RADEK BROUSIL

WORKS BIO EXHIBITIONS PUBLICATIONS

Red Naomi, 2017, installation view, 16 Nicholson Street Gallery, Glasgow

Bluescreen for Brokoff 2016, installation, direct print on forex, extruded polystyrene, various dimensions

Bluescreen for Brokoff 2016, detail of the installation, direct print on forex, extruded polystyrene

The Ultimate Norm 2015, view of the installation, size variable

The Ultimate Norm 2015, installation, 13 digital print mounted on wooden panel, 45 x 30 cm each

The Ultimate Norm 2015, part of the installation, UV print on glass, 30 x 40 cm

The Ultimate Norm 2015, part of the installation, 2 digital c-prints, 100 x 76 cm each

Hands Clasped 2015, installation view, digital c-print on wooden box, FAIT Gallery, Brno

Stupid 2018, (with Péter Puklus) installation view, FAIT Gallery, Brno

Cool Water 2018. installation view, Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague

Cool Water 2018. installation, detail, digital print on textile, Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague

Stupid 2018, (with Péter Puklus) installation view, FAIT Gallery, Brno

There was a choir, there, 2020

digital archival c-print, unique handmade fired wooden frame

There was a choir, there, 2020

exhibition at Glassyard Gallery

Can Yo Still Feel The Butterflies?, 2021

short film, 13 min, exhibition view at Glassyard Gallery
directed by Radek Brousil and Krystof Hluze

Radek Brousil creates installations that address social testimony and present an activist stance on the future’s unpredictability. With an interest on post-colonial tendencies in the contemporary artistic discourse, Brousil examines these issues on a symbolic, individual, and emotional level. He characterizes social, cultural, and environmental problems using novel interpretations and terminology. Following his earlier experiments in spatially extending photography, Brousil’s recent work complements films, photography, fabric works and installations.

BIO

Born in 1980 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia.
Lives and works in Prague.

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Education

2008 – 2009 London College of Communication
2002 – 2009 Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague – Studio of Photography, MA diploma
2006 – 2007 Concordia University Montreal – Photography
2002 – 2003 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague – New Media studio
2000 – 2001 Academy of Arts in Brussels (Anderlecht) – Painting studio

Residencies

2022
ISCP, New York

2020
Komplot, Brussels, Belgium

2019
Delfina Foundation, London UK

2018
Darling Foundry, Montreal Canada

2016
Residency at Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo [J]
PhD course Studio of Photography at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague [CZ]

2012
Residency at Banská St a nica Contemporary [SK]

2011
Residency at Czech Centre Brussels [B]

2009
Residencias artisticas at Clube Portugese de Artes e Ideias, Lisbon [P]

2010
Internship at PMgalerie, Berlin [D]

Awards

2015
Winner of Oskár Cepan Award, Young Visual Artists Award in Slovakia
Nominated for Foam Paul Huf Award, Amsterdam [NL]

Public Collections

Collection of Prague City Gallery, Prague [CZ]

Films

2020
Can You Still Feel the Butteflies?, 12 min

2017
Red Naomi, 6min

Books

2013
Asides, Artist book, published by Štokovec, Space for Culture

exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2022
There Was a Choir, There, Komplot, Brussels [BE]

2020
There Was a Choir, There, Glassyard Gallery, Budapest

2019
Standing, Holding a Waterlily, NoD Gallery, Prague [CZ]
The Imagery of Cry on Demand, Futura Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2018
Cool Water, Trade Fair Palace, Prague [CZ], curated by Adam Budak
Stupid with Péter Puklus, FAIT Gallery, Brno [CZ] curated by Jan Zalesak
Too proud to hope, too weak to climb, Berlinskej Model, Prague [CZ]

2017
Red Naomi, 16 Nicholson Street Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
Greenfashion, Nova Cvernovka, Bratislava [SK]

2016
Black & White in Photography, Prague City Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Black & White Photography, Jeleni Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2015
Hands Clasped, FAIT Gallery, Brno [CZ]

