Jiří Beránek

Place: Luhačovice

Born: 1945

Death: 2021

Biography:

Jiří Beránek was a Czech sculptor, painter, university teacher and creator of conceptual and land art projects. He was born in Luhačovice, Czech Republic in 1945 and died in 2021. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor Vincenc Makovský and after his death under Professor Karel Lidický. He was known for his sculptures, paintings, and land art projects. He was a member of the generation that began studying in the free atmosphere of the 1960s, but left university in the worst period of the normalization. The wider public could get acquainted with his work only after the fall of the communist regime. He was married twice and had three children. He was a founding member of the Free Association 12/15, Late But Still and the New Group.