Martin Mulač

Bio

born on the 9th March 1988 in Prague

Studies

2007–2013 / Graphics atelier I. (Prof. J. Lindovský), Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
2009 / Lithographic symposium in Leipzig
2012 / Lithographic workshop – Ingrid Leden (AVU, Prague)
2013 / Linocut symposium, Klenová

Memberships

2016 / Association of Czech Graphic Artists Hollar Prague

Representations

Handmade paper mills Velké Losiny
Fine art gallery in Ostrava
Felix Jenewein Gallery
Art Museum Olomouc
Monument of National Literature in Prague
Represented in private collections both in the Czech Republic and abroad

Awards

2010 / atelier award Graphics I. (AVU)
2010 / honorable mention / graphic of the year 2010 / graphic sheet "People"
2013 / prize for printing from above / graphic of the year 2012 / graphic sheet "Apocalypse now I."
2013 / honorable mention / graphic of the year 2012 / graphic sheet "Dogs"
2014 / honorable mention / graphic of the year 2013 / student category – print from above / graphic sheet "Apocalypse now VII."
2014 / honorable mention / graphic of the year 2013 / screen print "Apocalypse now IV."
2014 / honorable mention / graphic artist of the year 2013 / 2D Digital animation "Apocalypse in Prague" (Martin Mulač and Boris Koštel)
2014 / Prize of the Pilsen Region / International Biennial of Graphics 2014 / Museum of Dr. B. Horák in Rokycany
2020 / prize of the Monument of National Literature in Prague / XVI Triennial of Czech ex libris 2020 / Prague

Individual exhibitions

2023 / Resurrection / Regionální museum a galerie v Jičíně zámecká galerie
2021 / Shinning – Enlightenment / (A)void gallery, Prague (Catalogue)
2021 / Nálebky / permanent site specific to toilet installation, Knihkopec, Prague
2019 / Mayhem / Municipal Theater Kolín (Catalogue)
2019 / Exuberance / Caesar Gallery, Olomouc (Catalogue)
2015 / Necromantix / Rabas Gallery, Rakovník (Catalogue)
2014 / Chaos / Dundee Jam (exhibition of drawings), Kladno

Joint exhibitions

2024 / Bodies / Navrátil gallery, Prague
2024 / Finitude in infinity / Museum and Podjizerská gallery Semily, p.o.
2024 / The magic of the imprint / Port 1560 gallery, Český Krumlov
2024 / Central Bohemian Triennial 24 / Rabas gallery, Rakovník
2024 / Book launch of a special catalog edition – Resurrection/ Winternitz villa, Prague
2024 / Pre-Spring: Temptation of the Senses / Empire Greenhouse in the Royal Garden, Prague
2023 / Gamekeeper realism vol. 2 / Portheimka gallery, Prague
2023 / Connected III. – author's book / Kunstlerhaus Vereinigung factory, Vienna
2022 / (Ne)moc / DOX, Prague
2022 / Bohemian taboo roadshow / Akropolis Palace, Prague
2022 / Horror Festival I. / Gallery Sýpka Buštěhrad (catalogue) (photo gallery)
2022 / Gabriel Loci, ART FEST: What doesn't give us day gives us night / Prague
2022 / Congress V. / club Underdogs, Prague
2021 / MementoMori / Hyb4galerie, Prague / art gallery chez xefo, Barcelona / la trampa, Mexico
2021 / Solitude in the middle of a crowd – Charles Baudelaire and Czech art / GASK, Kutná Hora (Catalogue) (photo gallery)
2021 / Aphrodite today, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (Catalogue) (photo gallery)
2021 / The Search for Uniqueness, Hollar Gallery, Prague (Catalogue) (photo gallery)
2021 / Young graphics: Generation / Hollar Gallery, Prague
2021 / Oskar Kokoschka and close faces / Regional gallery – graphic cabinet, Liberec (Catalogue) (photo gallery)
2020 / A dream within a dream – Edgar Allan Poe / National Gallery – Fair palace, Prague (Catalogue) (photo gallery)
2019 / To Josef Váchal – exhibition on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, Antique book shop Trigon, Prague
2019 / Neue Wilde, Dot Gallery, Bratislava
2018 / XVIII. Jenewein Symposium / Felix Jenewein Gallery (Catalogue)
2018 / Face to face / tete-a-tete / Hollar Gallery, Prague (Catalogue)
2018 / Art Safari 33: heaven and hell / Studio Bubec, Řeporyje
2017 / Hollar today / To the 100th anniversary of the founding of SČUG, Hollar Gallery, Prague (Catalogue)
2017 / Shadow Players / Rock Café, Prague
2017 / Through the Šumava landscape / Czech Center, Munich
2017 / Hundred-year journey through Šumava / Klatovy Gallery – Klenová, Klatovy (Catalogue)
2017 / Life is painful and disappointing, Massakr vol. I. Lovecraft / Trafo Gallery, Prague (Catalogue and Graphic album)
2017 / Art Brut All – Extended dark / Josefov Fortress – Jaroměř, Mine Michal – Ostrava (Catalogue)
2016 / Linocut II. / Gallery Klatovy – Klenová, Klatovy (Catalogue)
2016 / Graphic of the year / Glam-Gallas palace, Prague
2016 / 7th Kladno Salon / Kladno Castle Gallery, Kladno
2016 / Life is painful and brings disappointment – Massakr vol. I.: Lovecraft, Pilsen City Gallery (Catalogue)
2015 / Graphic of the year, Glam-Gallas Palace, Prague
2014 / International Graphic Biennale 2014 / Museum Dr. B. Horák, Rokycany
2014 / Celebrating print / BBLA, New York, USA
2014 / Graphic of the year / Glam-Gallas Palace, Prague
2013 / Graduates of AVU / Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prague (Catalogue)
2013 / Graphic of the year / Glam-Gallas palace, Prague
2013 / Decadent delirium / site specific installation, Liboc Cemetery, Prague
2012 / Sex, Graves, Alcohol / Exhibition hall of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR, Prague
2012 / Graphic of the year / Glam-Gallas palace, Prague
2012 / Exhibition of graphics, drawings and paintings, Municipal Library Prague – Opatov
2012 / Hommage á Wittlich / Art and Industry Museum in Prague (Graphic album)
2011 / Interbifep XIV., / International Biennial of Portraits, Drawings and Graphics, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Catalogue)
2011 / Graphic of the year / Clam-Gallas palace, Prague
2010 / Graphic of the year / Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague
2009 / Graphic of the year / Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague
2009 / Goldener Centaur / Munich (Catalogue)

