Daniel Balabán

Daniel Balabán (born 1957) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor František Jiroudek, where he also habilitated in 2004. In 2013, he was appointed professor in the field of painting.

He was born in Šumperk, Moravia, but has lived permanently in Ostrava since 1962. From 1993 to 2007, he served as the head of the painting studio at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Ostrava, and after the Faculty of Fine Arts was established, he led the Department of Painting and the Painting 1 studio there until 2025. In 2012, he became a laureate of the Michal Ranný Award.

He has exhibited in numerous Czech galleries, such as the National Gallery Prague, Václav Špála Gallery, the Brno House of Arts, the Moravian Gallery in Brno, and the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava. Abroad, he has presented his work in places such as Seoul, South Korea, Taiwan, Munich, and Katowice. Numerous monographs and exhibition catalogues have been published on his work.