Exhibitions

Roman Franta

Born on August 3, 1962 in Tábor, lives in Prague, Czech Republic

Studies

1990 – 1997 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prof. B. Dlouhý, Prof. A. Veselý

1993 – 1994 San Francisco Art Institute, USA, Prof. J. Morgan, Prof. J. Hatofsky, Prof. K. Anno

since 1997 Pedagogue at Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, CZ

Group Exhibitions

1990

Smetana Gardens, Pilsen-Prague, Pilsen, CZ

Komenium, Artparty, Prague, CZ

Culture Centre, Artparty, Sezimovo Ústí, CZ

1991

Supraclub, Students of AoFA, Prague, CZ

U Hybernů (AoFA), Prague, CZ

Tijdelijk Museum, Artparty, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Extrapool, Artparty, Nijmegen, Netherlands

The House, Installations, Tábor, CZ

1992

Gallery of Young Artists, U Řečických, Prague, CZ

M+Gallery, Istropolitana Project, Bratislava, SK

1993

SFAI Gallery, Paintings, San Francisco, USA

Slatiňany Castle, Students of AoFA, Slatiňany, CZ

1994

Trojanowska Gallery, Paintings, San Francisco, USA

Yeazu Gallery, Japan

SFAI Gallery, Students, San Francisco, USA

1995

Smith’s Gallery, EAC SBC, London, UK

Felix Jenewein Gallery, On the Dividing Line of the Sign, Kutná Hora, CZ

1996

Sýpka Gallery, Harvest I, Osová Bitýška, CZ

Festival of Orient to Occident, Tábor, CZ

Prague City Center Gallery, Art for Office, Prague, CZ

Biennale of Drawings, Meacenas Gallery, Pilsen, CZ

Ambit Gallery, The New Testament, Prague, CZ

Biennale of Young Artists, Stone Bell Gallery, Prague, CZ

1997

House of Photography, New Names, Prague, CZ

Druhá modrá Gallery, Paintings, Brno, CZ

Kunstraum Gallery, Works, Langenfeld, Austria

Elektráreň Gallery, Young Czech Artists, Poprad, SK

Sýpka Gallery, Acquisitions, Osová Bitýška, CZ

Strahov Monastery, Graduates of AoFA, Prague, CZ

Prague Castle, Finalists of J. Chalupecký Award, Prague, CZ

1998

University Passau, Lithography from Sigharting, Germany

Mánes Gallery, 100 Years of MGM, Prague, CZ

Mánes Gallery, Harvest II, Prague, CZ

Sýpka Gallery, The Wings of a Door, Osová Bitýška, CZ

Panský dům Gallery, Portraits, Želevčice, CZ

2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Labyrinth, Prague, CZ

AoFA Gallery, Green, Prague, CZ

2nd International Biennale of Drawings, Pilsen, CZ

Karolinum Gallery, Barriers, Prague, CZ

1999

V. Špála Gallery, Art for the Hospital, Prague, CZ

Old Town Hall Gallery, Print of the Year, Prague, CZ

Mánes Gallery, Unplanned Connection, Prague, CZ

Standard Bank Gallery, Labyrinth, Johannesburg, South Africa

City Gallery, Labyrinth, Ancona, Italy

2nd New Zlín Salon, Zlín, CZ

Passau University, Litho, Germany

No D Gallery, Hallucinations, Prague, CZ

2000

Czech Centre, Labyrinth, Sofie, Bulgaria

Barakk Gallery, Alles in Bewegung, Berlin, Germany

Kinsky Palace, National Gallery, End of Days?, Prague, CZ

AJG Gallery, The Present Past, Hluboká nad Vltavou, CZ

Mánes Gallery, The Probable Painting, Prague, CZ

Mikulov Castle, MGM Tapestries - J. T. S., Mikulov, CZ

Mexico City, Czech Graphic Art, Mexico

Caesar Gallery, 100, Olomouc, CZ

U Bílého jednorožce Gallery, Portrait 2000, Klatovy, CZ

2001

Emil Filla Gallery, Portrait 2000, Ústí n. L., CZ

Vysočina Gallery, The Present Past, Jihlava, CZ

Czech Centre, The Probable Painting, Berlin, Germany

Feriart, Nimes, France

300 Years of Czech Decorative Art, City Museum, Takasaki, Japan

Chromosome Gallery, …to flow to…, Berlin, Germany

The Mill of Löwit, Academy in the Mill, Prague, CZ

International Biennale of Contemporary Arts, Florence, Italy

Millennium Gallery, Christmas exhibition, Prague, CZ

2002

F. J. Gallery, New pieces 1996-2001, Kutná Hora, CZ

Art Fair, Frankfurt am Main, Chromosome Gallery, Germany

Brežica Museum, Gallery 2, Professors from Academy of FA in Prague, Slovenia

Granary Gallery, Mapping of Space Symposium, Klatovy-Klenova, CZ

Millennium Gallery, Animal, Prague, CZ

2003

Museum of Applied Arts, Space for Tapestry, Brno, CZ

V. Špála Gallery, 281 m2, Prague, CZ

Adria Gallery, Aqua Art, Prague, CZ

National Gallery, The Youngest, Prague, CZ

Hradec nad Moravicí Castle, Transformations, CZ

U kamene Gallery, Employment, Cheb, CZ

NOD Gallery - ROXY, Employment, Prague, CZ

Millennium Gallery, Czech Paintings, Prague, CZ

Prague Castle Riding Hall, Perfect Tense/Painting Today, Prague, CZ

2004

XXL Gallery, Heads, Louny, CZ

Adria Gallery, In Time Between, Prague, CZ

Art Factory Gallery, I’m Menstruating This Month, Prague, CZ

Wortner House, AJG, Monumental Art School of Prof. A. Veselý, Č. Budějovice, CZ

Museum of Vl. Preclík, Painters from the South of the Czech Republic, Castle Bechyně, CZ

