Viktor Kolář

Born in 1941 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, into a photographer’s family. Worked at the Vitkovice Steel plant. From 1968 until 1973 lived in Canada.

Selected solo exhibitions:

1997 The Photographic Cente, Athens
1998 Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne
2002 Leica Gallery, New York City
2011 Photography festival Mesiac Fotografie, Bratislava

Kolář’s work is held in the following collections: Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago); International Centre of Photography (New York); Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris); Musée de l´Photographie (Lausanne); Moravian Gallery (Brno); Museum of Decorative Arts (Prague); Museum Ludwig (Cologne); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Victoria and Albert Museum (London).

Awards:

1991 International Documentary Photography Award of The Mother Jones Foundation in San Francisco