Patrik Hábl

Patrik Hábl (1975, Zlín) is one of the most prominent contemporary Czech painters. He graduated from UMPRUM, where he was appointed professor in 2025. His canvases have entered the National Gallery, the Convent of St. Agnes, and the academic Church of the Most Holy Salvator, while at DOX Prague he transformed the top floor into a chapel. In the autumn of 2025, he presented the extensive Immortāles exhibition at the Tuscan Palace under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He has held over a hundred solo exhibitions both at home and abroad, including in Milan, Kyoto, Graz, and Munich, and has participated in the fourth and sixth Beijing Biennials. His work is held in the collections of DOX, the Europol HQ Collection in The Hague, and the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery. As one of the few living Czech painters, he has repeatedly appeared in global selections of contemporary art by London auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's, alongside names such as Damien Hirst or David Hockney.