Jan's practice operates at the intersection of photography, installation, and digital research. His work does not treat photography as a self-contained medium but rather as a point of departure – a lens through which to interrogate the conditions of image-making itself: the infrastructure of visibility, the politics of surveillance, the entanglement of technology with landscape and memory. He works fluidly across still image, live feed, web-based publication, and physical installation, consistently locating his inquiries at the boundary between the screen and the space.
text by – Bára Mrázková
*email:
j.maher@seznam.cz
(contact me...)
*instagram: @honzamaher (show...)
*CV
(click here...)
*University of West Bohemia – The Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art in Plzeň, Czech Republic
–2024–ongoing
–photography studio
–studio head: Bára Mrázková, Libuše Jarcovjáková
*Střední Uměleckoprůmyslová škola keramická a sklářská in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
–2020–2024
–applied photography and media
–studio head: František Konopa, Karel Pobříslo
*OFF Bratislava
–Prior Bratislava
–exhibited: distant vantage point
–2025
*Sustainable Stories Film Festival 2025
–Alvin Community College Gallery, Texas USA
–University of Huston-Clear Lake
–exhibited: distant vantage point
–2025
*Blatenský fotofestival 20. ročník
–Blatná city museum
–exhibited: watchful, unseen presence
–group exhibition - Photography studio LSFDA
–2025
*Premiere of the short film Somnia Doctrina
–Gallery Duhová paleta, Karlovy Vary
–exhibited: Somnia Doctrina (watch here...)
–2023
*Umění současné keramky - 150 let SUPŠKV
–Interactive gallery Becherova vila, Karlovy Vary
–exhibited: Perception
–ISBN: 9788088319443
–2022-2023
*Freelance photography and graphic design
–commercial photography, event photography, exhibition documentation, poster/book design etc.
–2020–ongoing
*Fotograf Zone Festival 2025
–exhibition installation assistant
–October 2025
*Listy ašska
–press photography and graphic design
–April 2023
*Erasmus+, Glasgow School of Art - Glasgow, Scotland
–Fine Art Photography – 3.BcA
–September 2026 – January 2027
*Erasmus+, Educational Center Noavi - Seville, Spain
–Creation of a photographic project focused on the urban revitalization for the city of Seville
–June – July 2023