Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, Leipzig, Deutschland

JOSEF BOLF

Galerie Dukan Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint Ouen, France / Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, 04179 Leipzig, Deutschland

Josef Bolf Fall (two images), 2016 Acrylic, oil, ink and paper on canvas 94 x 125 cm


Josef Bolf Antares (housing estate), 2016 Acrylic, oil, ink and paper on canvas 104 x 125 cm


Josef Bolf Sleeping on stone, 2016 Acrylic, oil, ink and paper on canvas 32 x 32 cm


Josef Bolf Danseuse, 2016 Mixed media on paper, collage between glass 32 x 24 cm


Josef Bolf Ruins, 2015 Acrylic, ink, glue on paper 70.5 x 100.5 cm


Josef Bolf The tree, 2015 Acrylic, ink, glue on paper 70.5 x 100.5 cm


Josef Bolf Two beds, 2012 Oil and ink on canvas 45 x 50 cm


Josef Bolf Girl, 2012 Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas 200 x 150 cm


Josef Bolf Black Water, 2012 Oil and ink on canvas 200 x 150 cm


Josef Bolf Martyrs, 2012 Colour inks, watercolor, pencil on paper 32 x 24 cm


Josef Bolf Martyrs, 2012 Colour inks, watercolor, pencil on paper 32 x 24 cm


EXHIBITIONS VIEW

Josef Bolf, Paris Czech Centre, Paris, France, March 10 - April 16, 2016


Josef Bolf, Folkert de Jong, Amie Dicke, John Kleckner, Olivier Masmonteil, Richard Stipl, Johan Tahon, Alexander Tinei Partie 2 : Le corps, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France, September 3 - 28, 2013


Josef Bolf, Forlorn Martyrs Pull A Mirror From The Abyss, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France, December 8, 2012 - February 16, 2013


CATALOGUES Josef Bolf Forlorn Martyrs Pull. A Mirror From The Abyss, 2013 Text by Otto M. Urban Ed. galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris ISBN: 979-10-91989-00-8

Decadence Now! Visions Of Excess, 2010 Catalogue of the exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague Concept and essays by Otto Urban Ed. Artefakt/Arbor Vitae ISBN 978-8087164600

After the fall, 2010 Exhibition catalogue Ed. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill


JOSEF BOLF Born 1971, Prague, Czech Republic Lives and works in Prague

BIO / BIBLIO

EDUCATION & STIPENDS 2007 ISCP – International Studio and Curatorial Program, stipend, NYC, USA Member of the group BJ (Bezhlavý Jezdec / Headless Rider, active 1998-2002) together with Ján Mancuska, Jan Šerých and Tomáš Vaněk 2006 Europäische Künstlerhaus Oberbayern residency program, Freising, DE 1996 Akademie der Bildende Künst Stuttgart, DE 1995 Kongsthögskolan, Stockholm, SE 1990 – 1998 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, studios of Jiri Naceradský, Vladimír Kokolia and Vladimír Skrepl SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Reality / Elsewhere, Galerie Dukan, St Ouen, France Centre tchèque, Paris, France 2015 Puha és nehéz, Trafo House of Contemporary Art, Budapest , Hungary 2014 Heavy Planet, Hunt Kastner Artworks, Prague, Czech Republic Oslovení ze tmy, Municipal Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria Forlorn Martyrs Pull A Mirror From The Abyss, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig, Germany Odložené případy, Galerie Uffo, Trutnov, Czech Republic 2013 Unconsciousness , arcaute arte contemporaneo, Beijing, China Places to Forget, Arthobler Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland Inventory before disappearance, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov, CZ 2012 Forlorn Martys Pull A Mirror From The Abyss, galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris, FR 2011 Josef Bolf, Galerie Kaple, CZ Josef Bolf, arthobler gallery, Porto, PT Galerie Dukan Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint Ouen, France / Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, 04179 Leipzig, Deutschland

