MAREK MARIA DUTKA
Born in 1978 in the former Czechoslovakia, artist Marek Dutka now lives and works in London. He graduated in 2004 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and during his studies spent three semesters at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (The Netherlands). Marek Dutka's startlingly original works have been exhibited in both national and international venues, including London’s 2008 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and more recently at Searcys Club Gallery at the top of The Gherkin. In 2012 his painting was among twenty finalists for the VUB Foundation Award for Painting for Young Artists exhibited at the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. His paintings are in numerous private collections, including the private collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Dutka’s main focus is the detailed exploration of space through patterned geometrical figures. His ‘Citadel’ series at Hay Hill Gallery is characterised by the unusual addition of patterns of miniature fish, energetically swimming beneath strong graphics which might otherwise appear static. He follows an exacting method to give his pieces their element of realism: after the initial sketches, he physically constructs his imagined figures in three dimensions, using these models to observe light and shadow.
Finally, the artist’s fantastic visions are given tangible form on canvas, eerily life-like in full colours.
Ball 3 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Lockdown Creature 7 Acrylic on canvas 55 x 40 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 6 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 5 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 60 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 4 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 3 Acrylic on canvas 55 x 40 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 2 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 35 cm, 2020
Lockdown Creature 1 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 60 cm, 2020
Medusa, Present Past/7 Acrylic on canvas 70 x 60 cm, 2019
Medusa, Present Past/6 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 60 cm, 2019
Laocoon, Present Past/5 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 60 cm, 2019
Horse, Present Past/4 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 50 cm, 2019
Marcus Aurelius, Present Past/3 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm, 2019
Boxer, Present Past/2 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 50 cm, 2019
Philosopher, Present Past/1 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 60 cm, 2019
Laocoon, Present Past Acrylic on canvas 51 x 61 cm, 2019
Digital Ghost 1 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 50 cm, 2019
Digital Ghost 2 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Digital Ghost 3 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Digital Ghost 4 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Emilie Floge Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Jeanne Hebuterne Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Frida Kahlo Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Beatrice Hastings Acrylic on canvas 61 x 46 cm, 2019
Face 1 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 51 cm, 2019
Face 2 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 51 cm, 2019
Face 3 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 51 cm, 2019
Heart Beat 1 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 35 cm, 2018
Heart Beat 2 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 35 cm, 2018
Heart Beat 3 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 35 cm, 2018
Nude 1 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm, 2018
Nude 2 Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, 2018
Nude 3 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 50 cm, 2018
Nude 4 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 50 cm, 2018
Sofia Wearing Sunglasses Acrylic on canvas 76 x 51 cm, 2018
Sofia’s Portrait Acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm, 2016
Sofinka Acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm, 2015
Sofia Acrylic on canvas 101 x 76 cm, 2014
Skull Acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm, 2018
Selfportrait Acrylic on canvas 61 x 51 cm, 2018
Sofia’s Face Acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm, 2017
My Face Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm, 2017
Self Portrait Acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm, 2017
Cristina Acrylic on canvas 71 x 61 cm, 2017
Love From Sofia Acrylic on canvas 76 x 51 cm, 2016
Cristina Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm, 2016
Self Portrait Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm, 2016
Eye Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 35 cm, 2017
Figure 1 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 60 cm 2021
Figure 2 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 46 cm, 2021
Horse Acrylic on canvas 76 x 61 cm, 2020
Goldfish Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm, 2016
Crab Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 101 cm, 2016
Octopus Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 101 cm, 2016
Tree Acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm, 2017
Ball 1 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Ball 2 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Ball 4 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Red Citadel Acrylic on canvas 101 x 101 cm
Blue Citadel Acrylic on canvas 101 x 101 cm
Walls Acrylic on canvas 77 x 102 cm, 2013
Cube 1 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm, 2012
Cube 2 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm, 2012
Cube 3 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm, 2012
Gold City Walls Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 102 cm, 2012
Spiral III Acrylic on canvas 66 x 66 cm, 2008
Three Towers - Day Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 120 cm, 2012
Three Towers - Night Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 120 cm, 2012
Selected exhibitions
2013
The Searcys Club Gallery, The Gherkin, London
2012 Painting of the Year – VUB Foundation Award for Painting for ……… Young Artists, Slovakia Winter Salon, River Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia Love 322, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia 2011
Encoded Systems, Red Gate Gallery, London
2009
Open Art Exhibition, St Joseph’s Hall,Brompton Oratory, London
2008
The 240th SUMMER EXHIBITION, Royal Academy of Arts, London Art In Action, Waterperry House, Oxon, UK
2006
Open Exhibition, Windsor Arts Centre, Windsor, UK Gentle Cut, Moderni Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic Boyart, Windsor Arts Centre, UK
2004 57th Artistic Salon in Policka, Mestke Muzeum a Galerie, Policka, …………Czech Republic 2003
The Hague Painters, Haagse Kunstring, The Hague, The Netherlands
2002
Variations,Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands
2001
Tracks, Puchov, Slovakia
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