Sixteen years between landscape and light.
Tomáš Picka
1973
Born in Brno
1992–1999
Journalist at Rádio Kiss Hády Brno, Czech Radio Prague, TV Nova, TV Prima, Rádio Hey Brno
1999–2010
Graphic and web designer at several Brno-based companies
2010–present
Freelance photographer, graphic designer, web designer, animator (TV commercials)
Solo exhibitions
Brno (concert and theatre photography, Backbeat – concert photography for the Czech Television series of the same name, U-krajiny, …), Adamov, Uherský Brod
Group exhibitions
The Clan of Flying People, in collaboration with Brno writer and poet Sylva Lauerová, at the Gallery of Architecture in Brno and at the Czech Centre in Prague
Books, publications
Photographs published in the book Cestospisy by traveller Petr Horký, in the book BackBeat by Jiří Vondrák, poster design for the former Divadlo šansonu, the yearbook of the Slovak National Theatre 2017
Selected clients
From photography commissions: AXA insurance, O2, USSPA, Ytong, Shell, Česká spořitelna
From independent work: a focus on theatre, concert and dance photography, close collaboration with the former Brno-based Divadlo šansonu, collaboration with the Slovak National Theatre Bratislava, long-term collaboration with the talk show Trochu inak s Adelou hosted by Adela Vinczeová (Banášová), long-term collaboration with the Brno Dance Conservatory, photographs from concerts by stars of the music world (B.B. King, Uriah Heep, Suzanne Vega, Yardbirds, Animals, John Mayall, Slade, No Name, Monkey Business, Richard Müller, Jiří Suchý, Karel Gott, …) and from theatre performances (Kníže Myškin je idiot and Hordubal at the Husa na provázku theatre, Milan Lasica, Divadlo Semafor, …)