Don’t Look Now, Jiří Švestka Gallery, Berlin, DE 2010 Personal Disposition, h u n t k a s t n e r , Prague, CZ The Wolf, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA 2009 You Are Not You, You Are Me, curated by Edita Jeřabková, Prague City Gallery, Old Town Hall, Prague, CZ Golden Days, Arcute Arte Contemporaneo, Bejing, China 2008 Just Give Me a Little More Time, curated by Lenka Vítková, Pavilion E, Olomouc, CZ You Look Like Me, Blansko City Gallery, Blansko, CZ We all give in …, House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno House of Arts, Brno, CZ Great Expectations, ZAK Gallery, Berlin, DE Suspirium, Sokolská Exhibition Hall, Ostrava, CZ 2007 What if you could go back in time and change all those hours of pain and darkness into something better?, Ad Astra Gallery, Kurím, CZ Pink Eyes, Na bidýlku Gallery, Brno, CZ 2006 My Empire of Dirt, Slavie Gallery, Nachod, CZ Soft and Pink, h u n t k a s t n e r , Prague, CZ#Death Is Not The End?, For Everyone, curated by Yvona Feranciová, Atrium, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ Josef Bolf: Czech Comics, Antikvariát Fiducia, Ostrav, CZ 2005 Double Feature Picture Show, (with Jan Šerých), České pojištovny Gallery, Prague, CZ 2004 Dogs, Faces, Manatee, Hranice na Moravě City Gallery, CZ Josef Bolf, AM180 Gallery, Prague, CZ 2003 Narapoia, Ouky Douky Gallery, Prague, CZ 2002 Un Gatto nel Cervello, Na bidýlku Gallery, Brno, CZ 1999 Delusa and Bingara, Die Aktualität des Schönen Gallery, Liberec; Titanic Gallery, Museum of Music, Olomouc, CZ I Would Like to Collect the Pieces of Your Heart After It Has Been Broken By Someone, Černý Pavouk Gallery, Ostrava, CZ Galerie Dukan Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint Ouen, France / Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, 04179 Leipzig, Deutschland

1998 Umelý chlapec (Plastic Boy), Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague, CZ Novos Bichos, České Budějovice City Gallery, České Budějovice, CZ GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Apocalypse Me, Emil Filla Gallery, curated by Jan Zálešák, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic Reason and Resistance, Contemporary slovak and czech art from the collection of Doňák, curated by Gabriela Kisová, Košice, Slovakia 2015 ?eský sen, Bohemian National Hall, Czech Center New York, New York City, NY, USA Overture 2, Hauch Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic Autoportrét Karteziánske Meditácie, Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia The Mass Ornament (Glimpses from the Bible of Visuality) #1, Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra, Slovakia Modern and post-war art / Contemporary art / Photography, galerie 5. patro, Prague, Czech Republic Modern and post-war art / Contemporary art / Photography, Galerie Pecka, Prague, Czech Republic Česká malba generace 90. let dvacátého století, Richard Adam Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic 2014 Banzai, Mistre ! An hommage to Jiri Naceradsky , Galerie Města Blansko, Blansko, Czech Republic Paper Obsessed 2, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic Josef Bolf & Klara Kristalova, hunt kastner artworks, Prague, Czech Republic 2013 Partie 2 : Le corps, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France 2012 Open: Work from the Marek Contemporary Art Collection, Moravska Krumlov Castle, Czech Republic Switch, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp, Belgium Between the first and second modernity, 1985-2012, National Gallery in Prague at the Veletrzni Palace, Prague, CZ 2011 Exhibition with Boris Sirka, Nàrodné osvetové centrum (National Culture Center), Bratislava INTER-VIEW 2, Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra, Slovakia Paralelni linie, Prinz Prager Gallery, Prague Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris, FR Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis, hommage à Jan Mancuska, Jocelyn Wolff Gallery, Paris, FR Ein Tanz, Curated by Lioba Reddeker and Daniel Pitin, HangART-7, Salzburg, AU VI New Zlin Salon, Zlin Regional Art Gallery, CZ 2010 Josef Bolf and Ivan Pinkava, curated by Petr Vanouš, Regional Gallery of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ And Don’t Forget the Flowers, curated by Yvona Ferencová, Moravian Galerie, Brno, CZ Decadence Now! Visions of Excess, curated by Otto Urban, Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ Galerie Dukan Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint Ouen, France / Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, 04179 Leipzig, Deutschland

