“Making art is like trying to conquer unknown territory. A space that doesn’t exist until you discover it."
Jan Kaláb (CZ, 1978) is an abstract painter and sculptor based in Prague. He started out in the city’s underground graffiti scene of the 1990s under the name Cakes, before earning a master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2006. Shape and colour are at the centre of his work. His paintings border on sculpture, and his sculptures are mostly painted. He never sets out to copy an existing image or story. He looks for a universal beauty seen from a new angle, aiming to evoke a feeling of déjà vu.