Jan Šerých

Jan Šerých was born in 1972 in Prague. He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts from 1992 – 1998 in the studios of print-making (J. Lindovský), new media (M. Bielický) and painting (V. Skrepl). He was a member of the artist group BJ (Bezhlavý jezdec/Headless Horseman), from 1996-2001, together with fellow Academy students Josef Bolf, Ján Mančuška and Tomáš Vaněk. He was shortlisted as a finalist for the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký Award both in 2003 and 2005 and his work in included in public collections in the National Gallery in Prague, Prague City Gallery and the European Parliment.