Publications

Catalogues

2022 / Power(less) / catalogue for the exhibition, editors Terezie Zemánková, Natálie Drtinová, Otto M. Urban, DOX, Prague
2022 / K. H. M. / publication for permanent exhibition in the Museum of Literature, Prague
2022 / Horror Festival I., catalogue for the exhibition, Sýpka gallery, Buštěhrad (photo gallery)
2021 / United Dead Artistes / premier of semester 2021, France
2021 / Solitude in the middle of the crowd Charles Baudelaire and Czech art / catalogue for the exhibition, GASK Kutná Hora
2021 / Aphrodite today / catalogue for the exhibition, Hollar Gallery, Prague
2021 / Search for uniqueness / catalogue for the exhibition, Hollar Gallery, Prague
2021 / Oskar Kokoschka and close faces / catalogue for the exhibition, Liberec
2021 / Shinning – Enlightenment / accompanying "newspaper" with reproductions and texts, Avoid gallery Prague (photo gallery)
2020 / A dream in a dream – Edgar Allan Poe / catalogue for the exhibition, National Gallery, Prague
2020 / For books for the collection for joy / exhibition of ex-libris contemporary work 2018–2020, Prague
2019 / Linocut II. / Klatovy
2019 / XVIII. Jenewein Symposium / Kutná Hora
2019 / Face to face / tete-a-tete, Prague
2018 / Art Brut All – Extended dark, Ostrava
2018 / Portman: Josef Portman (1893–1968) On the border of bibliomania / authors Vilma Hubáčková, Bronislava Rokytová, published by Arbor vitae, Memorial of National Literature, Prague
2017 / Hundred-year journey through Šumava, Klatovy
2016 / Magic of print / author Ondřej Michálek, graphic techniques and printing technology, Barrister and Principal, Brno
2016 / Life is painful and brings disappointment – Massakr vol. I.: Lovecraft / catalogue for the exhibition, author Otto M. Urban, Pilsen City Gallery
2014 / Contemporary art through the eyes of Martin Fryč, author Martin Fryč, HereLove publishing house, Hradec Králové
2014 / Martin Gerboc or the Mad Portrait of an Artist of His Age / author Martin Gerboc, Edice Parter, Prague
2013 / Graduates of AVU, Prague
2012 / Otto M. Urban – Hommage and Wittlich. Society Biblios. II. Volume of the Vanitas edition, graphic sheet, remake of J. Schikaneder Murder in the House, Velké Losiny (Graphic album)
2011 / Interbifep XIV. International Biennale of Portraits, Drawings and Graphics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011 / Edition of contemporary academic drawing (E.C.A.D) / author Lenka Kahuda Klokočková, Universa, Prague
2009 / Goldener Centaur, Munich

Graphic albums

2012 / Otto M. Urban – Hommage and Wittlich. Society Biblios. II. Vanitas edition volume, graphic sheet, remake of J. Schikaneder Murder in the house, Velké losiny (Graphic album)
2016 / Life is painful and brings disappointment – Massakr vol. I.: Lovecraft / graphic album published for the exhibition, Pilsen City Gallery
2019 / Face to face – tete-a-tete / graphic album published for the exhibition, Galerie Hollar, Prague

Illustration

2020 / Good night, I'm leaving, author David Hrbek, published by Druhé město, book illustrations
2019 / Bohorovné hory: Cruel gums in prose, Robert Janda, published by Krásné nakladatelství, book illustrations
2011 / Jiří Hauber – Kabbala poets, illustrations, PROTIS publishing house, Prague

Realizations

2024 – Hommage á Josef Váchal – A tribute portrait, installed on the grave in Radim

Media

Magazines / Fanzines

2023 / Smrtisyn No. 1/2023 – illustrations
2022 / Smrtisyn No. 1/2022 – illustrations, paining, poems, survey by Michal Jelínek, essay and interview by Kamil Princ
2022 / Smrtisyn No. 2/2022 – illustrations, drawing
2022 / Kids and heroes – illustrations
2021 / Pandora No. 41 – article by Michal Jelínek
2021 / Shape No. 8/2021 – Kristýna Jirátová picture gallery
2021 / Smrtisyn No. 3/2021 – illustrations, paintings
2021 / Smrtisyn No. 4/2021 – illustrations, review by Kamil Princ
2020 / Weekly Echo – exhibition review
2018 / Booklet: Skeletons – Empty souls 2018
2017 / Weekly Echo 2017 – review of exhibition
2017 / Article No. 1/2017 – review of exhibition
2016 / Article No. 4/2016 – interview by Markét Garai