Vladimír Kokolia

弗拉基米爾・可可利亞（1956-）為捷克最重要的當代藝術家之一。他在1990年代初期即開始受到國際關注，陸續受邀展出於德國卡塞爾文獻展、英國格拉斯哥第三眼中心(現為當代藝術中心)、德國亞琛市路德維希國際藝術論壇館、比利時根特新當代藝術博物館、國立臺灣美術館、韓國首爾沃克山藝術中心、美國洛杉磯奧的斯/帕森斯畫廊、美國紐約PS1當代藝術中心等；近年則有重要個展在中國成都當代美術館和英國伯明翰的IKON畫廊展出。不僅僅專注於藝術創作，他還曾經擔任捷克傳奇地下搖滾樂團「E」的主唱、並為多首歌曲填詞，更成為陳氏太極拳宗師的子弟，迄今練習不輟，在不同的實踐領域展開對哲思與心靈的深沉探索，進而反映在其創作中。可可利亞亦致力於藝術教育，於布拉格美術學院任教近三十年以來提攜許多傑出新世代藝術家。

Vladimír Kokolia (born in 1956) is one of the most important contemporary artists in the Czech Republic. Kokolia gained international attention at the beginning of the 1990s, which led to exhibitions of his works at documenta (Kassel, Germany); the Third Eye Center (Glasgow, UK); the Ludwig Forum (Aachen, Germany); S.M.A.K. (Gent, Belgium); the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; the Walker Hill Art Center (Seoul, South Korea); the Otis/Parsons Gallery (Los Angeles, USA); PS1 (New York, USA) and many others. More recently, he presented major solo exhibition projects at MOCA in Chengdu, China, and at the IKON Gallery in Birmingham, UK. Besides being an artist, he was also the lead singer and lyricist of the legendary Czech underground rock band "E" and is a longtime student of the Chen style of Taijiquan. His deep philosophical and spiritual explorations in a variety of practices are reflected in his art. Kokolia is also committed to art education and has taught many outstanding young artists for nearly 30 years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

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