I’m a Czech artist living in Melbourne, Australia.
My work is part of the expressionist stream of modern art, celebrating the emotional part of life, but I am also heavily engaged with technological practices such as as 3d modelling, printing and the use of contemporary resins.
This combination of the hot and chaotic elements of expressionism and the cold, crystalline and mathematical technology gives me a way to instigate a future culture where, hopefully, the aspects of human existence and human experience are still given credence.
Art is the leader, Poetry is the leader.
Petr Zly
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Recent Work, Preston Zly Studios
2011 The Residents, Bus Projects, Melbourne CBD
2010 The Dream of Rooms, Sunshine and Grease, Clifton Hill
1991 Toys And Souvenirs, Artists Space, North Fitzroy
Group Exhibitions
2013 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria
2008 Out of the Closet, Objects, The Carlton, Melbourne CBD
2005 Timber, De De Ce, Melbourne CBD
2004 Plastique, Space Furniture, Richmond
2003 Top to Toe, National Gallery of Victoria, The Ian Potter Centre
2003 Papier, Ivy Hopes, Melbourne CBD
2002 Twister, National Gallery of Victoria, The Ian Potter Centre
2001 Giulietta, Span Galleries, Melbourne
1998 Silent Fall, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
1993 Zone Unknown, Gertrude Contemporary
Studies
1987 Bachelor or Art, Fine Art – Phillip Institute of Technology