Josef Bolf

Josef Bolf (born October 7, 1971 in Prague) is a Czech painter. He studied at the Academy between 1990–1998. In 1995 he studied at Kongsthögskolan (Stockholm) and in 1996 at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. From 1996 to 2002 he was a member of the art group Bezhlavý jezdec.

Bolf's creation captures the strange characters, often suffering, sometimes half-animal. His paintings are often considered depressed, gloomy, sad, melancholy. His ideas often stem from childhood spent in the southern city of Prague.

Scholarships and residences

2007 ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York, USA 2006 Europäische Künstlerhaus, Freising, Germany 1996 Akademie der Bildende Künst, Stuttgart, Germany 1995 Kongsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden

Awards

2011 Umělec roku

Representations in collections

8smička, Humpolec, Czech Republic AMC Collezione Coppola, Vicenza, Italy Collett Prague/Munich, Czech Republic/Germany Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic Galerie Klatovy/Klenová, Czech Republic GAVU, Cheb, Czech Republic GHMP, Praha, Czech Republic Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA Marek Collection, Brno, Czech Republic Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic National Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic Pudil Family Foundation, Praha, Czech Republic Robert Runták Collection, Olomouc, Czech Republic