Dear friends of SVU Washington DC Chapter.
We would like to invite you to an exhibition co sponsored by SVU Washington DC chapter, presented by Jiri Stavovcik. Jiri is head of the new professionally focused group within SVU. This group is opened to all visual artists, art connoisseurs, art historians, journalists etc. Jiri will officially launch the new group SVU Visual Arts on April 4, 2017 at the Czech Embassy.
We hope to see you there…
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The Embassy of the Czech Republic and SVU Visual Arts invite you to the opening of the exhibition Forgotten Corners with artist Iurro on April 4, 2017, at 6 pm. Forgotten Corners is about the places that we pass every day, but rarely stop and take time to look at them. These are, for example, alleys in downtown Washington, DC and New York City, small villages we pass through to larger towns and cities in the Czech Republic and elsewhere. Sometimes, these places can be quite prominent, but we tend to overlook them. Very often these places are not even interesting during the day. However, at night, they become romantic, even mysterious. In talking about the inspiration for this exhibition, Iurro said, “I was inspired to do this project for a while. I like walking around and stopping to look at these everyday places for most of my life. I painted several pieces using this theme before; however, this is my very first exhibition dedicated to these forgotten corners.” Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic RSVP by April 3 to https://forgottencorners. A reception with light refreshments follows the opening of the exhibition. About the Artist: |
IURRO (Jiří Stavovčík) was born in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. He spent his childhood in Cuba and the Czech Republic. He was educated in the Czech Republic where he studied drawing and painting under artist and educator Petr Exler in Olomouc. Subsequently, he studied figurative drawing at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia and Spring Studio in New York City under the guidance of artists Fred Hatt and Minerva Durham. Currently, he lives in the United States and splits his time working in New York City, Washington, DC, and Prague. His art has been featured at various group shows and solo exhibitions in New York City, Washington DC, Nagano and Okayama (Japan), and Prague (Czech Republic). He is represented by Artspace 109 in Washington, DC. For more information about the artist, please visit
