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Krištof Kintera

Krištof Kintera
Photo: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin) · CC BY 4.0

About

Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973, Prague) is a Czech visual artist and sculptor whose kinetic installations, objects and light sculptures offer an ironic commentary on consumer society, technology and ecological crisis. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and completed a postgraduate residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. His work is held by institutions including Museum Tinguely in Basel, the Galleria Nazionale in Rome and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo; two of his public monuments stand in Prague - Bike to Heaven and Z vlastního rozhodnutí.

12.5M
CZK spent by collectors on Kintera's works over the last 10 years
nomination for the Jindrich Chalupecký Prize
Personality of the Year award (living artists) - 2011 and 2012

What's new

  • 2025-06

    From June 28, 2025, Kintera's exhibition Supernaturalia is taking place, continuing his long-term interest in the relationship between nature and technology.

  • 2025-10

    In October 2025, Kintera's monumental bronze object Praying Wood was unveiled on the island of Štvanice in Prague - a giant kneeling figure that the artist had been working on since 2019.

  • 2024-05

    From May to November 2024, Kintera's exhibition Slov škoda was on view at Kalina Gallery, dedicated to his speaking drawings-artifacts.

  • 2024-12

    In December 2024, the exhibition Drive opened, continuing until February 2025.

  • 2022-11

    In November 2022, Kintera completed a major public commission for Kunsthalle Praha and was selected to realize an installation on the new Dvořák Bridge in Prague.

Tracks

Nervous TreesKinetic electromechanical sculptures (2013-17), a key work exhibited at Rudolfinum, Ikon Gallery Birmingham and Tinguely Museum Basel
PostnaturaliaExtensive installation (2016-17) - an artificial landscape made from electronic device components, approximately 100 m²
Bike to Heaven14-meter-high public monument in Prague's Holesovice (2013), dedicated to cyclists killed in Prague
Memorial of Passed LightA series of sculptural towers made from old light fixtures, part of the Thought Experiment exhibition in Munich
AppliancesA series from 1997-98 - perfectly shaped but completely unnecessary appliances as a critique of consumer society

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