Lukáš Jasanský & Martin Polák
born 1965 / 1966 in Prague
live and work in Prague
solo exhibitions (selected)
2016
Luxfer gallery, Česká Skalice
He
calls himself Topáš, SVIT Prague
2015
Kościoły, kościoły, BWA Zielona Góra, Poland
Krāsu fotogrāfija (Colour photography), Čehu fotogrāfu Lukāša Jasanskija
un Martina Polāka, izstādes kurators Ivars Grāvlejs, Riga, Latvia
Churches, churches curated by Adam Mazur, BWA Tarnow, Poland
Churches And Drawings (Църкви и рисунки) curated by Edith
Jerabkova, Rubber Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2014
Coming to Reality curated by Fionn Meade, SVIT Nova sin, FUTURA, Prague
2013
Photograps by Lukáš Jasanský and Martin Polák, Moravian Gallery, Brno
2012
Kościoły,
kościoły, SVIT, Prague
2011
Jokes, Galerie KABINET Strítez, CZ
Keep Knocking, Ostrava House of Arts, Ostrava, CZ
Director and founder, Ferdinand Baumann Gallery, Prague
2010
10 000 Guys, Gallery At the White Unicorn, Municipal Gallery, Klatovy
Colour photography, Municipal Gallery, Blansko; Jelení Gallery, Prague
2009
Jan Merta, Wannieck Gallery, Brno
2008
Brussels Sprouts, NoD Gallery, Prague; Divus Unit 30, London
2005
From Saint-Petersburg, Museum, Kolín
2004
Villages, Jiří Švestka Gallery, Prague
2003
Ignatius, Atelier of Josef Sudek, Prague
2002
Village Reconstruction (Vesnická rekonstručko), Šternberk Gallery
Let Me show You the Way to Paradise (with Milena Dopitova), Museum Ostdeutsche
Galerie, Regensburg
2001
Country Exhibition of Photography, Jiří Švestka Gallery, Prague
Villages, Czech centre, Berlin
2000
Exhibition of Landscape and Historic Site Photography,761 Gallery,
Ostrava
1999
Exhibitions of Photography, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
1998
Abstracts, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
Pragensia 1985 – 1990, City Gallery Prague (Staroměstská
radnice), Prague
1997
Anti-war and Humanistic Photography, Galerie mladých, U dobrého
pastýře, Brno
1996
Vyprdnutá fotografická abstrakce, JNJ Gallery, Prague
1995
Jokes, Divadlo hudby, Olomouc
1994
Jokes, jokes, jokes, Window Gallery, Prague
1993
Fluxus, MXM Gallery, Prague
group exhibitions (selected)
2018
Orient, curated by Michal Novotny CAC Riga, Latvia, Bozar Brussels, Belgium,
Bunkier Sztuki Krakow Poland
2017
Anren Biennale, China
Central by East Central, curaded by Adam Mazur, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok,
Poland
Life Manual, Zacheta National Gallery Warsaw, Poland
2012
Islands of Resistance: Between the First and Second Modern 1985–2012(curated
by Jiří Ševčík, Edith Jeřábková and Jana Ševčíková), National
Gallery in Prague
A Silent Woman (curated by Pavel Vančát), Fotograf Gallery, Prague
2011
Mutating Medium – Photography in Czech Art 1990–2010 (curated by Pavel
Vančát), Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague
Czech grand design, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague
Rhytmic exercizes, Nowy Sacz, Poland
Akvizice, GASK, Kutná Hora, CZ
Muted, Wannieck Gallery, Brno
2010
And Don’t Forget the Flowers, Moravian Gallery, Brno
50% Gray Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered“, Museum of
Contemporary
Photography, Chicago, USA
2009
Any – Instant – Whatever, Bunkier Sztuky, Krakow
Prague Biennale 4, Prague
2007
Gross Domestic Product, City Gallery Prague – Municipal Library, Prague
2005
Mirror of Nature, EXPO 2005, Aichi, Japan
Photography??, House of Art – Dům Pánů z Kunštátu, Brno
2004
Photography??, Gallery At the White Unicorn, Klatovy, CZ
