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Stanislav Kolíbal
Born December 11 1925, OrlováAn important Czech sculptor, a representative of conceptual thinking who tried to combine art and architecture. The author of a number of public implementations, such as a relief wall for the Czechoslovak Embassy in London and the Pankrác head of the Nusle Bridge in Prague. During Communist rule (1970-1988), he was forbidden to exhibit and export his works abroad. However, he never stopped creating and he developed the possibilities of spatial installations in his studio.
(Olga Staníková)
(Olga Staníková)
graphics, illustration, installation, object, scenography, drawing, sculpture, show in map
1945
1951
Studied at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
1953
Was member of Umělecká beseda
1955
Worked at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
1958
Art of Young Czechoslovakia Artists 1958. Paintings and Sculptures (group exhibition, Prague)
1960
Was member of UB 12
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Creative group in the Umělecká beseda (group exhibition, Prague)
Creative group in the Umělecká beseda (group exhibition, Prague)
1961
Realization (group exhibition, Prague)
1962
Creative Group UB 12 (group exhibition, Prague)
1966
Spring Exhibition 1966 (group exhibition, Prague)
The Actual Tendences of Czech Art: Images, Sculptures, Graphics (group exhibition, Prague)
Czechoslovak Plastic from 1900 to the Present (group exhibition, Essen)
The Actual Tendences of Czech Art: Images, Sculptures, Graphics (group exhibition, Prague)
Czechoslovak Plastic from 1900 to the Present (group exhibition, Essen)
1967
Downfall (sculpture)
Exhibition of Contemporary Czechoslovak Art/ Mostra d´arte contemporanea cecoslovacca (group exhibition, )
Czech Art of the 20th Century from the Collections of the Central Bohemian Gallery (group exhibition, Brno)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Sculpture and Drawing (group exhibition, Prague)
Guggenheim International Exhibition 1967: Sculpture from Twenty Nations (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Czech Art of the 20th Century from the Collections of the Central Bohemian Gallery (group exhibition, Brno)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Sculpture and Drawing (group exhibition, Prague)
Guggenheim International Exhibition 1967: Sculpture from Twenty Nations (group exhibition, New York (NY))
1968
Received grant from the Joseph Károlyi Foundation
Artists of Špála Gallery (group exhibition, Bratislava)
Sculpture tchècoslovaque de Myslbek à nos jours (group exhibition, Paris)
Concretists´Club and Guests (group exhibition, )
The New Sensitivity. Křižovatka and Guests (group exhibition, Brno)
Artchemo (public program, )
Sculpture tchècoslovaque de Myslbek à nos jours (group exhibition, Paris)
Concretists´Club and Guests (group exhibition, )
The New Sensitivity. Křižovatka and Guests (group exhibition, Brno)
Artchemo (public program, )
1969
Received grant from Ford Foundation
Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia/ Arte contemporanea in Cecoslovacchia (group exhibition, Rome)
1970
Od začátku (painting)
The Most Beautiful Books of 1969 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Between Man and Matter (Tokyo Biennale) (group exhibition, Tokyo)
Czech Sculpture of the 20th Century: From Myslbek to the Present (group exhibition, Berlin)
Artchemo (exhibition in 1970) (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Between Man and Matter (Tokyo Biennale) (group exhibition, Tokyo)
Czech Sculpture of the 20th Century: From Myslbek to the Present (group exhibition, Berlin)
Artchemo (exhibition in 1970) (group exhibition, Prague)
1971
Association of Czech Graphic Artists Hollar: Graphics 71 (group exhibition, Prague)
1974
Trojice (painting)
1977
New Space (architecture)
1978
International Drawing Triennial in Wroclaw (1978) (group exhibition, Wrocław)
1979
Sculpture Drawing (drawing)
1980
The Former and the Future (sculpture)
Eleven Contemporary Artists from Prague (group exhibition, New York (NY))
1983
8 Artists from Prague in Munich (group exhibition, Munich)
Czech Drawings of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Paris)
Boxes (group exhibition, Kostelec nad Černými lesy)
