In the River

Petr Holecek
Petr Holecek was born in 1976 in Benesov, Czech Republic.

Between the years 1996 to 2001 he studied at University in Ceske Budejovice, CR, Pedagogical Faculty, and specialized in Art and Civic Education. In the Spring of 2003 he attended a drawing studies course at the National Gallery of Ireland, and in 2004 he was an art assistant in the studio of Patrick O’Reilly in Dublin

He has had many solo exhibitions in the Czech Republic and numerous group exhibitions throughout Ireland including a solo show at The Kildare Gallery in 2018.Petr was awarded The Goodbody Outstanding Artist Award at this year’s annual Sculpture in Context at National Botanic Gardens.