Jan Durina

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  • I Was Going To Be A Great Person 2023
  • Cute & Tragic 2019
  • Horal 2017 — 2018
  • After You Left 2017
  • Studies 2015
  • Postcards From Hugo Lewinski 2017 — 2018
  • Various Photography 2009 — 2024
  • Ninja Thorax 2020
  • Havoc 2020
  • Madness Denied is a Madness Postponed 2022
  • Intrusive Thoughts 2022
  • Link 2022
  • Shoot A Thousand Stars Over Me 2022
  • Rolling Desire 2020
  • In Conversations: Compositions of Subjects and Meanings 2023
  • Romeo & Hellion 2020 — 2025
  • For You Katrina 2012 — 2018
  • BORA × Romeo & Hellion 2021
  • School Of Harms 2019
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Night Shift (2026)
Solo exhibition "Night Shift" at Liget Gallery in Budapest, Hungary (curated by Éda Meggyesházi)
Night Shift (2026)
Night Shift (2026)
Solo exhibition "Night Shift" at Liget Gallery in Budapest, Hungary (curated by Éda Meggyesházi)
Night Shift (2026)
Matter of Art (2026)
Various textile objects and "After You Left" exhibited at the Biennale Matter of Art at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (organized by Tranzit, curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete) * exhibited alongside David Apakidze, Jürgen Baldiga, Nour Shantout and others
Matter of Art (2026)
Hours Against the Clock (2024)
"I Was Going To Be A Great Person", "Horal" and textile object "Lilian's 'Out of Danger" Hat" exhibited at "Hours Against the Clock" at KVOST gallery in Berlin, Germany (curated by Světlana Malina) * exhibited alongside Alena Kotzmannová and Milan Mazúr
Hours Against the Clock (2024)
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Solo exhibition "Racing Thoughts" at Tabačka Gallery in Košice, Slovakia (wall drawing by Miriama Kardošová, poems by Dominika Moravčíková)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Solo exhibition "Racing Thoughts" at Tabačka Gallery in Košice, Slovakia (wall drawing by Miriama Kardošová, poems by Dominika Moravčíková)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Solo exhibition "Racing Thoughts" at Tabačka Gallery in Košice, Slovakia (poems by Dominika Moravčíková)
Racing Thoughts (2022)
Matter of Art (2026)
Various textile objects and "After You Left" exhibited at the Biennale Matter of Art at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (organized by Tranzit, curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete) * exhibited alongside David Apakidze, Jürgen Baldiga, Nour Shantout and others
Matter of Art (2026)
Matter of Art (2026)
Various textile objects and "After You Left" exhibited at the Biennale Matter of Art at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (organized by Tranzit, curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete) * exhibited alongside David Apakidze, Jürgen Baldiga, Nour Shantout and others
Matter of Art (2026)
Matter of Art (2026)
Various textile objects and "After You Left" exhibited at the Biennale Matter of Art at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (organized by Tranzit, curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete) * exhibited alongside David Apakidze, Jürgen Baldiga, Nour Shantout and others
Matter of Art (2026)
FUTURES X FOTOGRAF.ZONE (2024)
"Cute & Tragic" exhibited at the "FUTURES X FOTOGRAF.ZONE" exhibition at the vestibule of B-Metro-Line Můstek (Wenceslas Square) in Prague, Czech Republic * exhibited alongside Polina Davydenko, Julie Hrnčířová, Kvet Nguyen and DUNA
FUTURES X FOTOGRAF.ZONE (2024)
Designblok (2024)
Textile objects exhibited at the "Arthouse/Our Garden" at Designblok Festival at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Eva Slunečková, architecture by MY DVĚ) * exhibited alongside Masha Reva, Lara Bohinc, Néphéli Barbas and others
Designblok (2024)
Ties That Bind Porto (2025)
"Cute & Tragic" exhibited at the "Ties That Bind" exhibition at the Bienal Fotografia do Porto in Porto, Portugal (curated by Ci.CLO, Organ Vida and Fotograf Zone) * exhibited alongside Dev Dhunsi, Angyvir Padilla, Sheung Yiu and others
Ties That Bind Porto (2025)
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Designblok (2024)
Textile objects exhibited at the "Arthouse/Our Garden" at Designblok Festival at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Eva Slunečková, architecture by MY DVĚ) * exhibited alongside Masha Reva, Lara Bohinc, Néphéli Barbas and others
Designblok (2024)
HASARSIZ (2019)
Solo exhibition developed during a two-month KAIR residency at Hayy Open Space in Izmir, Turkey
HASARSIZ (2019)
HASARSIZ (2019)
Solo exhibition developed during a two-month KAIR residency at Hayy Open Space in Izmir, Turkey
HASARSIZ (2019)
Connections Unbroken (2024)