The Principle of Hope. Aspects of Utopia in the Art and Culture of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Bochum)
Contemporary Czech Art. Collection of Janina Ojrzynski (group exhibition, Łódź)
Czech Drawings of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Paris)
Boxes (group exhibition, Kostelec nad Černými lesy)
The Principle of Hope. Aspects of Utopia in the Art and Culture of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Bochum)
Contemporary Czech Art. Collection of Janina Ojrzynski (group exhibition, Łódź)
1984
1986
A4 (group exhibition, )
1987
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
1988
Received grant from DAAD – German Academic Exchange Services
Stanislav Kolíbal: Books, Artworks, Space (solo exhibition, Brno)
Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia: Selections from the Jan and Meda Mladek Collection (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Twenty Years of Czechoslovak Art 1968-1988. A Tribute to Jacques Baruch (group exhibition, Chicago (IL))
Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia: Selections from the Jan and Meda Mladek Collection (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Twenty Years of Czechoslovak Art 1968-1988. A Tribute to Jacques Baruch (group exhibition, Chicago (IL))
1989
Czech Painting Today (group exhibition, Esslingen am Neckar)
1990
Worked at Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Artists Tribute to Jiří Chalupecký (group exhibition, Prague)
90 Authors in the Year 1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
90 Authors in the Year 1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
1991
Tradition and Avant-garde in Prague (group exhibition, Bonn)
Grey Brick 78/1991 (group exhibition, Opava)
Art, Europe, Czechoslovakia (group exhibition, Lingen (Ems))
Détente (group exhibition, Brno)
Grey Brick 78/1991 (group exhibition, Opava)
Art, Europe, Czechoslovakia (group exhibition, Lingen (Ems))
Détente (group exhibition, Brno)
1992
Construction no. XX (sculpture)
Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art 1950 - 1992 (group exhibition, Novara)
Prague - Bratislava, D´une géneration, l´autre (group exhibition, Paris)
Svetlo v tmách (group exhibition, Žilina)
Minisalon (group exhibition, Prague)
Czech Fine Art 1960-1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
Prague - Bratislava, D´une géneration, l´autre (group exhibition, Paris)
Svetlo v tmách (group exhibition, Žilina)
Minisalon (group exhibition, Prague)
Czech Fine Art 1960-1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
1993
Stanislav Kolíbal: Konstrukcje - Contructions (solo exhibition, Łódź)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Skulpturen (solo exhibition, Munich)
Poetry of Rationality / Constructive Tendencies in Czech Art of the 60s (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Situation Prague - Dialog Second Generations (group exhibition, Hamburg )
Stanislav Kolíbal: Skulpturen (solo exhibition, Munich)
Poetry of Rationality / Constructive Tendencies in Czech Art of the 60s (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Situation Prague - Dialog Second Generations (group exhibition, Hamburg )
1994
UB 12 (group exhibition, )
Zwischen Zeit Raum I (group exhibition, Düsseldorf)
Europe, Europe. The Century of the Avant-garde in Central and Eastern Europe (group exhibition, Bonn)
Z českého výtvarného umění (group exhibition, )
Outbreaks of Rebirth (group exhibition, Prague)
The Fissure in the Room: Positions in Art since 1945 in Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (group exhibition, Berlin)
New Sensitivity (1994, 1995) (group exhibition, )
Artchemo 1968/1969 (group exhibition, Pardubice)
Zwischen Zeit Raum I (group exhibition, Düsseldorf)
Europe, Europe. The Century of the Avant-garde in Central and Eastern Europe (group exhibition, Bonn)
Z českého výtvarného umění (group exhibition, )
Outbreaks of Rebirth (group exhibition, Prague)
The Fissure in the Room: Positions in Art since 1945 in Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (group exhibition, Berlin)
New Sensitivity (1994, 1995) (group exhibition, )
Artchemo 1968/1969 (group exhibition, Pardubice)
1995
České výtvarné umění XX. století ze sbírek Českého muzea výtvarných umění (group exhibition, )
Stanislav Kolíbal 1988 - 1995 (solo exhibition, Brno)
