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Michal Macků
Born in 1963 in Czechslovakia
1985 Technological Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Brno
1989 Institute of Art Photography at Prague
Until 1991 he worked at the Sigma Olomouc Research Center. Then he taught at the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacky University in Olomouc. He has lived as a freelance artist since 1992. Michal has started with photography since the age of 15. He is also interested in sculpture, drawing, and graphics. In 1989, he created his own photographic technique which he has named "Gellage". He continues to use and develop this technology in his still-photo art work. He also works with historical large format negative photographic processes and. At the cooperation of Czech Television Brno, has made an animated Gellage film named Process. From 2000 he started to work also with historical photography techniques, especially carbon printing. From 2005 he expands his photography work to the third dimension making glass photographic objects.
Exhibitions
Solo
2011
'Michal Macků – Glass Photo', Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2009
'Glass photo', PaciArte contemporary, Brescia, Italy
'(Glass) Gellages', Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Galerie, Museum Art St.Urban. St. Urban, Switzerland
2008
'Sklenene Gelaze', Galerie V Kapli, Bruntal, Czech Republic
Galerie David Guiraud, Paris, France
2007
Bielske centrum kultury, Foto Art Festival, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
'Over the photo', Galleria PaciArte contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
Bilder vom Menschen, In focus Galerie, Köln, Germany
Galery Na Soljanke, Moscow, Russia
Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czech rep.
2006
Ottoman Mint complex, IFSAK, Istanbul, Turkey
Photo Event, Turnhout, Belgium
Galerie Art Affair, Regensburg, Germany
2005
Czech Centre, München, Germany
Státní zámek Třeboň, Czech rep.
Městské divadlo Zlín, Czech rep.
Galerie Palais Breuner, Vien, Austria
Gallery "pf", Poznaň, Poland
Vize, čin, sen, smrt“, Galerie Brno, Brno, Czech rep.
2004
J&T Bank, Prague, Czech rep.
In focus Galerie am Dom, Köln, Germany
John Stevenson Gallery, New York
Aberystwyth Art College, Aberystwyth, UK
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, UK
2002
Galeria Omar Alonzo, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2001
FotoGaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires
Estudio Lisenberg, Buenos Aires
2000
John Stevenson Gallery, New York
1999
Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
In focus Galerie am Dom, Köln, Germany
1998
Galerie „U Řečických", Prague
1996
Photoforum Feldeg, Zürich
Galleri Karneval, Albrunna, Sweden
Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia
Slezské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic
Gallery St.Gervais, Geneva
Victor Barsokevitsch-Valokuvakeskus, Kuopio, Finland
1995
Kino Prostějov, Czech Republic
Photogalerie Bild, Aarau, Switzerland
1994
Galerie Ambrosiana, Brno, Czech Republic
Prague House of Photography, Prague
1993
Galerie Aura, Olomouc, Czech Republic
1992
Umělecká průmyslovka, Palisády, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Mladých, Brno, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Bílá růže, Pratur
1991
Fotografisk Galleri, Kopenhagen
Galerie pod podloubím, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
1990
Galerie Centrum, Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Kulturní Dům, Bruntál, Czechoslovakia
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
Group (selected)
2010
'Exposed - Nude Photography in the XX. Century', In Focus Galerie, Köln, BRD
'Darkness for Light - Czech Photography Today', Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
2008
'Love – frammenti visivi di un discorso amoroso', Gallerie Civiche d´Arte Contemporanea di Palazzo
Ducale, Modena, Italy
2007
'Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from The Kinsey Institute', Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, USA
2006
'Noble Processes in a Digital Age', John Stevenson Gallery, New York
'Autopoesis', Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia,
