Jakub Hájek & František Hanousek

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 Working as a single entity, Jakub and František share a sense of foresight and synchronicity in their artistic practice. Co-authorship has never been merely a motive for them but rather a fundamental condition. It is the key to facing the challenges of the art industry, with its own materialist specifics. It is the constitutive element of reciprocity and friendship that helps them maintain their enthusiasm and motivation to remain engaged in artistic labor. Using different artistic languages—ranging from works on paper to complex installations—they create tiny connections between certain historical periods, all while preserving a poetic framework, which they refer to as “the universal industrial key drama, the transition from psychic woodiness to psychic metallicity.”


Jakub and František (1994, Czech Republic) are based in Prague and Vimperk. Both hold master’s degrees from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. They have exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at C. Rockefeller Center for the Contemporary Arts in Dresden (2020), Holešovická Šachta in Prague (2020), and Future Suburban Contemporary in Copenhagen (2022). Their work has been included in numerous group shows, including A.M. 180 in Prague (2019), Futura Prague (2020), Bistro 21 in Leipzig, Dálava space in Prague (2021), Divoká Šárka (is still alive) in Prague (2021), Terén in Brno (2022), Clueless Agency in Prague (2023), Acud gallery in Berlin (2024), Display in Prague (2024). Their work was also incorporated as an exhibition design at MeetFactory Prague (2023), Galerie Klatovy / Klenová (2023) and  AQB Budapest (2024).  
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2024

01. Na úpatí zahrady; Curated by Marek Meduna; Kurzor; Prague (CZ)
02.To The Bottom Of The Goblet; Curated by Ján Gajdušek; AQB Budapest (HU)
03.Cognitive Fuckfest; A.M. 180 gallery; Prague (CZ)
04.Things That Knowledge Cannot Eat; Curated by Jiří Sirůček a Noemi Purkrábková; galerie Display; Praha (CZ)
05.The Underbelly of a Lost Hat; curated by Natálie Kubíková, Mia Milgrom; Garage Gallery Prague (CZ)
06.Winterbergovy Slzy; Knihovna Vimperk (CZ)
07.There has to be smth in the room; Curated by Alžběta Čermáková; ACUD; Berlin (DE) RESIDENCIES

2024 - AQB; Budapest (HU)
2023 - MORPHO; Antwerp (BE)
2023 - AB3 Pražárna; Prague (CZ)
2022 - Future Suburban Contemporary; Copenhagen (DK)
2021 - 42. international painting symposium in Moravany nad Váhom (SK)
2021 - Dálava Space; Prague (CZ)
2019 - C. Rockefeller Center for the contemporary Arts, Dresden (GER)


PRESS

Profile written by Michal Novotný (in Czech only)

Reviews (only in Czech):

Dát zmatku světa smysl by Ondřej Trhoň

Upřímnost nade vše by Helena Todorová

Triptych podzemného zvukopriestoru by Viktória Pardovičová

Mysterium tremendum na zahradě galerie by František Fekete







Immersive piece/exhibition design/architecture or whatever you want to call it
To The Bottom Of The Goblet, AQB Budapest (documentation soon)
Heartbeaten, Holešovická šachta, Prague 
Kingdom of Hex and Jakub Hošek’s Clairvoyant at Meet Factory, Prague
Trite, contrived, mediocre, milquetoast, amateurish, infantile, cliche-and-gonorrhea-ridden paean to conformism and other cultural events.
Cognitive Fuckfest; A.M. 180 gallery 2024
Winterbergovy Slzy; Knihovna Vimperk

Death by Dipping Sauce


 




Jakub Hájek & František Hanousek 2024