Vladimír Hanuš

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).

He captures the Czech landscape differently from other Czech painters.

He decided to become a painter at the age of twenty-four, and with thirty years of experience his work invites comparison with that of figures such as František Kupka or Josef Šíma.