Miroslav Spadrna

MIROSLAV SPADRNA (Czech Republic, 1968)
"Swan Lake" 2023.
Acrylic on canvas.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 120 x 100 cm.

The work represents the theme of the classic ballet "Swan Lake", which tells the eternal struggle between good and evil, personified in the princess Odette (the white swan) and the sorceress Odile (the black swan). In the painting, swan figures and a dancer can be identified in a setting of vibrant colors and splashes of paint.

Miroslav Spadrna is a Czech painter whose work transits between abstraction and figuration, generating an intense and deeply sensory visual experience. Self-taught in his beginnings, before studying Fine Arts he had already achieved international projection: at the age of 25 his work was marketed in Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries.

At the age of 40 he undertook a decisive turn in his career, abandoning commercial painting and his previous life to dedicate himself completely to a freer and more radical artistic practice, marked by the street, solitude and an intense inner search. This change profoundly transformed his thinking, technique and visual language, giving way to a more visceral and authentic work.

His painting is characterized by the use of dense brushstrokes in impasto, which generate textured surfaces of great expressive force. His palette, rich and vibrant, combines blues, greens and earth tones with intense accents, while light acts as the emotional axis of the composition. Thematically, he explores the symbiotic relationship between human beings and nature, understanding art as a space of absolute freedom and connection with the essence of life.

Spadrna has been recognized with the European Artist Award in 2023 in Milan and was appointed Coordinator of Art and Painting in the Czech Republic in 2021. He has participated in group exhibitions in Spain, including Berja (Andalusia, 2023), and held an artist residency in Garachico, Canary Islands, in 1997. Her work has received positive reviews and has been published in various media. Since April 2024, he has been a member of the Galería de Arte Visual Chicote (Spain).