

(Czech Republic, b.1978)
楊・克拉Jan Kaláb(捷克,b. 1978)畢業於捷克布拉格藝術學院(Academy of Fine Arts in Prague),現居住創作於布拉格。捷克塗鴉先驅的楊・克拉Jan Kaláb 30年創作,持續走在一條非傳統藝術家之路,從街頭塗鴉走入純白空間,以點出發,發展出圓的形變及3D立體雕塑,將戶外狂放濃縮在幾何形變畫布上。曾代表捷克在上海世界博覽會捷克館展出,作品收藏於捷克和斯洛伐克國家博物館、巴西國家藝術博物館、中國德基美術館、韓國烏山美術館,更獲DIOR、Tiffany等國際精品及眾多私人收藏。
青少年時期即以街頭塗鴉創作者 Cakes 、Point 聞名的楊.克拉Jan Kaláb,經歷過兩個不同階段才發展至畫布上,如同藝術家自述,他的風格並非一蹴而成,而是不斷經歷研究、嘗試、創作的迴圈過程。從奔放的街頭語言,轉化到抽象色彩語彙,他不再只專注在符號及造型變化上,他以圓為起點,透過色彩及有機變形體,不斷探討畫面的深度、動態、改變、時間凍結、永恆邊界⋯等,每一條成為極限的線、色彩緩緩溢出的邊緣,都讓視線慢慢地模糊、融合,也使他的作品富有流動的能量感。
回顧 1970-1980 年代的紐約塗鴉藝術(Graffiti)以都市及街頭為舞臺,視覺上具備強烈的符號、連續圖騰或書寫文字。1980 年代紐約藝術家 Jean-Michel Basquiat尚-米榭.巴斯奇亞直接將街頭藝術表現空降美術館及藝廊。楊・克拉Jan Kaláb作品則是從街頭符號,轉化為精緻的抽象語言,更進一步跳脫畫布的束縛構建自我,從狂野的街頭語彙提純,濃縮在有機的畫布上,表現了抽象畫色彩純粹性、包容性及無限可能。
2023個展「藍色地平線上 Blue Horizon」楊・克拉Jan Kaláb 全新系列,藝術家減少了調色板 ,專注於讓繪畫中的動態形狀平靜下來,畫面中的主色表現對色彩最為純粹的迷戀,經不斷的簡化與削減後,所有的視覺張力得以在微妙的色調差異中表現,這與楊・克拉Jan Kaláb過去其它系列、充滿動態張力非常不同。作品Vibrating Turquoise Square(震動的綠松石方形)作品,基於創造顏色條紋漸變的視覺效果,和通過將剪影後退到深色調中,創造深邃的透視。作品Carbunculus Bulla(拉丁語中的藍色氣泡)是「漸變透視」的 3D 版,有如水母形狀的懸浮裝置,由 13 個鋁製橢圓組成,在每一層改變色調和形狀,形成如同水下氣泡的空心物體 。Melting Purple Ellipse(融化的紫色橢圓)、Bracing Embrace (支撐的擁抱 )則是兩個漸變形狀在相互作用中組合在一起,其中一個形狀流過另一個,產生互依和諧的平衡。從街頭塗鴉,到藍色地平線的30年藝術生涯,楊・克拉Jan Kaláb說出當下的心境:「我真正想成就的藝術是把複雜的內容以一個很簡單的形式呈現,不是在講述一個故事,更像是在表達一種情感,或是無意識的喚醒一些記憶。」
DE DENTRO E DE FORAMuseu de Arte de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil 巴西聖保羅藝術博物館
Ex Chiesa Di San Mattia, Bologna, IT 聖馬蒂亞斯教堂
20. 6. 1978 Born in Prague, Czech Republic
Education
1997 – 1998 University of Applied Arts, Prague (architecture study)
2000 – 2001 University of Applied Arts, Prague (sculpture study)
2002 – 2006 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Prize
2010 ART PRAGUE Young Award, Prize of UniCredit Bank at Art Prague art fair
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Beyond the Atolls, Regina Art gallery, Seoul, KR
2023 Nucleus, Rhodes Contemporary gallery, London, UK
2023 Blue Horizon, Bluerider ART, Taipei, TW
2022-2023 Mirage, Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA
2022 Anatomy of Rainbow, Ex Chiesa Di San Mattia, Bologna, IT2022 Shape Of Mind, HOFA Gallery, Mykonos, GR
2022 Calor, Galeria Movimento, Rio De Janeiro, BR2021 Harmony & Soul, Danysz gallery, Shanghai, CHN
2021 Symmetry & Soul, Castanier gallery, Miami, USA
2021 Kód Geometrie, Villa Pelle, Praha, CZ
2021 Cosmic Spring, Macadam Gallery, Brussels, BE
2021 On Vision and Colors, Danysz Gallery, Paris, FR
2020 Melted Sun, Kreisler Gallery ,Madrid,SP
2020 Stripped, BC Gallery, Basel, CH
2020 Solar, Rhodes Contemporary gallery, London, UK
2019 Atomic Bubble, MAGMA gallery, Bologna, IT
2019 Bent Horizons, Plastic Murs gallery, Valencia, SP
2019 Concentration, Bluerider ART gallery, Taipei, TW
2019 Shape & Tone, Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA
2018 Point of Space, Trafo gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 The Soul of Graffiti, Albin Polasek Museum, Winter Park, Florida, USA
2018 Perspective of Clouds, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2017 ZOOOM, Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2016 Pluriforme, Openspace Gallery, Paris, France
2016 Pulso Cromático, Castanier Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2015 TENSION, BC Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 ODYSSEY, Lollipop Gallery, London, UK
2015 EXTRA, Villa Pellé, Prague, Czech Republic
2015 Getting Up, Partisan Creative Corner, Soest, Germany
2014 ART IN PUBLIC, Pop up exhibition, Šmeralova 6, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 ART IN PUBLIC, Pop up exhibition, 103 Allen Street, New York, USA
2014 AROUND THE POINT, HIC Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 SALUT, H’art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2013 FROM POINT TO CIRCLE AND BACK, Oko Gallery, Opava, Czech Republic
2013 POINT / ALTERNATE PLAN(E)S, the Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 GOOD CHOICE, Czech Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 KALÁB 33 / PLANETS CROSSING, Trafačka, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 POINT SHOP, Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Golden Age, Bluerider ART, London, UK
2024 Golden Age, Bluerider ART, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Dias Melhores, VERAO, Movimento Gallery, Rio e Janeiro, BR
2022 Vibrations, Danysz gallery, Shanghai, CN
2022 Ripple Effect, Hashimoto gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Wall Street, Villa Pelle, Praha, CZ
2021 Divertimento, Collegiale Saint-Pierre-Le-Puellier, Orleans, FR
