Vladimír Hanuš
Painter and sculptor. Landscape as inner space — colour that builds and shines.
Vladimír Hanuš was born on 19 May 1961 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, where he attended grammar school (1976–1980). After failing his school-leaving examination — he had wanted to be a pilot — he went on to a two-year hotel school. He then began compulsory military service in Plzeň (1982–84). After his discharge he worked in Prague as a construction labourer while seeking admission to the Academy of Fine Arts. He was accepted in 1988 and studied under two leading Czech artists, Karel Malich (whose studio awarded him the Academy Prize) and František Hodonský (1988–1994). In 1996 he received a fellowship from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. in New York.
He exhibits regularly in the Czech Republic and abroad. His work is held in the collections of state galleries (VČG Pardubice, OG Rychnov nad Kněžnou, GMU Hradec Králové, GAVU Cheb, GKK Klatovy–Klenová, Horácká galerie Nové Město na Moravě, GVUN Náchod) and of significant private collectors (Czech Republic, England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, USA).