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
2020 Duo Neone s Michalem Škapou, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2020 Tam a zpět a stále vpřed, Galerie Sokolská 28, Ostrava, CZE
2019 Dark Pop 2, Scoope, The Chemistry Gallery, Miami, USA
2018 Dark Pop, Scoope, The Chemistry Gallery, NYC, USA
2017 TRASHTIME, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2016 SPEED, Galerie Via ART, Praha, CZE
2016 Spring model, galerie Berlínskej model, Praha, CZE
2015 Extáze, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2014 Kurta Konráda 1, Pražský dům v Bruselu, BG
2014 Senza Titolo, UFFO Galerie Trutnov, CZE
2013 Make war not love, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha, CZE
2012 Explosive, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2012 Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, CZE
2011 SHIFT, DOX, Praha, CZE
2010 Instrumenten 1999–2010, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
2010 Vitamin cé, Galerie 66, Praha, CZE
2009 Všechny moje mikiny, galerie NOD, Praha, CZE
2009 Cityscape, installation in a church, instalace, kostel sv. Antonína, Sokolov, CZE
2009 Tuzemský export, GVU, Nová síň, Ostrava, CZE
2007 Trafo Gallery, s Pavlem Tichoňem, Praha, CZE
2006 Galerie Via Art, Praha, CZE
2005 Neona, Galerie Nábřeží, Praha, CZE
2003 Galerie Nábřeží, Praha, CZE
Group exhibitions (selection)
2020 KarARTena, Trafo Gallery, Praha, CZE
2019 GASK - Světelný reliéf Noc 1995 - 2019 - klášterní chodba, CZE
2019 Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin, DE
2018 Viena Contemporary, Trafo Gallery, s Jakubem Neprašem a Janem Kalábem, OS
2018 Art Market Budapest, Trafo Gallery, s Jakubem Neprašem a Janem Kalábem, HU
2017 Salon de Prague, Bratislava, Stará tržnica
2016 This is Not Poetry, Litomyšl, Zámecký pivovar
2016 Zmrtvýchvstání, Trafo Gallery, Praha
2015 The Prague Connection, 103 Allen Street, LES, New York, USA
2015 Vagongalerie.cz, Nákladové nádraží Žižkov, Praha, CZE
2015 Brave New World, DOX, Praha, CZE
2015 Ornament masy, State Gallery, Státní galerie, Nitra, SK
2014 Trafačka, Red Gallery London, UK
2014 Pátý přes Devátý, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2013 Hinten den Bergen, Chemnitz, DE
2013 Doteky hudby, Gallery of fine Arts, GVU, Litoměřice, CZE
2013 Signal – light festival, Praha, CZE
2012 Young artists from Czech republic, The Czech Olympic House, London, UK
2012 Young artists from Czech republic, Galerie Gambit, Praha, CZE
2012 Pátý přes devátý, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2011 Festival of site specific installations, AXA hotel, Praha, CZE
2011 Art Prague, Brussel, BE
2011 Hole in the Universe, Kerava Art museum, FIN
2011 Velocypedia, galerie NTK, Praha, CZE
2011 Bohemica festival – Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2011 Světlo, stín, tma, galerie NOD, Praha, CZE
2010 Grenzen und Träume, Schloss Weesenstein, DE
2010 Papírový hlavy, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2009 Ostrava, Gallery of fine Arts, GVU, Ostrava, CZE
2009 Sochy v exteriéru – Rittstein, Róna, Sozanský, Cimala, Prague City Gallery, GHMP, Praha, CZE
2009 Moje Evropa, DOX, Praha, CZE
2009 My Europe, Brussel, BE
2009 Věříme v krizi, Trafačka, Praha, CZE
2009 Tři z Trafačky, Galerie Roudnice nad Labem, CZE
2008 Tina B festival, Praha, CZE
2008 Aeronále, Letiště Ruzyně, Praha, CZE
2007 AVU 18, Trade Fair Palace, Veletržní palác, Praha, CZE
2007 Golden Ring House, Dům U Zlatého prstenu, Praha, CZE
2007 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
