CV
| 1946 | Born in Vizovice, Czech Republic |
| 1969 | Moved to England |
| 2006 | Moved to France |
Art education
| 1990 | MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London |
| 1979 | BA Fine Art, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Kent |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2014 | "the devil is in the details" (with Jane Harris), Horatio Jr, London |
| 2005 | "The other side of forever", Hornsey Pumphouse Gallery, London |
| 1998 | "The Josef Project – Part 3", Museum of Installation, London |
| 1995 | "Jiri Kratochvil : New Sculptures", The Theatre Gallery, Zwolle, Holland and City of Prague Gallery, Czech Republic |
| 1988 | "Purbeck Stone", Alpha Gallery, Dorset |
| 1984 | "Jiri Kratochvil : New Sculptures", Woodlands Gallery, London |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | "Royal Academy Summer Show", London |
| "Alive in the Universe", Video ‘Sound of the Sirens’, Venice | |
| "Ambassadors", Arboretum, Argenton-sur-Creuse, France | |
| 2015 | "Walking through fiction", Camberwell Project Space, London |
| 2012 | "Pop Molecule", Aubin Gallery, London |
| 2002 | "Once Again", John Hansard Gallery, Southampton |
| "Mathematique", Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London (curator and exhibitor) | |
| 1997 | "Heteronymus (Decomposition: culture and industry towards the year 2000)", Complesso Monumentale Del San Michele, Rome |
| 1995 | "Pretext Heteronymus", Clink Street Studios, London |
| "Scene One", Zwolle, Holland | |
| 1994 | "Six + One", Alpha Gallery, Dorset |
| 1993 | "New Sculptures", Stadsgalerie and Zoo, Emmen, Holland |
| "New Abstraction", Coopers and Lybrand, London | |
| 1992 | "Roll", Clove Building, London (curator and exhibitor) |
| 1991 | "Whitechapel Open", Whitechapel Gallery, London |
| "Battersea Art Show", Battersea Art Centre, London | |
| 1990 | "Homage to the Square", Flaxman Gallery, London |
| "Swimming Underwater", Imagination Building, London | |
| "MA Graduation Exhibition", Goldsmiths College, London | |
| 1989 | "Interim Show", Goldsmiths Gallery, London |
| 1984 | "Three Artists", Showroom Gallery, London (co-curator and exhibitor) |
| 1983 | "Capital Radio Sculpture Show", Camden Lock, London |
Commissions
| 1994 | Wavin GmbH – sculpture for the new headquarters building in Twist, Germany |
| 1993 | Wavin BV – sculpture to be given to the Queen’s Commissioner on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the company |
| Various private commissions | |
Residencies
| 2015 | Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA |
| 2012 | Artistes en Résidence, Clermont Ferrand, France |
| 1993 | Stads Bleeden, Emmen, Holland |
| 1986 | Stone Carving Festival, Swanage, Dorset, UK |
| 1985 | Stone Carving Festival, Swanage, Dorset, UK |
| 1984 | Amherst Road Junior School, London |
Collections
| ICI Salt Mines, Cheshire, UK |
| Wavin Nederland BV |
| Wavin GmbH, Germany |
| Various private collections |
Bibliography
| 2003 | Nicolas De Oliviera, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry ‘installation art in the new millenium’, Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0-500-23808-1 |
| 2002 | Edward Lucie-Smith ‘art tomorrow’, TERRAIL, ISBN 2-87939-252-7 |
| Martin Herbert ‘Once Again’, Modern Painters, winter issue | |
| Louisa Buck ‘Mathematique’, The Art Newspaper, No 121 | |
| Time Out ‘Mathematique’, No 1644 | |
| Tom Lubbock ‘Mathematique’ The Independent | |
| 1998 | Mercury Newspaper London ‘Jiri Kratochvil’ |
| 1995 | Dr Olga Mala ‘Jiri Kratochvil’, catalogue text, Czech Republic |
| Dr Jan Weber ‘Jiri Kratochvil’, catalogue text, Holland | |
| 1993 | Adri de Fluter, ‘Stichting Stadsbeelden Emmen’, catalogue text, Holland |
| Stads Beelden Newpaper ‘Jiri Kratochvil’ | |
| Folke Meijer, ‘Plastic plastiek Kunstwerk van kunststof’, Wavin de Spreekbuis, Holland | |
| 1992 | Rose Jennings, ‘Roll’, Time Out |
| 1991 | William Feaver, ‘Whitechapel Open’ The Observer Newspaper |
