I studied Industrial Art at University in Prague in the studio of Prof. František Muzika.
I finished my studies in 1970. From 1970 to 1973 I studied Fine Arts at the Warsaw Academy with Prof. Henryk Tomaszewski. I principally work with poster creation and Graphic Design. Since 1994 I am a professor at the Faculty of Art and Design in the UJEP – FUD
In 1999 I was appointed professor at the habilitation procedure at the University of Applied Arts in Prague.
In 2006 I defended my doctoral thesis and received my doctorate Ph.D. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
In 2013 I was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw by the president of Polish Republic.

Lectures and Tuition at home and abroad, workshops
1986 – 1989 FAMU in Prague, lecturer in book layout
1990 Guest lecturer at Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk in Gothenburg, Sweden 1993 – 1994 Lectures at the Institute of Graphic Design in Turin, Italy
Since 1994 I have been a chair holder at the College of Applied Arts and Design of the
J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem as head of Graphic Design department, since 1999
as the Associate Professor.
1994 Workshop at the MG University Helsinki, Finland2002 lectures and workshop Ecology
at the Academia Albertina, Totino, Italy
2003 workshop EAST-WEST, with Alain LeQuernec, FUD UJEP Ústí nad Labem, Czech R.
2003 summer workshop with students of the Coleege of NC State University of North Carolina,
ČVUT, Prague
2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
2005 Institute Intuit Lab, Paris, France
2005 workshop Neighbours, FUD UJEP Ústí nad labem, Czech R.
2006 The Holon Academic Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel
2006 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2006 workshop Culture, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 workshop Personalities of the European Music, Ecole d ́Art Maryse-Eloi, Paris, France
2007 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
2008 Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
2009 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
2010 external examiner on the diploma examinations, Ecole d ́Art Maryse-Eloi, Paris, France
2010 workshop Made in, Mois de Graphisme, Echirolles, France
2011 workshop Discrimination, FUD UJEP Ústí nad Labem, Czech R.
2011 workshop Discrimination, Autograf, Paris, France
2012 workshop Mystery, Cultural Centre, Skopie, Macedonie
2012 workshop Mystery, UJEP-FUD, Ústí nad Labem, Czech R.
Most Important Achievements
From 1970s – 1990s I worked with the National Theatre, later with the E. F. Burian Theatre and the S. K. Neumann Theatre in Prague, with the orchestras of the Czech Philharmonic, the Symphonic Orchestra of Czech Radio and others. >From 1997 I have been working with the Městské divadlo (Municipal Theatre) in Ústí nad Labem.
Overview of Independent Exhibitions
1979 Groupe TAK (with Terje Roalkvam, Norway, and Alain Le Quernec, France), Oslo, Norway 1982 Groupe TAK, Saluden Gallery, Quimper, France
1987 Czechoslovak Cultural Centre, Warsaw, Poland
1987 S. K. Neumann Theatre, Prague
1990 Městské muzeum, Aš
1990 Posters Karel Míšek – Gianfranco Torri, Italy, Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague
1991 Town museum, Emmerich, Germany
1991 Saluden Gallery, Quimper, France
1991 3+1 Poster Exhibition, with Tapani Aartomaa, Pekka Loiri and Kari Piippo, Finland,
Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague
1992 W. Siemaszkowej Theatre, Rzeszow, Poland
1993 Graphic Union BWA, Rzeszow, Poland
1994 Polish Cultural Centre, Prague
1994 University Gallery, Cieszyn, Poland 1994 Poznan Muzeum, Poland
1994 Labyrint Theatre, Prague
1995 Novodvorská Cultural Centre, Prague
1995 Městské divadlo (Municipal Theatre), Kolín
1995 Gallery of Graphic Art, Benešov u Prahy
1996 Gallery of Design, UJEP, Ústí nad Labem
1998 Poster Exhibition, Lyon Grenoble, Chambéry, France
1999 Poster and Graphics Exhibition, Chambéry, France
2000 Poster and Graphics Exhibition, Chamonix, France
2000 POSTERLOVE, Poster Exhibition with Kari Piippo, Finland, and James Victore, USA,
Fronta Gallery, Prague
2000 Poster Exhibition, with Piotr Kunce, Poland, and Pekka Loiri, Finland, in Helsinki, Finland 2000 Poster Exhibition, with Piotr Kunce, Poland, and Pekka Loiri, Finland, in Beograd,
Yougoslavia
2000-2001 Karel Míšek, Theatre posters, Le Pont Neuf Gallery, Paris, France
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
Poster Exhibition, Theatre Bárka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
International Poster Exhibition, Technical Museum, Prague
Poster Exhibition, during the 20th International Poster Biennial Brno, Czech Republic Poster Exhibition, Poster Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Poster Exhibition, during the Poster Tiennial, Trnava, Slovakia
2004 Czech and Polish Poster Exhibition, Český Těšín, Czech Republic 2004 Poster Exhibition, Municipal Gallery, Beroun, Czech Republic 2004 Poster Exhibition, Chodovska tvrz Gallery, Prague
