KRISTOF KINTERA

Born 1973 in Prague, lives and works in Prague

Education
2003 - 2004 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
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
2003 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

Prizes
2005 Prague Biennale II
1996 Honour prize of Soros centrum of Contemporary Art, Bratislava

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015
Your Light is My Life, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2014
OH,NO, Nevan Contempo, Prague, CZ
I am not you, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
Nervous Trees, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Berlin, DE
2013
Bad News, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY BERLIN, DE
Hollywoodoo, MEM-Fait Gallery, Brno, CZ
Symptoms of Nervosities, Galerie D+T Project, Brussels, B
Nervous, Galerie Mesta Blanska, CZ
2012
Black Flag, Make Up Gallery, Kosice, SK
Demon of the Growth, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Berlin, DE
Analysis results, La Station, Nice, FR
Analysis results (mid career retrospective), City Gallery Prague, CZ
2011
There is No Way to Go Now, Obecni Dum, Opava, CZ
2010
Unhappy Coincidence, Galerie Ho, Marseille, FR
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY BERLIN, DE
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY PRAGUE, CZ
2009
Lay down and shine, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Paris, FR
Holy Spirit Opened, Museum of Fine Arts, Ostrava, CZ
2008
Believe it or not, East Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, Pardubice, CZ
Miracle, Fundament Fundation, Tilburg, NL
Solo project, Volta NY, New York, US
2007
Problems on top of Problems, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Paris, FR
The Weather Is Changing, AM.180 Gallery, Prague, CZ
Sculpture project, Volta Show, Basel, CH
2006
Revolution, Potocka Gallery, Krakow, PL
Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, US
Carry on as if everything was alright, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Paris, FR
2005
Super Natural Special Real, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY PRAGUE, CZ
2002
Can You Show Me What´s in Your Bag?, Gallery Open, Bratislava, SK
2001
Gallery 761, Ostrava, CZ
Are you all right?, Czech Center Munich, DE
Are you all right?, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, FR
It Won´t Be Better!, Gallery Skuc, Ljubjana, SLO
It Won´t Be Better!, Gallery Behemot, Prague, CZ
2000
Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem, CZ
1999
Talkmen, City Gallery Prague, CZ
1995
Plumbuman, Gallery Of Young, Brno, CZ
1994
Ruce Gallery, Prague, CZ

Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
BALAGAN!!!, Nordwind Festival, Berlin, DE
132,54 m2, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Berlin, DE
Le Paradis et l’Enfer. Des tapis volants aux drones,Boghossian Foundation,Brussels, B
2014
High Horizons: Bruegel Land, early 21th Century, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, B
A Book Between Two Stools, Boghosian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, B
2013
Truly Flabby Preludes (For a Dog), Maison Popularie, Montreuil, CH
Problem is Here, 4 days in Motion, Prague, CZ
Images for Images - Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, GASK, Kutna Hora, CZ
Daddy you can´t make a cactus...this has been done!, Grimm Museum Berlin, DE
2012
The Beginning of the Century, Czech Art of the First Decade of the 21st Century, Gallery of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ
2011
Art on Lake, City Park Lake Budapest, HU
Velocypedia, National Technical Library, Prague, CZ
Puppen-Projectionsfiguren in der Kunst, Villa Rot Museum, Burgrieden, DE
2010
Displaces Divisions, Skuc Gallery, Ljubjana, SLO
Galerie Schleicher/Lange at Temporary Gallery, Wien, A
RE-DO-RE-THINK-RE-PLAY, Czech Center, New York, US
Revenge, Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, EST
Sunday, Ambika P3, London, UK
2009
All Creatures Great and Small, Zacheta - National Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Mes Dalton, Centre d´Art Contemporain, Chateau Gontier, FR
New Acquisitions - Rarely Seen Works, The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU
2008
Don´t Worry Be Curious!, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d´art contemporain, Luxembourg, LUX
Visuality vs. Reality, Muzeum of Art Zilina, SK
Domestic appliance, Flowers, London, UK
Ad Absurdum, Marta Herford, DE
Uprising, Raw Space Galleries, Sydney, AUS
The Crowd (0-Infinity), Lo Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
TBC, Flowers East, London, UK
2007
Going, Staying, Kunstmuseum Bonn, DE
2006
Five Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Shift, Galerie Grita Insam, Wien, A
Pragse Tuin, beelden uit Praag, Gouverneurstein van Assen, NL
Shadows of Humor, Galerie Avantgarde, Wroclaw, PL
Local Global, Mikkelin, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, FIN
Positioning, In the New Reality of Europe: Art from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JAP
Zyklus 1.0 Tschechien, Ferne Nähen, Stift Lilienfeld, A
2005
Positioning, In the New Reality of Europe: Art from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, National Museum of Art, Osaka, JAP
Czech Photography of the 20th Century, City Gallery Prague, CZ
Prague Biennale 2: Expanded Painting, International Contemporary Art, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ
2004
[NOT] Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam, NL
E.U. Positive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
Elettricita, Palazzo Comunale, Terni, IT
Eintritt frei, Bawag Foundation, Vienna, A
2003
Prague Biennale I, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague, CZ
Elektrobot, Home Gallery, Prague, CZ
Survey ´03, Futura - Centre for contemporary art, Prague, CZ
Aus Liebe, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Prag, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, DE
2002
Corps et traces, Musée de Beaux-Art de Nancy, FR
Fair, Royal Collage of Art, London, UK
2001
About a Man, Museum of Czech Fine Art, Prague, CZ
Trienalle of Small Sculpture, Fellbach, DE
Borders 2001, Slavonski Brod, CRO
To Flow To, Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, DE
Finale, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague, CZ
2000
Bohemian Birds, Kunst Haus Dresden, DE
Nests of Games, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
Worthless (Invaluable), Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana, SLO
ÜberlebensKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE
After the Wall, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
The End of the World, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
All You Can Eat, Galerie fur Zeitgenossiche Kunst, Leipzig, DE
1999
Unplanned Connections, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague, CZ
Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers, W-139, Amsterdamm, NL
Ordinary Fairytales, Gallery Klatovy - Klenova, CZ
Plug in City, Salon 3, London, UK
After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, S
1998
Low Budget, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague, CZ
Czech Art in 90´s, City Gallery Prague, CZ
Manifesta II, Casino Luxembourg, LUX
Germinations 10, Factory, Athens, GR
Clouse Encounters, Naarden, NL
1997
Art Work in Public Spaces, National Gallery - Veletrzni Palace, Prague, CZ
Toward the Object, Riverside Studios, London, UK
Metal Sculptures, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague, CZ
1996
Exterier vs Interier, Cosmos, Bratislava, SK
II. Biennial of Young Artists , Stone Bell House, City Gallery Prague, CZ
1995
Test Run, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague, CZ
Biennalle of Small Sculpture, Murska Subota, SLO
1994
New Names, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague, CZ
1993
Hermit II, Monastery in Plasy, CZ

Selected permanent realizations
2011
Memento mori - Out of self decision, permanent instalation, Prague, CZ
Untitled - permanent realization for CEZ Group Office building, Prague, CZ

Performance with Jednotka/Unit
2002
Talkmen
2000
Ikebana
1998
Live
Mr. TV
Art Dealer
1997
An Argument
1996
From the Bush
1994
Explosion
STOP
A Walk
The Bible
1993
Message in Bottle
The Granary
The Picnic
Things
The Fly

Selected collections
National Gallery, Prague
City Gallery Prague
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
Olbricht Collection, Essen / Berlin
Barbierato Collection, Asiago
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Jerry Speyer Collection, New York
K11 Foundation, Hong Kong

Kristof Kintera is represented by the JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY PRAGUE BERLIN

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