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)

2010

scholarship 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

2018

The 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

2018

Orient (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

2011

Mikulov 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

curatorial project Grocery Gallery, Brno