"Horal" exhibited at "Connections Unbroken" at the Pálffy Palace of Bratislava City Gallery in Bratislava, Slovakia (curated by Anna Vartecká) * exhibited alongside Ivan Pinkava and Josef Mach
Connections Unbroken (2024)
Connections Unbroken (2024)
"Horal" exhibited at "Connections Unbroken" at the Pálffy Palace of Bratislava City Gallery in Bratislava, Slovakia (curated by Anna Vartecká) * exhibited alongside Ivan Pinkava and Josef Mach
Connections Unbroken (2024)
Connections Unbroken (2025)
"Horal" exhibited at "Connections Unbroken" at FOTOGRAF gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Anna Vartecká) * exhibited alongside Ivan Pinkava and Josef Mach
Connections Unbroken (2025)
Spánek rozumu (2026)
"Madness Denied is a Madness Postponed" exhibited at "Spánek rozumu" at SPOT Gallery in Pague, Czech Republic (curated by Mira Macík) * exhibited alongside Jan Hísek, Dana Sahánková, Dominik Styk and others
Spánek rozumu (2026)
Spánek rozumu (2026)
"Havoc", "Madness Denied is a Madness Postponed" and several ink drawings exhibited at "Spánek rozumu" at SPOT Gallery in Pague, Czech Republic (curated by Mira Macík) * exhibited alongside Jan Hísek, Dana Sahánková, Dominik Styk and others
Spánek rozumu (2026)
Smoke and Mirrors (2025)
Film from the performance "In Conversations: Compositions of Subjects and Meanings" exhibited at "Smoke and Mirrors" at Bratislava City Gallery in Bratislava, Slovakia (curated by Mira Keratová) * exhibited alongside Anna Daučíková, Andrej Dúbravský, Lucia Tkáčová and others
Smoke and Mirrors (2025)
Connections Unbroken (2025)
"I Was Going To Be A Great Person" exhibited at "Connections Unbroken" at FOTOGRAF gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Anna Vartecká) * exhibited alongside Ivan Pinkava and Josef Mach
Connections Unbroken (2025)
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Connections Unbroken (2025)
Film from the performance "In Conversations: Compositions of Subjects and Meanings" exhibited at Fotograf Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Anna Vartecká) * exhibited alongside Ivan Pinkava and Josef Mach
Connections Unbroken (2025)
Oskár Čepan Award (2019)
"Cute & Tragic" exhibited at "Ecology of desire" (exhibiton of finalists of the Oskár Čepan Award 2019) at the East Slovak Gallery in Košice, Slovakia (curated by Václav Janoščík) * exhibited alongside Dávid Koronczi, Milan Mazúr, Erik Sikora and Gabriela Zigová
Oskár Čepan Award (2019)
Oskár Čepan Award (2019)
"Cute & Tragic" exhibited at "Ecology of desire" (exhibiton of finalists of the Oskár Čepan Award 2019) at the East Slovak Gallery in Košice, Slovakia (curated by Václav Janoščík) * exhibited alongside Dávid Koronczi, Milan Mazúr, Erik Sikora and Gabriela Zigová
Oskár Čepan Award (2019)
Hours Against the Clock (2024)
"I Was Going To Be A Great Person", "Horal" and textile object "Lilian's 'Out of Danger" Hat" exhibited at "Hours Against the Clock" at KVOST gallery in Berlin, Germany (curated by Světlana Malina) * exhibited alongside Alena Kotzmannová and Milan Mazúr
Hours Against the Clock (2024)
Telegraph LOFT (2025)
"I Was Going To Be A Great Person" exhibited at POP-UP joint exhibition with Michaela Spružinová at Telegraph Loft in Olomouc, Czech Republic (curated by Mira Macík)
Telegraph LOFT (2025)
HUMANTHIRST (2021)
Joint exhibition with Pauline Canavesio at ACUD Galerie in Berlin, Germany
HUMANTHIRST (2021)
HUMANTHIRST (2021)
Joint exhibition with Pauline Canavesio at ACUD Galerie in Berlin, Germany
HUMANTHIRST (2021)
Telegraph LOFT (2025)
"Cute & Tragic" and "I Was Going To Be A Great Person" exhibited at POP-UP joint exhibition with Michaela Spružinová at Telegraph Loft in Olomouc, Czech Republic (curated by Mira Macík)
Telegraph LOFT (2025)
Ties That Bind Zagreb (2024)
"I Was Going To Be A Great Person" and textile object "Lilian's 'Out of Danger" Hat" exhibited at the "Ties That Bind" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia Fotografia do Porto in Porto, Portugal (curated by Ci.CLO, Organ Vida and Fotograf Zone) ‘Ties That Bind’ (Organ Vida Festival), Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia (curated by Ci.CLO, Organ Vida and Fotograf Zone) * exhibited alongside Dev Dhunsi, Angyvir Padilla, Sheung Yiu and others
Ties That Bind Zagreb (2024)
Weak Season (2023)
Solo exhibition "Weak Season" at the Museum of Arts and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic (curated by Barbora Pavliš)
Weak Season (2023)
Stories of (After) Life (2019)
"Horal" exhibited at "Stories of (After) Life" at Nitra Gallery in Nitra, Slovakia (curated by Ľudmila Kasaj Poláčková) * exhibited alongside Milota Havránková, Marek Kvetan, Dorota Sadovská, Koloman Sokol, Toyen & others
Stories of (After) Life (2019)