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He was born on 21 June 1950 in Kutná Hora. He is a teacher, painter, graphic artist and restorer. He studied painting and restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1969-75) under Prof. Bohuslav Slánský, Karel Veselý and Raimund Ondráček. Habilitated (2004) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. He teaches at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Department of Theory of Art and Artworks and Department of History of Modern European Culture. He lives and works in Trstěnice near Litomyšl and in Prague.

 

Author exhibitions (selection)
1976 Jaroslav Alt Jr.: Paintings, drawings, Hrádek, Kutná Hora

1981 Jaroslav Alt: paintings, Jiří Třeštík: ceramics, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS (ÚMCH), exhibition hall, Prague

1983 Jaroslav Alt Jr.: Drawings and Prints, Jiří Třeštík: Figural Ceramics, Tyl Memorial, Kutná Hora

1985 Jaroslav Alt: Graphics, Gallery in the Tower, Mělník

1987 Jaroslav Alt: Graphics, Exhibition and Concert Hall, Mladá Boleslav

1996 Jaroslav Alt: Paintings, Regional Museum Kolín, Atrium Hall, Kolín

1996 Jaroslav Alt, Rod Grover: Přechody / Points of transfer, Kačina Castle, Kačina u Kutné Hory

1997/1998 Jaroslav Alt: Paintings, Galerie bratří Čapků, Prague

1997 Jiří Teper: Poems, Jaroslav J. Alt: Drawings, paintings, Papyrus Gallery, Nymburk

1999 Jaroslav Alt: Paintings, DG Gallery, Brno

1999 Jaroslav Alt, Music between Paintings, Gallery of the Lichtenstein Palace, Prague

1999 Jaroslav Alt: Paintings, Jan Exnar: Glass, Jana Slámová: Tapestries, Regional Museum Kolín

2000 Jaroslav Alt: Paintings, Gallery of Czech Culture, Český Krumlov

2000 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, Gallery of Fine Arts in Havlíčkův Brod, Havlíčkův Brod

2001 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Vlašský dvůr, Kutná Hora

2001 Jaroslav J. Alt: Drawings, Paseka Bookstore Gallery, Prague

2002 Jaroslav J. Alt: Seven Words and Small Injuries, Jiří Jílek Gallery, Šumperk

2003 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Objects, House of the Knights, Litomyšl

2007 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, drawings, Litomyšl Castle, Litomyšl
2008 Jaroslav J. Alt: Obrazy / Paintings. Stable and More Stable, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS (IMCH), Exhibition Hall, Prague

2010 Jaroslav J. Alt: Trasmigrazione dell'anima / Moving the Soul, Le ultime sette parole /

The Last Seven Words, Istituto Culturale Ceco Roma (Czech Centre Rome) , Rome (Italy)

2014 Jaroslav J. Alt: Journeys of the Soul (paintings, drawings, prints), Geophysical Institute of the CAS, Exhibition Hall, Prague

2015 Jaroslav J. Alt: The Last Seven Words / Minor Injuries, Polička/Shelf (small gallery of the author's book at the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art), Prague

2015/2016 Jaroslav J. Alt: Bushes, Horizon, Clouds, Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region (GASK), Kutná Hora

2016 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, drawings, Gallery of the University of Pardubice, Pardubice

2018 Jaroslav J. Alt: Participation (paintings, drawings), Gallery of the New Town Hall, Prague

2019 Jaroslav J. Alt: Watercolours, ARTARCHIV, Prague

2020 Jaroslav J. Alt: Watercolours, Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice n./L.

2020 Jaroslav J. Alt: Paintings, Drawings, Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora

2021 Walking Behind the Horizon (with Markéta Filipová), CoCo Gallery, Dobrš

2021 Horizons and Valleys (paintings and drawings), Gallery 9, Prague-Vysočany

2022 Svitalka - Jaroslav J. Alt / Paintings, Nová síň Gallery, Prague

Participation in exhibitions (selection)
1973 Still lifes of young artists, Czechoslovak Writer Gallery, Prague

1974 Patronat premi internacional dibuix Joan Miró, Barcelona (Spain)

1979 Visual Artists for Children, Mánes, Prague

1981 Drawing / Printmaking, Hájenka ve Hvězdě, Prague

1981 New work by young visual artists, Mánes, Prague

1983 Space, Architecture, Fine Art, Exhibition Centre Černá Louka, Ostrava (exhibition)

not realized, only the catalogue was realized - see ARTARCHIV)

