MgA. Jiří Havlíček, Ph.D.

Jiří Havlíček (*1977) studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno (1998–2004) and completed his doctoral studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2023. He has been exhibiting independently since 2001, and has worked as a curator since 2004. He has made several short films that have been screened at both domestic festivals (Karlovy Vary IFF, PAF Olomouc) and international competitions (Locarno Film Festival, ISFF Oberhausen). In 2019 it was a finalist of the European Film Award in the European Short Film category. He wrote the book Theory of Ghosts (2018). He worked as a senior lecturer at the Text Form Function studio at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava (2014–2024). Since 2023 he has been an assistant professor at the Intermedia 3 studio at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.