Jakub Nepraš

Jakub Nepraš (* 1981) graduated from the Václav Hollar Higher School of Fine Arts (1996–2000) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (2001–2006, in the studios of Michael Bielický, Veronika Bromová, and Aleš Veselý). In 2004, he spent a year at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He was nominated for the Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis in Bonn, won second place in the prestigious Essl Award, third place in the International Biennale Florence, and received other significant awards. He has exhibited at leading Czech institutions such as the Prague City Gallery or the National Gallery Prague, and extensively abroad as well, for instance in Dubai, Brussels, Zurich, or Montevideo. He is also the author of a number of temporary and long-term public space installations. His work is part of public and private collections, including the National Gallery Prague.