My story

I traded statutes for canvas.

I studied law at Charles University and at UCC in Ireland, and practised for several years. I had painted since childhood — art school in Světlá nad Sázavou, then years alongside work. In 2019 I exhibited for the first time. In 2022 I ended my legal career and began painting full-time.

Born 30 January 1985 in Havlíčkův Brod. A devoted music fan (owner of an electric guitar still being explored), coriander eater and reader between the lines. I come from Vysočina; I live and paint in Prague.

Today I work as resident artist at the Gabriel Loci studio in Smíchov. I paint abstraction with a symbolic edge — always to music. Since 2022 I also pull lithographs, paint murals and work in experimental media.

I am fascinated by human existence and by what colour does to perception — mysticism, symbolism, philosophy, history. In 2012 I survived a serious illness; "Loving life, painting life" is therefore no empty motto but my daily reality.

I always try to grasp a theme that is turbulent for me right now, and not just skim the surface. I occasionally write poems and reflections alongside my paintings — books are another healthy addiction of mine. Painting is my natural form of expression: an inner, intimate matter that I consider a non-violent form of communication, a universal language.

Just like every legal norm, a painting too is subject to interpretation. Art and culture have always been, and will remain, the quiet advocates of the soul.

Art changes us. It collaborates. It resonates. It completes. It raises questions and answers the ones already asked. It heals and it offends. Art is feeling and emotion. Our eyes see only what our mind is ready to perceive. Training the mind is an art. Art trains the mind.

My paintings live in collections across Europe, the USA, India and New Zealand. One canvas is owned by Jane Goodall.