E-mail: tomas.vanek@particip.tv
Born 1966 in Počátky, Czech Republic
Lives and works in Prague
1990 – 1997 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (studios of Jiří Sopko and Vladimír Kokolia)
2001 Jindřich Chalupecký Award
2002 Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 Museums Quartier 21, artist in residence, Tranzit, Vienna
Her und Hin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Berlin
2004 Camden Arts Centre, Delfina Studio, London
2006 ISCP Studio Residency, New York, N.Y.
Member of the group BJ (Bezhlavý Jezdec / Headless Rider) with Ján Mančuška, Josef Bolf and Jan Šerých
Member of PAS - Production of Contemporary Activities with Jiří Skála and Vít Havránek
2010 Head of Intermedia III. Studio at Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
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Particip no. 158, DADS gallery in Liberec
Particip no. 157, k.art.on gallery, Karlín Studios, Prague
Particip no. 143, time is line is time, Na shledanou Gallery in Volyně
Particip no. 129, Cella gallery in Opava
Particip no. 123, presentaction, hunt kastner artworks in Prague
Particip no. 39, descriptions of situations collection, Gallery of drawing Minikino in Ostrava CZ
Particip No. 105, Listening points within exhibitions Emil Filla and Collection 1,2,3, GASK in Kutná Hora, CZ
Particip No. 106, within the project „Apartment Adventure - Tour“ PLACCC / Art that takes you by surprise International Festival of Site-specific Performance, Pécs, Hungary
Particip no. 97, map of wiev, together with Institute of light design, Designblok 09, superstudio A, Holešovice in Prague CZ
Particip no. 96, Offcity festival in Pradubice CZ
Before particips / Particip No. 93,Kabinet T Gallery, Zlín CZ
Particip No. 92, audiosituation, House of ART, České Budějovice CZ
Particip No. 78, tikling salon, annual event of Česká Spořitelna, Centre for Contemporary Art - DOX Prague CZ
Particip No. 90, shared surfaces, 207 Gallery , Prague, CZ
Particip No. 81, liquid handrail, Experimental venue Roxy/NoD Prague, CZ
Particip No. 79, Listening Comprehension, with Marlene Haring, Czech Cultural Center, Vienna, AU
Particip No. 52, Live score -live sampling performance together with Tomáš Dvořák aka FLOEX and Longital, festival Multiplace - theatre A4 in Bratislava SK and festival PAF withVladimír Václavek in Olomouc CZ
Particip No. 71, what happened, is happening now... Galerie Na bidýlku, Brno, CZ
Particip No. 70, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ
Particips, Bastart Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Synonyma, Index Foundation, Stockholm, SE
Particip No. 56, Galerie 36, Olomouc, CZ
Particip No. 52, Live Score, live sampling performance, together with Tomas Dvorak aka FLOEX, Alfred ve dvore Theatre, Prague and Theatre 29 in Pardubice, CZ
When Watching TV, I Do Not Think, hunt kastner artworks, Prague CZ
Particip No. 46, Method, ETC Gallery, Prague, CZ
Particip No. 45, Take airways and breath freely, A.M. 180 Gallery, Prague, CZ
Particip No. 39, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Particip No. 15/4, Swiss Cottage Central Library, London, UK
Particip No. 15/3, Kunstbibliothek, Matthäikirchplatz 8, 10785, Berlin, D
Particip No. 31, Dean’s boardroom at FAMU (commissioned work by the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague, CZ
Particip No. 18, A Skoda is Not a Lada, Gallery Display, Prague, CZ
Art Museum of Mills College in Oakland, California (commissioned work), USA
Particip No. 15, library of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, CZ
Particip No. 7, Idea – Stencil – Shift - Spray, Na bidýlku Gallery, Brno, CZ
Particip No. 6, Monokiny, Druhá Modrá Gallery, Brno, CZ
Barvy Laky (Paints and Varnishes), U bílého jednorožce Gallery in Klatovy, CZ
Lov (Hunt), Černý pavouk Gallery, Ostrava, CZ
Particip No. 111, demonstration of the method: „think round, act square“, Particip No. 116, personal fields of view, Manifesta 8, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Murcia and Cartagena, Spain
