Václav Vaca
Václav Vaca | |
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| Born | 1948 |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Education | Prague Conservatory |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Surrealism |
| Awards | XSABA International Foundation Award, Merlin Foundation Award for Excellence in the Arts |
Václav Vaca (born 1948) is a Czech surrealist artist.
Biography[edit]
Childhood – 1948–1968[edit]
Václav Vaca was born in 1948 in Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic). From 1963 to 1968 he studied at the Prague Conservatory. Vaca began his artistic career as a ballet dancer and musician. When standing on a street corner performing with his troupe in Paris, he decided to leave for North America.
Canada and painting – 1969–present day[edit]
In 1969 Vaca moved to Canada and became a painter. He began to exhibit widely in Canada and the United States. He now lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. In 1982 he featured in a television documentary on CBC television entitled "Vaclav Vaca – Fantastic Visions". He now runs an interior design business.[1]
Works[edit]
His works, which are surrealist, are all brightly coloured and dream-like. Some of his works incorporate religion such as "Gate to heaven" and "The cup".
Solo exhibitions[edit]
Since 1973, Vaca has had 15 solo exhibitions, with the most recent being in 2006.[2][3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Vaca, Václav. "Interior Visions – Home". Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "Saginaw Schedule of The Society for Art of Imagination". Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "http://www.artofimagination.org/Pages/Saginaw.html Exhibition guide for the Saginaw art museum
References[edit]
- Interview at Review Magazine
- Biography at Sacred Catalog
- The Purple Pterodactyls, a book for which Václav Vaca illustrated the cover
External links[edit]
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