2005
'NEW ART Redefining "The Photograph" – collage, overpainting, 3-dimensions, and more', John Stevenson Gallery, New York
'Czech Photography of the 20th Century', The City Gallery of Prague, Prague
2003
'Celebration of Light: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye and Jim Pierce', Honolulu Academy of Arts in Honolulu
2001
'Re-presenting Representation V - Arnot Art Museum', Rockwell Museum of Western Art, New York
2000
'Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns, and Sleights-of-Hand in Photography', The Art Institute of Chicago
Tre samtida fotografer fran Tjeckien, Replica Theater and Art Center, Stockholm
Akt v české fotografii (The Nude in Czech Photography), Císařská konírna Pražského hradu (The Imperial Stables at the Prague Castle), Prague
1999
'Czech Photography of the 1990s', The Art Institute of Chicago
Video Virtuale, Foto Fictionale, Museum Ludwig, Koln
1998
Sicherheit und Suche in der tschechischen Fotografie der neunziger Jahre, Berlin
'The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography', London
1997
'The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography', Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow
1996
Jistoty a hledání v české fotografii 90.let (Certainty and Searching in Czech Photography of the 1990s) Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu (Burgrave´s House of Prague Castle)
1995
Institut tvůrčí fotografie 25/5, Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic
1994
'After the Velvet Revolution, 15 Czech & Slovak Photographers: 4 photos each', Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia
'Revelations, Photographs of Male and Female Nudes', The Gallery at John Jones, London
1993
'Czech Photography of the 1990s - Fotofeis', Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, Scotland
1992
'What´s New: Prague', The Art Institute of Chicago
1991
Bilder Lust, Galerie Rhanitzgasse der Landeshauptstadt, Sachsen (traveled to Dresden;Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
'The Male - Contemporary Male Nude Photographs', Portfolio Gallery, London
1990
Tschechoslovakische Fotografie Des Gegenwart, Cologne (traveled to Erlangen, Metz, Lucenburg, Strassbourg, Odense, Freiburg, Barcelona, Texas, Lawrence)
Collection
Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; The Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Harvard Visual Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Moravská galerie v Brně, Brno, Czech Republic; Muzeum Umění Olomouc, Czech Republic; MOPA - Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Publications
Tschechoslovakische Fotografie Des Gegenwart by Vladimír Birgus and Reinhold Misselbeck, Cologne, 1990;
Současná česká a slovenská fotografie, Prague 1991;
Bilder Lust by Ulrich Domrose, Heilderberg 1991;
Encyklopedie českých a slovenských fotografů, Prague 1993;
Graphis Photo, Zurich 1993;
Contemporary Photographers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, Detroit, 1995;
Fully exposed - The Male Nude in Photography by Emanuel Cooper, Routledge, London, 1995;
Jistoty a hledání v české fotografii 90.let - Certainty and Searching in Czech Photography of the 1990s by Vladimír Birgus and Miroslav Vojtechovský, Prague 1996;
Photographers Encyclopedia International - 1839 to the present, Maison Européenne de la
Photographie, Paris, 1996;
Photographie des 20.Jahrhundrets, Museum Ludwig Koln, Taschen, 1996;
Katalog, Journal of Photography and Video, winter 1997, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense C. Denmark;
Chimaera, Aktuelle Photokunst aus Mitteleuropa, 1997, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, BRD;
Kamera Obskura, No.3, 1998, Moscow;
Česká fotografie 90 let - Czech photography of the 1990s by Vladimír Birgus and Miroslav
Vojtechovský, Prague, Chicago 1999;
Fotografie v Českých zemích 1839 - 1999, Vladimír Birgus, Pavel Scheufler, Prague 1999;
The AIPAD Photography Show, 2000 Membership Directory and Illustrated Catalogue, Washington, D.C.;
Akt v ceske fotografii - The Nude in Czech Photography, Vladimir Birgus and Jan Mlcoch ,KANT, Prague 2001;
Re-presenting Representation V, 2001, Arnot Art Museum, NY.
