biography, photos from exhibitions, contact, presentation in galleries :: Jirka Houska

He studied at Secondary school of applied arts of Václav Hollar and at the Academy of fine arts in Prague (prof. Z.Beran studio). He specialises in figural painting - mostly portrait. One of his common inspiration is also a scenery, but sometimes sci-fi scenes or mysterious and scientifically unknown animals. This is related to his interest in natural sciences, preferably paleontology and kryptozoology. In 2015 he fully illustrated a book On The Path of Mysterious Animals, written by Jaroslav Mareš.

Solo exhibitions:

2009 Galerie u Zlatého kohouta, Prague

2009 Sedlec-Prčice

2010 Houska castle

2010 Galerie u Zlatého kohouta, Prague

2011 Galerie u Zlatého kohouta, Prague

2011 Floors and darkness - Galerie Pokorná, Prague

2013 Mostly in the wild - Galerie Mainerová, Prague

2013 Semi-hidden - Galerie Pokorná, Prague

2013 Breasts and mammoths - Alex Art Gallery (Knupp Gallery) Prague

2014 Full moon and half portraits - Alex Art Gallery (Knupp Gallery) Praha

2015 From mammoths to the moon - Artinpark Gallery, Pruhonice castle

2015 Along the paths of mysterious animals - Knupp gallery, Prague

2016 From eyes to eyes - Knupp gallery, Prague

2017 Absorbed by the jungle -Galerie Via Art, Prague

2017 Solticelefants - Knupp Gallery, Prague

2018 Ballance - Knupp Gallery, Prague

2019 Breathing sky, Impact Hub Prague, Koperníkova 10

Common exhibitions:

2009 Galerie Dolmen, Prague: common exhibition with Jiří Vávra and Jitka Nesnídalová
2012 Galerie Dolmen, Prague : Through the city and the forest, common with Jitka Nesnídalová
2015: Prague riverside, (A)void gallery: Vhltava, common with Blanka Novákov
2016: Prague riverside, (A)void gallery: common with Jitka Nesnídalová

Some of collective exhibitions:

2008: Prague, New Town Hall, "Defenestrace"

2010: Prague, Chemistry Gallery 2010: Prague, Auction exhibition for Konto BARIÉRY

2010: Poland: Traveling exhibition to the plein air, on the anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald 2011: Prague, Figurama 2011 2011: Prague, Artpro gallery, exhibition "HYPE-R-R" 2012: Prague, National Gallery, Exhibition Palace: AVU Graduates 2012 2012: Strakonice: Museum of Central Pootaví, Students and alumni at. prof. Beran 2012: Klatovy Klenová: Gallery at the White Unicorn, "Original Perspectives" 2012: London, represented by the eS gallery, at the exhibition of Czech artists, in the Czech Center for the Olympics The exhibition then continued at the Gambit Gallery in Prague 2012: Brno, Reduta, Kafka and other birds 2012: Kroměříž, Gallery 77, exhibition "Zoo" 2013: Prague, Artinbox Gallery 2017: Prague, New Gallery, Landscape 2017 2019: Art safari, Řeporyje 2019 - 2020 Dialogues, Gallery of Cooperatives, Prague 2020 - Portrait in Bohemia from the perspective of two centuries, Prague Castle Imperial Stables 2020 - S.V.U. Mánses, Rabas gallery Rakovník 2021 - S. V. U. Mánes generation, in the church of St. Anna in Jablonec nad Nisou 2022 - Ateliers, Kooperativa Gallery, Pobřeží 665/21, Prague 8 Karlín 2022 - The world? Joint exhibition of the members of S. V. U. Mánes and Art Talks, Chorus of Czech Brothers, Mladá Boleslav