Jiri Ladocha
(1942–)
Jiri Ladocha
1942–
Jiri Ladocha (1942–) is a Czech-Canadian artist known for his abstract works. His paintings included oil, gouache, graphite, gold leaf, silver leaf, broken plaster casts, syringes, test tubes, found items, and mixed media. Landocha created artworks in various styles, including abstract expressionism, lyrical abstraction, constructivism, minimalism, surrealism, symbolism, and conceptual art, covering pure abstract, social commentary, allegory, and figures.
Born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1942. Lanocha studied at Karlova University from 1961–66 and immigrated to Canada in 1968. His paintings and printmaking show abstract expressionism with warm colours and symbols like roses, vines, circles, and repeated faces. In the 1980s, his paintings featured grey plaster with gilded stars, pyramids, and lines.
Ladocha exhibited in solo/group shows in the Czech Republic, the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, and Canada.