Vaclav Vaca

Vaclav Vaca
Born Vaclav Vaca
1948 (1948)
Czech republic
Nationality Czech
Education Prague Conservatory
Known for Painter
Movement Surrealism
Awards XSABA International Foundation Award, Merlin Foundation Award for Excellence in the Arts

Vaclav Vaca (pronounced Vatslaf Vasa) is a surrealist artist from the Czech Republic who was born in 1948.

Biography

Childhood – 1948–1968

Vaclav Vaca was born in 1948 in Czechoslovakia (later the Czech Republic). From 1963 to 1968 he studied at the Prague Conservatory. Vaca began his artistic career as a ballet dancer and musician. When standing on a street corner performing with his troupe in Paris, he decided to leave for North America.

Canada and painting – 1969–present day

In 1969 Vaca moved to Canada and became a painter. He began to exhibit widely in Canada and the United States. He now lives and works in Toronto. In 1982 he featured in a television documentary on CBC television entitled "Vaclav Vaca – Fantastic Visions". He now runs an interior design business.[1]

Works

His works, which are surrealist, are all brightly coloured and dream-like. Some of his works incorporate religion such as "Gate to heaven" and "The cup".

Solo exhibitions

Since 1973, Vaca has had 15 solo exhibitions, with the most recent being in 2006.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Vaca, Vaclav. "Interior Visions – Home". Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Saginaw Schedule of The Society for Art of Imagination". Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "http://www.artofimagination.org/Pages/Saginaw.html Exhibition guide for the Saginaw art museum

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