2006 Poster Exhibition, Centrum kultury Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 2006 Cultural Poster Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland 2008 Theatre Poster Exhibition, Klamovka Gallery, Prague
2010 Without Title project, Klamovka Gallery, Prague 2010 Poster Exhibition, Rogatka Gallery, Radom, Poland
2010 Poster Exhibition, Hungarian Cultural Centre, Prague
2011 Web-Communication poster exhibition, Beroun, Czech Republic
2011 Poster Exhibition, with Lech Majewski and Justyna Czerniakowska; Prague / Jelenia Gora,
Poland / Liberec, Czech Republic
Awards and Participation in International Panels
1974 Prize in the tourist poster competition, Salermo, Italy
1983 1st prize, Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
1983 3rd prize for poster, International Peace Congress, Prague
1985 Member of international panel in the Poster Biennial in Lahti, Finland
1988 Prize in the competition for the most beautiful book of the year, Prague
1988 Prize in the competition for the most beautiful poster in Czechoslovakia for 1987
1990 Prize of the city of Brno, Biennial Graphic Design, Brno
1991 3rd prize for poster with a cultural theme, 3rd international poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan
1991 1st prize for the 3rd theatre poster Biennial, Rzeszow, Poland
1993 Member of the international jury, 4th theatre poster Biennial, Rzeszow, Poland
1994 Member of the international jury Award for work in the field of poster designing,
prize: Master’s Eye Award poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia
2002 Member of the Program Board Poster Biennale in Warsaw, Poland
2002 Member of the International Jury 20th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno
2003 member of the international jury Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia
2006 Member of the International Jury Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland 2006 Member of the International Jury Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia
2006 Special price Vidical, Warsaw, Poland
2007 Special price Vidical, Warsaw, Poland
2007 Special price Biennale theatrical poster, Rzeszów, Poland
2008 Gold Medal, Virtual Biennale, Prague
2010 Grand Prix, Virtuální bienále Discrimination, Praha
2012 Member of the International Jury, International Poster Biennial of Mexico (IPBM) 2012 First prize for poster with cultural themes, 8th international Trnava Poster Triennial
Participation in other Exhibitions
1974 – 1988 International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
1978 – 1988 Graphic Design Biennial, Brno
1979 – 1988 Poster Biennial, Lahti Finland
1978 Exhibition of Young Graphics Artists, Klatovy
1978 –1979 Exhibition of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan
1983 Poster Exhibition, International Peace Congress, Prague 1983 Poster Exhibition UNESCO, Paris, France
1985 Poster of the Year, Nishinomya, Japan
1985 Czechoslovak poster 1974 – 1985, Zurich Museum, Switzerland
1986 Poster Exhibition, Peking, Shanghai, China
1986 International Poster Salon, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1986 Film Poster Exhibition, FAMU, Prague
1987 Exhibition in the Polish Cultural Centre in Ostrava
1987 1st International Exhibition, The Art Director Club, New York, USA
1988 2nd International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan
1988 Triennial Mons, Belgium
1988 The Contemporary Czechoslovak Posters, Brook Hall Gallery, Raleygh, USA
1989 Salon of Applied Art, Prague
1989 Poster Exhibition, Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
1990 Exhibition of the Czechoslovak Poster from the Time of the November Revolution,
G. Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
1990 Touring Exhibition of the Contemporary Czechoslovak Poster, USA
1990 Exhibition of Posters, Graphics and Illustrations of Czechoslovak Authors, Brussels,
Belgium
1990 Manifesto of the East, Grugliasco, Italy
1991 Mini-Art ́91 – Susekullen, Olofstron, Sweden
1991 Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
1991 International Theatre Poster, Deutsches Plakat Museum, Essen, Germany 1991 7th International Poster Exhibition, Colorado, USA
1991 3rd International Triennial Poster, Toyama, Japan
1991 3rd Biennial Theatre Poster, Rzeszow, Poland
1992 Graphic Design Biennial, Brno
1993 Graphic Design 93, Karolinum, Prague
1993 Biennial Poster, Lahti, Finland
1993 Town Museum, Emmerich, Germany
1994 Triennial Poster, Trnava, Slovakia
1994 Brno Graphic Design Biennial
1994 International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
1994 4th International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan
1995 Theatre Poster, Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 Poster Biennial, Helsinki, Finland
1996 International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
1996 Mois du Graphisme, Echirolles, France
