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• „Sun Stele", 2004 (Těrlicko – Horní Dvůr),
Křišťanov diorite, polished stainless steel, 420x140x100 cm
Martin Kuchař
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Martin Kuchař
■ ■ ■ b o r n
7 September, 1969 in Český Těšín
■ ■ ■ s t u d i e s
• 1983 – 1987 Secondary Art School in Uherské
Hradiště, Stone Sculpture (prof. Jiří Habarta)
• 2000 – 2006 University of Silesia in Katovice,
Faculty of Art – Sculpture (prof. Jerzy Fober)
■ ■ ■ s y m p o s i u m s
• 2000 International Granite Sculpture Symposium
J. Hradec
• 2001 International Open Air Gathering Třinec
• 2001 International Sculpture Symposium
„Stone" Brno – Královo Pole
• 2001 International Open Air Sculpture Gathering
Chociemysl/Polsko/
• 2002 International Sculpture Meeting – Uh. Hradiště
• 2002 International Open Air Gathering – Bystřice
n/Olší
• 2004 International Sculpture Symposium
Landek 04
• 2006 International Sculpture Symposium
My-Wy-Razem Centre of Polish SculptureOronsko PL
• 2007 International Sculpture Meeting
“Intersections“ Piotrkow Trybunalski PL
• 2008 International Sculpture Symposium
Balatonfüred, HU
• 2008 Dimension of Contemporary SculptureInternational, Sculpture Project AFAD Bratislava,
SK
• 2009 Second International Sculpture
Symposium MADINATY, EGYPT
■ ■ ■ p r o j e c t s
• Organizer of International Sculpture Symposiums
2002 Landek „02", „04“, „06“ Ostrava
• 2003 Multimedia Project „Tree of Many-Trees“
• 2004 – 2005 Visualization of Třinec Steelworks
• 2006-2007 Coordinator of International Project
WE-YOU-TOGETHER
• 2006-2008 Coordinator of International Project
WE-YOU-TOGETHER
■ ■ ■ c o m p e t i t i o n s
• 1988 Ostrava-Generation-1.place in a discipline
Sculpture
• 2000 Zahrádky u Pelhřimova-an international tender
for a public fountain 1.place, realized 2000
• 2001 Český Těšín – a tender for a town fountain
/together with architect K.Cieslar 1.place
(not realized)
• 2003 Havířov – a tender for a new feature of the
town - fountain, with architects Z. Zelenka
and K. Cieslar 3.place
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e x h i b i t i o n s
• 1987 Havířov: Public Library
• 1987 Karviná: Kino Gallery
• 2000 Havířov: Public Library
• 2001 Ostrava: Budoucnost Gallery
■ ■ ■ c o l l e c t i v e e x h i b i t i o n s
• 1993 Havířov: Graduates of Art School – V. Wünsche
Gallery
• 1994 Č. Krumlov: Teachers of Arts and Crafts
School of St. Agnes – St. Agnes Gallery
• 1998 Havířov: Havířov Salon
• 1999 Ostrava: together with D. Bravencová,
O. Cienciala and K. Cieslar – Magna Gallery
• 1999 Wroclav PL: with J. Voldřichová,
D. Bravencová, A. Kroča and O. Cienciala
and professors of AVU Wroclav – Messe Gallery
• 1999 Havířov: with I. Müller – Spirála Gallery
• 1999 Havířov: members of UVU Ostrava –
V. Wünsche Gallery
• 2000 J. Hradec: members of UVU Ostrava –
Castle Gallery
• 2000 Praha: Prague Salon 2000 – Trade Fair
Palace
• 2000 Havířov: Exhibition of Havířov Artists –
V. Wünsche Gallery
• 2000 Olomouc: members of UVU Ostrava – Town
Gallery
• 2001 Mělník: members of UVU Ostrava
• 2001 Schwalmstatd BRD: Teschner Silesien 2002
Karviná: Town Gallery members of UVU Ostrava
• 2003 Ostrava-Petřkovice: „Tree of Many-Trees"
• 2003 Ostrava-Petřkovice: International Project
„Wonderland"
• 2004 Ostrava Exhibition of Participants of
Symposium Landek 2004, Kruh Gallery
• 2005 Ostrava Kruh Gallery – an exhibition of SVUT
• 2005 Havířov Vilém Vünsche Gallery
• 2006 Oronsko WE-YOU-TOGETHER, Grand
Travelling Exhibition–Centre of Polish Sculpture, -PL
• 2007 Lodž WE-YOU-TOGETHER Grand Travelling
Exhibition – ASPM, PL.