Czech Drawing 3: Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
2. aukční salon výtvarníků, 195 dárců pro konto Bariéry (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Ústí nad Labem)
Stanislav Kolíbal 1988 - 1995 (solo exhibition, Brno)
Czech Drawing 3: Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
2. aukční salon výtvarníků, 195 dárců pro konto Bariéry (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Ústí nad Labem)
1996
Fineart ´96 (group exhibition, Prague)
In the Area of the 20th century. Czech Art from the Collections of the City Gallery Prague (group exhibition, Prague)
Fatal liking. Collectors of Modern Art I. 1900 - 1996 (group exhibition, Prague)
Art when Time Stood Still. Czech Art Scene 1969-1985 (group exhibition, Prague)
In the Area of the 20th century. Czech Art from the Collections of the City Gallery Prague (group exhibition, Prague)
Fatal liking. Collectors of Modern Art I. 1900 - 1996 (group exhibition, Prague)
Art when Time Stood Still. Czech Art Scene 1969-1985 (group exhibition, Prague)
1997
Stanislav Kolíbal: Retrospective (solo exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Illustration (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
Between Tradition and Experiment. Works on Paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Illustration (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
Between Tradition and Experiment. Works on Paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
1999
Stanislav Kolíbal: 2000 - 1/1. New Sculptures (solo exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Drawing - Space (solo exhibition, Šternberk)
"... What a Collection." Additions of the Olomouc Museum of Art for the years 1985–1998 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Acquisitions the Collections of the State Galleries of the 1990-1997 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Buildings - Creation of the Last Decade (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Stanislav Kolíbal 1998 - 1999 (solo exhibition, Prague)
Art of Accelerated Time. Czech Art Scene 1958-1968 (group exhibition, Prague)
Aspects / Positions. 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949-1999 (group exhibition, Vienna)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Drawing - Space (solo exhibition, Šternberk)
"... What a Collection." Additions of the Olomouc Museum of Art for the years 1985–1998 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Acquisitions the Collections of the State Galleries of the 1990-1997 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Buildings - Creation of the Last Decade (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Stanislav Kolíbal 1998 - 1999 (solo exhibition, Prague)
Art of Accelerated Time. Czech Art Scene 1958-1968 (group exhibition, Prague)
Aspects / Positions. 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949-1999 (group exhibition, Vienna)
2000
Le regard égoiste 1 (Carte blanche à Ch. Boltanski) (group exhibition, Paris)
Art in Central Europe 1949–1999 (group exhibition, Barcelona)
Actual Infinity (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Labil - Stabil (solo exhibition, Hamburg )
90 Years of the Brno House of Arts (group exhibition, Brno)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Book Illustration (solo exhibition, Frýdek-Místek)
Art in Central Europe 1949–1999 (group exhibition, Barcelona)
Actual Infinity (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Labil - Stabil (solo exhibition, Hamburg )
90 Years of the Brno House of Arts (group exhibition, Brno)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Book Illustration (solo exhibition, Frýdek-Místek)
2001
Object - Object: Metamorphoses in Time (group exhibition, Prague)
2002
Minisalon (group exhibition, Ubud)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
Black and White (group exhibition, Bruntál)
In honor of creative Team - the First Part of the Collection of Jan and Meda Mládek (group exhibition, Prague)
Anima & Animus (manželské páry v generaci 60. let) (group exhibition, Prague)
6. aukční salon výtvarníků, 305 dárců pro konto Bariéry (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
Black and White (group exhibition, Bruntál)
In honor of creative Team - the First Part of the Collection of Jan and Meda Mládek (group exhibition, Prague)
