BIOGRAPHY
Matouš Tichý was born on August 19, 1989 in Prague. His family’s painting background may have contributed to his artistic expression with an interest in large formats and rather monumental asthetic of space.
Nevertheless, his childhood spent in the countryside certainly influenced him in his tendency to lyricise subject matters.
In 2010, he was admitted to the AVU Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Professor Kokolia. As his works differed from the painting expression of the Academy professor, he decided to leave the school three years later.
Tichý’s work is also a reflection of his multiple trips abroad, where he worked as a model whilst always painting; particularly ten months spent in Japan significantly influenced his work. In 2014, he had his own studio in Calle de Cuevas, Madrid, Spain for half a year. He ended his four months in Bangkok in 2018 with the exhibition “The Echoes of Falling Shadows”. He currently lives in Prague and makes his living as a painter and model.
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In the years 2010-2013, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio of Vladimír Kokolia.
2024 – “There is no time for romance” Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist (Kutná Hora/CZ) – group show
2023 – “Wildly and purely” Palace of the Humpbacks of Harasov (Prague/CZ) – group show
2023 – “Riding a dead horse” gallery M6 (Prague/CZ) – solo show
2023 – 22nd Edition of ART PRAGUE International Art Fair, Clam-Gallasův Palác (Prague/CZ) – group show
2021 – Mural at DASKO (Sázava/CZ)2021 – Mural stavebniny DASKO (Sázava/CZ) – group show
2021 – “Long year” DAMU (Prague/CZ) – solo show
2020 – “Sargasso Sea” gallery of city Beroun (Beroun/CZ) – group show
2019 – “I would pull the strings and build the bridge” Dům radost, the chemistry gallery (Prague/CZ) – group show
2018 – “The echoes of falling shadows” Bangkok, Buffalo Bridge gallery (Bangkok/THAI) – solo show
2018 – “You are thin and sensitive, my” Moon gallery (Liberec/CZ) – solo show
2018 – “The train is a journey between flying trees” MONOFONO, the chemistry gallery (Prague/CZ) – solo show
2016 – “Nice evening” autonomous social center Klinika (Prague/CZ) – solo show
2013 – the 15th edition of Prague design blog, installation for Carollinum SIMPLE concept store, Saint Laurent (Prague/CZ) – group show
2013 – “Heaven & Hell” Gallery Art Salon Prague Microna (Prague/CZ) – group show
2011 – “I love you, but don’t tell me I have a big head!” AVU (Prague/CZ) – group show
STATEMENT
Matouš Tichý is an expressive romantic realist painter. Influenced by the rural environment in which he grew up, his work reflects the close relationship between humans and nature. His pictorial compositions benefit from cultural and natural artifacts, which is why layered branches or blades of grass often appear in his paintings. These are conceived monumentally and, at the same time, are minimalistic with a refined palette of muted colors, set in the abstract environment of the picture surface in such a way that they create a strong dynamic and even psychedelic impression.
