Jan Vala

Designer / Art Director / Photographer

Brno, Czech Republic

Work Experience

Atelier Zidlicky

Art Director, Partner

April 2006 - Present Czech Republic

My Lovely Chameleon

Partner

June 2009 - Present Czech Republic

School Specialising In Arts

Lecturer

(Fine Arts Department –
Photography and Graphic design)
January 2009 - July 2011 Brno, Czech Republic

Education

Brno University Of Technology

Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Department
September 2007 - June 2009 Brno, Czech Republic

Tomas Bata University In Zlin

Faculty of Multimedia Communications, Department of Animation and Audiovisual Arts
September 2005 - August 2006 Zlin, Czech Republic

School Of Arts And Crafts, Photography Department

September 2000 - July 2004 Brno, Czech Republic

Pavel Krizkovsky School Specialising In Arts

Fine Arts Department
September 1994 - July 2000 Brno, Czech Republic

Languages

English (Advanced),
German (Conversational),
Czech (Native),

Awards

Month Of Photography

Award for the Best Photography Book in Central and Eastern Europe in 2009–2010, Contemporary Photography (for the book VLADIMIR ZIDLICKY 2007–2010)

2010

Month Of Photography

Award for the Best Photography Book in Central and Eastern Europe in 2007–2008, Contemporary Photography (for the book VLADIMIR ZIDLICKY 1970–2007)

2008

The Book Phenomenon (10th)

Honorable mention for the book USEABLE / BAR ARCHITECTS

2008

Skills

Adobe Ilustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, FinalCut, Hasselblad – Phocus, Phase One – Capture One,

Group Exhibitions (Photography)

2014, August
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
東京都写真美術館
Basically. Forever. – Commemorating the 20th Anniversary
of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K*MoPA)
「原点を、永遠に。」 清里フォトアートミュージアム


2014, March–June
Kiyosato, Japan (Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts)
Group exhibition of Young Portfolio Section
2013年度ヤング・ポートフォリオ(第19回)


2013
Kiyosato, Japan (Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts)
Group exhibition of Young Portfolio Section
年度ヤング・ポートフォリオ
清里フォトアートミュージアム


2012
Hodonin, Czech republic (The Hodonin Gallery of Visual Arts)
Fotokost 2012

2011
Bzenec, Czech republic (Chateau Bzenec)
7th Bzenec Art Autumn