Particip No. 113, Mediations Biennial, Erased wall section in Poznan, Poland
Particip No 112, audiosituation in bookstore Swiatowid, Fokus Biennial in Lodz, Poland
The lost highway, a project with Alena Kotzmannova, a VILLA REYKJAVIK, Reykjavik, Iceland,
It is written, a project by Adam Vackar at the Pompidou Metz, Metz France,
Particip No. 102, commissioned bulding facade at m.odla, Antoninska 6, Praha 7, CZ
Collectors The Czecho-Slovak pavilion, curated by Lucia Drdova and Martin Mazanec, Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna
Particip No. 100, Entry exhibition together with Stano Masár, Space Gallery in Bratislava, SK
Particip No. 110, Sound of Blox building, Demonstration of space exhibition, Street for Art Festival in Prague, CZ
Brno Art Fair, together with GASK, Brno, CZ
Visual illusion traps / Recent forms of tromple d´oil, Nitranská Galéria, Nitra, Sk
After Velvet, The Golden Ring House, City Gallery Prague, CZ
Historical work, Václava Špála Gallery in Prague, CZ
Sleepwalking, spolu s Marlene Haring – Listening comprehension, Temporary gallery Kolín nad Rýnem, D
Erased walls, Particip no. 99, audiosituations, Freies Museum Berlin, D
Ribba Exhibition, (30 x 40 cm), Kabinet Gallery in Brno, CZ
Something of myself, Particip no. 94, audiosituation, Huntkastner Gallery in Prague, CZ
Particip no. 92, Audiosituation, Brno Art Open 09 Brno, CZ
From plaster tu gum / Artist technique and strategies, curated by Barbora Gerzova, Nitrianská Galéria, Nitra, SK
White paper and black bride, curated by Edit Jerabkova and Jiri Kovanda, Prague Biennale 4, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ
THE JINDRICH CHALUPECKY AWARD: NEW MILLENIUM, MINOR SENSATIONS, curated by Jiri Ptacek, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, South Korea
MANUAL CC, uqbar - projectspace Berlin, D
Pictures of words, Particip č. 88, The place we are meeting doesn´t exist ..., Letohrádek Hvězda in Prague, CZ
Spoken Words, curated by Mathieu Copeland, Tranzitdisplay, Prague, CZ
STILL: Another Exhibition of Painting, Futura Gallery, Prague, CZ
The Collectors: LIVE RE-EDIT, from the Marek art collection, Brno House of Arts, Brno, CZ
My Thing, Which Might Not Be Mine, Bastart Contemporary, Bratislava, SK
LISTE: The Young Art Fair in Basel (with Josef Bolf), presented by hunt kastner artworks, Basel, CH
Invisible Things, (curated by Vjera Borozan), Trafo House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, HU
Particip No. 58: Monument to Transformation, Societe Anonyme, Le Plateau-Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, FR
Ekonomie smyslů / Economy of Purpose, curated by Galerie Display at Galerie Eskort, Brno, CZ
Hotel Chalupecky *****, Motoren Halle, Dresden DE
tranzit: Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - An Exposure in 32 Acts, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE
GRAND 1ST: CULT MEDIA, Galeria BASTART, Bratislava, SK
I Invited Some Friends to Come and Watch, Galerija M. Kraljevic + Galerija Nova, Zagreb, HR
Spoken Words, Gallery Blow De La Barra, London, UK
COMIC festival, OTAs club, Bucharest, RO
Indikace, a selection of Czech conceptual artists, 4 Days in Motion Festival, Prague
Ideal Identity, (with V. Stratil and J. Alvaers), Czech Cultural Center, New York, USA
Office Art, Gallery C2C, Prague
VIENNAFAIR, with Galerie Display and Dominik Lang
1811197604122005, Plan B, Cluj, RO
Prague Biennale 2, Definition of Everyday, Karlin Hall, Prague
More than Meets the Eye, University Gallery, University of Essex in Colchester, UK
ABS Story, together with Jiri Cernicky, Gallery Svestka, Prague
Every Bone Broken, together with Alice Nikitinova, Gallery Doubner, Prague
Biennale of Young Artists, Prague City Gallery at the House of the Stone Bell, Prague
Insiders, Brno House of Art, House of the Lords of Kunstát, Brno and Futura, Prague
Neutral, (organized by Display Gallery in Prague), Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE
Challenge, Jána Koniarka Gallery, Synagogue, Trnava, SK
