Martin Šárovec

Martin ŠÁROVEC (*1977)

A painter who captures life as it is – raw, intense, and uncensored. Each painting is a record of emotions, fleeting moments, and absurdities, collected like entries in a personal diary. His work blends expressive figuration with pop art, realism with irony, nostalgia with critique of the present.

His artistic world is rooted in a fascination with the human face, television imagery, pop culture icons, and media illusions. He paints everything – from his own child to Formula 1 drivers, from models to actors remembered from childhood. His materials range from traditional canvas to a dinner napkin from the night before. He draws inspiration from anything that flashes across a screen, a street, or his memory.

His paintings are full of expression, bold gestures, and often grotesque beauty. He portrays Prague with deep familiarity and emotion – in the spirit of Kokoschka’s expressionism, but through the eyes of a contemporary local.

Martin Šárovec is an artist who doesn’t just paint the world – he comments on it, with humor, perspective, and a distinctive, unmistakable style.