Tomas Tichy
Tomas Tichy (1984) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (2011). In 2009, he studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. His paintings are often included on shortlists for prestigious art awards (e.g. Wells Art Contemporary, The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, CBM Prize, etc.). His work was part of the After Rembrandt exhibition organised by the National Gallery in Prague and the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne (2016-2021). He is represented abroad by the Italian gallery CRAG.
Tomas Tichy in his representational painting, has long been observing the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) and the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Individual exhibitions
2022
Disconnection, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2020
Echo, Krystal Gallery, Havířov
2019
Monoskop, Peron Gallery, Prague
New Horizons, Municipal Theatre in Děčín
In Privacy (with Katerina Capova), HYB4, Prague
2018
Instantlife (with Ondrej Oliva), Kotelna Gallery, Prague
About a Digital Dream, Crag Gallery, Torino
Wave, Fine Arts Gallery, Náchod
2017
Signal 2.0 - Contact Office of the Free State of Saxony, Prague
2016
After Rembrandt, Sternberg Palace, National Gallery in Prague
Fortress, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Munich
2015
Pentimenti, Peron Gallery, Prague
(an)organic codes (together with Ondrej Oliva), Kotelna Gallery, Prague
2014
Artificial Paradises, The Chemistry Gallery / BADOKH, Prague
Projections, Salon Slévárny Vaňkovka, Brno
2013
After Dinner, Prague House in Brussels, Belgium
Mein Blick auf die Dinge, Salve Art Gallery, Leipzig
Theatre, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2012
On the Road - Contact Office of the Free State of Saxony, Prague
All My Little Things - Primavesi Gallery, Olomouc
Tomáš Tichý and Ondřej Oliva - Museum of Modern Art in Minsk,
(Exhibition organized by the Czech Embassy in Belarus)
2011
Tomáš Tichý and Ondřej Oliva - Paintings and sculptures in the hydroelectric power plant in Semily
2010
Contrasts (with Jiří Lautenkrance), Trafo Gallery, Prague
Group exhibitions
2020
Mikulov Symposium, Mikulov Castle
Rembrandt: Portrait of a Man, National Gallery in Prague, Kinsky Palace
Ten years of the Artists under 40 series, Gallery of Fine Arts in Náchod
2019
Inside Rembrandt, Wallraf - Richarts Museum, Cologne
PragArtworks -Velvet Edition, Prague
2018
Passion, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells, Bishop´s Pallace, Somerset
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, finalists exhibition, London
2017
PragArtworks - group exhibition, Prague
The Art Of Making Catastrophe , Zoya Museum, Slovakia
Dancing People are never wrong, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2016
Misteriosa, Crag Gallery, Turin
Narciso, Crag Gallery, Turin
Look at me, Areacreativa42 from Turin
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Pallazzo Strozzi, Florence
Art Prize CBM - Turin, Prague, London
2015
Temporary Contemporary, The Chemistry Gallery - Lobowicz Pallace, Prague
Summer exhibition, Millennium Gallery, Prague
Forum Junge Kunst | Bayern - Tschechien, Schönsee - Regensburg - Pillsen
2014
The Threadneedle Prize - exhibition of finalists, London
2013
Celeste Prize - exhibition of finalists, Rome
"7" Trafo Gallery, Prague
Biennial for Diakonia II - Brno
Leinwand, Salve Art Gallery, Leipzig
No Show! K4 Gallery Prague, Emil Fila Gallery - Ustí nad Labem
2012
"363" - Peron Gallery, Prague
2011
Fifth through Ninth - Trafo Gallery, Prague
Krasohled - Galerie Kotelna - Říčany u Prahy
Diplomas - The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Biennial for Diakonia III - Prague
Graduates of AVU, Karlín Hall, Prague
2010
Project Chance, Vltavín Gallery, Prague
Finalists ARSkontakt - Prague
Finalists ARSkontakt - Brno
2009
Biennial for Diakonia II - Prague
2007
Biennial for Diakonia I - Prague
2005
Figurama, Prague
Tomáš Tichý - Stolen Faces: Kate
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomáš Tichý - Stolen Faces: Claudia
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomáš Tichý - Stolen Faces: Unknown
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomáš Tichý - Selfie (Study)
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomas Tichy - Player 1
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomas Tichy - Cycle
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomas Tichy - Riders III (The Fall)
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomáš Tichý - AI Runners
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomas Tichy - Runners (mirroring)
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomas Tichy - Burning Bush III - Blackout
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.
Tomáš Tichý - Burning Bush II
Tomáš Tichý's paintings have long tracked the transformations of human sensitivity in a post-media (cross-media) environment and the digital age. His work responds to the flood of still and moving images that are consciously and subliminally becoming part of our lives, together rewriting the surface of reality and modelling a new plane of perception into which manipulative and levelling elements are automatically built. It traces the connection of new media with certain visual genres (fashion, sport, politics, consumerism) with the tendency to create attractive, visually memorable constellations (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). It measures and explores the relationship of the traditional hanging image to new stimuli that move, shift, and reshape the language of painting.