* 1973 Prag (CZ)
Krištof Kintera is one of the most outstanding artists working in the Czech Republic today. His works of art exceed the limits of contemporary sculpture.
His practice is diverse and includes large public installations, small kinetic devices, and 3D sketches which the artist calls "drawings". He deals with the appropriation and reuse of found objects and the transformation of everyday objects. Kintera gives his objects anthropomorphic properties and presents them as living organisms. He reveals the hidden spirituality in ordinary, often discarded objects and reinvents its mythologies by presenting absurd possibilities and unrealistic uses.
Krištof Kintera studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He had a solo exhibition at the Tinguely Museum in Basel and was represented in exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Moderna Museet, Stockholm. In MARTa Herford; in the art museum Bonn; in the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art and National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, in the Bawag Foundation, Vienna. He has exhibited at the 8th Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach (2001), at NBK, Berlin (2000), at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (2000) and at Manifesta II at Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain ( 1998).
The exhibitions at the Tinguely Museum Basel (2012), the Kunsthal Rotterdam (2014) and the Rudolfinum Gallery (2017) in Prague, which brought together 162,000 viewers, emphasize the steel strength of the artist.
Krištof Kintera lives and works in Prague (CZ).
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2024 Let it grow again!, Belvedere, Alšova Jihočeskà Galerie, Hluboká nad Vltavou
2023 How Can I Help You?, DOX, Prague, CZ
2022 Girl with a Dove and Building Sculptures, Kunsthalle Prague, CZ.
Gedankenexperiment, Heldenreizer Contemporary, Munich, GER
2021 This is How Nature Works, Orto Botanico, Padova, IT
Memorial of Passed Light, Artesella, Borgo Valsugana, IT
2020 The End of Fun, IKON gallery, Birmingham, UK
Welcome to Neuropolis, Heldenreizer Contemporary, Munich, GER
Neuropolis, Galerie Zdenek Sklenár, Prague, CZ
2019 Am I also responsible for all that shit around?, Kali Gallery, Lucern, CH
No One Has Nothing, Z2O - Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, IT
2018 Do Not Litter, Do not Feed Birds and Do Not Push the Help Button Yet, CZ NY, USA
Naturally Postnatural, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
We all want to be cleaned, Gong, Ostrava, CZ
Jsem kus klacku natrenej na bílo, Galerie Zdenek Sklenár, Litomyšl, CZ
2017 Nervous Trees, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
Postnaturalia, Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, IT
My Light in Pieces Polansky gallery, Brno, PL
2016 Systémy bez ducha, galerie Kaple, Valašské Meziříčí Natural Nervosity, Kunsthalle LAB, Bratislava, SLV
2015 May Be It Is Here, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Your Light is My Life, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2014 Who is Perfect?, D+T Brussels, BE
OH, NO, Nevan Contempo, Prague, CZ
I am not you, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
Nervous Trees, Galerie/Schleicher Lange, Berlin, GER
2013 Bad News, Gallery Jiri Svetka, Berlin, GER
Hollywoodoo, MEM-Fait Gallery, Brno, CZ
Symptoms of Nervosities, Galerie D+T Project, Brusell, BE
Nervous, Galerie Města Blanska, CZ
2012 Black Flag, Make Up Gallery, Košice, SLV
Demon of the Growth, Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Berlin, GER
Výsledky Analyzy, Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy, Městská knihovna, Prague, CZ
Analysis Results, La Station, Nice, FR
2011 There is No Way to Go Now, Obední Dům, Opava, CZ
2010 Unhappy Coincidence, Galerie Ho, Marseille, FR
A Bigger Problem Than Yours, Galerie JIří Švestka, Berlin, GER
The Bigger Problem Than Yours, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, CZ
2009 Lay Down and Shine, gallery Schleicher Lange, Paris, FR
Holy Spirit Opened, Dům umění, Ostrava, CZ
2008 Holy Spirit Opened, Galerie Brno, Brno, CZ
