Michal Trpák (born 1982) is a

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sculptor.

Biography

Trpák was born in 1982 in

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

. His art studies started at the Secondary School of Arts in

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. He then proceeded to study at

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where he earned his master's degree. During this study he went on a one-year exchange stay to

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

in Finland and later a one-year exchange in

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, Canada. After graduating from Prague in 2007 he started to work as an artist. Soon thereafter he earned his PhD at the Academy of Arts in

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

, Slovakia. Since 2007 Michal Trpák is organizing a sculpture exhibition in the public space of České Budějovice called ART where sculptors exhibit their works during the summer. Starting in 2015 he curates the sculpture exhibition ''Sculpture Line'' in Prague. The sculptures and paintings created by Michal Trpák are on display in a variety of public spaces or held in private collections in the Czech Republic, Germany, Britain, Russia, France and Canada. Besides studying and creating artistic projects Michal travels to various countries, visits remote areas of world such as

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Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively. Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...

and the

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or he dives and sails the seas to obtain inspiration and to be closer to nature, which is the best sculptor.

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* 1982 births Living people People from České Budějovice Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-sculptor-stub