Strange Genius, 2002, The Journal of Contemporary Photography, Volume V, USA;
Vize, čin, sen, smrt (Vision, Deed, Dream, Death), 2005, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Brno, CR;
Schwarzweiss 46, Das Magazin für Fotografie, Juni-Juli 2005, Germany;
Black & White Magazine, Issue 79, March 2007, USA;
Michal MackůBorn in 1963 in Czechslovakia
1985 Technological Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Brno
1989 Institute of Art Photography at Prague
Until 1991 he worked at the Sigma Olomouc Research Center. Then he taught at the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacky University in Olomouc. He has lived as a freelance artist since 1992. Michal has started with photography since the age of 15. He is also interested in sculpture, drawing, and graphics. In 1989, he created his own photographic technique which he has named "Gellage". He continues to use and develop this technology in his still-photo art work. He also works with historical large format negative photographic processes and. At the cooperation of Czech Television Brno, has made an animated Gellage film named Process. From 2000 he started to work also with historical photography techniques, especially carbon printing. From 2005 he expands his photography work to the third dimension making glass photographic objects.
Exhibitions
Solo
2011
'Michal Macků – Glass Photo', Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2009
'Glass photo', PaciArte contemporary, Brescia, Italy
'(Glass) Gellages', Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Galerie, Museum Art St.Urban. St. Urban, Switzerland
2008
'Sklenene Gelaze', Galerie V Kapli, Bruntal, Czech Republic
Galerie David Guiraud, Paris, France
2007
Bielske centrum kultury, Foto Art Festival, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
'Over the photo', Galleria PaciArte contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
Bilder vom Menschen, In focus Galerie, Köln, Germany
Galery Na Soljanke, Moscow, Russia
Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czech rep.
2006
Ottoman Mint complex, IFSAK, Istanbul, Turkey
Photo Event, Turnhout, Belgium
Galerie Art Affair, Regensburg, Germany
2005
Czech Centre, München, Germany
Státní zámek Třeboň, Czech rep.
Městské divadlo Zlín, Czech rep.
Galerie Palais Breuner, Vien, Austria
Gallery "pf", Poznaň, Poland
Vize, čin, sen, smrt“, Galerie Brno, Brno, Czech rep.
2004
J&T Bank, Prague, Czech rep.
In focus Galerie am Dom, Köln, Germany
John Stevenson Gallery, New York
Aberystwyth Art College, Aberystwyth, UK
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, UK
2002
Galeria Omar Alonzo, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2001
FotoGaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires
Estudio Lisenberg, Buenos Aires
2000
John Stevenson Gallery, New York
1999
Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
In focus Galerie am Dom, Köln, Germany
1998
Galerie „U Řečických", Prague
1996
Photoforum Feldeg, Zürich
Galleri Karneval, Albrunna, Sweden
Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia
Slezské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic
Gallery St.Gervais, Geneva
Victor Barsokevitsch-Valokuvakeskus, Kuopio, Finland
1995
Kino Prostějov, Czech Republic
Photogalerie Bild, Aarau, Switzerland
1994
Galerie Ambrosiana, Brno, Czech Republic
Prague House of Photography, Prague
1993
Galerie Aura, Olomouc, Czech Republic
1992
Umělecká průmyslovka, Palisády, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Mladých, Brno, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Galerie Bílá růže, Pratur
1991
Fotografisk Galleri, Kopenhagen
Galerie pod podloubím, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
1990
Galerie Centrum, Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Kulturní Dům, Bruntál, Czechoslovakia
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
Group (selected)
2010
'Exposed - Nude Photography in the XX. Century', In Focus Galerie, Köln, BRD
'Darkness for Light - Czech Photography Today', Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
2008
'Love – frammenti visivi di un discorso amoroso', Gallerie Civiche d´Arte Contemporanea di Palazzo
Ducale, Modena, Italy
2007
'Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from The Kinsey Institute', Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, USA
2006
'Noble Processes in a Digital Age', John Stevenson Gallery, New York
'Autopoesis', Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia,