After the Fall, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA Josef Bolf, Marcel Hueppauff, Jiří Petrbok, Vladimír Skrepl, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, CZ Absurdita? Groteska? Ironie?, curated by Jiří Machalicky, Galerie NOD, Prague, CZ Planet of Eden, The World of Tomorrow in Czechoslovakia Socialism, curated by Tomáš Pospišzyl, DUMB” Brno, CZ House of Arts & Dox, Prague, CZ After Velvet, curated by Sandra Baborovská, Prague City Gallery, House of the Golden Ring, Prague, CZ Umheimlich, curated by Zuzana Štefková, Galerie Cypriana Majernika, Zichy Palace, Bratislava, SK Tales of the Unexpected, curated by Radek Vana & Marie Rus Bojan, Project Foundation, Dek22, Rotterdam, NL 2009 A Good Eye and a Good Heart: Work from the Jiri Staha Collection, Galerie Sternberk, Sternberk, CZ Fourteen S, curated by Milena Slavicková, DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZShare Your Dreams, Young Art from the EU, Galerie Suppan Contemporary, Vienna, AU White Paper, Black Bride, curated by Jirí Kovanda and Edit Jerabková, & SHORTLIST: 12 Painters from the Czech Republic, curated by Daniel Pitín, Prague Biennale 4, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ Undercurrents, curated by Petr Nedoma, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, CZ Transfer, House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno House of Arts, Brno, CZ 2008 It Hasn’t Hurt For Hundreds of Years, Blansko City Gallery, Blansko, CZ New Acquisitions, Prague City Gallery, Old Town Hall, Prague, CZ Transfer, whiteBOX Gallery, Munich, DE Inverzní romantika (Inverted Romantic), Bast’art Contemporary, Bratislava, SK Evokation vs. Fetisch, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, DE 6th Biennale of Young Artists, curated by Karel Císar, Prague City Gallery, House of the Stone Bell, Prague, CZ Resetting / New Ways to Reality, curated by Petr Vanouš, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague, CZ 2007 Fragments.cz, curated by Viktor Cech, Castello di Rivara, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Turino, IT STILL: Another Exhibition of Painting, FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe, APEXART, New York, USA NeuEuropa, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia Gross Domestic Product, curated by Kryštof Kintera, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library, Prague; curated by William Hollister at Mars Gallery, Moscow, RU Skull Hunters, curated by Edit Jerabková and Lenka Vítková, Klatovy/Klenová Gallery -U Bílého jednorotce, Klatovy; Galerie Šternberk, Šternberk; Gallery of Eastern Bohemia, Pardubice; Künst-und Gewerbeverein, Regensburg, DE Vitamin Painting, Bast’art Contemporary, Bratislava, SK Spleen and Ideal / Categorization of Ecstasy, Gallery Brno, Brno, CZ Sovereign Art Foundation Award, Club Row at the Rochelle School, A Foundation, London, UK Economy of Purpose, curated by Display Gallery, Eskort Gallery, Brno, CZ


2006 Acne, Contemporary Czech Painting from the Collection of Richard Adam, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, CZ Czech Painting 1985-2005: The Richard Adam Collection, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, CZ Hot Stuff, (A.M.180+ Full Screen), Stanica Tilina, SK Fear in the City, or, The Prague Underground, Adria Palace, Prague, CZ Blind Men Measuring an Elephant, curated by Rafani, Gallery C2C, Prague, CZ 2005 1811197604122005, curated by Galerie Display, Plan B, Cluj, RO Jindřich Chalupecký Award Finalists, Municipal Library, Prague City Gallery, CZ The 5th Biennial of Young Artists, curated by Karel Cisár, House of the Stone Bell, Prague City Gallery, CZThe 4th Zlín Salon of Young Artists, Zlín City Gallery, CZ 2004 Private Mania: The Richard Adam Art Collection, House of the Lords of Kumštát, House of Arts, Brno, CZ Eastern Lights, Neutral, (curated by Display Gallery), Motorenhalle Dresden, DE Contemporary Painting from the Collection of Richard Adam, Jihlava City Gallery, Jihlava, CZ Nebe je kino, kámo (Heaven is a Movie, My Friend), Art Factory, Prague, CZ 2003 Ceskoslovensko, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK Kompression, Kolonie Wedding, Berlin, DE 2002 Encuentros intimos de la tercera specie, (with David Adamec and Ivan Vosecký), NoD Gallery, Prague, CZ Blažo -Bolf -Jablonska -Pavlán, Display Gallery, Prague, CZ Künstverein Stuttgart, with Ján Mancuška, a part of the Wechselstube project, Stuttgart, DE The Glory of Astronauts Goes Down in Flames, BJ artist group, Šternberk City Gallery, Šternberk , CZ Hedonistic Abstraction, Pratákuv Palace, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ 2001 Story, NoD Gallery, Prague, CZ Glued Intimacy, (curated by Vit Havránek), Jelení Gallery, Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague, CZ Art Moskva, (with artist group BJ), organized by Umelec, Dom Chudotnikov, Moscow, RU Le Jeu de Francofonie, National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada Magnetic Fields, Jelení Gallery, Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague, CZ Grrr! Žbuch! -1st Festival of Comics, Jelení Gallery, Foundation and Center for Contemporary ArtsPrague, CZ Criss/Cross: Praha -Stuttgart-Wroclaw, curated by David Kulhanek and Gabriela Bukovinska, organized by the Foundation and Center of Contemporary Arts-Prague, Broumov Brewery, Broumov, CZ Exhibition of Comics, Burizone Gallery, Bratislava, SK 2000 Nest of Games, (with Tomáš Vanek), an exhibition project by Petr Nikl, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, CZ Galerie Dukan Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint Ouen, France / Spinnereistraße 7, Halle 18.I, 04179 Leipzig, Deutschland