• 2007 Sydney SCULPTURE BY THE SEA
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BONDI 2007, Australia
2007 Havířov WE-YOU-TOGETHER, Grand
Travelling Exhibition V. Wunsche Gallery
2007 Vesprém WE-YOU-TOGETHER, Grand
Travelling Exhibition Arthouse-Csikász Galeria, HU
2008 Balatonfüred -WINE-STONES-Borkovek,
Kisfaludy Gallery, HU
2008 Bratislava-WE-YOU-TOGETHER Grand
Travelling Exhibition Medium Gallery, SK
2008 Ostrava- OSTRAVA ART, Ostrava Museum
2008 Ostrava-Petrkovice, International Sculpture
Symposium Landek08 Exhibition, Studna Gallery
■ ■ ■ r e a l i z a t i o n
• 1991 Velká Čantorye – a plaque of
J. Třanovský (bronze)
• 1992 Český Krumlov – relieves in the music shop
(antique plaster)
• 1995 Hrádek ve Slezsku – Memorial of Victims of
WWII (sandstone, metal, bronze)
with Ing. Arch. K. Cieslar
• 1995 Český Těšín – Pilots Memorial (sandstone,
granite, cast iron) with Ing.Arch. K. Cieslar
• 1996 Těrlicko – interior sculptures in the elementary
school (polyester, granite, brass)
• 1996 Hrádek ve Slezsku – a relief on an erratic
boulder (syenite)
• 1997 Karviná–emblems on the town hall facade
(bronze)
• 1997 Stanislavice –a garden sculpture at a family
house (sandstone, metal)
• 1998 Havířov – Životice – a garden sculpture
at a family house (sandstone, metal)
• 1998 Horní – Bludovice – an entrance facade of
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a family house and relieves (sandstone, metal, glass)
1999 Bohumín – a garden sculpture at a family
house – fountain (sandstone, metal)
1999 Těrlicko – Hradiště – an entrance facade of
a family house (sandstone, wood, metal)
1999 Paskov – a garden sculpture– fountain
(sandstone)
1999 Kyjovice – a statue of Christ, the tomb of
earl of Stollberg (granite, sandstone, polyester,
metal)
2000 Těrlicko – Hradiště –a garden sculpture
(ash tree)
2000 Jindřichův Hradec – Husovy sady,
International Sculpture Symposium,
Identification for the III. Millennium (Mrákotín
granite)
2000 Český Krumlov – a garden sculpture
„Bird Eagle-bird" (Štěpánovice syenite)
2000 Zahrádky – a fountain
(Štěpánovice syenite)
2001 Těrlicko – Hradiště – „Chair and Table"
(Štěpánovice syenite)
2001 Třinec – hospital grounds „Wedge"
(Štěpánovice syenite)
2001 Suchdol n/Odrou, Kletné – a fountain
(sandstone)
2001 Brno – „Hurt Bird" (Hořice sandstone)
2001 Chociemysl (Polsko) – „Statue for Women"
(sandstone, granite)
2002 Havířov – Životice – „Bird" (diorite)
2002 Dolní Benešov – „Fish" (sanstone, stainless
steel)
2002 Uherské Hradiště – a fountain (Žlutava
pudding stone)
• 2002 Bystřice nad Olší – „Hedgehog Cage” (graphite)
• 2003 Velké Meziříčí – a coat of arms of the
Podstatzki–Lichtenstein (Silesian marble)
• 2003 Český Těšín – „Book” (Štěpánovice syenite)
• 2003 Ostrava – „Bird IV.)”, a fountain (Silesian
marble)
• 2003 Ostrava – a statue for Sunsquare
(Supíkovice marble)
• 2004 Těrlicko – Horní Dvůr – „Sun Stele"
(Křišťanov diorite, polished stainless steel)
• 2004 Orlová – a bas-relief of an Eagle (Mrákotín
granite) with Ing. Arch. P. Šimeček
• 2005 Ostrava – Smetanovo náměstí - „Crystal"
(diorite) with Ing. Arch. K. Cieslar
• 2006 Příbor – the exterior of the Bradna villa –
„Wave" (Tis granite)
• 2006 Příbor – the interior of the Bradna villa –
„Back" (Supíkovice marble)
• 2006 Ostrava – Petřkovice the interior of a
bowling hall (furniture and fountain) – Indian
granite, metal, wood
• 2007 Havířov-Suchá – „Riveted Stele” Silesian
granite, stainless steel
• 2007 Ostrava-Plesná „Worm“ Božanov sandstone
• 2007 Piotrkow Trybunalski International
Sculpture Meeting „Intersections“ „Pickaxe“, PL
• 2007 Ostrava-Petrkovice, Mining Museum
OKD, a memorial plaque with a portrait of the
museum founder Ing. Stanislav Vopasek, bronze
• 2008 Havífiov-Bludovice, the exterior of a family
villa – „Anticipation“, Indian granite
• 2008 Český Těšín - a memorial plaque with
a portrait of the Těšín Museum founder Jaroslav
Báča, bronze
• 2008 Ostrava- Petrkovice, a memorial plaque for
20th Anniversary of the Club of Friends of the
Mining museum, tombak
• 2008 Balatonfüred – International Sculpture
Symposium, „Known Animal“, basalt, HU
• 2009 Madinaty-City – International Sculpture
Symposium, „Pickaxe“, limestone, EGYPT
• 2009 Chotebuz – the exterior of a family villa,
