Jiří Surůvka
Working amidst a post-industrial and post-socialist landscape, the artist creates sculpture, painting, and performance that offer irony, humor and an aggressive look at issues facing his community and the world at large.
Biography
Born in 1961 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Surůvka has taught philosophy, the Czech language, and new media at Ostrava University throughout his career as an artist and performer.