Ladislav Vlna 1976
1999 – 2005 Prague Academy of Fine Arts prof. Karel Stretti
1992 – 1996 The Secondary School of Applied Arts in Uherské Hradiště
For the past fifteen years, he has been perfecting a unique technique he has developed and coined "metallurgical painting." In this technique, images are burned onto the steel plates without the use of any other materials. The drawing is engraved in the material, and the colors are annealed by the very core of the steel and its essence. An important role in the perception of the image is caused by incidental light and therefore the work looks different at different times of the day. His journey to this technique led through his father's locksmith's workshop, where he often helped during his childhood. He was fascinated by how the colors of the metallic materials changed when exposed to fire. Vlna explaines: “It's hard to keep a steel plate on the plane when you look at it with fire. Getting to the surface of the colors you want, exactly where you want, and keeping it all together is a very challenging but beautiful process. Everyone who works with iron knows it well.”
He focuses mainly on figures and portraits, but also technical and architectural compositions.
Solo exhibitions
2021 Polarity, Galerie Art Concept - Mánes, Praha
2020 Love or Fight Galerie The Whitw Room, Pragovka, Praha
2020 Eye (A)VOID Gallery Praha
2020 Under water (A)VOID Gallery Praha
2019 Metallurgy, Gallery UffO, Trutnov
2019 Fire in a machine, Gallery Gambit, Prague
2018 For founders, Gallery of critics, Praha
2017 Mill II, Galerie The Whitw Room, Pragovka art district, Prague
2016 Mill, Cafe Mlýnská, Prague
2013 People of the sea, STS Frederic Chopin, Sczecin PL
2013 People of the sea, Ship Tajemství, Prague
2011 Head23, Theather Husa na provázku, Brno
2010 Head23, Gallery Nová síň, Prague
2012 Installation of bust of Raoul Wallenberg, Naples Florida USA
2010 Installation of the statue of Watchmen, Theater Husa na provázku, Brno
2009 Installation of the statue of Vlasta, Theater Husa na provázku, Brno
2007 Three colors, Gallery Nová síň, Prague
2007 Installation of a memorial plaque for RNDr. Zdeněk Kvíz Csc. Třebíč
2007 Balt 12, Gallery Fotografic, Prague
2006 Installation of a memorial plaque RAF pilots, Třebíč
Group exhibitions
2021 Kolaborace, Pragovka, Praha
2021 Art Prague Sculpture, The Chemistry Gallery, Dům Radost Praha
2020 Art Prague fair, The Chemistry Gallery, Praha
2020 LaArt Show, Los Angeles, USA
2019 Illusion Art Museum, Old Town Square, Prague
2019 London Contemporary, The Line Contemporary Art Space, London, GB
2019 Art Prague fair, Republic square 7, Prague
2019 Just Kids, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2019 Flying Inn, Pragovka art district, Prague
2018 Art Prague Fair, Clam-Gallas palace, Prague
2018 Kolben open, Pragovka art district, Prague
2018 Truth of the Material, Delusion of the Image, Gallery of critics, Prague
2017 Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton collection
2017 About the art of war, City gallery Pardubice
2017 String on the castle, Špilberg castle, Brno
2017 Acta Erotika, Gallery Opletalka, Prague
2017 Prague Now, Clam-Gallas palace, Prague
2017 With wings, Pragovka art district, Prague
2017 Kolben open, Pragovka art district, Prague
2016 Sexy, Pragovka art district, Prague
2014 Art Prague, Kafka house, Prague
2014 Kingdom for horses, City Gallery Pardubice