Michal Cimala
Born in 1975 in Havířov, lives and works in Prague as a sculptor, painter, designer and DJ. Co-founder of Trafačka studios and Trafo gallery, where he took part in several exhibitions and organized many cultural events. Since 2006 he works as an assistant the Academy of Fine Arts at the Sculpture I Studio led by Jaroslav Róna, from 2013 led by Lukáš Rittstein. Meanwhile he keeps working on his own projects.
Realizations:
Metronom
Solo exhibitions
2017 TRASHTIME , Trafo Gallery , Praha
2016 SPEED galerie Via ART , Praha
Spring model galerie Berlínskej model , Praha
2015 Extáze Trafo gallery, Praha, CZE
2014 Pražský dům Brussel, Kurta Konráda 1, CZE
UFFO galerie Trutnov, CZE
2013 Make war not love, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha, CZE
2012 Explosive, Trafo gallery, Praha, CZE
galerie Caesar, Olomouc, CZE
2011 SHIFT, DOX, Praha, CZE
2010 Instrumenten 1999–2010, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
Vitamin cé, Galerie 66, Praha, CZE
2009 Všechny moje mikiny, galerie NOD, Praha, CZE
Cityscape, installation in a church /instalace/, kostel sv. Antonína, Sokolov, CZE
2009 Tuzemský export, Gallery of Fine Arts, /Nová síň, GVU/, Ostrava, CZE
2007 Trafo gallery with /s/ P. Tichoň, CZE
2006 Galerie Via Art, Praha, CZE
2005 Neona, galerie Nábřeží, Praha, CZE
2003 Galerie Nábřeží, Praha, CZE
Group exhibitions (selection)
2017 Salon de Prague , Bratislava , Stará tržnica
2016 This is Not Poetry , Litomyšl , Zámecký pivovar
Zmrtvýchvstání , Trafo galerry Praha
2015 The Prague Connection ,103 Allen Street, LES, New York, USA
Vagongalerie.cz, Nákladové nádraží Žižkov, Praha, CZE
Brave New World, DOX, Praha, CZE
Ornament masy, State Gallery, /Státní galerie/, Nitra, SK
2014 Trafačka, Red Gallery London, UK
Pátý přes Devátý, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2013 Hinten den Bergen, Chemnitz, DE
Doteky hudby, Gallery of fine Arts, /GVU/, Litoměřice, CZE
Signal – light festival, Praha, CZE
2012 Young artists from Czech republic, The Czech Olympic House, London, UK
Young artists from Czech republic, Galerie Gambit, Praha, CZE
Pátý přes devátý, Trafačka,Praha, CZE
2011 Festival of site specific installations, AXA hotel, Praha, CZE
Art Prague, Brussel, BE
Hole in the Universe, Kerava Art museum, FIN
Velocypedia, galerie NTK, Praha, CZE
Bohemica festival – Trafačka, Praha, CZE
Světlo, stín, tma, galerie NOD, Praha, CZE
2010 Grenzen und Träume, Schloss Weesenstein, DE
Papírový hlavy, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2009 Ostrava, Gallery of fine Arts, /GVU/, Ostrava, CZE
Sochy v exteriéru – Rittstein, Róna, Sozanský, Cimala, Prague City Gallery /GHMP/, Praha, CZE
Moje Evropa, DOX, Praha, CZE
My Europe, Brussel, BE
Věříme v krizi, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2008 Tina B festival, Praha, CZE
Aeronále, airport /letiště/, Praha, CZE
2007 AVU 18, Trade Fair Palace /Veletržní palác/, Praha, CZE
Golden Ring House /Dům U Zlatého prstenu/, Praha, CZE
5+ KK, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2006 Imprese, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha, CZE
2005 Socha a objekt, Bratislava, SK
2003 281 m, Galerie Václava Špály, Praha, CZE
2000 Exodus gallery, Praha, CZE
Collections
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, permanent collection
The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
National Technical museum Prague
Gallery of fine art, Roudnice nad Labem
Private collections