Jakub Tytykalo
In my paintings, I try to be as authentic as possible. I don’t really choose the subjects, I rather let them develop along the process. I think that the pool of images in the subconscious plane of the mind is endless and there is always something that surprises me. I tend to stay on the edge of the descriptive, provoking the audience’s imagination to translate it into its own language. That also connects us on the non-verbal level of understanding, making space for freedom of interpretation. There are, however, sources of inspiration that I have to mention: Gustav Meyrink’s books, in which I’ve found the essence of understanding what the nature of matter is, some of Rudolf Steiner’s texts and, of course, Surrealist and Metaphysical painters. I combine and transmute my personal life with that imagery in an attempt to create an artwork that can stand alone, hoping that it would speak to a viewer even a hundred years from today.
Solo exhibitions
2020
Sidewinding, Bold Gallery, Prague
2017
In dust of the visions - Dark matter gallery, Prague
2016
Headless rider, Gallery PRÁM, Prague
Group exhibitions
2022
I am the Space Where I am, Galerie Klatovy Klenova
2021
Myth Game, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
I’ll reach into the grotto my chest with my hand, Berlinskej Model, Prague
2020
Liquid Sands, PRÁM, Prague
2019
Loose end, Prague House, Brussels
2018
Metaphysical bedtime stories, Trafo Gallery, Prague
International Figurative Biennale, Davis, USA
How you call to the forest, Gallery PRÁM, Prague
Dialog with Stepan Capek, KALI gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
2017
PRÁM 3 years anniversary exhibition
PRÁM – Factory co.
2015
Paths might be different, Gallery NTK, Prague
There is something behind everything, Gallery 1, Prague
Marble arch, with Matous Lipus, Galerie Caesar, Olomouc
2014
Graduates of AVU – Veletrzni Palac, National Gallery, Prague
2013
Gallery Klatovy – Klenová – linocut symposium
Gallery Makrac, Prague
2010
Parallel worlds, with Matous Lipus, Gallery Makrac, Prague
Sgraffito symposium, Siroký dvur, Breclav
