Jan Tichy
Jan Tichy (born 1974) is a Chicago-based artist and educator, born in Czechoslovakia.
Jan Tichy
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- Born
- 1974 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- photographer · sculptor · painter · artist
- Fields
- video recording · photography · art of sculpture · painting
- Honours
- Young Artist Prize
- Languages
- Czech · English
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Jan Tichy (born 1974) is a Chicago-based artist and educator, born in Czechoslovakia.
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Jan Tichy (born 1974) is an Israeli artist, painter and photographer, among other activities. The artist was born in Prague. Jan Tichy is active in art of sculpture, painting and photography.
Languages used include Czech and English. Works by the artist are held at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Modern Art. Jan Tichy received Young Artist Prize.
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The recorded working language is Czech and English. The field of work recorded is video recording, photography and art of sculpture. Work by Jan Tichy is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Distinctions recorded are Young Artist Prize.
Jan Tichy is a contemporary artist and educator working in video, sculpture, architecture, and photography. Born in Prague in 1974, Tichy studied art in Israel before moving to Chicago.
Education
Education
Tichy studied at the Musrara School of Photography and New Media in Jerusalem and at the Advanced Studies in Fine Art and Photography program at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Tel Aviv. He earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he is now Assistant Professor at the Department of Photography.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• 2019 Weight of Light, Museum Bensheim, Germany • 2014 aroundcenter, Chicago Cultural Center • 2013 Politics of Light, No Longer Empty & Richard Gray Gallery, NYC; Overlap, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv; Jan Tichy, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, WA • 2012 MATRIX 164, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; 1979:1-2012:21, Museum of Contemporary Photography; Project Cabrini Green, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv! 2011 Installation No.13, Nathan Gottesdiener Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; • 2010 01:37:24:05, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv; Installation No. 10, Spertus Museum, Chicago • 2009 Installations, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago; Recent Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam, Israel • 2008 12*12, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago • 2007 1391, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art • 2004 Beton, Morel Derfler Gallery, Jerusalem
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Public collections
• Museum of Modern Art • MAGASIN III • Museum of Contemporary Photography • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Israel Museum Jerusalem
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Awards and Prizes
2012 Faculty Enrichment Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2011 Gold Award in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2010 Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize 2009 MFA Fellowship Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2008 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
Jan Tichy Project Cabrini Green Exhibition opening: August 23, 2012
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Jan Tichy Project Cabrini Green Exhibition opening: August 23, 2012
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