Robert Houzar

I am a Prague-based artist who primarily works with high-resolution photography. My main focus in my artwork revolves around the themes of transformation and the movement of masses, which are driven by human existence. I am intrigued by the apparent rationality of an individual's limited perspective in relation to the ongoing proliferation of our entire civilization.

By utilizing manipulated photography and computer collage techniques, I have the ability to manipulate and repurpose all that humanity has produced. I can handle these materials with complete freedom, stripping them of their original purpose, arranging their fragments into heaps akin to branches in a forest, or breaking down towering skyscrapers in Hong Kong into small pieces that resemble weathered bits of wood.

I source my photographic materials primarily from major urban centers such as Hong Kong, New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin, and others. The high resolution of these images allows me to create large-format prints that capture the finest details.

In my creative process, I deconstruct images of the world and reconstruct them into new structures, all the while questioning them, even though I am deeply embedded within them.

Vaclav Hollar Art School in Prague, The School of Art and Design in Prague

2020
9th International Festival of Fine Arts, Kranj, Slovenia
(group exhibition)

2018
Posthuman / Atelier Síň Gallery, Telč, Czech Rep.
(solo exhibition)

2017
Pressure / Galerie Fotografic, Prague, Czech Rep.
Curator - Martin Fojtek
(solo exhibition)

2015
Under The Surface - Five-channel sound installation
Live Gallery project, part of Pilsen Europian Capital of Culture.
(group exhibition)

2014
Texture & Collage month / Source Spotlight Display, Tate Britain, London, UK
(group exhibition)

Variable Collection by National Gallery / Perla, Vrané nad Vltavou, CZ
+ sound installation "Schallgeist"
(group exhibition)

Off Station / Moving Station, Pilsen, Czech Rep.
(group exhibition)

2013
„7“- Seven years of permanent extinction / Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Rep.
(group exhibition)

Anthropocene / Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Rep.
+ sound installation "Anthropocene"
(solo exhibition)

Particles / Atelier Síň Gallery, Telč, Czech Rep.
(solo exhibition)

2012
Devil is all around / Experimental Space NoD, Prague, Czech Rep
(solo exhibition)

Devil is all around / Café Fra, Prague, Czech Rep.
(solo exhibition)

2011
Higher Pitch / Village Underground, London, UK
(group exhibition)

Devil is all around / Café Sladkovský, Prague, C...