Hynek Alt is an artist who works with the medium of photography, which he analyzes post-conceptually, exploring its possibilities and limits. He develops his themes in spatial installations connected with photography itself as well as with video and object art.

Untitled (In the Air), Black-and-white digital cut-outs, 27 images in a slideshow, e-ink display, Exhibition view - EXILE, Vienna, 2020

Alt thematizes the reproducibility and manipulability of the medium, and he is also inclined to emphasize the physical nature of photography, which we tend to perceive as merely an immaterial image. This results in the creation of specific spatial photographic objects. Through his works, Alt deconstructs the automatism of our life in the world today and brings to light hidden networks and infrastructures, whether it is those running beneath the surface of the city or even those that exist only in our heads. Inanimate entities often find themselves in an active role in the web of relationships between themselves and humans. Alt is, among other things, an established teacher at art schools in Prague. For many years he was in an artistic duo with Aleksandra Vajd, with whom he led the photography studio at the Academy of Art, Architecture & Design in Prague from 2008 to 2016. Since 2017 he has been the head of the photography studio at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, his own alma mater.

Stranger, CGI, digital photographs, thermal paper, Exhibition view - EXILE, Vienna, 2024

Alt’s work has been presented in many group and solo exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad, including at a number of prestigious European institutions. He is represented in various private and state collections, including those of the National Gallery Prague and the Prague City Gallery.

Small Talks With Fire, 4K UHD video, 45′44″, loop, asynchronous audio 19′12″, loop, in collaboration with Iveta Schovancová, Exhibition View - Berlínskej Model, Prague, 2023

Small Talks With Fire, 4K UHD video, 45′44″, loop, asynchronous audio 19′12″, loop, in collaboration with Iveta Schovancová, 2023

Afterburn, digital c-print, 40 x 60 cm, In colaboration with Iveta Schovancová, Exhibition View - Berlínskej Model, Prague, 2023

Afterburn, digital c-print, 100 x 133 cm, In colaboration with Iveta Schovancová, Exhibition View - Berlínskej Model, Prague, 2023

Untitled (Today), 63 x 47 cm (Berliner format), 3000 pieces, Print by MAFRA, 2018

Untitled (Infrastructures&Beach), 150 x 200 cm, Digital both-sided UV print, Blueback paper, 2017-2020

Untitled (Spejbl, Ketamine), Motion capture controlled CGI animation, 69’’, Spejbl puppet cut by Karel Nosek according to a design by Josef Skupa in Pilsen in 1920. Reproduction of the puppet from the collection of Pilsen City Archive. Photo Max Vajt, Exhibition view - NoD, Praha, 2020

Untitled (Storage), 45 x 60 cm, digital c-print, Exhibition view - NoD, Praha, 2017

Untitled (Storage), 45 x 60 cm, digital c-print, 2017

Untitled (Oil), digital c-print, 60x90 cm, 2014

Untitled (chair), 90x180 cm, digital c-print, 2014

Untitled (Pencils and Pens), 60x40 cm, digital c-print, 2014

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Bety Krňanská, krananska, Superpositions, painting, malba, praha, prague, česká republika, contemporary, art, czech, czechia, řecko, Greece

Superpositions, Valentýna Janů, Valentyna Janu, UPHOLSTERED, wood, OBJECT, object, objekt, TEXTILE, glass, současné umění, současné umění, contemporary art, female, emancipace, emancipation, performance, performanc

Jan Zdvorak, Zdvořák, Superpositions, painting, malba, praha, prague, česká republika, contemporary, art, czech, czechia, large scale, velké, formát, mega, giga, graffiti

Olga Krykun, Superpositions, painting, malba, praha, prague, česká republika, contemporary, art, czech, czechia, ukrajina, ukraine

Tomáš Roubal, Superpositions, sculpture, socha, praha, prague, česká republika, contemporary, art, czech, czechia, Tomas Roubal

Superpositions, Tomáš Absolon, Tomas Absolon, současné umění, contemporary, art, painting, malba, olej, oil

Hynek Alt