doc. MgA. Matěj Smetana, Ph.D.
| Position: | Head of the Studio |
| Email: | matej.smetana@avu.cz |
| Workplace: | Drawing, Programme Board, Subject Area Board – Fine Arts, Restoration, Architecture Programmes |
Doc. MgA. Matěj Smetana, Ph.D. graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology (2007, Intermedia, Painting) and later completed his doctoral studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (2011, Monumental Art Studio).
He has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions in the Czech Republic (e.g. at the GHMP, the National Gallery, NOD Gallery, 8smička, GVUO, OGV, Klatovy Klenová Gallery), as well as abroad (in Slovakia, Germany and other countries). In 2014 he was a finalist for the Slovak Oskar Čepan Prize, and in 2011 he received the Artist has a Prize - Award from Václav Stratil: Work of the Year (for the work Hvězda, DUMB Brno). He also works in public space.
His teaching experience includes working as an assistant professor at FaVU BUT in the Environment studio and as an assistant professor at the Department of Art Education PDF MU Brno, working as a lecturer at Prague College and also as an assistant and assistant professor at VŠVU Bratislava at the Department of Intermedia and Multimedia.