About the Artist
Roman Řehák (*1963) is a Czech digital artist, known primarily for his digi-paintings of celebrities. The base of Řehák's digital images, which he prints on giant canvases, are high-quality photographs, often by other authors. The magic is hidden in his attempt to capture the character of the portrayed personality with the help of graphics. This original approach also attracts the attention of the depicted personalities themselves. Roman Řehák got to create portraits of celebrities such as Karel Gott, Jan Saudek, Miloš Forman, Pierce Brosnan, Jan Tříska, Antonio Banderas and many others. In addition to his commissioned work, he is currently engaged in the creation of collages for printing on non-traditional material.
In the spring of 2021, Roman Řehák invented a new technique – he enlarged his works, which he created exclusively in mobile phone applications, to the required size and then printed and ironed them into the carpet. This process does not create works of art anywhere in the world. The world premiere took place in 2022 in the Municipal House in Prague, which was not missed by many leading Czech personalities and Czech and foreign media.
