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David Šlajs - Biography

Education

  • 1995 - 2000  University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Pedagogical Faculty, Art teaching

  • 2005 - 2009  Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Theatre Faculty, Alternative and Puppet Theatre Department, stage design

 

Scholarships

  • 2008   Egon Schiele Art Centre, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic

 

Symposia

  • 2007   Painters competition - National Theatre Symposium in Pécs (POSZT), Pécs, Hungary

  • 2013   Man spricht vom Krieg, Czech - German Symposium, Pořičí nad Sázavou/ Konopiště, Czech Republic

  • 2015, 2016, 2017 Sýkora's Počedělice, Czech Republic

 

Lecturer activities

  • 2007   lector of painting, Centrum Bavaria Bohemia, Germany

Exhibitions 

(selection since 2000)

  • 2000   pilgrimage church Prusiny, Czech Republic

  • 2003, 2004   Czech.árny, former railway station Plzeň - Jižní předměstí, Czech Republic

  • 2004   From throb to eruption, Plzeň City Gallery, Czech Republic

  • 2005   Homo graduatus, Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Plzeň, Czech Republic

  • 2005, 2006   Meeting point, former railway station Plzeň - Jižní předměstí

  • 2006   Pozzo & Lucky, solo exhibition, cultural centre Delta, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2006   Plzeňská pěna/ Pilsner foam, Pecs, Hungary; Gallery Caesar, Oloumouc Czech Republic

  • 2006   International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2006, Czech Republic

  • 2006   Zření/ Epiphany, Plzeň City Gallery, Czech Republic

  • 2007   Artotéka města Plzně, Plzeň, Czech Republic

  • 2007   Close yourself into the coffin, Galeria Stara Prachownia, Warsaw, Poland

  • 2007   X + X, Schwandorf, Germany

  • 2008   Arad Biennial, Arad, Roumania; Pécs, Hungary; Osijek, Croatia; Plzeň, Czech Republic

  • 2008   Jasná zpráva/ Clear message, Plzeň City Gallery, Plzeň, Czech Republic

  • 2008   Written into the clouds, solo exhibition, Gallery Black Swan, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2009   Böhmen liegt am Meer, Bremen, Germany, Berlin, Germany

  • 2009   3 Czech people, solo exhibition, Galeria de Arta Delta, Arad, Roumania, together with Mirka Nová and Václav Malina

  • 2009   3 Czech people, solo exhibition, Facultatea de Arte, Timisoara, Roumania, together with Mirka Nová and Václav Malina

  • 2011   Plzeňská pěna/ Pilsner foam, Plzeň City Gallery, Czech Republic

  • 2012   Plzeňská pěna/ Pilsner foam, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Czech Republic

  • 2014   Man schpricht vom Krieg, Bremen, Germany; Prague, Benešov, Czech Republic; Wien, Austria; Sarajevo, Bosna-Hercegovina; Berlin, Germany

  • 2016   Through the landscape of Zdeněk Sýkora, Louny City Gallery, Czech Republic

  • 2018   Stones/ pictures, solo exhibition, European House Gallery, Plzeň, Czech Republic, together with Mirka Nová

Stage Design

  • 2004   Gull in Karlín, site-specific project, Karlín Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2005   Phaedra/Faidra, film, based on cantata for one voice by Benjamin Britten

  • 2005   We invite you to Ludwig’s return celebration, Thomas Bernard’s text  Ritter, Denne, Voss,  flat-theatre, Prague; Theatre of European Regions, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • 2006   Nights in mausoleum, site specific project, National monument on Vítkov, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2007   Close yourself into the coffin, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Czech Republic

  • 2007   Nights at railway station, site specific project, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2008   Thalia Reloaded, site specific project, exposure of Georges Feydeau at  hundred years anniversary of his syphilis contagion, Festival 4+4 days in motion, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2008   Nights in flat, site-specific project, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2009   Reliquiarum, socially cultural project, Theatre of European Regions, Hradec Králové; Next Wave, Prague, Husa na provázku Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic

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