2005
'NEW ART Redefining "The Photograph" – collage, overpainting, 3-dimensions, and more', John Stevenson Gallery, New York
'Czech Photography of the 20th Century', The City Gallery of Prague, Prague
2003
'Celebration of Light: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye and Jim Pierce', Honolulu Academy of Arts in Honolulu
2001
'Re-presenting Representation V - Arnot Art Museum', Rockwell Museum of Western Art, New York
2000
'Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns, and Sleights-of-Hand in Photography', The Art Institute of Chicago
Tre samtida fotografer fran Tjeckien, Replica Theater and Art Center, Stockholm
Akt v české fotografii (The Nude in Czech Photography), Císařská konírna Pražského hradu (The Imperial Stables at the Prague Castle), Prague
1999
'Czech Photography of the 1990s', The Art Institute of Chicago
Video Virtuale, Foto Fictionale, Museum Ludwig, Koln
1998
Sicherheit und Suche in der tschechischen Fotografie der neunziger Jahre, Berlin
'The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography', London
1997
'The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography', Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow
1996
Jistoty a hledání v české fotografii 90.let (Certainty and Searching in Czech Photography of the 1990s) Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu (Burgrave´s House of Prague Castle)
1995
Institut tvůrčí fotografie 25/5, Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic
1994
'After the Velvet Revolution, 15 Czech & Slovak Photographers: 4 photos each', Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia
'Revelations, Photographs of Male and Female Nudes', The Gallery at John Jones, London
1993
'Czech Photography of the 1990s - Fotofeis', Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, Scotland
1992
'What´s New: Prague', The Art Institute of Chicago
1991
Bilder Lust, Galerie Rhanitzgasse der Landeshauptstadt, Sachsen (traveled to Dresden;Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
'The Male - Contemporary Male Nude Photographs', Portfolio Gallery, London
1990
Tschechoslovakische Fotografie Des Gegenwart, Cologne (traveled to Erlangen, Metz, Lucenburg, Strassbourg, Odense, Freiburg, Barcelona, Texas, Lawrence)
Collection
Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; The Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Harvard Visual Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Moravská galerie v Brně, Brno, Czech Republic; Muzeum Umění Olomouc, Czech Republic; MOPA - Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Publications
Tschechoslovakische Fotografie Des Gegenwart by Vladimír Birgus and Reinhold Misselbeck, Cologne, 1990;
Současná česká a slovenská fotografie, Prague 1991;
Bilder Lust by Ulrich Domrose, Heilderberg 1991;
Encyklopedie českých a slovenských fotografů, Prague 1993;
Graphis Photo, Zurich 1993;
Contemporary Photographers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, Detroit, 1995;
Fully exposed - The Male Nude in Photography by Emanuel Cooper, Routledge, London, 1995;
Jistoty a hledání v české fotografii 90.let - Certainty and Searching in Czech Photography of the 1990s by Vladimír Birgus and Miroslav Vojtechovský, Prague 1996;
Photographers Encyclopedia International - 1839 to the present, Maison Européenne de la
Photographie, Paris, 1996;
Photographie des 20.Jahrhundrets, Museum Ludwig Koln, Taschen, 1996;
Katalog, Journal of Photography and Video, winter 1997, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense C. Denmark;
Chimaera, Aktuelle Photokunst aus Mitteleuropa, 1997, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, BRD;
Kamera Obskura, No.3, 1998, Moscow;
Česká fotografie 90 let - Czech photography of the 1990s by Vladimír Birgus and Miroslav
Vojtechovský, Prague, Chicago 1999;
Fotografie v Českých zemích 1839 - 1999, Vladimír Birgus, Pavel Scheufler, Prague 1999;
The AIPAD Photography Show, 2000 Membership Directory and Illustrated Catalogue, Washington, D.C.;
Akt v ceske fotografii - The Nude in Czech Photography, Vladimir Birgus and Jan Mlcoch ,KANT, Prague 2001;
Re-presenting Representation V, 2001, Arnot Art Museum, NY.
Strange Genius, 2002, The Journal of Contemporary Photography, Volume V, USA;
Vize, čin, sen, smrt (Vision, Deed, Dream, Death), 2005, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Brno, CR;
Schwarzweiss 46, Das Magazin für Fotografie, Juni-Juli 2005, Germany;
Black & White Magazine, Issue 79, March 2007, USA;
