Josef Mladějovský: Marat's ride

Josef Mladějovský (born 1986 in Frýdek-Místek) graduated from the Secondary Art School in Ostrava (2001 - 2005) and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava (Department of Painting, doc. František Kowolowki, 2005 - 2010). In 2011, he won third place in the Critics’ Award for Young Painting with Overlaps. Exhibitions and projects such as Fundamenty & Sediments, Toy Riot 2011 (GHMP, Prague, 2011), 4th year of the Critics’ Award (Gallery of Critics, Prague, 2011), VI. Zlín Youth Salon (KGVU, Zlín, 2012), Metaplay (Bohemian Hall, New York City, 2014), Box for the Spirit (Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice n. Labem, 2015), Silesian Concept (Půda Gallery, Český Těšín, 2016) , Brno Art Open (House of Arts of Brno, 2017), Inner image (Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, 2017), OstravaART (Gallery of Art Works in Przemyśl, 2018) or Situace Silesia (Důl Michal, Ostrava, 2019), have placed the author in the context of contemporary art. His last independent exhibition was in Ostrava (All Battles of Yesterday [with Filip Dvořák], Dukla Gallery, 2021) and in Prague (Battistero di Marcel - Baroque Songs, Volesky & Gallery, 2021).