Jaroslav Vančát, Ph.D.
New media artist – multimedia art, digital art, computer art, interactive art, visual structuralism, conceptual art, video art
Associate Professor at universities in the Czech Republic, new media, visual arts and creativity theorist, semiotics image analyst, art historian, art education specialist on creativity, image understanding and interpretation
Important independent art exhibitions
2019, Feb 28 – May 12 Interaction - Museum of Arts and Design, Benešov
2019, Feb 7 – March 10 Imagestructure - Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Pilsen, Curator Jan Van Woensel
2015, Sep 4 – Oct 4 Metastructures - Interactive Gallery of Becher's Villa, Art Gallery Karlovy Vary, Curator Jan Samec
2011, Jan 21 - Feb 27 The paintings observe us - František Drtikol Gallery, Chateau Ernestinum, Příbram, Curators Vladimír Havlík and Matěj Smetana
2009, Marcel. Author's Place - Gallery of the City of Pilsen, Curator Lenka Lindaurová
1992, Files - Staré Hrady Castle and Chateau, Curator Lenka Lindaurová
1989, Structures - Gallery Wroclawski Teatr Wspólczesny, Wroclav, Curator Malgorzata Wozniacka
Publications (selection)
Vančát, J., Metastruktura obrazivosti (The Metastructure of Imaginary. ZCU Pilsen 2013, 212 pages. ISBN 978-80-261-1121-4.
Vančát, J., Vývoj obrazivosti od objektu k interaktivitě [The Development of Image from Object to Interactivity]. Karolinum Praha 2009, 246 pages ISBN 978-80-246-1625-4. Monographs using the relational basis of structural analysis to stage the development of visual imaging.
Vančát, J., Sýkorová, L .; Zdeněk Sýkora, Graphics. Prague, Gallery, 2008.186 pages. ISBN 978-80-86990-36-1.
Vančát, J., Svět jako struktura, struktura jako obraz. [The World as Structure, Structure as a Picture.] In: World as structure, structure as image. Klatovy: Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, 2003. pp. 11-18, 8 pp. ISBN 80-85628-81-3. Catalogue for exhibition of the same name, mapping Czech artwork with a structural basis from the 1960s to the present.
Vančát, J., Poznávací a komunikační obsah výtvarné výchovy v kurikulárních dokumentech. [Cognitive and Communication Content of Art Education in Curriculum Documents.] Prague: MAC Association, 2002. ISBN 80-860-1590-4. Interpretation of the concept of art in the Framework Educational Program.
Vančát, J., Tvorba vizuálního zobrazení. [Creation of Visual Impression.] Karolinum Praha 2000, 168 pages ISBN 80-7148-975-8. Monograph dealing with the cognitive and communication aspects of the visual representation and the share of the visual arts on its creation.