Jiří Votruba
- Born: 8.12.1946 in Prague
- Studies: Faculty of architecture, CTU in Prague, 1970
- Activities: painting, illustration, graphical design, design
Individual exhibitions show all
- 2012 » Summer Cut, Galerie 1. patro, Prague, CZ
- 2012 » Galerie Kryt, Klášterec nad Ohří, CZ
- 2011 » Al Bustan Festival, Beirut, Lebanon
- 2011 » City Concert Hall, Niagata, Japan
- 2011 » Things Will Never Be The Same, Galerie Českých Center, Prague, CZ
- 2010 » Praha City Center, Prague, CZ
- 2010 » Kanazawa Concert Hall, Kanazawa, Japan
- 2009 » Kleisthaus, Berlin, Germany (with M. Kaufman and L. Klimentová)
- 2009 » Gallery of Prefecture Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Japan
- 2008 » UMU Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008 » Městská galerie, Litvínov, CZ
- 2008 » French Institute, Chartoum, Sudan
- 2008 » Galerie kritiků, Prague, CZ
- 2008 » Galerie V kapli, Bruntál, CZ
- 2008 » České centrum Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2007 » Gallery Horizone One, Cairo, Egypt
- 2007 » Tokyo International Forum, Japan
- 2007 » Galerie Bayer & Bayer, Prague, CZ
- 2006 » UMU Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006 » Al Bustan Festival, Beirut, Libanon
- 2006 » Galerie Pintner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 2005 » Východočeská galerie, Pardubice, CZ
- 2004 » Raiffeisenbank, Prague, CZ
- 2003 » Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany
- 2002 » Gallery Sumithra at ART PRAGUE 2002
- 2002 » Kabinet, Prague, CZ
- 2002 » Jazz Festival Hradec Kralové, CZ
- 2002 » Galerie Bayer & Bayer, Prague, CZ
- 2001 » Gut Altentann Club, Salzburg, Austria
- 2001 » Int. Hopkins Summer Festival, Kildare, Ireland
- 2000 » Galerie U mloka, Olomouc, CZ
- 1999 » Galerie Nový Svět, Prague, CZ
- 1999 » Raiffeisenbank, Prague, CZ
- 1998 » Gallery Sumithra, Ravenna, Italy
- 1998 » Tempo Reale, Merano, Italy
- 1998 » Czech Centrum Estergom, Hungary
- 1998 » Bank Austria, Prague, CZ
- 1997 » Mánes, Prague, CZ
- 1997 » Gallery Repolier, Tokyo, Japan
- 1996 » Maison de la Culture, Montreal, Canada
- 1996 » Galerie Nový Svět, Prague, CZ
- 1996 » Kawamura Museum, Japan
- 1996 » Ludwig Museum, Saarlouis, Germany
- 1996 » Czech Centrum, Sceczin, Poland
- 1995 » Alfa Omega galerie, Karlovy Vary, CZ
- 1995 » A. Usiskin Contemporary Art Gallery, London, GB
- 1994 » Chambre de Commerce, Strasbourg, France
- 1994 » American Chamber of Commerce, Prague, CZ
- 1994 » Divadlo Labyrint, Prague, CZ
- 1993 » Bank Austria, Prague, CZ
- 1993 » Siemens, Linz, Austria
- 1993 » Landgalerie Heilbronn, Germany
- 1992 » Galerie Bratří Čapků, Prague, CZ
- 1991 » Galerie Dielo, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1990 » Galerie Letná, Prague, CZ
- 1990 » Galerie F&F, Wien, Austria
- 1990 » Galerie Hofkabinet, Linz, Austria
- 1989 » Malá Galerie, Čs. spisovatel, Prague, CZ
- 1988 » Galerie Centrum, Prague, CZ
- 1985 » Galerie PRO ARTE, Salzburg, Austria
- 1984 » Galerie Karolina, Prague, CZ
- 1983 » Galerie Fronta, Prague, CZ
Group exhibitions show all
- 2012 » Mikulovské symposium, Mikulov, CZ
- 2011 » Teatro Mundi, Tampere, Finland
- 2011 » Vzhuru, Galerie Millenium, Prague, CZ
- 2011 » Biennal of Illustration Bratislava 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2010 » Contemporary art from Prague, Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany
- 2010 » Trienale of contemporary Czech illustration, Havlíčkův Brod, CZ
- 2010 » Crazy colorful world, Milenium gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2009 » Jeux de mots et vocabulaires, Maison de la culture, Arlon, Belgium
