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Jan Valik
Jan Valik
Abstract painter
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Jan Valik
Abstract painter
Jan Valik is a painter born in Slovakia. He holds his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and Master's degree in Painting from the Royal College of Arts in London. He was awarded a VUB Foundation Painting Prize 2016 in Slovakia, was shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021 and The Morrison&Foerster Art Prize 2023 in London.
Valik has participated in Artist-in-Residence Programs at BankART in Yokohama, Japan; Mark Rothko Art Center in Latvia; and most recently at Megafield Reisdency in Beijing and Studio West in London. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Belgium, Japan, Austria, Czechia and Slovakia, as well as in group exhibitions in the UK and across Europe (Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Latvia, France and Ireland), in China and Japan.
Jan Valik is a painter born in Slovakia. He holds his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and Master's degree in Painting from the Royal College of Arts in London. He was awarded a VUB Foundation Painting Prize 2016 in Slovakia, was shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021 and The Morrison&Foerster Art Prize 2023 in London.
Valik has participated in Artist-in-Residence Programs at BankART in Yokohama, Japan; Mark Rothko Art Center in Latvia; and most recently at Megafield Reisdency in Beijing and Studio West in London. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Belgium, Japan, Austria, Czechia and Slovakia, as well as in group exhibitions in the UK and across Europe (Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Latvia, France and Ireland), in China and Japan.
Awards
2024 Rose Finn-Kelcey Scholarship, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2024 Vice-Chancellor Bursary, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2023 Shortlist, The Morrison and Foerster Art Prize, London, UK
2022 Shortlist, Now Introducing Prize 2022, London, UK
2021 Shortlist, Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021, London, UK
2016 Painting Prize 2016, VUB Bank Foundation, SK
2015 Shortlist, Painting 2015, VUB Bank Foundation, SK
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Koenig Vlk Gallery, 'At the Edge of Spectre', Brno, CZ
2025 Amart Gallery, 'The Calling', Vienna, AT
2024 Suju Gallery, Karuizawa, JP
2023 Amart Gallery, 'Small Infinities', Vienna, AT
2022 L.L.Contemporary, 'Breakthrough', Toronto, CA
2022 Husk Gallery, 'Shifting Places', Brussels, BE
2021 Amart Gallery, 'Landscapes', Vienna, AT
2020 Husk Gallery, 'Verge', Brussels, BE
2019 Industra Gallery, 'Temporary Neighborhoods', Brno, CZ
2019 Cin Cin Gallery, 'Seeing Triple', Bratislava, SK
2017 NICHE Gallery, 'Plethora and a Quiet World', Tokyo, JP
Group Exhibitions
Selected group exhibitions 2026 Bomb Factory, 'Still Becoming', London, UK 2026 Florence Trust, 'Weight in Translation', London, UK 2026 Hypha HQ, 'Immemorial', London, UK 2026 Elias Tsiofas Gallery, 'Unsacred Terrain', Thessaloniki, GR 2026 Nedbalka Gallery, 'Generation XYZ', Bratislava, SK 2025 Yorkshire Art Space, 'Unquiet Landscapes', Sheffield, UK 2025 Nota Gallery, 'Instant City', London, UK 2025 Lian Gallery, 'Beyond the Castle', Hangzhou, CN 2024 Norito Gallery, 'Moving Stones Gather No Moss', London, UK 2024 NoHo Gallery, 'Hazy Horizons', London, UK 2024 L.L. Contemporary, 'Both: Inwards and Out There', Toronto, CA 2024 Mezzanine Gallery at the Royal College of Art, 'Vedanā', London, UK 2024 Terrace Gallery, 'Nudge It', London, UK 2024 The Bhavan, 'Transient Traces', London, UK 2024 Amart Gallery, 'Abstract on Paper III', Vienna, AT 2023 L.L.Contemporary, 'Sunshine and Rain', Toronto, CA 2023 Adah Rose Gallery, 'Carte Blanche', Washington D.C., US 2023 Pragovka Gallery, 'Echo of the Depth in Space', Prague, CZ 2022 London Paint Club x Koppel Project, 'Selects pt.2', London, UK 2022 Studio West Gallery, 'Now Introducing', London, UK 2022 London Paint Club x Hoxton253, 'Select Pt.1', London, UK 2022 Amart Gallery, 'Abstract on Paper II', Vienna, AT 2022 Unit 1 Gallery, 'Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021', London, UK 2021 Huddersfield Art Gallery, 'Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021', Huddersfield, UK 2021 FiveSparks Arts Centre, 'Mediated Landscapes', Harvard, US 2021 Husk Gallery, 'Panta Rhei', Brussels, BE 2021 Art Exchange Gallery, 'Of Other Places',Colchester, UK 2020 Husk Gallery, 'In Arcadia', Brussels, BE 2019 Amart Gallery, 'Extension of Reality', Vienna, AT 2019 Medium Gallery, 'Night Walk, Day Sleep', Bratislava, SK 2019 Niche Gallery, 'Room with a View', Tokyo, JP 2019 Star Art Space at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, 'Muster Actions', Chongqing, CN 2016 Nedbalka Gallery, 'Painting 2016', Bratislava, SK 2016 DOT. Gallery, 'Subtilities', Bratislava, SK 2015 Nedbalka Gallery, 'Painting 2015', Bratislava, SK 2015 Galerie Skolska 28, 'Na hranici - Grenznah', Prague, CZ
