Jakub Polách (*1995) is a visual artist, graphic designer, and micro-influencer. He is a PhD student at the Department of Art History and Theory at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology, where he studies the influence of internet meme culture on fan communities. In his practice, he explores the process of transforming regulated public space into an unregulated mediasphere. Across various projects and genres, he develops arguments suggesting that anti-dialogical nature of memes is not just a form of communication but a message in itself.
Jakub has exhibited at the off-space gallery Cejla, Galerie TIC or the multi-genre cultural festival Transforma. He has also participated in group exhibitions such as Harvest, Slovak Venice, White. Blue. Red. and Big Golden Eyes.
Collaborations include Luboš Bailador, Michal Konečný, Marika Kupková, Šimon Holý, Barbora Ilič, the Most Pride festival, Piotr Sikora, Vojtik, Jindrich Chalupecky Society, Ugly Brno, Tadeáš Kuběnka or Jana Maláčová. He is represented in the private collections of Sugar Denny, Peter Drlička and Sebastian Šikl.
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Studies

Faculty of Fine Arts,
Brno University of Technology (2016–22)

Department of Art History and Theory,
Faculty of Fine Arts,
Brno University of Technology (2022–now)

Writing

The Culture of Alt-Right Memes (Journal of Interactive Media)

Selected solo shows

Czechoslayvakia
Cejla Gallery, 2023

We Live In a Society
Galerie TIC, 2023-24

Bailador Noche
Point Gallery (Prague, CZ), 2024

Selected group shows

Harvest
Eight Gallery, 2024

Big Golden Eyes
City Gallery Pardubice, 2024

Slovak Venice. The Art of Mystification
Artrooms Moravany, 2024

What We Give Meaning To Is What We Embody
TRANSFORMA_EXP, 2024

White. Blue. Red
MeetFactory, Institut français de Prague, Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, 2024

UGLY BRNO WORLD TOUR: II
MEDIUM Gallery, 2023