Adam Hejduk
My main interest is artistic research on the material of glass, which incorporates elements of experimental techniques, art historical and historical context. The object of research is glass as a material phenomenon that combines physical, geological, social and cultural agency. With this conceptualization, glass can be interdisciplinarily located in diverse contexts and interacted with as a history co-creating a multiplicity of actor networks.
In my work, I highlight the properties of glass that are often not addressed in fine art - for example, the resonance of glass or its strength and flexibility. I also work with the topic of the energy intensity of glass production, with links to the depletion of natural resources and the impact on the environment. The last area of my artistic practice deals with the etymological context of words associated with the material of glass, which I freely develop, creating fictional stories (videos, literary short stories).
The following practices are important for my work: renovation/recycling of materials, changing secondary properties of materials into primary ones, manipulation/fabrication with data influenced by personal impression/experience, storytelling, role-taking, working with etymology of words /"fragile", "transparency" "glass"/. I find the continuity of my work in the material glass, which I partly use in a metaphysical way. In my case, the material becomes a kind of carrier between the themes that I connect. The themes are cyclically related to each other through internal relationships, where I find myself on the same level as the material, its properties and the meaning I attribute to it. I am trying to create a study on the theme of "fragility" together with glass.
Education
2016 - 2019
Bca. FaVu. VUT. Brno
Studio of Sculpture 2. Prof. Ambrůz
2019 - 2021
MgA. FaVu. VUT Brno
Studio of Sculpture 2. Prof. Ambrůz
2020 - 2021
Academy of fine arts in Prague
Studio of New Media 1, Tomáš Svoboda (Study internship)
Academy of Architecture, Design and Arts in Prague
Studio of Glass, Rony Plesl (Study internship)
2021 -
PhD. studies FaVU VUT. Brno (Ongoing)
Awards
2019
Stanislav Libenská Award. (Prague, CZ)
2021
Place in the final of the Coburg Glass Prize (Coburg, DE)
2022
Honorary award Start´point Prize (Prague, CZ)
Collections
2019
Prague Gallery of Czech glass (Prague,CZ)
2020
EPO1 (Private collection, Trutnov, CZ)
2021
European Museum of Modern Glass (Coburg, DE)
2024
Brno City Museum (Brno, CZ)
Exhibitions/architecture/prezentation.
2024
Music perfofmance and installation on “Art’s Birthday 2024 Euroradio Ars Acustica
special evening” (Prior, Brno, CZ)
2023
Architecture of exhibition “Second Perspective” (Gallery TIC, Brno, CZ)
2023
Architecture of exhibition “SKIN AND MASK” (Gallery TIC, Brno, CZ)
2023
Fresh Power (Gallery EPO1, Trutnov, CZ)
2022
Have you every tried to keep a flake? (gallery Hybernská, Prague, CZ)
(Start point prize residency)
2022
I see (gallery CIT, TIC Brno, CZ)
2022
Transparency (gallery ArtietAmicitiae, Amsterdam, NL)
2022
Fragile case (Gallery IGLOO, OGV Jihlava, CZ)
2022
Final of Coburg Glass Prize (Gallery of contemporary glass, Coburg, CZ)
2021
Start Point Prize (Gallery Hybernská, Prague, CZ)
2021
Pohyb – Zvuk – Prostor (Bludný kámen, Litultovice, CZ)
2021
Safety instead of calm (Industra, Brno, CZ)
2021
Tuning orchestra (culture festival Trať, Klatovy, CZ)
2021
F— Crashtest (MUB, Benešov, CZ)
2021
In the distance (Studio Alta, Invalidovna, Prague, CZ)
2020
PARTER — Neglected Area of Masarykova street(House of Arts Ústí nad Labem, CZ)
2019
Delicate communication Nº1. (Gallery Solo off format, Brno,CZ)
2019
Prototyp ( Multi-genre festival, Brno,CZ)
2019
Laureate of Stanislav Libenský Award (Prague, CZ)
2019
The object resembles a raft with a sail (Gallery TIC, Brno,CZ)
2018
Architecture and the senses (Plasy, CZ)
2018
Sounds of Penitentiary (ghetto fest, Brno, Cz)
2017
Prototyp (Multi-genre festival, Brno, CZ)
2017
In color (Gallery Cella ,Opava, CZ)
2017
BadespassTotal (Multi-genre festival, CZ)
2017
Guest teacher exhibition ( Gallery G99, Brno, Cz )
2016
Fotopondelok ( prezentation SNG, Bratislava, SK )
2016
Sculpture 2 in Mosilana( Mosilana, Brno, CZ )
Art residency and exchange program
2020
Artist exchange program (Budapest Gallery)
2022
Schoolarship Philchuck glass school (USA)