JIri JIROUTEK
Qualified European Photographer

Date and place of birth 21. 3. 1967, Louny, Czech Republic
Education Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava (abs. 1994)
Professional direction advertising, portraits, architecture

Membership of specialist organizations
Association of Professional Photographers, Czech Republic (2000–2006)
QEP Club of the Association of Professional Photographers, Czech Republic
Copyright Protection Organization - Association (OOA-S)

Awards
1990 Young Photographers (up to 25 years) – 1st place, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2002 Title of QEP – Qualified European Photographer, Cologne, Germany
2004 „Eté des Portraits“ – 3rd place, Groupement National de la Photographie Professionnelle, France
2005 Nomination for the Black & White Spider Awards, Professional – Abstract, California, USA
2005 Competition promoting tourism publications, Calendar category – 1st place, Písek, Czech Rep.
2005 Celebrity of Culture in the Liberec Region, Liberec , Czech Republic
2006 Nomination for the Black & White Spider Awards, Professional – Abstract (2×), California, USA
2006 Nomination for the Black & White Spider Awards, Professional – People (3×), California, USA
2006 Black & White Spider Awards, Professional People – 2nd place, California, USA
2008 Nomination for the Black & White Spider Awards, Professional – Architectural, California, USA
2009 Nomination for International Color Awards, Professional – Abstract, California, USA
2010 Commemorative Medal of School of Applied Arts in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2010 Nomination for International Color Awards, Professional – Abstract, California, USA
2010 FEP European Professional Photographer Of the Year, Portrait – 3rd place, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Hasselblad Master 2010 finalist competition (Architectural), Sweden
2011 Nomination for the Black & White Spider Awards, Professional – Architectural, California, USA
2011 Black & White Spider Awards, Professional Nature – 2nd place, California, USA

Publications
2005 Phenomenon Jested (2009 – 2nd enlarged and revised edition)

Publications in cooperation
2005 Decuria – 10 Czech QEP Photographers

Another publications
Architecture (Catalog, Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague), Association of Professional Photographers, 2002
QEP – Qualified European Photographers, FEP, Brussels, Belgium, 2005
Graduates (Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava 1991–2006), Opava 2006
Slavné vily Libereckého kraje, Foibos, Praha, 2007
The World’s Greatest Black & White Photography, BookBasil London, UK, 2007
Leica Gallery Prague – Catalogue, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008
Jablonec Town Hall 1931–1933, M?sto Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, 2008
Cold War Modern – Design 1945–1970, Victoria & Albert Museum London, UK, 2008
TV Towers – 8559 Meters Politics and Architecture, Raumtaktik Berlin, Germany, 2009

Selection of the Solo Exhibitions
1999 Portraits – Small Exhibition Hall, Liberec, Czech Republic
2000 Windows 96 – State Castle and Chateau Grabštejn, Czech Republic
2000 Cats and Dogs – Exhibition Grounds, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2000 Succession and Connection – Naïve Theatre, Liberec, Czech Republic
2002 Up&Down – WE Gallery, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2005 Phenomenon Jested – Small Exhibition Hall, Liberec, Czech Republic
2006 Phenomenon Jested – Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Phenomenon Jested – Representation of the Liberec Region, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Phenomenon Jested – Bata`s 21, Zlín, Czech Republic
2007 Portraits – WE Gallery, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2007 Phenomenon Jested – Architects Club, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2007 Up&Down – New City Hall Liberec, Czech Republic
2009 Phenomenon Jested – Futurista Universum, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Už nejdu do Ješt?du – Galerie U Rytí?e, Liberec, Czech Republic
2010 Už nejdu do Ješt?du – Futurista Universum, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 Personalities – Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg, Germany
2011 Personalities – Czech Centrum, Munich, Germany
2012 Personalities – Oblastní galerie v Liberci – Museum of European Art, Liberec, Czech Republic

Selection of collaberative exhibitions
1990 Regional Round Amateur Photography Competition, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
1990 XI. National Amateur Photography Competition, OKS Olomouc, Czech Republic
1991 Thomas Mann Klub, Nordhausen, Germany
1993 Thomas Mann Klub, Nordhausen, Germany
1996 Small Exhibition Hall, Liberec, Czech Republic
1998 Portraits (with AF)– National Technical Museum, Praha, Czech Republic
2000 Advertaising (with AF) – National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 Architecture (with AF) – Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 Portraits – Exhibition Grounds, Interkamera (with AF), Prague, Czech Republic
2004 „Eté des Portraits“ – Bourbon-Lancy, France
2005 QEP presentation – Czech Senate, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 CzechPesPhoto – Josef Sudek Chamber Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 QEP presentation – Gallery 4, Cheb, Czech Republic
2006 Graduates 1991–2006 – House of the Arts, Opava, Czech Republic
2009 Motive 2009 – The Knight Gallery, Liberec, Czech Republic
2012 Photographers – 20 years of WE Gallery, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Represented in Collections
National Museum of Photography,– Golden Collection of Czech Photographers, Jind?ich?v Hradec, Czech Republic
Museum Kampa – Sovovy Mlýny – Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic
Nord Bohemian Museum in Liberec, Czech Republic
Leica Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
Private Collections (Holland, Germany, USA)

Bc. Ji?í Jiroutek, QEP

Ruprechtická 703/17 • Liberec 1, Czech Republic
T +420 602 422 401 • atelier@jiroutek.com
www.jiroutek.com • www.fenomenjested.cz

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