Lumír Hladík

Born 1952 in Český Brod, lives and works in Toronto, Canada

 

Education

1974-1977, College and High art school of Vaclav Hollar in Prague, Czech Republic

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Public collections

National Gallery of Canada, Canada

National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic

National Film Archive (NFA), Czech Republic

GMU, Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Museum of Decorative Arts and Photography, UPM, Prague

THE TICHY OCEAN FOUNDATION COLLECTION, Zurich / Prague

GASK, Central Bohemian Region’s Gallery, Czech Republic

GAVU, Gallery of Fine Arts, city of Cheb, Czech Republic

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Selected Exhibitions

2022

Grenzen der Freundschaft, Museum Utopie und Alltag, Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

The Rise and Fall of a Quantum Brat, Nevan Contempo, Prague, Czech Republic

2021

BY THE SEA, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany

MIRRORING, GCA, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic

Ji-hlava International Documentary Film Festival, IDFF, Czech Republic

2020

PHOTOLA Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA

COZY VENOM, Darren Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2019

Through a Forest Wilderness, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany

2018

Viewing Videoarchives, NFA, National Film Archive, Prague, Czech Republic

Through a Forest Wilderness, Berlin, Germany

iron smirk, BUNKER2, Toronto, Canada

RITUALIA, Modern Fuel - Main gallery, Kingston, Canada (with Anna Eyler, Dagmar Genda, Nicolas Lapointe)

2017

Common Goods, Forest City Gallery, London, Canada

Monochromatic Landscapes, Walnut contemporary, Toronto, Canada (with Julia Harris and Gonzalo Bénard)

Polar Transference, JIRI KOVANDA & LUMIR HLADIK, Gallery 17/18, OAG, Ottawa, Canada

DOWN WITH ART, Through a Forest Wilderness, Potsdam, Germany (with Geoffrey Hendricks, Yoko Ono, Petr Štembera, Robert Watts, Vadim Zakharov)

Chimera, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

The myth of Brown, OGV Gallery, Jihlava, Czech Republic

2016

International Bucharest Art Week, Bucharest, Romania

Gargoyles, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

Canadian Days, Museum Mendel, Brno, Czech Republic

Thresholds, James Gallery at Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Canada (with Caitlin La Pena and Rebecca Munce)

The myth of Brown, Václav Rabas, GAVU, Cheb, Czech Republic,

2015

RECALL, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

Samizdat, Cedar Rapids, IOWA, USA 

Oh Brother, GASK Museum, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Teleprezence…, GAVU, Regional Art Museum, city of Cheb, Czech Republic

2014

Pining in White, Corridor213, Toronto, Canada

“Sorry”, Artscape, WBCA, Toronto, Canada

DRAWINGS, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2013

Scope – Art Miami, USA

Below Zero, LONSDALE GALLERY, Toronto, Canada

5 Artists, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Why there is no ocean here, OGV Gallery, Jihlava, Czech Republic

Drawings, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2012

Symbiotic Baroque, MUSEUM OF NEW, Toronto, Canada

Samizdat, the Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC, USA

2011

Samizdat, Czech Center Gallery New York, NY, USA

35 years, 7000km, Galerie SVIT, Prague , Czech Republic

Spare time, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic

2010

Artspin, Toronto, Canada

6 Artists, Museum of New New Painting, Toronto, Canada

Envy, Beverly Owens Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2009

Lust, Beverly Owens Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada

Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada

The Artist Project Toronto, Canada

2008

ITCA, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic

1995

Design Exchange, Toronto, Canada

1983

Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Canada

1979

Places and Moments, Galeria Foto-Medium art, Wroclaw, Poland

1978

Experience Book, Gallery Maki, Tokyo, Japan

1977

University of Economics Club, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1975

Museum of Český Brod, Czechoslovakia

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Publishing

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2018

Through the Forest Wilderness,

Author: Petra Stegmann, Publisher: DOWN WITH ART!

2017

An Action Art Walk through Prague – 1949-1989,

Authors; PhDr. Pavlína Morganová, Publisher: Academy of Fine Arts, Prague

2015

CZECH ACTION ART IN FILM AND VIDEO, 1956–1989,

Authors: Pavlína Morganová, Terezie Nekvindová, Sláva Sobotovičová, Publisher: Academy of Fine Arts, Research Centre, Prague

2014

Czech Action Art, HAPPENINGS, ACTIONS, EVENTS, LAND ART, BODY ART AND PERFORMANCE ART BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN,

Authors: PhDr. Pavlína Morganová, Publisher: Chicago Press, Karolinum Press

2011

Lumir Hladík, Art Monograph,

Authors; Ph.Dr.Pavlína Morganová, Ph.D, Daniela Sneppová, MFA, Publisher: SVIT Gallery, Prague

Spare time - Paradox of taxidermy, curatorial essay,

Author: Lumir Hladik, Publisher: National Gallery in Prague

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Grants, Awards

2017, Received CARFAC Exhibition Assistance (Ottawa Art Gallery)

2016, Received Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Ontario Arts Council

2015, Travel Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts

2014, Awarded 2nd prize in the “DRAWING 2014”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2013, Awarded 1st prize in the “DRAWING 2013”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2011, Travel Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts