Ondřej Kubeš (* 1999) is a Czech visual artist working primarily with documentary and staged photography, installation, drawing and performance. His intimate, poetic archive-based artworks examine topics of personal memory, affection, trauma, queerness, family relations and mental health. Kubeš’s work has been exhibited in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Belgium. He completed his master’s degree at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague at the Photography II. studio led by Alena Kotzmannová.
Education
2023 – 2025 Master’s Degree Program – Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Department of Graphics, Studio of Photography II.
2019 – 2023 Bachelor’s Degree Program – Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Department of Graphics, Studio of Photography II.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Scars and Other Fragments, Atelier Josefa Sudka, Prague
Group Exhibitions
2025 Kde Domov Náš, Pride Gallery/Langhans, Prague
2023 Highway Mindway, Czech center London, London
2022 Unique Client, Milan Design Week, Milan
2022 F2/Progres, J&T Banka, Prague
2021 F2 Prag, Czech center, Munich
2021 Black Swan, Černá Labuť, Prague
2020 F2 Prag, Haus der Statistik, Berlin
2019 80’s Svoboda, GASK, Kutná Hora
Art Performances and Collaborations
2025 Ghost Signaling, Jedna Dva Tři Gallery, Petrohradská kolektiv, Prague (collaborations with Holo- collective)
Participating in performances by other authors
2025 Noctum Studio, PFW25, Hell Events, Prague
2025 Colin Self – XOIR, Lunchmeat Festival, Studio Hrdinů , Prague
2023 Jan Durina – In Conversations: Compositions of Subjects and Meanings, Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava
2022 Romeo & Hellion – Additional Fell: MAD CITY, National Gallery, Prague