A Precious Sunrise

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.