Biography
Filip Švehla (b.1991, Czech Republic) is a visual artist whose work employs a formalistic approach toward painting. His focus is on the exploration of colours in relation to urban space, architecture, and living space in general. Filip lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.
Education
BA, Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague, 2011-2017
Diploma, Utrecht School of Arts, 2015
Press
2023, Take A Walk Through The Colorful Abstract World of Filip Švehla, Loves Art Will Travel
2023, 12 Artists From Czechia On Our Radar, Contemporary Lynx
2023, Angažmá Filip Švehla: Rezidence v NY, obrazy za 200 tisíc, (ne) příprava AVU na trh, My děti ze stanice
Exhibitions
2023, Five Colored Stripe, Galerie Poštovního muzea, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2023, (UN)Attainable Light, THINK+feel Contemporary, Miami, USA (Solo)
2023, Elements, Galerie Škroupovka, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (Group)
2023, Pop-Up Shop, Parasol Projects, New York, USA (Group)
2022, Wonderful World, Volesky&Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2022, 18 FPS, Jan Čejka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2021, Mégethos 28, Kampus Hybernská, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2021, Prize of Art Critique for Young Painting, Gallery of Critics - Adria Palace, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2020, Today and tomorrow will be better, Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2020, Art Prague Fair, Youngrealart, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2019, Armonico, OFF/FORMAT Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic (Solo)
2019, Smucik Ordnung, Stolen Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2019, 370 Days Sunny, Jan Čejka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2019, Painting III, Millennium Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2019, Leinemann Kunstpreis - Negative Realism, Czech Center, Berlin, Germany (Group)
2018, Summeracademy Venedig, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy (Group)
2017, Fortunately, I had a Special Room, Villa P651, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
2017, New Wave, AVU Graduates 2017, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2017, Landscape, Nová Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2014, Your Silence has Become Our Silence, AVU Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2014, I Passed by an Apple Tree, Nákladové nádraží Žižkov, Praha, Czech Republic (Group)
2014, Kunstpreis der Leinemann-Stiftung, České centrum, Berlin, Germany (Group)
2013, Lukov Symposium, Topicuv Club, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2012, Figurama, Gallery of Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (Group)