Robert Janás take pictures of night city streets with a painter-like vision, which embodies the atmosphere and genius loci of particular cities and their boroughs, showing the variant colours of the seasons. The dominant feature in his work is the handling of colour and light, which represent basic structural elements and become the central motif of the pictures.
Photographer, poet and art historian.
- Born 30th April 1973 in Brno. From 1991 he studied at Masaryk University in Brno. Graduated in 1998 (MA, history of art and history) (diploma work: Hans Temple, Moravian painter of Naturalism).
- He obtained PhD degree at Masaryk University in Brno in 2002 (history of art, thesis: Mährischer Kunstverein /1882 – 1918/).
- 1998 – 2003 he was a lecturer at Masaryk University in Brno (lectures from 19th century painting and iconography).
- From 2005 he is a lecturer at Charles University in Prague (lectures from 19th century painting).
- As a poet Robert Janás obtained several awards.
Published books of poems:
- Modrá mlha/Blue Mist (1998, Edice 33)
- Smaragdové lampy/Lamps of Emerald (2003, Větrné mlýny)
- Černé onyxy noci/Les onyx noires de la nuit (2013, H_aluze)
Published short stories book:
- Mondscheingasse/Ulice měsíčního svitu (2015, Nakladatelství Šimon Ryšavý)
Important solo exhibitions:
- 2002 – Brněnské kulturní centrum/Cultural centre of Brno (municipal galleries) – Noc a její kouzla/La nuit et ses prestiges
- 2008 – Galerie XXL, Louny – Mezi snem a skutečností (+ J. Hauschka, J. Spěváček)
Selected group exhibitions:
- 2007 – Topičův salón, Prague – Uvízli v listopadu/Stuck in the Middle of November
- 2008 – Galerie Dolmen, Brno – Uvízli v listopadu/Stuck in the Middle of November II
- 2010 – Galerie 21. století, Prague – Stuck at the National Gallery
- 2011 – Výstavní síň Chrudim – Prague Stuckists
- 2011 – Lauderdale House London – Enemies of Art
- 2011 – 10th International Contemporary Art Fair Art Prague
- 2012 – Zámek Letovice – Pražští stuckisté/Stuck in the Castle
- 2012 – Bermondsey Project Space, Londýn – Stuckists: Elizabethan Avant-Garde
- 2016 – Brno City Museum – Prague Stuckists
Contact:
e-mail: rjanas@centrum.cz
phone: (+420) 723 262 251