Jakub Hošek

Subcultures and their disruptive character are the inspiration for Hošek’s work. Where traditional painting is characterized as an expression of the artist himself, Hošek interchanges this characteristic with his own  approach in which he uses carved stencils as a medium. Hošek creates his own shapes that are uncommon in traditional painting. Apart from that, drawing is also an important part of Hošek’s work, the result refers to an existing painting or object. The images that Hošek creates don’t refer to an existing world, but a reinvented one that exists on its own. In his daily life he also works as a cultural activist in the Czech art scene (galerie A.M.180, Creepy Teepee festival,..)

Hošek also currently works as a leading pedagogue in the painting3 studio at Academy of Fine Art in Prague.

“I cause disease
I cost us the war
I keep shooting at the sun
Forgetting
What goes up must come down
Divided by zero
Is mutually assured
I lost my ease
I'm skittish
I'm behind glass
Try to turn it off
Try to turn it off
Like it's a water main
But you have to cross this river
Flowing at full spate
Try to turn it off
Try to turn it off
Like its a water main
But you have to cross this river
Flowing at full spate
I think I'm the sun
I'm radiant
Protect your eyes
I think I'm the sun
I'm radiant
Protect your eyes
I think I'm the sun and the planets revolve around me
I think I'm…“

Date of residency: 1. 4.–31. 8. 2020

http://jakubhosek.blogspot.com/