Michal Ožibko
He created his first oil painting at the age of 14. He got into graffiti In high school, which later influenced the formats of his current works in terms of classical hanging. The same "experience of the street" also radicalizes Ožibek's view of what can become the natural (now no longer just artistic) and substantive motif, the subject of a painting. His painterly expression tends towards a photorealistic and even hyperrealistic visuality, yet he also ventures into a purely non-figurative position. The resulting technically perfect form ceases to be "only" an instrument of artistic representation. Still, the formal and technical-technological aspect itself is retrospectively self-reflexively commented upon by the whole of the artwork. Ožibek's handwriting is delicate in its realist position, concentrating on the technique of the glaze, which he explores and refines. By delicately layering several translucent layers of oil paint, he gradually achieves the effect of a supple painting surface. The glaze technique, fundamental to classical painting, then reaches its peak in Ožibek's duet "i-Death" (British Portrait Award, British Portrait Gallery - 2010). Thematically, Ožibko's works deal with depicting traditional compositions of common objects or historically anchored themes and iconography, which he redefines and intervenes in contexts that often have both existential character and cultural, social and spiritual overlaps.
Individual exhibitions
2020
I burn in spite of all seas, Sumperk
2018
Out there somewhere, 4MAT gallery, Tábor
2017
Mind the gap, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2016
with Pearl Earring, Jellyfish gallery, Prague
2007
PAINTODAY, Šumperk Theatre
Group exhibitions
2018
Foreign Worlds, Caesar, Olomouc
2017
The Art Of Making Catastrophe , ZOYA Gallery & Museum
Passion - The Chemistry gallery, Prague
Fascination with Reality, MUO, Olomouc
2014
Wail of Silence, Prague
22:22 II. The Chemistry gallery, Prague
2013
22:22 , The Chemistry gallery, Prague
Alchemy, St. Anthony's Monastery Church, Sokolov
2012
PAINTomorrow, Sumperk, Tišnov, Prague
The Hand Washes the Hand, Aula FaVu, Brno
Recent Graduates, Navrátil Gallery, Prague
2011
Graduates of AVU, Karlin hall, Prague
2010
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Transformation, Berlin
2009
UNIVERSERUM , The Chemistry gallery, Prague
PAINt, OVM, Sumperk
2008
DEFENESTRATION, New Town Hall, Prague
2007
5 TAG, Jiří Trnka Gallery, Plzeň
2005
EXPOSE, District Museum of Local History, Šumperk
HYPERREALISM , Strakonice Castle
2004
INVENTURA , Gallery of the Zahrada Cultural Centre, Prague
Michal Ožibko - Vladimir
He created his first oil painting at the age of 14. He got into graffiti In high school, which later influenced the formats of his current works in the medium of classical hanging. The same "experience of the street" also radicalises Ožibek's view of what can become the real (now no longer just artistic) and substantive motif, the subject of a painting.
Michal Ožibko - Composition of an accident
He created his first oil painting at the age of 14. He got into graffiti In high school, which later influenced the formats of his current works in the medium of classical hanging. The same "experience of the street" also radicalises Ožibek's view of what can become the real (now no longer just artistic) and substantive motif, the subject of a painting.
Michal Ožibko - Franz
He created his first oil painting at the age of 14. He got into graffiti In high school, which later influenced the formats of his current works in the medium of classical hanging. The same "experience of the street" also radicalises Ožibek's view of what can become the real (now no longer just artistic) and substantive motif, the subject of a painting.
Michal Ožibko - Don't Ask the Red Why
He created his first oil painting at the age of 14. He got into graffiti In high school, which later influenced the formats of his current works in the medium of classical hanging. The same "experience of the street" also radicalises Ožibek's view of what can become the real (now no longer just artistic) and substantive motif, the subject of a painting.