simon vahala

MgA. Simon Vahala Born in 1978; lives and works in Prague

ART WORKS PUBLISHED IN CATALOGUES AND MAGAZINES: Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury, London, United Kingdoms Diplomants of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 2009, Czech Republic Humble Art Fundation - The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography Book, New York, USA Celeste Magazine, Mexico city, Mexico FIFI Magazine, Miami, USA Tiger Magazine, Tokyo, Japan Afisha Magazine, Moscow, Russia

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2009-2006 Koinoburi and readymades, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan More less Kyoto, ETW. Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Onanoko, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2009-2007 Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury, London, United Kingdoms Diplomants of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic 19 years after, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Berlin, Germany I hate nature - Intermedial studio of AVU, Opera House, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt Sofa Painting, AVU, Prague, Czech Republic Selfportrait, PACE ⁄ MACGILL GALLERY, New York, USA Art is nothing, Cultural Center DOM, Moscow, Russi Collections: Private collections in Japan, Switzerland, Czech Republic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / EXECUTED POSITION:

PHOTOGRAPHER TimeIN Praha - Life style magazine, Portraits, Architecture, Products Esquire - Life style magazine, Portraits, Illustration photos IlikeThis - Several clients as Office Depot, Inc. Vodafone - Self promo shooting Hard-de-core - Fashion shooting Orco group - Documentary Kolektory Prague - Self promo shooting, Fashion shooting, Calendar Faiyo - Fashion shooting

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elle magazine, Hachette Filipachi 2000 Claudia magazine, Bauer Media Promotion Division of Hachette Fillipachi 2000 Euro magazine, EuroNews Show! magazine, Hearst-Stratosfera s.r.o. Promotion Division of Hearst-Stratosfera s.r.o. Bydlení magazine, Bauer Media

PHOTOEDITOR Hospodářské noviny, (Economic News) is a daily newspaper in the Czech Republic. It is the most widely circulated paper in the country among those that concentrate on economics.

ILLUSTRATOR FHM magazine, Hearst-Stratosféra s.r.o. Esquire magazine, Hearst-Stratosféra s.r.o.

PAINTBRUSH JUNIOR RUST Advertising UNITY Advertising MarkBBDO Group Prague

EDUCATION September 2003 - due to qualify in August 2009 Academy of fine Art in Prague – Intermedial studio of prof. Milan Knizak Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

February 2007 – July 2007 Art and Design University in Kyoto – Visual information department, Photography, prof. Yasu Suzuka Research Student

September 2001 to September 2002 Hochschule fur Kunst und Gestaltung in Zurich