1997 International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan
1997 International Poster Biennial, Helsinki, Finland
1997 International Poster Salon, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1997 Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia
1997 Mois du Graphisme, Echirolles, France
1997-1998 International Poster Festival Taipei, Art Gallery – Taiwan R.O.C. 1998 International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
1998 International Biennial Brno
1998 2nd Ogaki International Poster Exhibition, Japan
1998 III. Computer Art Biennial Rzeszów, Poland
1998 Bienal Internacional del Cartel Mexico 98
1999 Shanghai International Poster Exhibition 99, China
1999 ZGRAF 8 – International Exhibition of Graphic Design and Visual Communications,
Zagreb, Croatia
1999 Dansk Plakatmuseum, Poster Exhibition, Danmark
1999 7th International Biennial of Theatre Posters Rzeszów 99, Poland
1999 International Fashion + Culture Poster Exhibition ́99, Taiwan-China
2000 Poster Festival exhibition, Chaumont, France
2000 17th International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
2000 World of Friends, Hommage a Jan Rajlich, Oravská galerie, Slovakia 2000 6th International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan
2000 International Poster Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico
2000-2001 3d Ogaki International Poster Exhibition, Japan
2001 13th Lahti Poster Biennial, Finland
2001 The Most Beautiful World Posters, Paris, France / Design centrum, Brno, Czech Rep.
2002 Poster as a Message, international exhibition, National technical Museum, Prague
2002 18th International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
2002 20th International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Rep. 2002 International Poster Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico
2002 International Poster Biennial, Soul, Korea
2002 International Poster exhibition, Ogaki, Japan
2003 Poster Festival, Chaumont, France
2004 International Poster Biennial, Teheran, Iran
2004 International Poster Triennial, Hong Kong
2004 International Poster Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico
2004 Poster Festival, Chaumont, France
2004 International Triennial of Theatre Poster, Sofia, Bulgaria 2004 19th International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland 2004 5th International Poster Exhibition, Ogaki, Japan
2004 VI. Computer Art Biennale, Rzeszów, Poland
2004 2nd International Poster Biennial, Soul, Korea
2005 15th International Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
2005 X. International Theatre Poster Biennial, Rzeszów, Poland
2006 8th International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan 2006 6th International Poster Exhibition, Ogaki, Japan
2006 3rd Corean International Poster Biennial, South Korea
2007 XI. International Theatre Poster Biennial, Rzeszów, Poland
2008 7th International Poster Exhibition, Ogaki, Japan
2008 International Poster Triennial, Taiwan
2008 21st International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
2008 Exhibition of the Faculty of Art and Design UJEP university Ústí nad Labem, National Gallery, Prague
2008 Virtual Biennial SEX
2009 XII. International Theatre Poster Biennial, Rzeszów, Poland
2009 17th International Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
2009 Virtual Biennial CRISIS
2010 Golden Bee 9, Moscow International Biennale of Graphic design, Moscow, Russia
2010 22nd International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
2010 8th Ogaki International Poster Exhibition, Ogaki, Japan
2010 Virtual Biennial DISCRIMINATION
2010 Poster exhibition Pécs – the European City of Culture, Pécs, Hungary
2010 PosterexhibitionPécs–theEuropeanCityofCultury,HungarianCulturalCentre, Prague
2011 Poster exhibition DISCRIMINATION, Pécs Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
2011 18th International Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
2011 Praga lubi Prage, exhibition of Czech fine art, Warsaw, Poland
2011 23 rd International Bienéle poster, Warsaw, Poland
2012 8th international Trnava Poster Triennial 2012
2012 12th International Poster Biennial of Mexico (IPBM)
2012 Viretuální Biennale, corruption, Prague
2013 9th OgakiInternationalPosterExhibition,Ogaki,Japan
Representation in Collections
1. Museum of Industrial Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2. Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
3. Poster Museum, Warsaw – Wilanów, Poland
4. National Museum, Poznan, Poland
5. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
6. Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
7. Poster Museum, Toyama, Japan
8. Poster Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
9. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
10. Town Museum, Lahti, Finland
11. Town Museum, Emmerich, Germany
12. Deutsches Plakat Museum, Essen, Germany
13. Staatliches Museum, Berlin, Germany