2014
One World Is Not Enough, Studio Works 2 (curated by Jiri Ptacek), Plusminusnula gallery, Zilina [CZ]
Studio Works, Fotograf Gallery, Praha [CZ]
Studio Works 2, Plusminusnula Gallery, Žilina [SK]

2013
Studio Works, OPEN Gallery, Bratislava [SK]

2012
Variations, Ferdinand Baumann Gallery, Prague [CZ]
“Untitled 19 - Untitled 21” , Atelier Josef Sudek, Prague [CZ]

2011
Untitled 9 - Untitled 16, T.A.G. Gallery, (The Czech centre art residency), Brussels [B]
Untitled 9 - Untitled 15, Fotograf Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2009
Study Of A Young Man, Karlin studios, Prague [CZ]
Image vs Reflection (w/Ladislav Babuscak), 35m2 Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Study Of A Young Man, Church of St. Antonius, Sokolov [CZ]

2008
St-Francis Comes To Montreal, Parisian Laundry Gallery, Montreal [CDN]

2002
Medicaments, painting and video installation, Addict Gallery, Brussels [B]

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Needle & Balloon, Synagogue - Center of Contemporary Art, Trnava [SK]

2021
Club as a Shelter, Prague City Gallery [CZ]

2020
Cruel Summer Camp, EXILE, Vienna [AT]

2019
When the time swirls, when it turns into a black hole, Futura Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2018
Pigment / Zones of Visibility, curated by Barnabás Bencsik, Glassyard gallery, Budapest
Liquid Bodies, curated by Sandra Baborovská, aqb Project Space, Budapest
Whrrr Whrrr with Karen Kraven, Gallery 1718, Ottawa [CA]

2017
I FELL WEIRD AGAIN (SHAPED REALITY II.) curated by Ivana Komanická, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava [SK]
COC 2015/2016 Laureati, Nová Cvernovka, Bratislava [SK]

2016
Photography Is Magic, curated by Charlote Cotton, Aperture Foundation, New York
In-Depth Research, SPZ Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Shaped Canvas, NTK Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2015
ArtWorks Open, Barbican, Arts Group Trust, London [UK]
Oscar Cepan Award Finalists exhibition, curated by Barnabas Bencsik, Kosice [SK]
WYSINWYS curated by Michal Stolarik, SodaGallery, Bratislava [SK]

2014
Hands, GDP curated by Jirí Ptácek, TIC Gallery, Brno [CZ]
SPOT (Part of Fotograf Festival), curated by Milan Mikulastik, National Technical Library Gallery, Prague[CZ]
9th International Biennial Of Photography And Visual Arts, Liége[B]

2013
Construction Works with Jan Pfeiffer, TIC Gallery, Brno [CZ]
The Intimate Circle, Municipal Library, Prague [CZ]

2012
Hidden River, DOX, Prague [CZ]
Coal and Steel, Czech Centre Prague Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Coal and Steel, Candid Arts Trust Gallery, London [UK]

2011
Twist [Tuica/Tusovka], Golden PARACHUTES, Berlin [D]

2010
EGO portrait x photography, Langhans Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2009
Residencias artisticas exhibition at Clube Portugese de Artes e Ideias, Lisbon
Cup of Tea, AVU Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Project Aktualizacja II: Further Reading, curated by David Korecky, Month of Photography, Krakow [PL]

2008
The Essence, Manes Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2007
VICE photo exhibition, New York, Brooklyn [USA]
SOAP/SAVON, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal [CDN]
Get a Life, Fonderie Darling, Montreal [CDN]
PTV Presents, Galerie Espace, Montreal [CDN]

2006
Sigmund Freud – Life is But a Dream, Prague’s City Hall, Prague [CZ]

2005
Je Desire, AAAD Gallery, Prague [CZ]
Foto Typo Zive, Langhans Gallery, Prague [CZ]

2004
Private Evolution, AAAD Gallery, Prague [CZ]