| 1984 | Hackney Gazette, London |
Teaching
| 1994 - 2005 | Lecturer in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2014 | "the devil is in the details" (with Jane Harris), Horatio Jr, London |
| 2005 | "The other side of forever", Hornsey Pumphouse Gallery, London |
| 1998 | "The Josef Project – Part 3", Museum of Installation, London |
| 1995 | "Jiri Kratochvil : New Sculptures", The Theatre Gallery, Zwolle, Holland and City of Prague Gallery, Czech Republic |
| 1988 | "Purbeck Stone", Alpha Gallery, Dorset |
| 1984 | "Jiri Kratochvil : New Sculptures", Woodlands Gallery, London |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | "Royal Academy Summer Show", London |
| "Alive in the Universe", Video ‘Sound of the Sirens’, Venice | |
| "Ambassadors", Arboretum, Argenton-sur-Creuse, France | |
| 2015 | "Walking through fiction", Camberwell Project Space, London |
| 2012 | "Pop Molecule", Aubin Gallery, London |
| 2002 | "Once Again", John Hansard Gallery, Southampton |
| "Mathematique", Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London (curator and exhibitor) | |
| 1997 | "Heteronymus (Decomposition: culture and industry towards the year 2000)", Complesso Monumentale Del San Michele, Rome |
| 1995 | "Pretext Heteronymus", Clink Street Studios, London |
| "Scene One", Zwolle, Holland | |
| 1994 | "Six + One", Alpha Gallery, Dorset |
| 1993 | "New Sculptures", Stadsgalerie and Zoo, Emmen, Holland |
| "New Abstraction", Coopers and Lybrand, London | |
| 1992 | "Roll", Clove Building, London (curator and exhibitor) |
| 1991 | "Whitechapel Open", Whitechapel Gallery, London |
| "Battersea Art Show", Battersea Art Centre, London | |
| 1990 | "Homage to the Square", Flaxman Gallery, London |
| "Swimming Underwater", Imagination Building, London | |
| "MA Graduation Exhibition", Goldsmiths College, London | |
| 1989 | "Interim Show", Goldsmiths Gallery, London |
| 1984 | "Three Artists", Showroom Gallery, London (co-curator and exhibitor) |
| 1983 | "Capital Radio Sculpture Show", Camden Lock, London |
Commissions
| 1994 | Wavin GmbH – sculpture for the new headquarters building in Twist, Germany |
| 1993 | Wavin BV – sculpture to be given to the Queen’s Commissioner on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the company |
| Various private commissions | |
Residencies
| 2015 | Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA |
| 2012 | Artistes en Résidence, Clermont Ferrand, France |
| 1993 | Stads Bleeden, Emmen, Holland |
| 1986 | Stone Carving Festival, Swanage, Dorset, UK |
| 1985 | Stone Carving Festival, Swanage, Dorset, UK |
| 1984 | Amherst Road Junior School, London |
Collections
| ICI Salt Mines, Cheshire, UK |
| Wavin Nederland BV |
| Wavin GmbH, Germany |
| Various private collections |
Bibliography
| 2003 | Nicolas De Oliviera, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry ‘installation art in the new millenium’, Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0-500-23808-1 |
| 2002 | Edward Lucie-Smith ‘art tomorrow’, TERRAIL, ISBN 2-87939-252-7 |
| Martin Herbert ‘Once Again’, Modern Painters, winter issue | |
| Louisa Buck ‘Mathematique’, The Art Newspaper, No 121 | |
| Time Out ‘Mathematique’, No 1644 | |
| Tom Lubbock ‘Mathematique’ The Independent | |
| 1998 | Mercury Newspaper London ‘Jiri Kratochvil’ |
| 1995 | Dr Olga Mala ‘Jiri Kratochvil’, catalogue text, Czech Republic |
| Dr Jan Weber ‘Jiri Kratochvil’, catalogue text, Holland | |
| 1993 | Adri de Fluter, ‘Stichting Stadsbeelden Emmen’, catalogue text, Holland |
| Stads Beelden Newpaper ‘Jiri Kratochvil’ | |
| Folke Meijer, ‘Plastic plastiek Kunstwerk van kunststof’, Wavin de Spreekbuis, Holland | |
| 1992 | Rose Jennings, ‘Roll’, Time Out |
| 1991 | William Feaver, ‘Whitechapel Open’ The Observer Newspaper |
| 1984 | Hackney Gazette, London |
Teaching
| 1994 - 2005 | Lecturer in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London |