„Fish Form“ Swedish syenite
• 2009 Napajedla-a fountain on the square, together
with Ac. Sculptor Jiří Vlach according to a design
of Ing. Arch. Pavel Šimeček, Mrákotín granite
• 2009 Havífiov – entrance hall of the city hospital,
„Tree of Life -MANYTREE” 650 years old lime wood
• 2009 Prague-CTU, „Cellule“, Maletín sandstone,
steel
■ ■ ■ r e s t o r a t i o n
w o r k s
• 1991 Štramberk Národní sad – a bust of J.Palacký
(copy)
• 1991 Štramberk Národní sad – a bust of T.G.M.
copy
• 1991 Sloup v Čechách – baroque statues with co
at of arms on the facade of the Kinský castle
• 1992 Frýdek Místek – a wooden polychrome
statue of Christ
• 1993 Český Krumlov – castle balustrade
• 1994 Havířov – Životice – a copy of a statue of
St. Jan Nepomucký (Božanov sanstone)
• 1994 Havířov – Šumbark – restoring a figure
composition (artificial stone)
• 1995 Italy – Tuscana – restoring stone
pieces of a Renaissance house
• 1997 – 98 Dolní Benešov – restoring statues of
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St. Florián and St. Jan Nepomucký
1998 Dolní Benešov – a copy of a statue of
St. Nepomucký (Hořice sandstone)
1998 Petřvald – restoring a Memorial of Victims
of WWI
2000 Český Těšín – Memorial of Victims of WWI,
creating a relief of knight Zigfrýd (polyester)
2001 Kravaře – restoring a statue of St. Jan
Nepomucký with restorer Igor Kalina
2003 – 05 Dolní Benešov – restoring and
reconstructing a Memorial of Victims of WWI
2005 Ostrava –Poruba, restoring a large-area
figure relief (artificial stone)
2005 Karviná – restoring columns of Larisch
Tomb (Goduly sandstone)
2005 Český Těšín – restoring a statue of St. Jan
Nepomucký with restorer Igor Kalina
2005 Dolní Benešov – restoring stone
epitaphs with restorer Jakub Gajda
2007 Český Těšín-Horní Žukov – restoring
a statue of St. Jan Neomucký with restorer
Igor Kalina
2007 Havířov replica and restoring of a town
fountain „Boy with a fish“
2007 Havířov Suchá – restoring the WWI Victims
Memorial
2008 Český Těšín – restoring a baroque chapel
2009 Havířov-Bludovice – restoring a baroque
cross together with the restorer Jakub Gajda
■ ■ ■ e x p e r i e n c e
• 1999 member of UVU ČR - Ostrava
• 2001 Chairman of the Association for Activities
of International Stone Symposiums Landek
• 1992 – 1995 teacher at Arts and Crafts School of
St. Agnes, Český Krumlov
• 1996 – 2000 teacher at Private Secondary
Goldsmith School in Ostrava - Michálkovice
• 1999 – 2000 teacher at Elementary Art School
Havířov
• 2006-2008 Coordinator of International Sculpture
Project, WE-YOU-TOGETHER
■ ■ ■ Martin Kuchař
Pod Landekem 67
725 29 Ostrava–Petřkovice
Czech Republic
Europe
telephone: (00 420) 603 414 485
e-mail: [email protected]
• „Chair and Table", 2001 (Těrlicko-Hradiště)
Štěpánovice syenite,
h 200x w 500x depth 200 cm
detached sculptures
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• „Identification for the III. Milennium“, 2000 (Jindřichův Hradec – Husovy sady,
International Sculpture Symposium), Mrákotín granite, 220x300x70 cm
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• „Wedge", 2001 (Třinec – hospital grounds), Štěpánovice syenite, 130x130x120 cm
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• „Book", 2003 (Český Těšín), Štěpánovice syenite, 160x150x100 cm
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• „Hurt Bird", 2001 (Brno), Hořice sandstone, 120x250x90 cm
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• „Fish", 2002 (Dolní Benešov) Božanov sandstone, stainless steel, 100x350x60 cm
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• „Statue for Sunsquare“, 2003 (Ostrava),
Supíkovice marble, 200x160x50 cm
• „Statue for Women", 2001 (Chociemysl –
Poland), sandstone, marble, 300x200x100 cm
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• „Waves", 2006 (Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oroňsko) Střegom granite, 450x180x60 cm
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• „Riveted Stele", 2007 (Havířov) Silesian granite, 420x140x50 cm
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• Pickaxe", 2007 (Piotrkow Trybunalski) steel, 400x90x120 cm
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• „Wave”, 2006 (Pfiibor), Tiska granite, 300x110x60 cm
