Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) is a Czech artist and sculptor. He was nominated for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award three times. He was one of the co-creators of the ''

Entropa ''Entropa'' is a sculpture by Czech artist David Černý. The project was commissioned by the Czech government to mark the occasion of its presidency of the Council of the European Union, and was originally designed as a collaboration for 27 art ...

'' sculpture, which was displayed in Brussels as part of the Czech Republic's

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in the first half of 2009. Kintera was awarded the ''Personality of the Year'' award for living artists in 2011 thanks to his monument to suicide under the

Nusle Bridge Nusle Bridge ( cs, Nuselský most) is a prestressed concrete viaduct in Prague, Czech Republic. It connects Prague 2 and Prague 4, across a valley which forms part of the Nusle district. The bridge is one of the longest in the country and carr ...

, and again in 2012, this time shared with fellow artist Pavel Mrkus. In 2013 his 14-metre high ''Bike to Heaven'' monument, which commemorates all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled in the

Holešovice Holešovice () is a district in the north of Prague situated on a meander of the River Vltava, which makes up the main part of the district Prague 7 (an insignificant part belongs to Prague 1). In the past it was a heavily industrial suburb; ...

district of the city. Bike to Heaven 06

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kintera, Kristof 1973 births Living people Czech contemporary artists Czech artists Czech male sculptors 21st-century Czech sculptors