Anima & Animus (manželské páry v generaci 60. let) (group exhibition, Prague)
6. aukční salon výtvarníků, 305 dárců pro konto Bariéry (group exhibition, Prague)
2003
Space for Tapestry (group exhibition, Brno)
Ilustrace (group exhibition, Česká Lípa)
Works on Paper: A Selection of Drawings, Graphic Works and Collages by Czech Artists from the Jan and Meda Mládek Art Collection (group exhibition, Prague)
Art is an Abstraction. Czech visual Culture of the 60s (group exhibition, Prague)
Ilustrace (group exhibition, Česká Lípa)
Works on Paper: A Selection of Drawings, Graphic Works and Collages by Czech Artists from the Jan and Meda Mládek Art Collection (group exhibition, Prague)
Art is an Abstraction. Czech visual Culture of the 60s (group exhibition, Prague)
2004
Look Light (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: The Space of Decision (solo exhibition, Brno)
World of Stars and Illusions: Gems of the Czech Film Poster Tradition (group exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
Behind the Glass. From the Collection of Jaroslav Krbůšek (group exhibition, )
From National Classics (group exhibition, )
Stanislav Kolíbal: The Book Circle (solo exhibition, Brno)
Showtime: A Century of the Czech Film Posters (group exhibition, Macau)
Drawing, drawing ... Czech Drawing of the 80s 20th Century from the Collections of Members the Council Galleries Czech Republic (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Six Cycles (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
The Sixties/ From the Collection of Galerie Zlatá husa in Prague (group exhibition, Brno)
Stanislav Kolíbal: The Space of Decision (solo exhibition, Brno)
World of Stars and Illusions: Gems of the Czech Film Poster Tradition (group exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
Behind the Glass. From the Collection of Jaroslav Krbůšek (group exhibition, )
From National Classics (group exhibition, )
Stanislav Kolíbal: The Book Circle (solo exhibition, Brno)
Showtime: A Century of the Czech Film Posters (group exhibition, Macau)
Drawing, drawing ... Czech Drawing of the 80s 20th Century from the Collections of Members the Council Galleries Czech Republic (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Six Cycles (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
The Sixties/ From the Collection of Galerie Zlatá husa in Prague (group exhibition, Brno)
2005
Received award from The Medal of Merit of the State
Private View (Josef Chloupek Collection) (group exhibition, Brno)
Space and Time (group exhibition, )
Stanislav Kolíbal: New Aquarelles and Projects (solo exhibition, Prague)
Space and Time (group exhibition, )
Stanislav Kolíbal: New Aquarelles and Projects (solo exhibition, Prague)
2006
Czech Art 20th Century /1940-1970 (group exhibition, )
11 from Middle Europe / 11 из Центральой Европы (group exhibition, Moscow)
World of the Czech Graphics (group exhibition, Bruntál)
11 from Middle Europe / 11 из Центральой Европы (group exhibition, Moscow)
World of the Czech Graphics (group exhibition, Bruntál)
2007
Hommage à Kassák 120/40 (group exhibition, Bratislava)
Od sochy ... České sochařství 2. poloviny 20. století ze sbírek Galerie Klatovy (group exhibition, )
Prague Biennale 3 - Global and Outsiders: Connecting Cultures in Central Europe (group exhibition, Prague)
Czech Contemporary Art - Parallel Lines (group exhibition, Moscow)
Od sochy ... České sochařství 2. poloviny 20. století ze sbírek Galerie Klatovy (group exhibition, )
Prague Biennale 3 - Global and Outsiders: Connecting Cultures in Central Europe (group exhibition, Prague)
Czech Contemporary Art - Parallel Lines (group exhibition, Moscow)
2008
No cage for me! Czech and Slovak art 1970–1989 from the Collections of the Olomouc Museum of Art (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Geometry. Czechoslovak Constructivism and Geometric abstraction (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Black Reliefs (solo exhibition, Prague)
Czech and Slovak Fine Art 60s of the 20th century (group exhibition, Trenčín)
Geometry. Czechoslovak Constructivism and Geometric abstraction (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Black Reliefs (solo exhibition, Prague)
Czech and Slovak Fine Art 60s of the 20th century (group exhibition, Trenčín)
2009
