Krištof Kintera

Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973 in Prague) is a Czech artist and sculptor.[1] He was nominated for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award three times.[2] He was one of the co-creators of the Entropa sculpture, which was displayed in Brussels as part of the Czech Republic's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2009.[3]

Krištof Kintera in 2020
Bike to Heaven
Red is coming

Kintera was awarded the Personality of the Year award for living artists in 2011 thanks to his monument to suicide under the Nusle Bridge,[4] and again in 2012, this time shared with fellow artist Pavel Mrkus.[5] In 2013, his 14 metres (46 ft) high Bike to Heaven monument, which commemorates all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled in the Holešovice district of the city.[6]

References
  1. "Major solo exhibition by the Czech artist Krištof Kintera opens at Kunsthal Rotterdam". ArtDaily. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. "Krištof Kintera věří na sílu nesmyslu" [Rištof Kintera believes in the power of nonsense]. iDNES (in Czech). 11 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Krištof Kintera: "Entropa je pitomá, ale také krotká"" [Krištof Kintera: "Entropy is stupid, but also tame"]. Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Kintera je výtvarnou Osobností 2011 - za pomník sebevrahům" [Kintera is an artistic Personality of 2011 - for the monument to suicides]. ČT24 (in Czech). 19 January 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "Cena Osobnost roku našla dva příjemce" [The Person of the Year award found two recipients]. ČT24 (in Czech). 21 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "Kolo letí do nebe, cyklisté mají konečně svůj důstojný pomník" [The bike flies into the sky, cyclists finally have their worthy monument]. ČT24 (in Czech). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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