Believe it or not, Východočeská galerie, Pardubice, CZ
One or two or crowd, Dominik Art Project, Krakow, PL
Miracle, Fundament Fundation, Tilburg, NL
Rituals, V.M. 21 arte contemporanea, Rome, IT
Volta NY, New York, USA
It and bicycle, Prostějovské muzeum umění, Prostějov, CZ
2007 Problems on top of problems, Galerie Schleicher+Lange, Paris, FR
The weather is changing, A.M. 180, Prague, CZ
2006 Revolution, Galeria Potocka, Krakow, PL
Carry on as if Everything Was Alright, Galerie Schleicher und Lange, Paris, FR
I am sick of it all, Moravská galerie, Brno, CZ
Hrubý Domácí Produkt, Galerie Štenberk, CZ
2005 Power-Play, Galerie Mázhaus, Pardubice, CZ
2004 Super Natural Special Real, Jiří Švestka gallery, Prague, CZ
We’ve got the power!, One man show – art fair Brusel, BE
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023 Alle Macht der Imagination, part II, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, GER
Sculpture by the See, Perth, AUS
2022 Alle Macht der Imagination, part I, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, GER
Sculpture by the See, Sydney, AUS
2021 Occupation, Occupancy, Orchestrating, Overpowering and Ownership of Utopias, Motorenhalle Dresden, DE
Grenzen in der Kunst, Kunstforum Regensburg, DE
Tree Connections, Kulturstitung Basel, CH
Umění na vzdory času, galerie Jelení, Prague, CZ
2020 Vanitas, Dox, Prague, CZ
Light Underground, GHMP – City Gallery Prague, CZ
Ni cygne ni lune, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Supernatural – Sculptural visions of the Physical, Kunsthalle Tubingen, DE
Dialogue with the Space, MOCAK, Krakow, PL
Umění za čarou, Projekt in subway stations Prague, CZ
(Un)endliche Ressourcen , Städtische Galerie/Kunstsammlungen, Karlsruhe, DE
Sen ve snu, Veletržní palác, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
2019 Utopien, Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE
Moc bezmocných, Kunsthale Bratislava, SLV
Sen o výstavě, Galerie NOD, Prague, CZ
Mememento Mons – Cabinet des Curiosites, Bam, Mons, FR
Sculpture by the See , Bondi Beach, Sydney, AUS
NEMO - Biennale des Arts Numeriques, Le Cent Quatre 104, Paris, FR
Touch Wood, MMK Klagenfurt, AT
Transnatura, Gallery 22,48 m2, Paris, FR
Cool Brieze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
Broken Nature, Triennale Milano, Milano, IT
Rehang, Collezione Maramotti, Regio Emilia, IT
You Got to Burn to Shine, Galleria Nazionale, Rome, IT
Small Between the Stars, Large Against the Sky, Biennale Quebec, Qubec City, CAN
Odjazd, Galerie BWA Wroclav, PL
2018 Dimensions of Dialog, National Gallery, Salm Palace, Prague, CZ
WWW – Slunce v úplňku, DSC Gallery, Prague, CZ
Objektivne, Kunsthalle Bratislava, SLV
Eco Visionaries – Art and Architecture after Anthropocene, Lisabon, POR
Hidden Beauty Galerie Sara Zanin, Rome, IT
8, Kali gallery, Lucern, CH
2017 Kmeny Moravská galerie, Brno, CZ
Sulle vie dell’Illuminazione, MASI Lugano, CH
My Light is Your Light, Watou, BE
New Black Romanticism, Muzeul National de Arta al Romaniei, Bukurest, Romania + Kunstlerhause Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Prague Power Boost, Ludwig Museum Koblenz, DE
2016 Medicine in Art, MOCAK, Krakow, PL
Not Really Really, Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, BE GOLEM Jewish Museum Berlin, DE
Wer Nicht Denken Will, Fliegt Raus, Museum Kurkaus Kleve, Kleve, GER All Hail Sport!, DOX, Prague, CZ
Magie und Macht, Marta Herford, Herford, DE
2015 Prosopopeés, Cent Quatre, Paris, FR Něha, Prague, CZ
Balagan !!!, Momentum, Berlin, DE
Industriale Immaginario, Collezionemaramotti, Regio Emilia, IT Brave New World, DOX, Prague, CZ
Levitate, Museum Quartier, Vienna, AT
IN THE LEE OF THE IN-BETWEEN, Watou, BE
Public Juke Box, Oerol, Terchelling, NL
V codes, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
132,54 m2, Galerie Schleicher Lange, Berlin, DE
Le Paradis et l’Enfer, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, BE
2014 Stalactica, Quincaillerie Vander Eycken, Brussels, BE
High Horizons: Bruegel Land, early 21th Century, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, BE
A Book Between Two Stools, Boghosian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, BE