Metro, Priestor Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Space Camp, Na Prikope 7, Prague
Like Beads on an Abacus to Calculate Infinity, Rockwell, London, UK
Things You Don’t Know, Gallery K und S, Berlin, DE
Instant Fusion, collaborative project with gallery Priestor (Bratislava), Museums Quartier 21, Vienna, AU
ARTKLIAZMA, Moscow, RU
Bunky, Public space in Prague
Československo, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, SK
Artcubicle, Gallery HOME in Prague; Galerie und Projekte Mathias Kampl in Berlin, DE
Particip No. 36, web gallery Holec
From Prague, Strasbourg, FR
Slimvolume, Poster publication, Slimvolume in London, UK
Art dans la ville, Musee de L’art Modern, Saint Etienne, FR
D’un printemps l’autre, Ecole d’Art Gérard Jacot, Belfort, FR
FAIR, project of PAS, Royal College in London, UK
Finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecky Award, Veletržni Palace, National Gallery in Prague
20 %, Discount, House of Arts in České Budějovice
Probably is Here, Sýpka Gallery, Vlkov-Osová Bitýska
Glued iIntimacy, Gallery Jelení at the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague
Art Moskva, Dom Chudožnikov, (with the BJ), organized by Umělec art journal, Moscow, RU
Konfrontace, Czech Cultural Center in London, UK
BJ, 267 Gallery, Ostrava
Nests of Games, project of the artist Petr Nikl, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague
“recycled” exhibition Idea – Stencil – Displacement – Spray for Jiří David´s exhibition, Krajiny, Na bidýlku
Gallery in Brno
Bezhlavý jezdec, Jeleni Gallery of the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague and galerie
NoD, Prague
Salon of Young Artists, Zlín – together with BJ
Targets, BJ concept, Center for Contemporary Arts Public Art Project, Prague
Cottagers, alternative space, Rimska Street, Prague
Distant Similarity – Something more than Cosmetics, Veletržní Palace, National Gallery in Prague
Maxisklad, Mánes gallery, Prague
Perplex, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague
Malamut, Ostrava
Open House, (with the group BJ), organized by the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague,
Čimelice castle, Čimelice
Colony, (with Jan Merta), Jelení Gallery at the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague
C:R:A:N:E:, (with Jan Mančuska), international symposium, Quincerot, FR
No Sex until Marriage, Holečkova Street, Prague
Metro, Černy pavouk Gallery, Ostrava
Pipe Drams, NoD Gallery, Prague
New Zlin Salon, Zlín
Bistro, with Jan Mančuska, as a part of V. Kokolia´s exhibition, Mánes Gallery, Prague
Elektroaspik, with Pavel Šmíd, Pecka Gallery, Prague
Megavision, with P. Šmíd and M. Nedvěd, alternative space in Jungmanova St., Prague
Down in the Bunker, Bunkr, Prague
Artwork in Public Space, organized by the Foundation and Center of Contemporary Arts, (with the group BJ), Prague National Gallery at the Veletržní Palace, Prague
Graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Strahov Monastery, Prague
Fruit from Prague, Czech Cultural Center in Berlin, DE
BJ, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Prague
Recommended Paintings, Béhemót Gallery, Prague
Students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Mánes Gallery, Prague
Haus am See, Gallery in Hannover, DE
- Tomáš Vaněk, Particip č. 57, Cover Art! 2007, front cover page of Flash Art Czech & Slovak Edition, Vol. I, No. 3-4 Dec. 2006 – Feb. 2007
- Tomáš Vaněk, Reality TV, Mathieu Copeland, Flash Art Czech & Slovak Edition, Vol. I, No. 3-4 Dec.
2006 – Feb. 2007
- Barvy Laky Participy Zamalovávání Vzorník použitých sprejů, catalog, Prague 2002
- Particip č.18, poster insert for the magazine Umělec No. 1/2002
- Havránek, Vít, Situace, okolnosti a participy, Umělec 1/02, pp. 60-65
- Vzdálené podobnosti (Něco lepšího než kosmetika), catalog, Prague 2000
- BJ (text Havránek, Vít), Divus, catalog, Prague 1999
- Havránek, Vít, Barvy, laky, Umělec 3/98, pg.23
- Váňa, Radek, T. Vaněk, Barvy laky, Detail 3/III, 1998, pg. 2
- Lindaurová, Lenka, BJ, nové tváře, Umělec 2/98, pp.16-17