- 2008 » Oum Kalsoum, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
- 2008 » Lovely world of fauna and flora, Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland; Galerie kritiků, Prague, CZ
- 2007 » Loď bláznů, Galerie kritiků, Prague, CZ
- 2007 » Bienále ilustraci BIB, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2007 » Autour de l´estampe, Than, Francie
- 2005 » Salon české scenografie 05, Prague, CZ
- 2004 » Mediatheque Guebwiller /Clad, Weber, Votruba/, France
- 2004 » Ateliers ouverts in Alsace / Lorraine, Baden Wurtemberg, atelier Didier Clad, France
- 2003 » Národní divadlo zase hoří, Kolowratský palác, Prague, CZ
- 2003 » 3 Prager Kunstler, Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany
- 2001 » Pravděpodobna malba, Česke centrum, Berlin, Germany
- 2000 » Dokouřeno, Mánes, Prague, CZ; Dům umění Opava, CZ; Olomouc CZ; Svitavy CZ
- 2000 » Pravdepodobna malba, Mánes, Prague, CZ
- 1998 » Tak daleko, tak blízko, MXM Galerie, Prague, CZ,
- 1998 » Tak daleko, tak blízko (higway bigboards)
- 1998 » Prahy, Mánes, Prague, CZ
- 1996 » Český design Brno
- 1995 » Nové sdružení pražských umělců, Kroměříž
- 1995 » Nové sdružení pražských umělců, Třebíč
- 1994 » Hromy & Blesky, Prague, CZ
- 1994 » Nové sdružení pražských umělců, Vyšehrad, Prague, CZ
- 1994 » A. Usiskin Contemporary Art Gallery, London, GB
- 1984 » N&P, Paris, France
Graphical design
- Fun Explosive
» Kafka and Mozart themed designs based on historical and cultural Prague, graphics, ceramics, textile, etc.
» historical and cultural designs based on Vienna and Salzburg - Pragoeduca » corporate image, books, advertising
- Albatros » paper toy studio
- Amnesty International » posters, advertising
- Mozart Museum Salzburg » graphical cooperation
- Arta Records » CD covers, posters, graphical cooperation
- Prague Tourist Center » corporate identity
- Andersen Consulting » graphical cooperation
- AC Sparta Praha » soccer team logo
- The Prague Post » graphical cooperation
- Angličtina Express » corporate image, books, advertising
- Sparky's Praha » graphical cooperation
- Minato Mirai Hall Yokohama » graphical cooperation
- Kato Kenichi Theatre Group » graphical cooperation
- Avex Tokio » graphical cooperation
- Státní opera Praha » poster design
- Sapporo Concert Hall » graphical cooperation
- CSA Tokyo » graphical cooperation
- P-Centrum Olomouc » mental health days
- Dětská opera Praha » graphical cooperation
- Egon Zender International » graphical cooperation
- Cafe Mozart Japan » graphical cooperation
- Národní divadlo Praha » graphical cooperation
- Tokyo Int. Forum » graphical cooperation
- Expo Aichi 2005 » official poster of the Czech exposition and graphical cooperation
- Česká televize » EXPO 2005 animated jingle
Media
- CT24, July 2012 - report about the Summer Cut exhibition
- CNNGo TV, July 2012 - short movie about Prague
- Scéna magazine, March 2008 - interview
- Europodium, February 2008 - radio programme
- CT24 - Events in culture, February 2008 - video
- CT24, February 2008 - video
- Al-Ahram newspaper - Egypt, October 2007 - article
- CT24 - Before midnight, September 2007 - video
- FiftyFifty, March 2007 - article about exhibition
- Czech Radio 2 - Prague, 2005 - interview
- Books
Nakladatelství: Mladá fronta (J. Updike, J. Cortazar, R. Sloboda...), Čs. spisovatel, Albatros, Práce, Motto, Pragoeduca, Fun Explosive, Pandora Group, Amulet, Práh - Magazines
Mateřídouška, Sedmička (např. Tajný deník A. Molea), Filip, VTM, Ty a já, Temps Fou, Makovice
- Návrat zlaté rybky » Studio J. Trnky, Barrandov, 1988
