Filip Dvořák
Filip Dvořák (1990, Prague) studied under Jiří Černický and Marek Meduna at UMPRUM and completed a residency at the Glasgow School of Art. He currently lives and works in Hrádek nad Nisou. In his work, Dvořák focuses on expanded painting that extends...
Untitled (from the Black Lantern series), 120 x 170 cm, mixed media, 2019
untitled, from the TORRENT series, 140 x 180 cm, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2020
Untitled, 130 x 130 cm, oil and mixed media on canvas, 2016
Untitled (study), from the STRŽ series, 90 x 120 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2023
untitled, from the TORRENT series, 140 x 180 cm, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2020
Testimonials
All testimonials
It was a pleasure to take part in the pop-up exhibition at the Veolia premises in Ostrava (3-12/2025). The collaboration with Artist’s Hero and its founder Marek Jakůbek was highly professional in every aspect – from transport and installation to the presentation of the exhibition. I would like to thank Marek for the friendly dialogue and Bára Alex Kašparová for the curation. I wish Artist’s Hero the best of luck with their future projects!
Jan Pražan
visual artist, painter
Already during your studies at AVU, you become familiar with what the careers of other figures from the art world look like. Gradually, you discover your own opportunism as a certain driving force that cannot be simply suppressed. You begin to ask questions about where and in what light you will exhibit, who will represent you, and who will follow your work. The art world in which you exist should ideally be clear and transparent, at least as far as the values at stake within it are concerned. The art world has varying degrees of resolution. Some institutions can make an artist appear larger, while others will shrink them or let them disappear into the noise. Over time, you begin to notice that individual exhibition opportunities are not just neutral places where you place your work. And sometimes you also discover that opportunism does not necessarily have to be something to be ashamed of. That is perhaps the strange paradox of an artistic career: you try to create something meant to be independent of the system, and at the same time, you spend your whole life learning how to exist within that system. And yet, through all of this, there is one more—perhaps the most important—factor: the human element. Behind all the institutions, galleries, names, and their varying degrees of resolution are specific people who decide whose trust to earn, who to approach, and with whom they want to collaborate. In our case, this is primarily Anna Pulkertová and Marek Jakúbek, whose approach represents for us precisely that rare combination of professionalism, trust, and personal interest. At such a moment, the initial question of where and in what light one presents oneself begins to change slightly. It is no longer just about the value a given place holds in the hierarchy of the art world, but also about the people you meet there and what you are able to offer one another.
unconductive trash
Rudi Koval and Michal Pěchouček, art duo
What I appreciate most about working with Marek Jakúbek and the Artist's Hero project is how thoughtfully and honestly the entire initiative is built – from communication and the contract to the actual execution. I also value the fact that the project is consulted with theorists and curators, and that it has managed to rid the art rental format of the unpleasant connotation it often carries here, transforming it into a dignified and refined connection between art, space, and people. An authentic passion for art can be felt throughout the entire project. At the same time, it is one of the few formats of its kind that is able to appreciate artists not only symbolically, but also adequately in financial terms.
Helen Tóth
visual artist, painter
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