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Karel Cudlín (b. 1960 Prague) is at the forefront of contemporary Czech photography. Graduating in 1987 from the Department of Photography at the Prague film school, FAMU, he has worked as a photojournalist for a number of magazines and newspapers (Mladý svět, Lidové noviny, Prostor) and for a short time for the Czech Press Agency. He is best known to the Czech public as one of President Václav Havel’s personal photographers as well as for his inimitably expressive photographs of various ethnic and social groups: Czech and Slovak Romani; Ukrainian laborers; Red Army soldiers leaving the former Czechoslovakia.

Select Bibliography:

Cudlín, Karel. Fotografie. Torst: Praha 1994.
Cudlín, Karel; Marco, Jindřich. Izrael 50. Argo: Praha 1998.
Silverio, Robert, ed. Karel Cudlín. Torst: Praha 2001.

Select Solo Exhibitions :

Lažanský Palace, Prague, Czech Republic – 1987
Fotochema Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic – 1988
Gallery “Čs. spisovatel”, Prague, Czech Republic – 1991
Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic – 1993
Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic – 1995
Franz Kafka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic – 1998
Josef Sudek Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic – 1999
Burgrave’s House at the Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic – 2001
Musée Municipal, Cognac, France – 1991
Carré Amelot, La Rochelle, France – 1991
Czech Center, Bucharest, Romania – 1994
Czech Center, Sofia, Bulgaria – 1994
Czech Center, Vienna, Austria – 1995
Nora Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel – 1996
Aspectos, Barcelona, Spain – 2000, 2002
Azerbaijan Museum of the Art of Carpet-Making and of Folk Crafts, Baku, Azerbaijan – 2002
The Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia – 2002
Gallery of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine – 2003
Leica Gallery, New York, USA – 2003

Since 1960 Karel Cudlín has participated in more than 60 group exhibitions
in the USA and Europe.

Representation in Public Collections:

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Musée d’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of the Wall, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Applied Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Municipal Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

Karel Cudlín’s work is found in a number of private collections in Europe, USA, and Israel.