* 1984
education
2010 - 2017 UJEP, Ústí n. L, CZ, Faculty of Art and Design, Doctoral study programme (Ph.D.)
2008 - 2010 UJEP, Ústí n. L, CZ, Faculty of Art and Design, Studio of photography, Pavel Baňka Head of Dept.; M.A. degree
2006 - 2007 FHTW Berlin, University of applied science, Faculty of communication design, DE
2003 - 2007 UJEP, Ústí n. L, CZ, Faculty of Art and Design, Studio of photography, Pavel Baňka Head of Dept.; B.A. degree
foreign residencies
2014 AQB - Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, HU
2013 ISCP international studio & curatorial program, NYC
2008-2009 Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK
solo exhibitions
2013 B/W, Berlinskej model, Prague, CZ
2013 between, Altán Klamovka, Prague, CZ
2013 I N S I D E, open studio at iscp, NYC, NY
2010 Reflection, m.odla gallery, Prague, CZ
2011 Případ pro začátečníka / THE CASE FOR A ROOKIE, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, CZ
selected group exhibition
2014 Lesák/Vlček - JAN DAN, Berlinskej model, Prague, CZ
2014 Peripheral vision, 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, 2014, Moscow, RU
2014 Touching the Art, (the Fragile and Forgotten), ARTPLACC, Tihany, HU
2014 Touching the Art, (the Fragile and Forgotten), ART QUARTER BUDAPEST(AQB), Budapest, HU
2013 FESTIVAL FLUIDUM #4: ENDGAME, There is Nothing There, K4 Gallery, Prague, CZ
2013 FILM Directed by Artists 2, The Nitra Gallery, Nitra, SK
2011 Začarovaný kruh / Magic circles, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí n. L, CZ
2011 Začarovaný kruh / Magic circles, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Brussels, BEL
2011 Sladkost smrti / Sweetness of death, Small tower, DOX, Prague, CZ
2010 LOST IN TRANSLATION?, Riverside studios, London, UK
2010 M.A. Degree show 10, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí n. L, CZ
2010 Prague Photo, Exhibition Hall Mánes, Prague, CZ
2010 Making Worlds, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí n. L, CZ
2009 Yes! I am a long way from home, The Others, London, UK
2008 Photomonth, Shining, Gallery Divus Unit 30, London, UK
2008 Edit my dreams, cut and piece my memories, Club/Theatre 29, Pardubice, CZ
2008 Rozum v oku, Gallery Petrohrad, Plzeň, CZ
2007 B.A. Degree show 07, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí n. L, CZ
2006 Six, Prague house of photography, Prague, CZ
2005 No man´s land, Gallery Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE
lectures
2014 Picture vs. Archive, Fresh Eye, quest Lumír Nikl, Studio Trafo, Prague, CZ
2013 The Artist‘s Position in Contemporary Visual Art; quests: Jan Zálešák, Václav Janoščík; Faculty of Art and Design, UJEP
2013 salon: jan lesák and law man lok; presentation at ISCP; NYC, NY
2012 Status of the Artist: the question of authorship, the crisis of individuality; lecture as part of second year doctoral studies; Faculty of Art and Design, UJEP, CZ
Since 2011: external lecturer for the Master’s degree program, Department of Photography; Topic - Concept in Photography; Faculty of Art and Design, UJEP, CZ
bibliography
A TIME FOR DREAMS, Peripheral Vision, ISBN 978-5-94620-093-6, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2014, RU
FILM. Directed by Artists 2, Nitra Gallery, ISBN 978-80-857 46-62-4, 2013, Nitra, SK
Začarovaný kruh / Magic Circle, exhibition catalog, Případ pro začátečníka / The Case for a Rookie, 978-80-7414-380-9, Prague, 2011, CZ
Making Worlds, exhibition catalogue, Reproduction, ISBN 978-80-7414-314-4, Praha, 2011, CZ
Fotograf Magazine, issue – Architecture, section Tendency, Crematorium and Other Visual Affairs, Silvie Kolevová, Prague, 2007, CZ
Šestka / Six, exhibition catalogue, Prague, 2006, CZ
texts
Fenomén archivu ve vztahu k fotografickému médiu v kontextu současného umění, FOTOGRAFIE + / = UMĚNÍ, ISBN: 978-80-7414-731-9, 2014, CZ
Lev Manovich - Personal Become Public, Fotograf Magazine, #23 artificial worlds, Prague, 2014, CZ
Potřeba lépe se naučit obývat svět, vol.1, in: FOODLAB.CZ, 4/21/2010
Umění archeologie, vol. 2, in: FOODLAB.CZ, 4/28/2010
Směrem ke komunismu forem? Autorství?, vol. 3, in: FOODLAB.CZ, 6/4/2010
„Visual studies“, nové chápání vizuality, vol. 4, in: FOODLAB.CZ, 3/8/2010
awards
2010 Graduation Prize as part of Master‘s degree program, Ústí n. Labem, CZ
2005 College Prize for Merit (1st Prize), Ústí n. Labem, CZ
art fairs
2009 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, UK