Studio head: prof. akad. mal. Mikoláš Axmann
Assistants: MgA. Mgr. Bedřich Kocman, MgA. Mgr. Jan Kocman

The topic of the 2020/21 summer term was PAPER THEATRE. You can watch a short presentation of the individual performances here. Light represents a dominant feature and a bridge to graphic art.

The studio is a place of creative encounters of visuality and text, where visuality encompasses the whole range of graphic expressions and text brings in provoking and inspiring partnerships. Stories unlock the potential hidden in both materiál and process, activate the storytellers and forces them to articulate their ideas, encourage us to think of the world from various perspectives and, above all, cultivate our ability to differentiate. Script is for us not only a way of conveying meaning, but also the most concentrated form of graphical expression in general. The main point of the studio’s work is to shape energy that has been set in motion, a process co-determined by the nature of stone, metal, plastic, mesh, paper as well as by the digital language of zeros and ones. We understand tradition as a living and open part of our contemporary communication toolkit. The studio has very well-equipped workshops for intaglio, letterpress printing, lithography and serigraphy. Its premises include also a yard where wall-mounted projects can be created, and an open space where the students can work on large-format drawings and prints.

Bachelor’s degree students are obliged to take semester courses in relief printing, letterpress printing, lithography and serigraphy. Most students take part in the Erasmus programme to go abroad for a semester. The Master’s degree study programme is more individualized according to the students’ abilities and specializations. We participate in extracurricular projects, shows and exhibitions on a regular basis. The usual products of our work include drawings, prints, artist’s books, illustration sets and projects installed in the public space. Interdisciplinary cooperation protects us from narrow-mindedness and from creating art for art’s sake. In all our activities, we try to keep our minds open for stimuli from the outside, remain able to distinguish and structure the problems at hand and search for solutions. But we still feel pure joy when grinding stones with sand from the river.