Art Factory, Knowns, Prague, CZ

Kubus Gallery, Das Vertraute im Unbekannten, Czech

Painting, Hanover, Germany

2005

House of Arts, Collection of F. Jenewein Gallery, Ostrava, CZ

Czech Sculpture Gallery, Florálie, Prague, CZ

4th New Zlín Salon, State Gallery, Zlín, CZ

National Gallery, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, A Second Sight, Prague, CZ

Solo Exhibitions

1989

MAS Gallery, Paintings, Drawings, Sezimovo Ústí, CZ

1991

Pant Club UNIJAZZ, Paintings, Prague, CZ

1992

Charles University, Paintings, Prague, CZ

1993

185 Clara, (+S.Boyd), San Francisco, USA

1994

Trojanowska Gallery, Nature Symbols, San Francisco, USA

Fronta Gallery, Interference, Prague, CZ

National House Gallery, Interference, Prague, CZ

AoFA Gallery, Balancing, Prague, CZ

1995

Behémót Gallery, (+T. Mašín), Painting I, Prague, CZ

House of Arts, Tataku, České Budějovice, CZ

West Bohemia University Gallery, Tataku, Pilsen, CZ

1996

Behémót Gallery, Tataku, Prague, CZ

Hůlka Gallery, Tataku, Liberec, CZ

1997

GL Gallery, Whose Is Art History?, Prague, CZ

The Humboldt Arts Council, Breaking the Barriers, Eureka, USA

1998

Sýpka Gallery, 3xPaintings, (+M. Mainer, V. Kokolia), Osová Bitýška, CZ

Creditanstalt Gallery, Painting, Prague, CZ

Raiffeisen Gallery, Natur, Prague, CZ

1999

Am Schwarzen Meer Gallery, Natura post mortem, Bremen, Germany

Ranný Architects Gallery, Tataku, Prague, CZ

Pintner Gallery, Acryl auf Leinwand, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2000

House of Arts, „Franta-Hayek“, České Budějovice, CZ

IPB Gallery, Paintings, Sculptures, + J. Pliestik, Prague, CZ

Caesar Gallery, Paintings, Olomouc, CZ

U Bílého jednorožce Gallery, Paintings, Klatovy, CZ

2001

Jáma Gallery, Our Child (+Petrbok), Ostrava, CZ

761 Gallery, Our Child (+Petrbok), Ostrava, CZ

Gold Angel, Works 1995-2001, Prague, CZ

Druhá modrá Gallery, Our Jewels (+Petrbok), Prague, CZ

Millennium Gallery, Overflight, Prague, CZ

House of Arts, Nothing, Ostrava, CZ

2002

F.J. Gallery, Rej, Kutná Hora, CZ

LKV Lademoen, Blue-White-Red, Trondheim, Norway

MAS Gallery, S,XL, Sezimovo Ústí, CZ

NOD Gallery, Covers, Tábor, CZ

2003

Black Spider Gallery, The Silts, Ostrava, CZ

SAMSA Gallery, VW.BROUK.END, Prague, CZ

2004

Měsíc ve dne Gallery, SUPERMARKET, Budweis, CZ

Alfa Palace - "U Stýblů", Wenceslas Square, New Kind, Prague, CZ

Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Wortner House, The Beetle in the Hand, České Budějovice, CZ

2005

Brno Gallery, Václav's Transformation, Brno, CZ

Erasmus Gallery, Treason, Mělník, CZ

DOOKA Gallery, PRAGUEABNORMALE2005, Prague, CZ

Vision Centre, The Strange Bug World…, EUSA, Cork, Ireland

Prizes, Grants, Awards

1992 Prague Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship, CZ

1993 J. a M. Jelínek Foundation Scholarship, Switzerland

1994 Open Society Fund Grant, Prague, CZ

1995 Winner‘ Prize of European Art Competition Swiss Bank Corp., London, UK

1996 J. a M. Jelínek Foundation Scholarship, Switzerland

1997 Soros Center of Contemporary Arts Grant, Prague, CZ

1997 Zepter Foundation Grant, USA

1997 Finalist of J. Chalupecký Award, Prague, CZ

2000 PRO Helvetia Grant, CZ/Switzerland

2000 Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic Grant, CZ

2001 Fourth Prize of Biennale of Contemporary Arts, Florence, Italy

2002 LKV Scholarship, Trondheim, Norway

2004 Cork Vision Centre, Enlargement Project, Ireland

Collections:

National Gallery in Prague, Aleš South Bohemian Gallery Hluboká n. Vl., Swiss Bank Corporation in London, J. a M. Jelínek Foundation, Chromosome Gallery Berlin, Bank Austria-Creditanstalt Prague, Česká spořitelna a.s. České Budějovice, Raiffeisen Prague, Winterthur a.s. Prague, Zepter Foundation NYC, Caesar Gallery Olomouc, F. Jenewein Gallery Kutná Hora, Hradec n. Moravicí Castle, Foundation of Contemporary Art Prague, City Gallery Kubus Hanover

Private collections:

Norway, Germany, France, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Japan, Czech Republic

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