Jan Hlpka

From the very beginning up to the present, his work has been dominated by original, oddly ‘Chlpka-style’ stylized domestic animals: from poultry to cattle. Their coloring is also unconventional, often in vibrant colors, so that in Ján Chlpka's work, a tomcat can even be green. The entire artistic world of Ján Chlpka is essentially defined by warm, bright colors and breathes positive energy. On the other hand, his artistic world is somehow ‘soft’ and pliable... because the contours of his people and animals are always rounded. We never encounter a sharp or angular shape in Ján Chlpka's paintings.The village scenes in Ján Chlpka's paintings are placed into the empty space of the canvas, where the sky and the earth can always be clearly distinguished. The surroundings in which the scenes are set are clear, almost desolate. Upon it, one can notice only a solitary blade of stylized grass and occasional, also highly original stylized trees—both in terms of their shape and color palette. (Vladimir Valentik)

Ján Hlpka (Chlpka) was born in Glozan (Vojvodina, Serbia) in 1965. He completed primary school in Glozan, and secondary school in Petrovec and Futog. He graduated in veterinary medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Saraj...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1. Zuzka Medveďová Gallery, Báčsky Petrovec (Serbia), April 23 – May 16, 1993 (First Journey to Imagination)
2. House of Culture, Hložany (Serbia), March 7 – March 15, 1996 (Slovak Women)
3. House of Culture, Kovačica (Serbia), April 26 – May 5, 1997 (Dear Village...)
4. Pečat Gallery, Novi Sad (Serbia), June 4 – June 20, 1998 (Peace of the Village and "Peace of the Village")
5. Slovak Gallery of Naive Art, Trenčín (Slovakia), January 22 – February 28, 1999
6. House of Artists, Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia), April 12 – May 31, 2000
7. Agricultural Museum, Kulpín (Serbia), June 27, 2002 (By the Moonlight)
8. Krug Gallery, Bečej (Serbia), December 10, 2003 – January 5, 2004
9. Pri jasliach Gallery, Báčsky Petrovec (Serbia), July 4 – July 31, 2004 (Fire – Put Me Out, Can't You See I'm Burning)
10. Pálffy Palace Gallery, Bratislava (Slovakia), September 13 – October 3, 2004
11. Zuzka Medveďová Gallery, Báčsky Petrovec (Serbia), October 20 – November 17, 2013
12. Premises of MOMS Hložany, Hložany (Serbia), September 18 – September 28, 2025