Igor Malijevský

Igor Malijevský (born 15 April, 1970, Prague) is a Czech theoretical physicist, art photographer, writer, poet, lyricist and radio host.
==Life==
He was born in Prague, where he studied Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, finished his studies with the thesis Deterministic Chaos in Tokamak Plasma and completed six semesters of philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the same university. Subsequently, he worked as a computer science teacher, editor, or IT specialist. He lives in the village of Čelechovice, near Kladno.
With Jaroslav Rudiš, he has been presenting the literary-musical cabaret EKG (formerly Monoskop) in the Archa theater since 2007. On the Vltava station of the Czech Radio, he hosted the program Čajovna, together with Miss Jarka, a vibration diagnostician and silent healer using radio waves. On this station, he also has the program Večerní škola (Existential Counseling of Václav Kahuda and Igor Malijevsky, as part of the Radio Dada program) with Václav Kahuda. He writes song lyrics for musician Tomáš Pastrňák and a musical group Hlinomazův apetit.
==Works==
He began focusing on artistic activities to a greater extent around 1995. He captures his black-and-white photographs using the classic method with an analog film camera. He held a number of individual and group exhibitions, his photographs are represented in a number of Czech and foreign galleries and private collections. In 1999 and 2003, he won an award in the Czech Press Photo photography competition. He illustrated a number of books with his photographs and collaborated on the book covers of the publishing houses Druhé město, Torst, Labyrint, Protis, Artbooks, etc. In addition to photography, Malijevský is also active in literature. He works with genres such as short stories, poems, or poetic poems. His texts are published in Czech periodicals, e.g. Literární noviny, Tvar, Lidové noviny, Revolver Revue, Salon Práva, and others.
==Selected exhibitions==
* 2006 – Imago Fotokunst, Berlin, Germany
* 2006 – Czech center, Sofie, Bulharsko
* 2007 – Czech center, Budapest, Hungary
* 2008 – The Sings, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Netherlands (Empty paradise)
* 2008 – PDNB, Dallas, USA (Contemporary Czech Photography)
* 2010 – Doma Gallery, Charlotte, USA (Mysticism, Apparations, Dreams)
* 2011 – Seoul Photo 2011, Seoul, South Korea
* 2012 – See+ Gallery, Beijing, China
* 2012 – Stern Verlag Gallery, Kassel, Germany
* 2013 – Stredoeurópsky dom fotografie, Bratislava, Slovakia
* 2013 – Staroměstská radnice, Prague, Czech republic
* 2015 – Výstavní síň Chrudim, Chrudim, Czech republic
* 2016 – Znamení Lvova, Czech center, Praha, Czech republic
* 2016 - Camera Club of the Philippines, Manila, Filipíny
* 2017 – Igor Malijevský: Fotografie 1996-2016, Galerie Vltavín, Prague, Czech republic
* 2019 - Velvet Generation, Silver Street Studio, Huston, USA
* 2021 - Poetic View, Çankaya Municipal Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 
==Bibliography==
* Bělomorka (in English Belomorkanal) 2003, ISBN 80-85940-51-5, poems
* Družba, 2005, ISBN 80-85940-69-8, short stories
* Druhý den po konci světa (in English The second day after the end of the world) 2013, ISBN 9788087688076, poems
* Hladová kuchařka (in English Hungry cook) 2013, ISBN 978-80-87683-25-5, a guide to gastronomic survival
* Měsíc nad řekou Tejo (in English The moon over the Tagus river) 2014, ISBN 978-80-257-1253-5, short stories
* Zimní království (in English The winter kingdom) 2016, ISBN 978-80-87688-47-2, poems
* Znamení Lvova (in English The sing of Lviv) 2016, ISBN 978-80-7437-196-7, photographic monograph with short literary texts
* Igor Malijevský: Fotografie 1996–2016 (in English Igor Malijevský: Photos 1996-2016) 2017, ISBN 978-80-86587-59-2, photographic monograph with texts by Václav Kahuda and Jaroslav Rudiš
* Otevřený prostor: the open space thriller (in English Open space: the open space thriller) 2019, ISBN 978-80-257-3017-1, novel
* Poprvé v nějakém baru (in English First time in a bar) 2021, ISBN 978-80-88732-28-8, poems
Representation of short stories and other texts in anthologies: Láska a čas (2011), Miliónový časy: povídky pro Adru (2014), Něco se muselo stát (2014), O lásce a EKG (2017).
Category:1970 births
Category:People from Prague
Category:Czech people
Category:Charles University alumni
Category:Theoretical physicists
Category:Art photography
Category:Writers
Category:Poets