Martin Velíšek (*1968) is an established artist of many faces. It is characterized by excellent knowledge of the creative means that create and subsequent experimenting with them. In his graphic works, for example, he cuts them, adapts them to their adjustration or makes 3D objects. The paintings are complemented by their physical artwork, leaving the frame with them or inserting hidden sources of artificial light into them. It is similarly daring to the history of art itself, so it reconstructs and makes again fresh numerous painting techniques or straight genres, which today does not receive such attention as before - still life, separate figure, landscape. He has won a number of awards for his work, especially as part of the “Graphics of the Year” festival, where he was nominated for the “Vladimír Boudník Award” for extraordinary graphic contribution in 2021.
His works could be seen, for example, at the exhibitions "Apropriation" (2025) and "Portraits" (2019) in the Alšov South Bohemian Gallery, "thinking of painting" in the Gallery of Prague (2023) or "silence" in the Václav Špála Gallery (2017). He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1989–1996, studios: Jitka Svobodová, Zdeněk Beran, Bedřich Dlouhý, Miloš Šejn) and, in addition to art, he also focuses on literary activities and pedagogy. In 2019 he was appointed professor. It is represented in the following collections (selection): Gallery of the Capital City of Prague, Olomouc Museum, Regional Gallery in Liberec, Klatovy-Klenová Gallery, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, OECD in Paris, Minister des Affaires Entrangeres du Luxemburg.
