Zdeněk Sýkora

Year of birth, place
1920, Louny, Czech Republic
Year of death, place
2011, Louny, Czech Republic
Biography
Zdeněk Sýkora studied at the Mining University in Příbram (1938/1939) and at the Charles University in Prague (1945–1947). 1947 assistant at the institute for art education, Charles University in Prague. 1963 member of Křižovatka. 1964 first works with computer in collaboration with mathematician Jaroslav Blažek. 1966–1980 professor at the Charles University in Prague. He lives in Louny, HR.
Exhib.: 1965, »Nuove realtá nell’arte de Cecoslovacchia contemporanea«, La Carabaga club d’arte, Genoa. 1965, V. Biennale di San Marino. 1965, »Tschechoslowakische Kunst heute«, Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. 1967, »Konstruktive Tendenzen aus der Tschechoslowakei«, Studiogalerie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. 1968, documenta 4, Kassel.
Lit.: Z. S., ”Computer-Aided Multi-Element Geometrical Abstract Paintings,” in: »Leonardo«, 3, 1970, pp. 409–413.

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