelium, Art Space NOV, Pardubice
2018 / D-M-UF, Galerie Caesar, Olomouc
2018 / The Cosmological Interaction of QCD (with Vladimír Véla), GVU Most
2017 / Magie der Farben und Formen, KUNSTpassageHOF, Hof
2017 / Xushi – The Substance of Emptiness, GASK, Kutná Hora
2016 / Statuofilia, Topičův salon, Prague
Public and Private Collections
Collection of Czech Art of the 20th and 21st Century National Gallery in PragueGallery of the City of Prague
Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora
Gallery of the Museum of Slovakia, Uherské Hradiště
Gallery of Fine Arts, Náchod
East Bohemia Gallery in Pardubice
Benedikt Rejt Gallery in Louny
Oldřich Th. Uttendorfský Collection
Our Collection Roman Pilíšek
HoMA Collection
Sbírka Václava Novotného
COLLETT Prague | Munich, a. s.