Contemporary Artist
BRIDGING CALLIGRAPHY AND ABSTRACTION IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Maxim Havlíček is an artist shaped by contrast—raised in communist Prague, refined in Berlin’s post-Wall underground, and fully realized in the creative openness of Los Angeles. His work merges the discipline of calligraphy with the spontaneity of abstraction, transforming written language into a visual field of rhythm, motion, and meaning. Rooted in tradition but driven by inquiry, his paintings explore the space where thought becomes gesture—and where silence speaks.
BIO
Maxim Havlíček’s life traces a path through some of the most transformative currents of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Born in Prague in 1974 under the weight of a collapsing totalitarian regime, he came of age amid revolution, migration, and reinvention. From the shadows of communist conformity to the anarchic freedom of post-Wall Berlin, and eventually to the wide-open landscapes of Los Angeles, Havlíček’s story is one of artistic persistence and philosophical searching. His biography is not only a chronicle of places and influences, but a study in how art becomes a way of navigating history, identity, and the enduring human desire to create meaning from experience.
MEDIA
Vogue Czechoslovakia
Harper's BAZAAR Czech Republic
CNN Prima
iLuxus
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
The Last Missing Piece
Artefin Gallery
Prague, Czech Republic
May/22/2025 - June/05/2025
The Last Missing Piece
Galerie a Kulturní Centrum Uffo
Trutnov, Czech Republic
November/12/2024 - January/05/2025
Resurrection
Galerie 1
Prague, Czech Republic
08/01/2023 - 08/26/2023
The World According To MAXIM
Sotheby’s International Realty Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
08/01/2022 - 11/30/2022
Parallel Universes
Gallery 11:11
Sydney, Australia
09/10/2021 - 09/25/2022
Ab Initio
Pablo Goebel Fine Arts Gallery
Mexico City, Mexico
05/04/2022 - 07/31/2022
Arboretum
Vnitroblock
Prague, Czech Republic
10/16/2020 - 11/16/2020
Time Traveler
Charakter
Prague, Czech Republic
08/08/2019 - 11/08/2019
The Alchemist
Dudes & Barbies Gallery
Prague, Czech Republic
08/11/2018 - 09/18/2018
The Universal Argument
Tuck
Los Angeles, California USA
12/01/2017 - 03/01/2018
Argument
Marie Baldwin Gallery
Bel Air, California, USA
09/10/2017 - 11/15/2017
The Universal Argument
Knupp Gallery Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
03/04/2017 - 04/30/2017
Group
Graphic | Minimal | Abstraction
Coastline Art Gallery
Newport Beach, California, USA
02/05/2025 - 03/21/2025
AAF Melbourne, Australia
Royal Exhibition Building
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
08/29/2024 - 09/01/2024
AAF Sydney, Australia
Royal Randwick Racecourse
Sydney, South Wales, Australia
06/13/2024 - 06/16/2024
AAF Sydney, Australia
Royal Randwick Racecourse
Sydney, South Wales, Australia
06/15/2023 - 06/18/2023
An Evening of Art, ArtWorxLA
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood, California, USA
05/25/2023
The Lost Warhols in London
Ad Lib Gallery
London, England
05/18/2023 - 06/18/2023
The Lost Warhols
Art Basel Miami - Red Dot Miami
Miami, USA
11/30/2022 - 12/04/2022
FIND Design Fair Asia 2022
PETROF, Czech Trade
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
09/22/2022 - 09/24/2022
Art For Freedom 2022
Eleutheria
Pistoia, Italy
05/10/2022 - 05/31/2022
Make Art No War
Sport in Art, VNITROBLOCK and D&B Gallery
Prague, Czech Republic
04/21/2022 - 05/31/2022
Poslední Rok (Last Year)
Dudes & Barbies Gallery
Prague, Czech Republic
06/23/2021 - 09/11/2021
The Lost Warhols
Brown Thomas, MGS Gallery
Dublin, Ireland
10/10/2018 - 11/04/2018
The Lost Warhols
One Vandam
NYC, New York, USA
05/01/2018 - 05/22/2018
The Kings & Queens Kollection
Please Do Not Enter
Los Angeles, California, USA
03/01/2017 - 04/30/2017
World Art Day closing celebration
LA Brewery
Los Angeles, California USA
04/15/2017 - 04/16/2017
BotArt International
Fabrik Expo
Los Angeles, California, USA
01/29/2016 - 01/31/2016
BotArt International
Westedge
Santa Monica, California, USA
10/22/2015 - 10/25/2015