Filip Černý (b. 1975, Prague), graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU), painting studio under Prof. Jiří Sopko. His work moves between the seen and the imagined — between a readable sign and its transformation into a puzzle. He does not settle for transcribing what is observed; he selects essential forms, isolates them, and composes a new imaginative world. The painting becomes a scene where vision constantly redefines itself.
Studies: SUPŠ Prague (1989–1993), Václav Hollar School of Art (1993–1994), Charles University Faculty of Education, Prague (1994–1995), AVU Prague — painting (1995–2002), diploma with the Master of Arts title (MgA.); spring 2001 study stay at Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede, Netherlands.
Still life, interior, figure, abstract shape or everyday object are not fixed motifs but segments that shift, deform and reassemble. Curator Petr Vaňous describes this as the ability to create a new pictorial world rather than merely copying visible reality.