artists

Jiří Thýn

I create collections of stage-managed photographs subjectively reflecting on everyday life, where I work with gestures and the symbolic value of the image. In my latest photographs, I worked with different still-lifes using random things trying to find the "ideal" composition and order, in the sense of building up the space of the picture.

Born 1977 in Prague, Czech Republic, Thýn is a member of the newest generation of young contemporary artists in Prague. He graduated from the Department of Photography under Prof. Pavel Stecha at the Prague Adademy of Applied Arts in 2006, with one year abroad studying at UIAH in Helsinki. He is a member of the artist group Ladvi (with Jan Haubelt and Adela Svobodova), established in 2005. He has had solo exhibitions at the Josef Sudek Gallery and the French Institute in Prague and has participated in group exhibitions at the Well Gallery in London, Kolonie Wedding in Berlin and Prague Biennale 3, Entrance Gallery, AM180 and Jeleni Gallery in Prague, among many others.