Krištof Kintera
Key words
object/installation
,
action/performance
,
sculpture
,
theatre
Reference
Krištof Kintera´s projects comment on the principles of the consumers´ society. With his objects, installations and actions, he intervenes in the stereotyped chain of production, buying and consuming. He is a leading member of a theatre and performance group Unit / Jednotka.
Education / Fellowship
1992-99 AVU, Prague (school of Milan Knížák)
1995 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1997 Germinations X, Birmingham, UK
2001 Villa Waldberta, DE
2003-04 Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
Group membership
Jednotka / Unit (formerly Hidden Creative Unit), since 1993
Solo exhibitions
2006 Revolution, Galeria Potocka, Krakow, PL
2006 I Am Sick Of It All, Moravian Gallery, Brno
2006 Hrubý domácí produkt, Galerie Šternberk, Šternberk
2006 Carry on as if everything was alright, Galerie Schleicher+Lange, Paris, FR
2005 Power Play, Galerie Mázhaus, Pardubice
2004 Super Natural Special Real, Galerie J. Švestka, Prague
2004 We´ve got the power, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
2002 Private Revolution, Galerie V kapli, Bruntál
2002 Can You Show Me What´s in Your Bag? (with Lehocká, Denisa), Open Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2001 Lepší už to nebude!, Galerie Béhémot, Prague
2001 It Won´t Be Better!, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, SI
2001 Are You All Right?, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, FR
2001 Are You All Right?, Czech Centre, Munich, DE
2001 Galerie 761, Ostrava
2000 E. Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
1999 Obrazy vás sledují, Sternberg Palace, National Gallery, Prague
1999 Mluviči, Old Town Hall, GHMP, Prague
1997 Galerie U kamene, Cheb
1996 Galerie Ruce, Prague
1995 Plumbař, Galerie mladých U dobrého pastýře, Brno
1994 Galerie Ruce, Prague
Group exhibitions
2006 One Million Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2006 Shift, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, AT
2006 Tina B, Trade-Fair Palace, Prague
2006 Local Global, Mikkelin Taidemuseo, Mikkeli, FI
2006 Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, USA
2006 Odlet, Czech Centre, Prague
2006 Shadow of Humor, BWA, Wroclaw, PL
2006 Ferne Nahe, Lilienfeld, AT
2005 Difference and Repetition in the Olbricht Collection, Leverkusen, DE
2005 Positioning. In the New Reality of Europe, National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka / Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima / Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP
2005 Czech Photography of the 20th Century, GHMP, Prague
2005 Living Together, Odapark Vernay, NL
2005 Low Tech, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Aller - Retour, Galerie Schleicher+Lange, Paris, FR
2005 Prague Biennale 2, Karlín Hall, Prague
2004 Insiders, DpzK,Brno / Futura, Prague
2004 Open Studios, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Werre und Co., Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne, DE
2004 Eintritt Frei, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, AT
2004 Breakthrough, Grote Kerk, Den Haag, NL
2004 Metro, Galéria Priestor, Bratislava, SK
2004 Eastern Alliance, Lichtturm, Berlin, DE
2004 EU-Positive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
2004 +5, Deiska, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Ipermercati dell´arte, Palazzo delle Papese, Siena, IT
2003 Open Studios, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
2003 J. Chalupecký Award Finalists 2003, Futura, Prague
2003 Aus Liebe - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Prag, Remschied, DE
2003 Survey 03, Futura, Prague
2003 Prague Biennale 1, Veletržní palác, National Gallery, Prague
2003 3. Zlín Salon of the Young, State Gallerz Zlín, Zlín
2003 Československo, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, SK
2002 Fair (Glued Intimacy), projekt PAS, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2002 IV. Biennial of Young Art Zvon 2002, Forum of independent galleries, House at the Golden Ring, GHMP, Prague
2002 Inside Out, Bunker, Actions Gallery, Berlin, DE
2002 Corps et traces, Musée de Beaux-Arts, Nancy, FR
2001 J. Chalupecký Award Finalists 2001, Trade-Fair Palace, National Gallery, Prague
