Mgr. art. Michal Ptáček
- born on 17. 5. 1984

1999 – 2003
The secondary school of applied arts and The college of craft Turnov, field The artistic smithy and lock – smithy, graduate work I.N.R.I. (life-size Jesus Christ on the cross)

2005 – 2011
Academy of arts, faculty of fine arts, study program Sculpture, graduate work Homo Animal and The horse, acquired degree Bc. and Mgr. art.

Participation in domestic and international smith events, awards:

Blasksmithing days at the castle Brtnice
(2003 – “Heron”, 2nd place and “Pterodactyl”, 5th place)

International blacksmiths days GOTHA, Germany
(2003 – “Luft machine”, 1st place)

International blacksmiths festival Feraculum Ybbsitz, Austria
(2004 – award for “The wing”)

Blacksmith symposium in Lendelede, Belgium
(2005 – demonstration of the work “Sitting puppet”)

The symposium of spatial forms, Ostrava
(2007 – “Angels are among us”, 3rd place), (2009 – “The grille as a sculpture”, 1st place), (2011 – “Tribute to the animal”, 2nd place)

International symposium Holzskulpturen – Wettbewerb, Luxembourg
(2007, Lorentzweiler – The work with wood – theme Fire, 1st place for the work “Comet” and a public award for the work “Prometheus”)

International blacksmiths days Hefaiston at the castle Helfštýn (2003 – “Sitting puppet”, 2nd place), (2004 – “Spider”, 2nd place), (2005 – “Instead of the little dove to a small Joseph”, 1st price), (2007 – “Venus of 21st century”, 2nd place)

Buchlov fittings, the Buchlov castle
(2012 – “Butterfly”, 1st place)


Work exhibitions:
The secondary school of applied arts in Turnov (permanent exhibition of students´ works – 2003 - presence), Art Gallery in Turnov (2002), The Helfštýn castle (I. N. R. I permanently exposed since 2003), Feldmann Galery in Bern, Switzerland (2004), The Svinaře castle (2006), Lipník nad Bečvou – Metal in town (2007, 2012), High school Vítkov (2008), sanatorium Klímkovice (2011)

After establishment of own atelier in Starý Jičín, he is performing both independent and contractual work.