KRISTOF KINTERA
BBorn 1973 in Prague, lives and works in Prague
Education
1992 - 1996 B. A. Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
1997 - 1999 M. A. Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Scholarships
1995 Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio
1997 Germinatios X, Birmingham
2001 Villa Waldberta, Munich
2003 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Prizes
2005 Prague Biennale II
1996 Honour prize of Soros centrum of Contemporary Art, Bratislava
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
2009
All Creatures Great and Small, Zacheta National Gallery of Art
Lay down and shine, Galerie Schleicher & Lange, Paris
Holy Spirit Opened, Museum of Fine Arts Ostrava
2008
I think that people, just talk too much..., Fine Art Gallery, Brno
Believe it or not, East Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, Pardubice
Miracle, Fundament Fundation, Tilburg, Netherland
Rituals, with Ilona Neméth, V.M.21 arte contemporanea, Rome
Solo project, Volta NY, New York
2007
Problems on top of Problems, Galerie Schleicher & Lange, Paris
The Weather Is Changing, AM.180 Gallery, Prague
Sculpture project, Volta Show, Basel
2006
Revolution, Potocka Gallery, Krakow
Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza, New York
Carry on as if everything was alright, Galerie Schleicher & Lange, Paris
2005
Super Natural Special Real, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY, Prague
2002
Can You Show Me What´s in Your Bag?, Gallery Open, Bratislava
2001
Gallery 761, Ostrava
Are you all right?, Czech center Munich
Are you all right?, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg
It Won´t Be Better!, Gallery Skuc, Ljubjana
It Won´t Be Better!, Gallery Behemot, Prague
2000
Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem
1999
Talkmen, City Gallery Prague
1995
Plumbuman, Gallery Of Young, Brno
1994
Ruce Gallery, Prague
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
RE-DO-RE-THINK-RE-PLAY, Czech Center New York
2009
Processing a Mirage, Futura Gallery, Prague
Mes Dalton, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Chateau-Gontier
New Acquisitions - Rarely Seen Works, The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Let us be us, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem
2008
Don´t Worry Be Curious!, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d´art contemporain, Luxembourg
CZECH SOURCES-Contemporary Czech art of three generations,Prague House,Brussel
Visuality vs. Reality, Muzeum of Art Zilina
Domestic appliance, Flowers, London
IN/visible festival of visual art, Flora, Olomouc
Ad Absurdum, Marta Herford
Uprising, Raw Space Galleries, Sydney
The Crowd (0-Infinity), Lo Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand
TBC, Flowers East, London
2007
Going Staying, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Process, River Town Prague
2006
Five Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Grand 1st: Cult Media, Bastart Gallery, Bratislava
Shift, Galerie Grita Insam, Wien
Praagse Tuin – beelden uit Praag, Gouverneurstein van Assen, Holland
Shadows of Humor, Galerie Avantgarde, Wroclaw, Poland
Local Global, Mikkelin, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
Positioning – In the New Reality of Europe: Art from Poland, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Zyklus 1.0 Tschechien – Ferne Nähen, Stift Lilienfeld, Austria
2005
Positioning – In the New Reality of Europe: Art from Poland, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Hungary, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Czech Photography of the 20th Century, City Gallery Prague
Prague Biennale 2: Expanded Painting, International Contemporary Art,
Karlin Hall, Prague
Insiders, Futura – Centre for contemporary art, Prague
2004
[NOT] Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam
E.U. Positive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Elettricita, Palazzo Comunale, Terni
Eintritt frei, Bawag Foundation, Vienna
Breakthrough, The Hague
2003
Prague Biennale I, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague
Elektrobot, Home Gallery, Prague
Survey ´03, Futura – Centre for contemporary art, Prague
Aus Liebe – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Prag, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid
2002
Corps et traces, Musée de Beaux-Art de Nancy (catalogue)
Insideout, Action Gallery, Berlin
Fair, Royal Collage of Art, London
2001
Object Object, House at the Black Madonna, Prague
About a Man, Museum of Czech Fine Art, Prague
Trienalle of Small Sculpture, Fellbach
Borders 2001, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
To Flow To, Galerie Chromosome, Berlin