In the Spectrum of Diversity 11+1 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Archive (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
After Velvet / Contemporary Czech Art with Past Connotations (group exhibition, Prague)
Sun of the Orient (group exhibition, )
Selection (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Archive (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
After Velvet / Contemporary Czech Art with Past Connotations (group exhibition, Prague)
Sun of the Orient (group exhibition, )
Selection (group exhibition, Prague)
2010
New Sensitivity (group exhibition, Beijing)
Unmistakable Sentences. The Collection Revisited (group exhibition, Budapest)
Years in Days. Czech Art 1945–1957 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: White Drawings 1968-1976 (solo exhibition, Osík u Litomyšle)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Drawings in a Plane and Space (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
Unmistakable Sentences. The Collection Revisited (group exhibition, Budapest)
Years in Days. Czech Art 1945–1957 (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: White Drawings 1968-1976 (solo exhibition, Osík u Litomyšle)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Drawings in a Plane and Space (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
2011
Area, Depth, Space: Perspective Motives and Principles of Art (group exhibition, Brno)
Doteky konstruktivismu (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: White Reliefs, 2011 – White Drawings, 1968–1976 (Graphic Album) (solo exhibition, Osík u Litomyšle)
Uchronie aneb Příběhy ze sbírky (group exhibition, )
Doteky konstruktivismu (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal: White Reliefs, 2011 – White Drawings, 1968–1976 (Graphic Album) (solo exhibition, Osík u Litomyšle)
Uchronie aneb Příběhy ze sbírky (group exhibition, )
2012
Ostrava! Ostrava! Nejen zlatá šedesátá ze sbírek Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě (group exhibition, )
Josef Hoffmann, Stanislav Kolíbal: Plane - Line - Space (group exhibition, Brtnice)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Another World (solo exhibition, Prague)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Josef Hoffmann, Stanislav Kolíbal: Plane - Line - Space (group exhibition, Brtnice)
Stanislav Kolíbal: Another World (solo exhibition, Prague)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
2013
The Earth Turns And All Things Slip Away (group exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Munich)
Century of Relativity. Permanent Exhibition of 20th Century Fine Arts (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Stanislav Kolíbal (solo exhibition, Munich)
Century of Relativity. Permanent Exhibition of 20th Century Fine Arts (group exhibition, Olomouc)
2014
Other Primary Structures (Others 1) (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Other Primary Structures (Others 2) (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Stanislav Kolíbal: Four Phase (solo exhibition, Litomyšl)
Kolíbal Diviš Písařík Štědrý / Debates with Geometry (group exhibition, Prague)
Other Primary Structures (Others 2) (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Stanislav Kolíbal: Four Phase (solo exhibition, Litomyšl)
Kolíbal Diviš Písařík Štědrý / Debates with Geometry (group exhibition, Prague)
2015
Stanislav Kolíbal. Drawing by Drawing (solo exhibition, Prague)
Stanislav Kolíbal. Sculptures and Drawings 1954 - 2015 (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Stanislav Kolíbal. Sculptures and Drawings 1954 - 2015 (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
2018
Stanislav Kolíbal│Connectivity (solo exhibition, Prague)
The Anatomy of a Leap into the Void | The Year 1968 and Art in Czechoslovakia (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Stanislav Kolíbal - The Way of Consensus and Balance (solo exhibition, Benešov u Prahy)
The Anatomy of a Leap into the Void | The Year 1968 and Art in Czechoslovakia (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Stanislav Kolíbal - The Way of Consensus and Balance (solo exhibition, Benešov u Prahy)
2019
Culmination / The Apex of Czech Fine Art (group exhibition, Prague)
For the Truth (group exhibition, Prague)
For the Truth (group exhibition, Prague)