Josef Bolf (born October 7, 1971 in Prague) is a Czech painter. He studied at the Academy between 1990–1998. In 1995 he studied at Kongsthögskolan (

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) and in 1996 at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in

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. From 1996 to 2002 he was a member of the art group ''Bezhlavý jezdec''. Bolf's creation captures the strange characters, often suffering, sometimes half-animal. His paintings are often considered depressed, gloomy, sad, melancholy.www.designmagazin.cz
/ref> His ideas often stem from childhood spent in the southern city of Prague.

Scholarships and residences

* 2007 ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York, USA * 2006 Europäische Künstlerhaus, Freising, Germany * 1996 Akademie der Bildende Künst, Stuttgart, Germany * 1995 Kongsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden

Awards

* 2011 Umělec roku

Representations in collections

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Humpolec, Czech Republic * AMC Collezione Coppola, Vicenza, Italy
Collett Prague/Munich
Czech Republic/Germany
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Fait Gallery
Brno, Czech Republic
Galerie Klatovy/Klenová
Czech Republic
GAVU
Cheb, Czech Republic
GHMP
Praha, Czech Republic
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
Peekskill, New York, USA
Marek Collection
Brno, Czech Republic
Moravian Gallery
Brno, Czech Republic
National Gallery
Praha, Czech Republic
Olomouc Museum of Art
Czech Republic
Pudil Family Foundation
Praha, Czech Republic * Robert Runták Collection, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Bibliography

* 2018 Vaňous, Petr
Inverse Romanticism
Praha: Galerie Rudolfinum * 2017 Brabec, Jaroslav
Orbis Artis: Josef Bolf
* 2016 Urban, Otto M
Life Is Painful and Breeds Disappointment: Massakr Vol.1 - Lovecraft
Plzeň: Galerie města Plzně * 2015 Vaňous, Petr
Rezonance: Načeradský – Typlt – Bolf
Praha: BIGGBOSS * 2012 Bolf, Josef; Štind Ondřej
Mondschein
Praha: Argo * 2012 Urban, Otto M. A Mirror from the Abyss. Paris: Galerie Dukan Hourdequin * 2010 Barényi, Peter. Video report about the exhibitio
Unheimliche
Bratislava: Artyčok.tv *2010 Vaňous, Petr
Ještě místo - pustá zem
Plzeň: Západočeská galerie * 2009 Pospiszyl, Tomáš
Josef Bolf
Praha: Divus * 2009 Vidlička, Jan. Interview about exhibitio
You Are Not You, You Are Me
Praha: Artyčok.tv * 2007 Jeřábková, Edith; Vítková, Lenka
Lovci Lebek
Klatovy: Galerie U Bílého jednorožce

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