Milos Urbasek

Born on 28 July 1932 in Ostrava- Záb?eh, in Moravia, died on 14 July 1988 at Drábsko in then Czechoslovakia. Until 1956 worked as flight navigator. In 1958-1964 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava in the studios of P. Matejka and Prof. V. Hložník. In 1960 founded, together with E. Ov?á?ek, a Bratislava Confrontations group (exhibitions 1961-1964), introducing non-conventional techniques in structural painting and print into Slovak art. In addition to prices at home, Urbásek was awarded Folkwang-Presse price in Essen in Germany 1967 and the 1969 prix d' Achat Biennale de Gravure, Ljubljana. In 1969 received an invitation by the Ford Foundation for a six-months sabbatical in the USA, but was prevented from accepting it by the Czechoslovak authorities. As one of the first artists in Slovakia, Urbásek focused on geometrical abstraction, the study of which has become a long-term agenda in his work. He developed an original technique with layered collage and created unique pieces through muchlage. He later studied and worked with enlarged print serif font and its fragments. An analysis of letter O, reduced to a circle and its parts was completed in monochrome and colour series enabling arbitrary combination of individual pieces into rhythmic dynamic spaces. Urbásek used the above experience repeatedly to enliven and artistically cultivate architecture. He experimented with new technologies - print on acryl glass and poured asphalt (1971, Kunsthalle courtyard in Nürnberg in Germany). Since 1978 Urbásek studied the presence of light in geometrically structured and layered coloured mass in pastels, paintings and drawings. He participated in a number of action-art performances of his colleagues (with A. Mlynár?ik) as well as a younger generation of artists. Since 1958 lived and worked in Bratislava, specialising in painting, print, drawing, book illustrations and graphic design, as well as monumental works, objects and multiples. Museum collections : Štátna galéria v Banskej Bystrici, Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Slovenská národná galéria Bratislava, Zbierka Slovenskej sporite?ne Bratislava, Zbierka V-INVEST HOLDING, a.s. Bratislava, Moravská galerie Brno, Oblastní galerie Hodonín, Galerie výtvarného um?ní Karlovy Vary, Galerie Benedikta Rejta Louny, Galerie výtvarného um?ní Ostrava, Národní galerie Praha, ?eské muzeum výtvarných um?ní Praha, Um?lecko-pr?myslové muzeum Praha, Dresdner Bank Praha, Galéria M. A. Bazovského Tren?ín, Oblastní galerie Zlín, Považská galéria Žilina Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Akademie voor beeldende Kunsten Arnhem, Graphothek Berlin, Museum Bochum, Josef Albers Museum Bottrop, El Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto Ciudad Bolívar, Kunshalle Bremen, Oregon State University Corvallis, Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Museum Folkwang Essen, Muzeum Okregow? Che?m, Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt, Muzeum um?ní V. M. Vasn?cova Kirov, Mittelrhein Museum Koblenz, Artothek Köln, Muzeum Koszali?ske Koszalin, Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Nürnberg, Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg, Janus Panonius Múzeum Pécz, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, Städtliche Galerie Haus Seel Siegen, Národní muzeum Skopje, Bibliotheca Vaticano, Library of congres Washington, Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Albertina Wien. His works are represented in a number of public as well as private collections, mainly in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Canada and U.S.A.