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Petr Šálek
Petr Šálek
	Petr Šálek by Evey Taylor
Born	19 July 1948 (age 76); Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Occupation	Photographer

Petr Šálek, MFA, QEP (born 19 July 1948) is a Czech photographer. He is mostly known for work in commercial and fashion photography, but also produces work as an experimental photographer. He does panoramic photography and high pigment quality printing. Wide-angle photography, composition, lighting and geometric landscape are Šálek's signature features.

Biography

Šálek was born on born 19 July 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, in the Department of Art Photography.^[1] He left Czechoslovakia in 1981, during the normalization period, returning after the Velvet Revolution. His work has been published in several photo books and magazines and exhibited in several prominent venues. He was awarded the 2002 title of Qualified European Photographer in the category of Advertising Photography in Orvieto on 16 March 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Select solo exhibitions

1996 Young Fashion - Künstlerfest, Erlangen, Germany
1996 Water Folly – Blumen & Art, Nuremberg, Germany
1996 Avantgarde – Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, US
1996 Flowers – Blumen & Art, Nuremberg, Germany
1997 Technikum – Schwan Stabilo, Heroldsberg, Germany
1997 Digital Photographs – Motor-Presse-Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 Photographs – Funkhaus, Nuremberg, Germany
1998 Photographs – Cebit, Hanover, Germany
1998 Views – picture gallery OBI, Nuremberg, Germany
1998 World of Photography – representation of Epson company, Vienna, Austria
1999 Enwrap (photographs in collaboration with the German choreographer Felix Ruckert) – club Solidní nejistota, Prague
2000 Prague – European City of Culture – exhibition accompanying the performances of the company Dance Perfekt in partner
2000 European cities of culture - Brussels, Bologna, Reykjavík, Avignon, Helsinki
2000 Jak se kalí grafie (How Calli Graphs, collaboration with Petr Geisler) - National Gallery in Prague, Zbraslav Chateau
2001 Animal Dancing – Studio Fénix, Prague
2002 Photo Calligraphy (combination of photographs with calligraphy by Petr Geisler) club Solidní nejistota, Prague
2002 Blind Alley – Studio Fénix, Prague
2002 Qualified European Photographer – National Museum of Photography, Jindřichův Hradec
2003 Crooks 1 – International Exhibition Interkamera, Prague Exhibition Grounds
2004 Photo Calligraphy 2 – Mironet Company, Prague
2004 Crooks 2 – club Solidní nejistota, Prague
2004 Photo Calligraphy 3 – Digiforum, Prague
2004 Crooks 3 – Allegro Gallery, Prague
2005 Mud on Canvas – International Exhibition Interkamera, Prague Exhibition Grounds
2006 Prague XXL – Old Town City Hall of Prague
2008 Prague Panoramic – Buenos Aires
2008 Praguefoto – Prague
2009 Airport Praha-Ruzyně, City of Prague, Presentation on Occasion of the EU-Chairmanship of Czech Republic (Co-Author Graphic Designer Pavel Dufek)
2009 Foto Calligraphy – Cafe Kino Lucerna, Prague
2009 Water Games - Famood, Prague
2010 1984 – (Variations on George Orwell´s book), Hotel Clarion, Prague
2011 1984-2 – Cafe Technika, Prague
2011 Prague Panoramic – Hotel Leonardo, Prague
2011 1984-3 – DOX, Prague
2012 Prague Panoramic – New Town Hall, Prague
2012 Railway Bridge – Cafe Kofein, Prague, in cooperation with Pavel Dufek
2012 Railway Bridge 2 – Winehouse Voršilka, Prague, in cooperation with Pavel Dufek
2014 Photo Calligraphy (combination of photographs with calligraphy by Petr Geisler) - Prostor, Prague
2015 Where is my home, where is my home? – Prostor, Prague, in cooperation with Pavel Dufek
2015 1984,The National Library, Pristina, Kosovo
2016 Prague Panoramic, The National Library, Pristina, Kosovo
2017 Prague Panoramic, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, New York
2018 Praha Panoramic, Kabul, Embassy of the Czech Republic
2022 Where is my home?, Roesel - beer & food, Prague,in cooperation with Pavel Dufek
2022 Where is my home II?, Hostel Brix, Prague, in cooperation with Pavel Dufek
2023 Funny Food, Vinárna u sv. Anežky, Prague

Included in collections

National Museum of Photography, Jindřichův Hradec^[2]
Gold Collection of gifts from contemporary Czech photographers
National Library of the Czech Republic
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague

Books

Československá fotografie v exilu (1939–1989), Prague, 1992, Anna Fárová, Catalogue
Die neue Akt Fotoschule, 2000, VERLAG PHOTOGRAPHIE, ISBN 3-933131-00-6,
Reklama 1990–1999, 2000, Asociace fotografů, ISBN 80-902629-2-9
Asociace fotografů České republiky se představuje: Petr Šálek, FotoVideo 2001, vol. 11
Česká fotografie 20. století, Prague, 2005, Vladimír Birgus, Jan Mlčoch, UPM, KANT, ISBN 80-86217-89-2
1984, Prague: Petr Šálek, 2011, Graphic Design by Pavel Dufek, ISBN 978-80-254-9180-5
Praha XXL = Prague XXL ; Tělo = Body, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Old Town Hall, Prague: Petr Šálek, 2005, ISBN 80-239-6487-9
Jeden den České republiky, (One day in the life of Czech Republic) Editor: Pavel Radosta, 2007, ISBN 978-80-254-0496-6, pp. 156–157
PRAGUE, Petr Šálek, 2016, Graphic Design by Pavel Dufek, ISBN 978-80-260-9910-9