Jan Jakub Kotík

Jan Jakub Kotík
Jan Jakub Kotík (1998)
Background information
Born	(1972-10-22)October 22, 1972 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died	December 13, 2007(2007-12-13) (aged 35) Prague, Czech Republic
Instrument	Drums
Formerly of	Bootstrappers

Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist^[1] and rock drummer.

Life

Jan Jakub was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art Charlotta Kotík, who emigrated to the United States in 1970.^[2] His paternal grandfather was the artist Jan Kotik and his maternal great-grandfather was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk — first president of Czechoslovakia. Jakub was a musician and a visual artist. He played drums with the Mommyheads, Beekeeper and Church of Betty, among many other bands in New York City at the time. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Cooper Union.

In 2000, he moved to Prague, where he became a highly acclaimed visual artist. In 2007, he received the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký Award.^[2] On December 13, 2007, he died after a three-year battle with cancer.

References

1. ProCulture
2. Zemřel výtvarník Jan Kotík, Masarykův potomek

External links

• Media related to Jan Jakub Kotík at Wikimedia Commons
• Jan Jakub Kotík (1972 – 2007)
• Autor Jan Jakub Kotík
• hunt kastner artworks artists Jan Jakub Kotík
• Artist Jan Jakub Kotík ARTLIST – database of contemporary Czech art