Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973 in

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) 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'' 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

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

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