Roman Štětina
Biography
- Biography
- Solo Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Screenings and Talks
- Polansky Exhibitions
Roman Štětina was born in Kadaň in 1986. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2015 after spending two years on the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in the classes Judith Hopf and Douglas Gordon.
Recent solo shows include: Instruction for Use od Jiří Kolář (with Miroslav Buriánek), Spike Island, Bristol; Shave and a haircut – two bits, Cardiff Contemporary, curated by Louise Hobson; The Fortress of Solitude from the holy wood of eternal noise (with Larisa Sitar), MNAC Bucharest, curated by Anca V. Mihulet. Recent selected group shows include: 2018: It's a Trap!, Significant Other, Vienna; 2017: Theory of Ghosts, TIC Gallery, Brno; 2016: Manifesta 11, Zurich; Enacting Stillness, The 8th Floor, New York; Happy Like Yesterday, NEST, Den Haag; A school of gestures, Czech China Contemporary, Beijing; 2015: All Watched Over, James Cohan Gallery, New York; Silver Lining, National Gallery, Prague; 2014: Jindrich Chalupecky Award, National Gallery, Prague; Straight to Camera: Performance for Film, Modern Art Oxford; IV. Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, MMOMA; Explain Me Not, Autocenter Berlin.
His films and video works were presented at LUX London, Anthology Film Archive (NYC), International Film Festival Karlovy Vary (CZ), goEAST - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden (DE), Bosse & Baum London, Close-Up Film Centre London, PAF Olomouc (CZ), Delfina Art Foundation London, etc.
His work is shown nationally and internationally and he lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic
2016 Manifesta 11, Zurich
Studies:
2013 – 2015 Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Judith Hopf class, Douglas Gordon class
2009 – 2015 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (AVU), studio of Tomáš Vaněk
2006 – 2009 Institute of Art and Design, Pilsen, studio of Michal Pěchouček
2005 – 2006 University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts – Humanity studies
Air Programs & Others:
2017 LUX, London
2016 Residency Unlimited, New York
2016 Artist-in-residence at Q21 MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, August 2016
2012 Studio of Guest Professor AVU, Florian Pumhösl
2012 Atelierhouse Salzamt, Linz, Austria
2012 Egon Schiele Art Centum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
2010 – 2011 Studio of Guest Professor AVU, Marcus Geiger
2008 Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, studio of Kisspal Szabolcz
Awards:
FilmPreis, Staedelschule Rundgang, 2015
Rector's Award for the Best Diploma Work, AVU Prague, 2015
Jindrich Chalupecky Award 2014
FilmPreis, Staedelschule Rundgang, 2014
Open Frame Award, goEAST Film Festival Wiesbaden
Shortlisted for the HENKEL ART.AWARD. 2013
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2011
Collections:
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
National Gallery Prague
City Gallery Prague
Deutsche Telekom Art Collection, Germany
European Central Bank Art Collection, Germany
Magnus Art Collection, Prague
Vehbi Koc Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
8smička Foundation, Humpolec (CZ)
Collezione Valentini, Italy
Selected
2018
Foreword, Prague City Gallery, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, Prague (CZ)
It will rain tomorrow, unless it doesn't in which case it won’t, Vitrína Deniska, Olomouc (CZ)
2016
Shave and a haircut – two bits, Cardiff Contemporary, Cardiff (UK)
Instructions for Use of Jiří Kolář (with Miroslav Buriánek), Spike Island, Bristol (GB)
The Fortress of Solitude from the holy wood of eternal noise (with L. Sitar), MNAC, Bucharest (RO)
Instructions for Use of Jiří Kolář (with Miroslav Buriánek), Plato, Ostrava (CZ)
2015
Souvenir, Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Lecture, Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín (CZ)
