David Krňanský

David Krňanský’s abstract works are characterized by a joyful and courageous exploration of color, and yet are simultaneously delimited by geometric boundaries. Geometry and the utopian ideas of Modernism are his main sources of inspiration, but only by way of undergoing a mangling process of manipulation.

The natural imprecision of the hand when tested by the rigors of outlining geometric forms becomes his signature, an adventure in drawing the line and creating forms that are never ideal nor identical. The refreshing novelty and humorous nuances in his work are combined with a naive bravura and an obstinacy for creating abstractions that hold critical and progressive threads beneath a surface layer of aesthetic pleasure.

Solo exhibitions

  • David Krňanský, Dolmen gallery, Prague 2024
  • Garden, HYB4 gallery, Kampus Hybernska, Prague, curated by Michal Stochl, 2023
  • Walking Dog, Artefin Gallery, Prague, curated by Lenka Bakeš, 2023
  • Life is good enough, Cifra Gallery, Doubice, 2021
  • Isn’t Life Beautiful, Warehouse, Loft Bubny, Prague, 2021
  • ABCD, DON Gallery, Tábor, curated by Jiří Ptáček, 2020
  • Essential Pumpkin Mix, Berlinskej Model, Prague, 2019
  • Against All Logic, Stone Project, Prague, 2018
  • NOT DEF, 101 Gallery, Prague, 2017
  • IDIOT, Holešovická šachta, Prague, 2017
  • DAVID KRNANSKY: DAVID KRNANSKY, Leto Gallery, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw, 2017
  • Duck Rabbit Industry Never Stop 3, w Julius Reichel, 35m2 Gallery, Prague, 2017
  • EVERYTHING IS NICE/BON APPÉTIT, w Martin Lukáč, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, 2016
  • Duck Rabbit Industry Never Stop 1, w Julius Reichel, Berlínskej Model Gallery, Prague, 2015
  • Duck Rabbit Industry Never Stop 2, w Julius Reichel, City Surfer Gallery, Prague, 2015
  • Imagine a Naked Girl Sitting on the Stool Between Us, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, 2015
  • The Seven-Handed Wizard, Futura Gallery, Prague, 2014
  • Showroom, SPZ Gallery, Prague, 2013
  • Madness Becomes Method, Entrance Gallery, Prague, 2013
  • Colorfull Summer, Jelení Gallery, curated by David Krňanský, Prague, 2013
  • Karpet, 207 Gallery, Prague, 2013

Group exhibitions

  • Cozy Vánice, Kunsthala Liberec, Cozy studio, Liberec, 2023
  • Win Your Homeland, w Ester Paraskova and Barbara Lepší, Polansky Gallery, Brno, 2023
  • Carbon Edition, Vangouard Prague, Prague Art Week, 2023
  • Zombie Prophets, Prague House, Brussels, curated by Milan Mikuláštík, 2022
  • Unique Shuffle, with Viktor Frešo, VUNU Gallery, curated by Niko Bernáth, Košice, 2021
  • Ready To Kill, Berlinskej Model Gallery, Prague, 2021
  • C111RKUS, Gallery90 and Karpuchina Gallery, Černošice, 2020
  • Summer Salon, Sophistica Gallery, Prague, 2020
  • Hot On Hop Off, Aetoupolos Gallery, Athens, 2019
  • DVIFF, House Of Art, Brno, 2019
  • Duck Rabbit Industry Never Stop 3, w Julius Reichel, 35m2 Gallery, Prague, 2017
  • Yung and Lush, 101 Gallery, Prague, curated by Martin Dostál, 2017
  • Yung and Lush, City Gallery of Pilsen, Pilsen, curated by Martin Dostál, 2017
  • Yung and Lush, City Gallery of Trutnov, curated by Martin Dostál, 2017
  • BHG: RAT HOLE II, Prague, 2017
  • BHG: RAT HOLE I, Prague, 2017
  • BHG: PURE HATE, Nevan Contempo, Prague, 2016
  • Black Hole Generation / Nuance Freshovosti, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Piotr Sikora, 2016
  • Temporary Storeroom – Drawing: Case Study 2, PLATO Gallery, Ostrava, 2017
  • Paintings, SVIT, Prague, 2016
  • Czech painting of the 21st century, Měsíc ve dne Gallery, České Budějovice, 2016
  • AABBABBAACBA), Nová Galerie,Prague, 2016
  • Black Horses, Adam Gallery, Brno, 2015
  • 7th Youth Zlín Salon, 14/15 BAŤA INSTITUT, Zlín, 2015
  • Smart Generation, NTK Gallery, Prague, 2015
  • Typography, Czech Center, Rotterdam, 2015
  • The Best Taylor in Town, Hunt Kastner, Prague, 2015
  • BHG (BLACK HOLE GENERATION), UM Gallery, Prague, 2015
  • Art and Shadow, N.o.D. Gallery, Prague, 2014
  • Pán Much, Adam Gallery, Brno, curated by Rafani group, 2013