Biography

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Pavel Mrkus

Born1970 in Melnik, Czech Republic
Working with digital media with focus on video and site specific installation
since 2003 represented by gallery Büro für Kunst, Dresden

web mrkus.ixode.org

e-mail pmrkus@yahoo.com
represented by gallery Büro für Kunst Berlin / Dresden

Study
1989 – 1995 Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Glass, prof. Vladimir Kopecky

1991 Polytechnic University, Stoke on Trent, England

1998 – 1999 Faculty of Theology, Charles University, Prague

Teaching positions
1995 – 2000 assistant in glass studio at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague

2000 – 2004 visiting associate professor at Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan

2005 – 2008 assistant in Studio of Digital Media at Liberec University of Technology, Czech Rep.

2006 faculty in Glass and Digital Media depts. at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US

2007 – 2008 Artcrossing - Art (in) Motion, developing art-educational program for National Gallery Prague

since 2008 teaching assistant in Faculty of Art and Design, J.E. Purkyne University Usti nad Labem

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Space Walk, Galleria Contemporaneo, Mestre/Venice
Water Tales, Gallery Jeleni, Prague
Iris, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany




2007 F.A.Q., Kunsthalle Dresden, Germany (+D. Hanzlik)

2006 Space Walk, House of Art, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Rep.

2005 Seagull, Büro für Kunst, Dresden,Germany
Scanner, Kunstverein Viernheim, Germany
Shift, Gallery Jan Koniarek, Synagoga Trnava, Slovakia (+D. Hanzlik)




2004 A Prayer of PW20/LW, Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
KotoPlay, Chromosome, Gallery for International Media Art, Berlin
Patterns, Daimaru Dept. Store,Osaka
Stray Currents, Mau Fine Art Gallery, Toyama (+J.Hongo)





2003 Fragmented, Gallery BAU, Toyama
A Prayer off, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany
In Between, Gallery Enomoto, Osaka




2000 Es fiel ein Reif. Atrium, Moravian Gallery, Brno

1999 Unreacheable. Gallery by the White Unicorn, Klatovy

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Moving Artist, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Labyrint sv?tla, Ekotechnické muzeum, Prague
Place in Heart, Galerie E.Filly, Ústí nad Labem
Hell of Things, Galerie Kronika, Bytom, Poland




2008 Once is Nothing, Brussels Biennial, Brussels
Obraz, komunikace, styl, funkce, koncept, Veletržní palác, National Gallery, Prague
Spiknutí, Galerie E.Filly, Ústí nad Labem
Place In Heart, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
Be A Happy Worker: Work-To-Rule!, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb
Close Encounters, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston






2007 New Video Art from Central Europe, RISD Museum, Providence, US

2006 New Mystics, Sala de Arte Contemporaneo, Tenerife, Canarias
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Art front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Modern Time Work, Machineries and Automation in the Arts of 1900, Palazzo Ducale, Genova
Frisbee, Contemporary Czech Video and Media Art, House of Art, Brno, Czech Rep.
The Destiny of Paradise is in its Geometry, KISS., Untergroningen, Germany
ArteFiera Bologna, Italy
Arco, Madrid, Spain









2005 Helden Heute, Centre PasquArt, Biel Bienne, Switzerland
Roboter, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany
Der Rote Teppich, Kunstverein KISS e.V., Untergroningen, Germany
Captured in Light and Space, EXPO 2005, Shimin Plaza Gallery, Toyama, Japan
Vladimir Kopecky and his Sphere, Chappell Gallery, New York






2004 Sputniza, Kunsthaus Dresden
Loop 04, videoart festival, Barcelona
Frisbee, (Contemporary Czech Video Art), MNAC, Bucurest, Romania
Paralel Projections, House of Art, Opava, Czech Rep.
Individual Systems, Museo Archeologico, Potenza, Italy
Art Brussel, Belgium
The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa
Hot Destination/Marginal Destiny, House of Art, Brno, Czech Rep.
Video Programm of BDV Paris, Georges, Centre Pompidou, Paris










2003 La Biennale di Venezia, Individual Systems, Arsenale, Venice
Mission Possible, 1st Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague
Another Movement, Kanazawa, Japan
Glass Works 2003, Art Gallery Shimin Plaza, Toyama
Vessels, Koganezaki Crystal Park, Koganezaki






2002 IV. Biennial of Young Artists, Gallery of Prague City
Monochromy in Czech Art of the 90ties, Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague
Walking, Gallery Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Japan Contemporary Glass Exhibition, Notojima





2001 KK. House of Art, Opava

2000 Melancholy. Moravian Gallery, Brno
Unclear Evidence. House of Art, Ceske Budejovice
2nd Zlin Show of Young Artists. State Gallery, Zlin
Via 2000, Gallery Via Art, Prague





1999 Art for Hospital. Gallery V. Spala, Prague
K nebi. Gallery Sternberk
KK. Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
L`arte contemporana Ceca. Palazzo Coen, Salo, Italy
Laboratory. Gallery Sypka, Vlkov u Brna





Public AV performances and festivals

since 2008 in collaboration with Daniel Hanzlik in audiovisual project BOOT

2009 BOOT 003009, Electronic Music Minimarathon, New Music Festival, Ostrava
Landschaft, National Gallery, Prague
Moving Artist, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Transmissionscheibe, Ekotechnicke Muzeum, Prague
4ALI, Roxy, Prague





2008 Deartisation, Museum Night, Veletrzni Palace, National Gallery Prague

2007 French Film Festival, Prague
String concert visualisation, Zemlinsky Quartet, FOK, Prague
Roxy Prague
Industrial Vestiges, Mayrau, Kladno
LPM Roma






2006 AVIT, Berlin
Solstice Celebration, Roxy, Prague
Gallery Jiri Svestka, Prague
Nirvana Revival, Club Vagon, Prague
Digital Penetration, Veletrzni Palace, Prague
Roxy, Prague
Svihov, AV multiculcural festival
Tazza, Providence, US









2005 Circus, Usti nad Labem
Tocnik, AV multicultural festival
NOD, Roxy, Prague
Multiplace, New Media Culture Festival, Slovakia
Who's next. Smiley World Association, Expo halls, Paris






2004 Video program of BDV, Georges, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Loop 04. Video art festival, Barcelona
Fu-Sui-Jin festival, Toyama
BBQ, Biwako Lake, Kyoto




Works in collections

Center for Contemporary Arts Prague
Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt
Toyama City Collection
Glass Museum Notojima
Crystal Park Koganezaki
other private collections

Commission in architecture
1998 Czech Center, Brussels, Belgium

Symposiums
2000 International Glass Symposium, Crystalex Novy Bor, Czech Rep.

1997 Near The Beginning, Center For Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Rep.

Scholarships
2004 Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany

Awards
2003 Honorable Mention, Vessels, Koganezaki, Japan

2002 Silver prize, Japan Contemporary Glass Art, Glass Museum, Notojima, Japan
Honorable Mention, Contemporary Glass Triennial, Toyama, Japan