EU: pozitiv, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2003
Olympia (with Stanislav Kolíbal and Petra Feriancova), House of Art, Brno
Survey‘03, Futura Gallery, Prague
Valenčné sféry, Municipal Gallery Bratislava
Glamour, Window gallery, Prague
2002
Icing, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
The View From Here: recent pictures from central Europe and the American
Midwest, Ludwig Museum, Budapest; City Gallery Prague, Prague
2002
D´un printens louter Prague, Belford
2001
Biennale of Young Artists, Zagreb
Bohemian birds, Kunst Haus, Dresden
About People, Czech museum of visual art, Prague
Laboratory, National Gallery, Prague
Das flache Land – Position einer unspaktakulären Sicht, Branderburger
Kunstsamlungen, Cottbus
2000
Confrontation, Czech centre, London
1999
Without Side, Marmornyj dvorec, St. Petersburg, RU
Homage á Franz Kafka, Kulturforum im Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg
1998
Harmony, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
Close Echoes, City Gallery Prague – Municipal Library, Prague; Kunst Haus,
Krems
Permanent exhibition City Gallery Prague – The Golden Ring, Prague
1997
Towards the Objects, Riverside studio, London
Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions, Site Santa Fe
Geboren um 68, Czech center, Berlin
Delta, Musée d’art modern de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1996
Czech AbstraHction (Česká abstraHce), Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
1995
Campo 1995, Corderie dell‘¨Arsenale, Venezia; Sant‘ Antonino di Susa,
Torino; Konstmuseum, Malmö
1992
Her Brother – His Husband, Václav Špála Gallery, Prague
What¨s new, Prague…, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
1991
Tschechoslowakische Fotografie, Kunst Haus, Hamburg
1990
Photographie progressive en Tchecoslovaquie 1920–1990, Galerie Robert
Doisneau, Nancy;
Mülheim (1991); Strasbourg (1991)
1988
De Prague et de Bohęme, APIC – Les Somnambules, Toulouse
Preiss für junge europäische Fotografen, Museum Ludwig, Köln
photo series
Graveyards (Hřibitovy) 1985
Old & Arranged (Staré aranžované) 1986
New & Arranged (Nové aranžované) 1986 – 88
Pragensia (Pragensie) 1986 – 90
Television (Televize) 1987 – 88
Drawings (Kresby) 1988
On a Sheet of White Paper (Na bílém papíře) 1988 – 89
Guys (Chlapi) 1989 – 90
Fluxus 1990
Report – Humanistic Photography (Report – Humanistická fotografie)
1990 – 91
Quality Kampa Island (Kvalitní Kampa) 1992
From Far Away as well as From Close Up (Z blízka i z dáli) 1992
Jokes (Vtipy) 1992 – 93
Abstraction (Abstrakce) 1994 – 96
Nature (Příroda) 1996 – 97
Ignatius – Photography of Historical Sights (Ignác – Památkářská
fotografie) 1996 – 2002
Kuranda 1998
Photo exhibitions (Výstavy fotografií) 1998
Landscapes – County Photography (Krajiny – Zemská fotografie) 1998 –
2000
Saint-Petersburg (Petrohrad) 1999
Villages (Vesnice) 2000 – 2002
Brussels Sprouts 2007
White Paper, Black Bride (Bílý papír, černá nevěsta) 2009
Jan Merta 2009
10 000 2010 – 1987
Colour Photography (Barevná fotografie) 2010
Director and Founder (Ředitel a zakladatel) 2011
Keep Knocking (Tlucte) 2011
Kościoły, kościoły 2012
catalogues
1996 – Big White Catalogue (Velký bílý katalog)
1997 – Small White Catalogue (Malý bílý katalog)
1998 – Pragensia (Pragensie)
2003 – Country Photography (Zemská fotografie)
2005 – Villages (Vesnice)
2009 – Jan Merta
2010 – Thesis (Diplomová práce)
2013 – Lukáš Jasanský, Martin Polák JRP/Ringier, tranzit.cz
2016 – Churches, churches SVIT, BWA Tarnow, BWA Zielona Góra