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• „Sun Stele”, 2007 (Sydney Bondi Beach),
diorite, 420x140x100cm
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• „Anticipation”, 2008 (Havífiov-Bludovice), Indian granite, 250x120x45 cm
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• „Fountain”, 2009 (Chotěbuz), Swedish granite, 300x300x40 cm
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• „Pickaxe”, 2007 (Madinaty City, Egypt) limestone, 400x120x110 cm
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• „Bird”, 2008, (Balatonfüred, HU), basalt, 200x90x80cm
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• „Bird", 2002 (Havířov–Životice), diorite, 140x160x120 cm
garden sculpture
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• „Fountain“, 2000 (Zahrádky), Štěpánovice syenite, 80x220x60 cm
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• „Bird", 2002 (Havířov – Životice), diorite, 140x150x120 cm
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• „Fountain“, 1999 (Bohumín),
sandstone, metal, 200x50x40 cm
• „Belfry“, 1997 (Stanislavice),
sandstone, metal, 220x60x40 cm
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• „Fountain“, 1999 (Paskov),
• „Bird Eagle-bird", 2000 (Český Krumlov),
Božanovice sandstone, 200x140x140 cm Štěpánovice syenite, 200x200x70 cm
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• „Bird IV." – fountain, 2003 (Ostrava), Silesian marble, 45x200x50 cm
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• „Garden Sculpture“, 1998
(Havířov – Životice), Hořice sandstone,
metal, 220x80x40 cm
• „Stele“, 2001 (Horní Dvůr),
ash tree, 250x50x45 cm
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• „Wave", 2006 (Příbor) Tiska granite, 40x90x230 cm
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• „Worm“, 2007 (Plesná), Božanovice sandstone, 130x180x70 cm
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• „Eagle“, 2004 (Orlová), Mrákotín granite, 80x500x280 cm
sculpture in architecture
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• „Crystal", 2005 (Ostrava – Smetanovo náměstí), Křišťanov diorite, 185x70x80 cm
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• „Dividing Wall“, 2004 (Bystřice n/Olší), ash tree, 120x300x45 cm
interior sculpture
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• „Forged Clock“, 1998
(Třinec), 50x20x25 cm
• „Queen“, 1998 (Třinec),
forged steel, 40x14x12 cm
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• „Forged Stele“, 1998,
forged steel, 30x8x5cm
• „Pyramids“, 1995 (Těrlicko),
syenite, brass, 140x12x8 cm
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• „Back“, 2006 (Příbor), Supikovice marble, 100x40x120 cm
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• „Fountain”, 2006, (Ostrava),
Indian granite, 300x80x80 cm
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• „Knight”, 2003, (Bohumín), forged steel,
40x15x8 cm
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• „Christ“ – the tomb of earl of Stollberg, 1999 (Kyjovice),
granite, sandstone, polyester, metal, 200x140x45 cm
memorials
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• „Pilots Memorial“, 1995 (Český Těšín), sandstone, granite, cast iron, 300x600x200 cm
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• „Memorial of Victims of WWII“, 1995
(Hrádek ve Slezsku), sandstone, metal, bronze,
250x120x60 cm
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• „Fence with Portal“, 1998 (Horní Dvůr), Goduly sandstone
gates and fences
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• „Forged Gate“, 1999 (Bystřice n/Olší), forged steel
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• „Forged Gate“, 1998 (Oldřichovice), forged steel, copper
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• „Emblem of the town of Karviná“ and „National Emblem“, 1997 (Karviná),
bronze, 55x45 cm
emblems
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• „Town Hall – emblems Český Těšín”, 2007, bronze, 70x50 cm
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• Memorial Plaque – „Mining Museum
OKD“, 2007 (Ostrava), bronze, 90x70cm
memorial plaques
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• „L. Báča”, 2008, (Český Těšín), bronze, 90x70cm
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