Jan Vlček

I am an artist working mainly with light, movement and color. Now I live in Ostrava. In 2022, I completed my studies in the Institute of Film, Television and Radio Art in Opava. During my studies, I started working mostly on glitch art. Glitch art is a movement that deals with error as an aesthetic element. The symbol of this interest was mainly the statues in the old cemeteries in the Sudetenland. I also worked on the "glitching" of old photos.

I devoted my master's studies mainly to light in motion in visual arts. The combination of these elements continues to accompany me in photography, video, graphics and objects.

Selected Artistic and Curatorial Projects
2025 Air Art – artistic project, GOBO Fest, Polish-Czech cross-border art festival, Gorzyce, Poland

2025 Drawing Noise – participatory workshop, Beats for Love, music festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2025 Curator, Meat Design, international design festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2024–present Curator and Scenographer, Meltingpot, international discussion forum and cultural platform within Colours of Ostrava, multi-genre festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2024 Camera Team Member, Voices of Meltingpot – documentary portrait film series presented by Meltingpot within Colours of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2022–2024 Co-founder, Curator and Artist, Podchod – multi-genre public space festival activating the underpass below Frýdlantské mosty, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2021–present Camera Collaborator, Ostravské kulturní stopy – documentary video series on Ostrava’s cultural memory, architecture, and urban heritage, produced by Fiducia and published via LucernaTV, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2022 Optický šum (Optical Noise) – solo installation exhibition, Galerie Kaplička, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

2022 Podchod: Lapače snů a Sprcha (Dream Catchers and Shower) – site-specific installation, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2022 #pjekná chiba# – solo exhibition, Galerie Hauerova 4, Opava, Czech Republic

2022 Poločas rozpadu (Half-Life) – installation exhibition, Galerie Dole / Fiducie, Ostrava, Czech Republic

2020 Átman – solo photography exhibition, Fotogaléria Trafačka, Nitra, Slovakia

2019 átman.jan – solo exhibition, Kafíčko, Prague, Czech Republic

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Last Light, Noise, Movement… – group exhibition, Next Generation – International Art Project IV, Cered International Sculpture Symposium, Cered, Hungary

2020 Nádech pro lázně – group exhibition / public space presentation, Tyršovy sady, Jablečné lázně, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Awards & Recognition
2021 Winner, Promotional Video Category, Opavský páv – international student film festival, for the film Ne:ticho, Opava, Czech Republic

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Jan Vlček

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