Jan Tichy

Jan Tichy was born in 1974 in Prague

Jan Tichy was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1974. He immigrated to Israel in 1995.

He studied political science and general studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1995 to 1999. He then studied photography at the Musrara School in Jerusalem and took advanced art studies at Bezalel in Tel Aviv. From 2007 to 2009 he earned a master's degree in sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

In the 2000s his work dealt with urban space. His 2004 series Beton showed Jerusalem buildings made of bare concrete, against a Mandate rule requiring stone facing. He later made video installations with paper models of government buildings, such as the Dimona nuclear reactor in 2007.

He has shown solo exhibitions in Israel, the United States and Germany. His works are held by collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Israel Museum. He became an assistant professor in the photography department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.