2020 New Rules, Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA
2020 Venit Occursum, Danysz Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2020 Collective Exhibition, Macdam GalleryBrussless,BE
2019 Shapes & Illusions, Danysz Gallery, Paris, FR
2019 Watch This Space, LAZinc gallery, London, UK
2019 Capture the Street, Oberhessisches Museum Giessen, Giessen, DE
2019 Letní salón, Galerie Kodl, Praha, CZ
2019 Get Out While You Can, Maddox Gallery, London
2019 CHROMA: Summer Group Exhibition, Rhodes, London
2019 GEOMETRIC HEAT: Marco Casentini, Jan Kalab, Adam Lucas, Daniel Rich, GR Gallery, New York
2019 Get Out While You Can, Maddox Gallery, Gstaad
2019 “Summer Reflection” Group Show, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami
2019 Praha-Berlin Barter, Urban Spree Galerie, Berlin
2018 This Is Now, Wyn317, Miami
2018 A Matter of Form, MAGMA gallery, Bologna
2018 MAGMA presents, MAGMA gallery
2018 Grand Opening Group Exhibition, Mirus Gallery, Denver
2017 Urban Art Biennale, Völklinger Ironworks, Völkliner Germany
2017 PERCEPTUAL VERTIGO, Avantgarden Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017 NO MORE CREW, Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
2017 ABSTRAKT FORUM, Forum Przestrzenie, Krakow, Poland
2017 AVANTARTE X UNITLONDON, the Unit London Gallery, London, UK
2016 POP-UP EXHIBITION, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA
2016 ZMRTVÝCHVSTÁNÍ, Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 MIMESIS, MAGMA Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2016 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2016 HZGSJK, Goldenhands Gallery, Hamburg Germany
2016 TRANSBORDER, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2015 OpenART – art biennale, Orebro, Sweden
2015 Et Cetera, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome, Italy
2014 TRAFACKA – CLOSE, Trafacka gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 ARTMOSSPHERE – 1st streetart biennale, Moscow, Russia
2014 OUTSIDE / INSIDE, Tabla Rasa gallery, Brooklyn – New York, USA
2014 TRAFACKA / TEMPLE OF FREEDOM, Red Gallery, London, UK
2014 CHILDREN OF KUPKA, City Hall Putaux, Putaux, France
2013 ET CETERA, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 STUCK ON THE CITY, City Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 STREET SMART, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 THREE FROM TRAFACKA, Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic
2011 DE DENTRO E DE FORA, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011 BOUTIQUE, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 1st BIENNAL DE GRAFFITI FINE ART, Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010 METROPOLIS, Pavilion of Czech Republic, EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China
2009 STORAGE, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 60 DETAILS project, Moscow, Russia
2009 WE BELIEVE IN CRISIS, Trafo gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 NAMES, Trafacka gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 CITY’S CELEBRITIES, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2008 FACES AND LACES, Moscow, Russia
2007 5+kk, Trafo gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 PLANET PROZESS, Senatsreservenspeicher, Berlin, Germany
2007 SPACE FOR INTUITION, City Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 TRAFACKA – OPEN, Trafacka gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 ART BEAT, BG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2005 CITY OF NAMES, Kunsthalle Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2004 OBJECTIVITY, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, UK
2004 EVERWANTING STREETS, Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden
2003 BACK JUMPS (the Live issue), Kunsthalle Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2003 GENESIS, Ten 15, San Francisco, USA
2003 DA PAINTAZ, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 3rd SHOW OF YOUNG ARTISTS, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlin, Czech Republic
2002 SUBCULTURE, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 FRESH MEAT, City Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2001 FRAGMENTS 4, Mánes gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Collection
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids ,USA
Museu Nacional de Belas Aertes, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
DEJI Art Museum, Nanjing, China
OsanMuseum, Osan, South Korea
Tiffany & Co
Dior
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