Ondřej Tkačík
Ondřej Tkačík (*1981, Ostrava) is a painter and educator, and a graduate of the Painting I studio led by Prof. Jiří Sopko at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He lives and works in Hlučín.
His artistic practice explores the theme of perspective — working from the “ground plan” of landscape through both cohesive and open-ended series of paintings. Among his most notable bodies of work are Prisma, From the Cave, Landscape with Words, and the long-term Heads cycle, in which Tkačík creates compelling introspective self-portraits through recordings of mental states and inner awareness.
His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction, shaped by an inherently intuitive approach in which the process of creating a painting often surprises even the artist himself.
Individual exhibitions
2026 – Time for the Head, Beskyd Theatre, Nový Jičín
2026 – Matrix, Fojtství Museum, Kopřivnice
2025 – The Seventh Brave One, Student Gallery, Ostrava
2025 – Imprints of Light, Imprints of the World, Zet Gallery, Velká Bystřice
2023 – Systems, Gallery of Contemporary Painting, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava
2023 – Pause, with P. Gerych, Gallery of Silesian Ostrava Castle, Ostrava
2023 – In a Bucket in the Attic, Půda Gallery, Český Těšín
2020 – Torn by Evening Waters, PAPE Gallery, Odry
2019 – Andrzej and Ondřej, with A. Cieślar, Red Church, Hlučín
2018 – Alone, Mlejn Gallery, Ostrava
2017 – Cave Current, FELIX Studio, Ostrava
2015 – Under the Current, Private Absinthe Club Les, Ostrava
2014 – HomeLandscape, Poruba Chateau, Ostrava
2011 – Descent into the Deepest Shafts, with Ondřej Maleček, Kotelna Gallery, Říčany
2004 – Pastels II, Theatre Club of Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava
2003 – Pastels I, Theatre Club of Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava
Education
2004–2010 – Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Painting I, Jiří Sopko Studio, MgA.
2007–2008 – Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, New Media II, Veronika Bromová Studio
2001–2004 – University of Ostrava, Faculty of Education, Fine Arts / English
1996–2000 – Secondary Technical School of Civil Engineering, Ostrava