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.www.designmagazin.cz 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
Bibliography
2018 Vaňous, Petr. Inverse Romanticism. Praha: Galerie Rudolfinum 2017 Brabec, Jaroslav. Orbis Artis: Josef Bolf. 2016 Urban, Otto M. Life Is Painful and Breeds Disappointment: Massakr Vol.1 - Lovecraft. Plzeň: Galerie města Plzně 2015 Vaňous, Petr. Rezonance: Načeradský – Typlt – Bolf. Praha: BIGGBOSS 2012 Bolf, Josef; Štind Ondřej. Mondschein. Praha: Argo 2012 Urban, Otto M. A Mirror from the Abyss. Paris: Galerie Dukan Hourdequin 2010 Barényi, Peter. Video report about the exhibition Unheimliche. Bratislava: Artyčok.tv 2010 Vaňous, Petr. Ještě místo - pustá zem. Plzeň: Západočeská galerie 2009 Pospiszyl, Tomáš. Josef Bolf. Praha: Divus 2009 Vidlička, Jan. Interview about exhibition You Are Not You, You Are Me. Praha: Artyčok.tv 2007 Jeřábková, Edith; Vítková, Lenka. Lovci Lebek. Klatovy: Galerie U Bílého jednorožce
See also List of Czech painters
References
External links
https://josefbolf.net Artlist – Josef Bolf Information system abART – Bolf Josef