Artist Studio 3D Tours
The Net Gallery is creating a series of behind-the-scenes 3D tours of our artists’ studios, offering an opportunity to engage with their work on a personal level. Next in our series is Hynek Martinec whose work explores ideas about time, history, reality and spirituality, often appropriating imagery from vintage photographs and the Old Masters.
Hynek Martinec | 3D Studio Tour
Click on the play symbol below to explore Hynek’s studio. The tags inside the scan provide information about her work and process. Watch out for the yellow tag with special video content.
Hynek Martinec | Biography
Hynek Martinec (born Broumov, Czech Republic, 1980) is a Czech-British artist who lives and works in London and has exhibited extensively internationally. Martinec’s paintings, drawings and sculptures have an ongoing engagement with art history, developing visual connections between diverse historical moments.
His works explore ideas about time, history, reality and spirituality, often appropriating imagery from vintage photographs and the Old Masters. He was included in the BP Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2007, 2009 and 2013, winning the Young Artist award in 2007. Martinec’s work is in private and public collections internationally including the National Gallery, Prague and the British Museum, London.
