MATYÁŠ CHOCHOLA
6. 4. 1986
Hradec Králové
STUDIES
2008–2014
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, studio of Vladimír Skrepl and Jiri Kovanda
2005–2007
Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno, school of figurative sculpture
2009
scholarship at temporary studio of Zbigniew Libera (PL)
2010scholarship at temporary studio of Group Gelitin (A)
2012
scholarship at temporary studio of Florian Pulmhösl (A)
2012
scholarship at Studio of Glass of Rony Plesl at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
2013
Universitaet der Kunste Berlin, klasse Thomas Zipp (D)
AWARDS
2016
Jindřich Chalupecký Award
2012
Václav Chad Award /VI. Zlín Youth Salon/
RESIDENCIES
2017
Residency Unlimited, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018The Most Successful Couple of the Epoch (with Christian Jakowski), Cabinet, Milan (IT)
2017
Garden of Future, PLATO, Ostrava
2017
Big Bang Style, Last Tango, Zürich, Switzerland
2016
Magic, Exotic, Erotic, Jindrich Chalupecky Award Final, National Gallery, Prague
2015
ASTRAL DUST ASTRAL, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
2015
MMXV, SVIT gallery, Prague (together with Kirstine Ropestorff)
2015
Pleasantry Pleasantry, Gallery at the Good Shepherd, Brno (together with Ladislav Vondrák)
2015
Telepresence of a Gasoline Warlock of the Digital Era and his Green-Brown Gown-Clad Marten in the Temple of Heavens During Late New Moon, GAVU Cheb (together with Lumír Hladík)
2015
Laugh Ha Cha Cha Cha Ha Ha, Happy Throaty Laugh, Regional Gallery of Art Zlín
2014
The Song of Birds of Prey, Fotograf Festival 2014
2014
Bye Bye Dragonfly, Kostka gallery (Meet Factory), Praha
2014
All Beings That Are Constantly Laughing to Us, 207 gallery of VŠUP, Prague
2013
180 on the Speedometer of Emotional Intelligence, Ferdinand Baumann gallery, Prague
2012
Imagery Preceeding the Fight (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová), Prádelna Bohnice, Praha
2012
Atavism, Coat of Arms, Drapery and Tutanchamon, Barefoot Mánes gallery, České Budějovice
2012
The Exhibition, A.M. 180 gallery, Praha
2011
Kindly Familiar (in collaboration with Daniel Vlček), Trafačka gallery, Praha
2011
Wandering Travels, Fotograf gallery, Praha
2010
Inevitable Encounter with a Master Chip, Bjornsonova 2, Bratislava (SK)
2010
Direction of Vortex – Smell of Smell, Altán Klamovka, Praha
2010
Equestrian Statue of a God, Sam83 gallery, Česká Bříza
2010
Conquest of Paradise (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová)
2010
Galerie Mladých, BKC, Brno
2009
Type of a Style (in collaboration with Barbora Kleinhamplová)
2009
Anne Frank Memorial gallery, café Spolek, Brno
2009
Heartbreaker, M.odla gallery, Praha
2009
Went Two and Middle One Had Backslid, Ve Sklepě gallery, Praha
2009
Daily Life, Benzinka gallery, Slaný
2008
Exhibition Humhala, Jelení gallery, Praha
2008
Christmaschrision!, Potraviny gallery, Brno
2007
Houmlesprojekt, Makráč gallery, ÚMCHČR, Praha
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2018Orient (an exhibition presented across three contemporary art organizations) Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga
2018
BOZAR Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow
2017
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2016
Magician Right’s Hand, Futura gallery, Prague
2016
Ultra Violet Ritual, Manifesta 11
2016
collaboration with Azem Maksutaj, multiple Thai boxing world champion, Zurich, Switzerland
2015
Hidden Language of Flowers, Kinsky Palace, National Gallery, Prague
2015
MAGNETIC LEAKAGE FLUXES, The House of Arts, Brno
2014
Plato's Third Eye, Meet Factory, Praha
2014
Wondering Paths, Syntax, Lisboa, Portugal
2014
Crystalization, City Gallery Blansko
2014
Urban Pangea People, Karlin Studios, Praha
2014
About the Chair, BIP Liége, Belgium
2013
Endoambivalent Christmas, Kwadrat Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2013
HOTEL INTERNATIONAL, Cologne (DE)
2013
Senseless Crisis, Luxfer gallery - AZ Tower, Brno
2013
Metaphysik der Disciplin, Czech Centre Berlin (DE)
2013
FLOW, Prague Bienale 6
2013
Hi5, House of Arts, Brno
2012
World Domination, GUM Studio, Torino, Italy
2012
VI. Zlín Youth Salon
2012
The International Bongo-Bongo Brigade: The Hair in the Prophetic-Cannibal Soup of Dr. Emil Holub, NTK Gallery, Praha
2011
Pseudo Science, NTK Gallery, Prague
2011
Finally Together, Emil Filla gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2011Mikulov Art Sympozium, Mikulov
2011
Art Has No History, Karlin Studios, Praha
2011
Pleso, The Mountain Lake, Meet Factory, Praha
2011
Behind the Spines of the Books I Have Not Read, Hvězda Summer Pavillion, Praha
2010
Collected Reflections (Sebrané úvahy), Entrance gallery, Praha
2010
Kas ir čehu máksla ? Il Guciems, Riga (LV)
2010
Bez názvu /Sans Titre/ galerie 35, French institute Prague
CURATORIAL ACTIVITES
2014
Questionmarks in Blurred Grid
curatorial cooperation with Alexandr Puškin, Czech Centre berlin (DE)
2014
Metaphysik der Disciplin
curatorial cooperation with Karina Kottova and Alexandr Puškin, Czech Centre Berlin (DE)
2013
Breath of Tradition, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2011
Happiness – Asian Cruelty, Festival 4/4 Days in Motion, Prague
2008–2010