2001 To Flow To, Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, DE
2001 Borders 2001, Slavonski Brod, HR
2001 Triennial of Small Sculpture, Fellbach, DE
2001 O člověku, ČMVU, Prague
2001 Objekt - objekt, ČMVU, Prague
2001 Slepená intimita, Galerie Jelení, FCCA, Prague
2000 Tschechische Vogel, Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
2000 All You Can Eat, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, DE
2000 End of the World?, Kinský Palace, National Gallery, Prague
2000 Alles in Bewegung, Galerie Barakk, Berlin, DE
2000 ÜberlebensKunst, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE
2000 Worthless (Invaluable), Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, SI
2000 Hnízda her, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
2000 After the Wall, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
1999 J. Chalupecký Award Finalists 1999, Trade-Fair Palace, National Gallery, Prague
1999 99 CZ, Václavské nám. 13-15, Prague
1999 After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
1999 Plug-In City, Salon 3, London, UK
1999 Obyčejné pohádky, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová
1999 Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers, W139, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Neplánované spojení, Mánes, Prague
1998 Close Encounters, Comenius Museum, Naarden, NL
1998 Germinations 10, Factory, Athens, GR
1998 Manifesta 2, Casino Luxembourg, LU
1998 Současné umění. Contemporary Collection - Czech Art in the ´90s, House at the Golden Ring, GHMP, Prague
1998 Reciprocita, VŠVU, Bratislava, SK
1998 Snížený rozpočet, Mánes, Prague
1997 Kovová plastika, V. Špála Gallery, Prague
1997 Towards the Object, Riverside Studios, London, UK
1997 Show, State Gallery, Bánská Bystrica, SK
1997 Art in the Public Space, project SCCA, Trade/Fair Palace, National Gallery, Prague
1997 Quiet Messages, Budapest, HU
1997 AVU Exhibition, Mánes, Prague
1996 1. Zlín Salon of the Young, State Gallery Zlín, Zlín
1996 Sklizeň, Galerie Sýpka, Vlkov u Brna
1996 Exteriér v. interiér, Kosmos factory, Bratislava, SK
1996 II. Biennial of Young Art Zvon´96, House at the Stone Bell, GHMP, Prague
1995 Real Pictures, Galerie Sýpka, Vlkov u Brna
1995 Biennial of Small Sculpture, Murska Subota, SI
1995 AVU Exhibition, Mánes, Prague
1995 Zkušební povoz, Mánes, Prague
1994 AVU Exhibition, Galerie výtvarného umění, Karlovy Vary
1994 Nová jména, V. Špála Gallery, Prague
1994 Galerie Sýpka, Vlkov u Brna
1994 Galerie AFFA, Prague
1993 Hermit II, Plasy Monastery
1993 AVU Exhibition, U Hybernů, Prague
Projects / Actions
2001 theatre performances Jednotka/Unit - Passenger (scenography, actor)
2000 design of the interior of internet café UNIVERSAL NoD (in the framework of Café9.net)
1999 theatre performance Jednotka/Unit - Life Fantasy (scenography, actor)
1998 design of the multimedia theatre performance Jednotka/Unit - Divé věci
1996 scenography at Dejvické Theatre in Prague
- Performances with Jednotka / Unit:
2002 I want to tell you something
2000 Ikebana
1998 Live
1998 Mr. TV
1998 Art Dealer
1997 An Argument
1996 From the Bush
1994 Explosion
1994 STOP
1994 A Walk
1994 The Bible
1993 Message in the Bottle
1993 The Granary
1993 The Picnic
1993 Things
1993 The Fly
Curatorial projects
Universal NoD (foounder and operator of the cultural centre), 1999 - 2001
Texts / Publications
Catalogues, publications:
- Krištof Kintera 730920/01841 95-05 (text by Pospiszyl, Tomáš), Divus - Makum, Prague 2005
- Krištof Kintera (text by Srp, Karel, own text), GHMP, Prague 1999
- art project for Detail 6/III, 1998
- Potocka, Anna Maria, catalogue Germinations X, Athens 1998
- Ševčíkovi, Jana and Jiří, Dispersed Concentration, catalogue Abstrakt/Real, Vienna 1996
- Smolíková, Marta, Exteriér v. Interiér, catalogue, Bratislava, 1996
Articles, reviews:
- Mečl, Ivan, Jednotky mluvičů ohrožují náš klid, in. Umělec 3/03, p.54-55
- Nejezchlebová, Lenka, LN, magazín Pátek, January 2001
- Top Czech Artists, in. Umělec 4/00, p.59
- Wohlmuth, Radek, Na počátku bylo slovo, LN, Umění a kritika, 21.11.1999
- interview by Koleček, Michal in. Labyrint 5-6/1999, p.95-96
- Blase, Christoph , Luxemburger Pluralismus, Kunst-Bulletin, Sept. 1998
- Fabelová, Karolína, To a další věci (interview), Umění a řemesla, 2/1998
- Bruthansová, Tereza, Žijí mezi námi, Ateliér, 1997