2014
Mluv, abych tě viděl, Kabinet Gallery, TIC, Brno (CZ)
2013
Season 0, Třinec Municipal Gallery, Třinec (CZ)
STUDIO No. 2, Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
STUDIO No. 2 (Slapstick), bb15, Linz (AT)
2012
Life Clock (with K. Mikesková), 35m2 Gallery, Prague (CZ)
STUDIO - A Room Where Carpets Mean Air, Jelení Gallery, Prague (CZ)
2011
The Sceleton Comes to the Academy (with D. Gajarský, T. Hrůza), AVU Gallery, Prague (CZ)
2010
Cabinet (with K. Mikesková), Fenester Gallery, Prague (CZ)
IF (with T. Moravec), Kostka gallery, MeetFactory, Prague (CZ)
Puncture Tyres (with T. Moravec), S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
2008
Little Garden, Pavilon Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Selected
2019
Eyelids Mirrored Within, Kunstverein Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (DE)
2018
Desire in Language, duo show with Damir Očko, Moving Image Department, National Gallery Prague (CZ)
Every Other Thing, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
Homage to Broadcloth, 8smička, Humpolec (CZ)
Temporary Structures 1, PLATO Gallery, Ostrava (CZ)
The Intention of Things, Trafó Gallery, Budapest (HU)
It's a Trap!, Significant Other, Vienna (AT)
2017
Medium: Figure, Prague City Gallery (CZ)
Open Frame Award, Museum Wiesbaden (DE)
Temporary Store-room - Sculpture: Case Study 1, Plato Ostrava (CZ)
Theory of Ghosts, TIC Gallery, Brno (CZ)
2016
Up for Grabs!, Moravian Gallery, Brno (CZ)
MANIFESTA 11, Zurich (CH)
Happy Like Yesterday, NEST, Den Haag (NL)
Enacting Stillness, The 8th Floor, New York (US)
Landscape at the End of Time, Divus Perla, Prague (CZ)
A school of gestures, Czech China Contemporary, Beijing (CN)
Enacting Stillness, MeetFactory, Prague (CZ)
Prague Other Vision CZ (2007-2015), AMU gallery, Prague (CZ)
2015
Silver Lining, National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
All Watched Over, James Cohan Gallery, New York (US)
Graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, National Gallery Prague (CZ)
7th Zlín Youth Salon – Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín (CZ)
The Importance of Being in a (Moving) Image, National Gallery Prague (CZ)
2014
Jindrich Chalupecky Award, National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Straight to Camera: Performance for Film, Modern Art Oxford (UK)
Relaxing in the shadow of Art, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna (AT)
Plato’s Third Eye, MeetFactory gallery, Prague (CZ)
Peripheral Vision, IV. Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, MMOMA (RU)
Explain Me Not, Autocenter Berlin (DE)
Art and Shadow, Czech Center Prague (CZ)
2013
Metyphysik der Diziplin, Czech Centre Berlin (DE)
Bezpředmětný Film, U Dobrého pastýře Gallery, TIC, Brno (CZ)
2012
6th Zlín Youth Salon, Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín (CZ)
Rezonance nehraných strun, Rampa Gallery, Ústí nad Labem (CZ)
Zkušební vrty, The Brno House of Arts, Gallery G99, Brno (CZ)
2011
Essl Art Award 2011, Essl Museum, Vienna (AT)
2010
Gaspard of the Night, Futura Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Selected
2017
LUX, London
2016
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Close_up Film Centre, London
Single Channel, Anthology Film Archives, New York
Cinema Union, Bucharest, Romania
Residency Unlimited, New York
Czech Centre Cinema, New York
2015
Delfina Foundation (with Duncan Campbell), London
Bosse & Baum London
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary (CZ)
2014
Ponrepo cinema, National Film Archive Prague
PAF Olomouc (CZ)
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary (CZ)
goEAST, 14. Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden (DE)
2013
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary (CZ)
ARTER, Istanbul (TR)
STUDIO (TAKE 1), STEIM, Amsterdam (NL)
2011
PAF: Video objects, Union Docs, Brooklyn, New York City (USA)