1984 - 1989 participation in the activities of Gallery H in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, including exhibitions abroad (Japan, Poland)

1987 Contemporary Czech Art, Plovdiv, Pleven, Sofia (Bulgaria)

1989 18th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)

1989 Contemporary Czech Graphic Art, Mánes, Prague

1989 14: Paintings - Graphic Art, Lidový dům, Prague

1989 14: Paintings - graphics, Municipal House of Culture, České Budějovice

1989 14 Prague Artists, Municipal House of Culture, České Budějovice

1990 The International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait, Drawings and Graphics ´90, The Yugoslav Portrait Gallery, Tuzla (Yugoslavia)

1992 Artisti di Praga a Parma, Parma (Italy)

1992 - 2003 participation in the travelling exhibition Minisalon (Czech Republic, Belgium, USA, Russia, France, Jakarta, Surabaya, etc.)

1993 Contemporary Czech Art, Singen (Germany)

1993 Contemporary Czech Art, Heidenreichsreichstein (Austria)

1993 Biennial of Exlibris, Chrudim

1993 Triennial of Graphic Art, Maastricht (Netherlands)
1994 Tribute to Orten, New Association, Felix Jenewein Gallery of Kutná Hora, Kutná Hora

1994 W kręgu Galerii H, Nicolaus Copernicus Museum, Frombork (Poland)

1994 Czech Graphic Art, Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica, L. A. (USA)

1994 Brothers Hůlové, Gallery H, Gallery of the City of Blansko, Blansko

1995 Na hranici znaku / At the Edge of the Sign (New Association), Felix Jenewein Gallery of Kutná Hora, Kutná Hora

1996 Setkání 14/65/96, New Association, Chodovská tvrz Gallery, Prague

1996 Colour and Form, New Association, Galerie U Řečických, Prague

1996 Graphics of the Year, Central Bohemia Gallery, Prague

1997 Práce na papíře / Works on Paper, Mánes, Prague

1997 Umělci z Nového sdružení Bílému kruhu bezpečí, Galerie U prstenu, Praha

1998 4. auction salon of artists, 312 donors for Bariéry account, Karolinum, Praha

2000 Czech Graphic Art of the 20th Century, Benešov Museum of Art, Benešov

2001 Graphic letters Gallery H, Vinotéka a galerie U Modrého hroznu, Litvínov

2007 Průzračný svět: Podoby vody / Durchsichtige Welt, Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem

2007 Die durchsichtige Welt, Landschloss Pirna - Zuschendorf, Pirna - Zuschendorf (Germany)

2007 Collection of the Black Forest School, Museum of Pottery, Kostelec nad Černými lesy

2008 Work on computers, Geophysical Institute of the CAS, lecture hall, Prague

2011 View into the archive 2 - poster, DOX, Small Tower, Prague

2011 Additions to the GFJ collections 1996-2010, Felix Jenewein Gallery of Kutná Hora, Kutná Hora

2011/2012 Artists of the Archive, DOX, Small Tower, Prague

2015/2016 Encounters - Collection of the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, DOX, Small Tower, Prague

2016 Paths Can Be Different - Exhibitions of Contemporary Art at the Institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, NTK, Prague

2017 Gallery H, DOX, Small Tower, Prague

2018/2019 Saver for MUD, Museum of Art and Design, Benešov

2019/2020 Krajinow, Museum of Art and Design, Benešov
2022 Minisalon, Nová síň Gallery, Prague
2022 - 2023 Minisalon 1984, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava
2023 Partial drawing of the ring, Comunite Fresca, Inge Kosková, Eva Brodská, Jaroslav J. Alt, Tomáš Džadoň, Zuzana Janečková, Lucie Králíková, Michaela Casková, Kryštof Netolický and Jahou Baul, Kabinet T Gallery, Zlín

Representation in collections
Felix Jenewein Gallery of Kutná Hora

Czech Museum of Silver Kutná Hora

Gallery of Fine Arts in Havlíčkův Brod

City Gallery Litomyšl

National Gallery in Prague

Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague

Museum of Art and Design, Benešov

Art Unidentified, collection, Nishinomiya, Japan

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, Spain

National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C., USA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Giza, Egypt

and private collections in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, France and the USA