Petr Pavlík
Born 31st January 1945 in Prague
Lives and (still) works in Prague
A member of the 12/15 Better Late Than Never group
Education
1968–1973
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (studio of František Jiroudek, studio of Arnošt Paderlík)
Teaching career
1999–2003
assistant at the sculpture studio of Jiří Beránek, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design [VŠUP], Prague
2004–2024
Department of Scenography, Academy of Performing Arts [DAMU], Prague (appointed associate professor in 2012)
In 1993 Petr Pavlík interrupted his artistic career and focused on theoretical, critical and literary activity, publishing articles in the journals and newspapers Ateliér, Lidové noviny, Prager Zeitung, Literární noviny, Host and Mladý svět. In 1997 the Central European Gallery and Publishing House brought out ‘Art and Life in the Czech Lands, or The Art of Living in the Czech Lands’, a collection of Pavlík’s theoretical and critical essays.
Pavlík has given lectures at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Technology, Brno, the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, Prague, Glasgow School of Art, the University of Arts and Design, Halle, the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery and elsewhere.