BJ, curated by Vít Havranek, Jelení Gallery, Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague & Školská 28 – Communication Space, Prague, CZ End of the World, curated by Milan Knížak, National Gallery, Kinský Palace, Prague, CZ Classic 2000, City Gallery of Olomouc, CZ Past Present, Present Past, AJG-Gallery of Southern Bohemia, Hluboká nad Vltavou, CZ 2nd Zlín Salon of Young Artists, Zlín City Gallery, CZ Women Come and Go, Only We, Writers of Sci-Fi, Remain, artist group BJ, 761 Gallery, Ostrava, CZ 1999 Metro, Cerný pavouk Gallery, Ostrava, CZ Art for a Hospital: The Collection of the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague, CZ Unplanned Connections, Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, CZ Perplex, curated by Jirí and Jana Ševcík, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague, CZ Maxisklad, Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, CZ About Love, Richter Villa, Prague Castle, Prague, CZ Visions, NoD Gallery, Prague, CZ 1998 Down in the Bunker, Klub Bunkr, Prague, CZ New Acquisitions, National Gallery, Collection of Contemporary Art, Veletrtní Palace, Prague, CZ Graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts, Veletržní Palace, National Gallery, Prague, CZ 1997 DUM, Bořivojova 26, Prague, CZ Artwork in Public Space, (with the artist group BJ), organized by the Foundation and Center of Contemporary Arts, Veletržní Palace, National Gallery, Prague, CZ S…S…, Bunkr, Prague, CZ Post-Romanticism, Nora Gallery, Pardubice, CZ Fruits from Prague, Czech Center, Berlin, DE 1996 BJ, (BJ artist group), Gallery at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, CZ 1995 Linocut, Jaroslav Frágner Gallery, Prague, CZ Recommended Paintings, Béhemót Gallery, Prague, CZ COLLECTIONS Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, USA The West Collection, USA Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Jersey City, USA Wannieck Gallery, Prague, CZ National Gallery, Prague, CZ Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ Klenova Gallery, Klatovy, CZ Museum of Fine Arts, Olomouc, CZ


BIBLIOGRAPHY Decadence Now! Visions Of Excess, catalogue of the exhibition held at Galerie Rudolfinum, concept and essays by Otto Urban, published by Artefakt/Arbor Vitae, Prague 2010 After the fall, exhibition catalogue, published by Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill 2010 Ještě místo – pustá zem, Josef Bolf, Ivan Pinkava, published by Petr Vaňous / Západočeská galerie v Plzni, 2010 Undercurrent, Jiří Straka, Martin Eder, Jonathan Meese, Josef Bolf, curated by Peter Nedoma, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague 2009 Josef Bolf: big black book, monograph catalogue, text by Tomáš Pospiszyl, published by Divus, Prague 2009 Inverzní romantika, Petr Vaňous, Bastart Contemporary, Bratislava 2008 Resetting/ Jiné cesty k věcnosti/ Alternative Ways To Objektivity, Petr Vaňous, GHMP - Městská knihovna, Prague 2008 Lovci Lebek, Edith Jeřabková, Lenka Vitková, Galerie U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy 2007 Josef Bolf : Death Is Not the End?, Yvona Ferencová, Moravská galerie v Brně, Brno 2006


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