Finale, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague
2000
Bohemian Birds, Kunst Haus Dresden
Nests of Games, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague
Worthless (Invaluable), Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana
ÜberlebensKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
After the Wall, Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
The End of the World, National Gallery, Prague
All You Can Eat, Galerie fur Zeitgenossiche Kunst, Leipzig
1999
Unplanned Connections, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague
Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers, W-139, Amsterdamm
Ordinary Fairytales, Gallery Klatovy – Klenova
Plug in City, Salon 3, London
After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1998
Low Budget, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague
Czech Art in 90´s, City Gallery Prague, Prague
Manifesta II, Casino Luxembourg
Germinations 10, Factory, Athens
Clouse Encounters, Naarden, Holland
1997
Art Work in Public Spaces, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague
Show, National Gallery Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Toward the Object, Riverside Studios, London
Metal Sculptures, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague
1996
Exterier vs Interier, Cosmos, Bratislava
II. Biennial of Young Artists , Stone Bell House, City Gallery Prague
1995
Test Run, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague
Biennalle of Small Sculpture, Murska Subota, Slovenia
1994
New Names, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague
1993
Hermit II, Monastery in Plasy, Prague
Performance with “Unit”
1993
Message in Bottle
The Granary
The Picnic
Things
The Fly
1994
Explosion
STOP
A Walk
The Bible
1996
From the Bush
1997
An Argument
1998
Live
Mr. TV
Art Dealer
2000
Ikebana
2002
Talkmen
Other Projects
2007
curating group exhibition Gross Domestic Product at Prague City Gallery
designing media campaign and interior design for Prague Quadrennial
2005
designing promo boot for Prague Quadrennial 2007
2 sculptures for National Theatre, exhibition Golden Age of Media
creating media campaign an TV spot for One World – International
documentary film festival
2004
working as graphic designer for several art institutions like Goethe Institut
Prague, Prague Quadrennial, Prague City Gallery etc.
2002
creating TV advert for National Theatre – Looks of Contemporary Drama
1999-2001
founding venue and working as an artistic director in multicultural
alternative space UNIVERSAL NOD (www.nod.cz)
2001
designing stage design and acting in theatre performance Passanger
of “Unit”
2000
designing and making Internet café interior for Café 9.net (www.nod.cz)
1999 designing stage design and acting in theatre street performance
The Life of Fantasy of “Unit”
1998
designing multimedia theatre project Strange Things of “Unit”
(performed in theatre Alfred ve Dvore,Prague and theatre festival Kolin
(1998-9)
1996
stage design in Dejvicka theatre, Prague
Collections
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
National Gallery, Prague
City Gallery Prague
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Jerry Speyer Collection, New York; Olbricht Collection, Essen; Barbierato Collection, Italy and other private collections in: Prague, Geneva, Berlin, Rome and Sydney
Kristof Kintera is represented by the JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY
www.jirisvestka.com
http://kristofkintera.com
Kristof Kintera
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kintera is one of the most successful and most interesting Czech artists of the youngest generation. His oeuvre is characteristic of a certain doubt concerning the possibilities and role of the arts. He creates sculptures and installations by combining or altering ordinary objects in unusual ways. By modifying common objects from everyday life, Kintera gives them new meaning and allows us to see a more removed perspective.
“Partly I am also interested in shifting with purposes of things and items from ordinary life. I am trying to bend and warp the reality, sometimes using minimum effort, sometimes with a lot of effort. After such a process of modulation a new strange item starts its new unnecessary existence. It is about having its own and new (dis)logic and that is very exciting for me. Basically these works should not need verbal explanation. They are just here and that's it. Let's see what they can do without protecting them by explaining what they are.“ Kristof Kintera
EXHIBITIONS AT THE JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, 2010 /Berlin/
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, 2010 /Prague/