HZA BAŽANT
Doc. MgA Jan Bažant Ph.D.
Stage designer, Puppeteer, Printmaker, Comics author, Associated Professor
* 1979 in Prague.
Phone
CZ +420 777 305458
US +1 401 226 1545
email
hza@hura.cz
As an artist, Hza Bažant has collaborated with a number of institutions such as the National Theatre, Czech Television, Czech Radio, Czech Centres, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and a number of non-profit organisations and private entities.
Hza Bažant is one of the founding members of the Hura collective, with whom he is opening an independent gallery and screen-printing workshop called Hygienic Station in autumn 2008.
He is the leader of the giant puppet troupe Echt Street Puppets, active in Europe and Asia www.echtstreetpuppets.com.
He has exhibited his work in Prague, Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Moscow Tokyo and Taipei. He has given numerous workshops in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, the UK and Taiwan.
Hza Bažant is one of the founding members of the Hura collective, with whom he is opening an independent gallery and screen-printing workshop called Hygienic Station in autumn 2008.
He is the leader of the giant puppet troupe Echt Street Puppets, active in Europe and Asia www.echtstreetpuppets.com.
He has exhibited his work in Prague, Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Moscow Tokyo and Taipei. He has given numerous workshops in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, the UK and Taiwan.
EDUCATION
1994 - 1999
Secondary School of Applied Art in Prague,
2001 - 2007
Stagedesign department. Department alternative and puppet theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czechia
2007 - 2013
PhD studies Alternative and Puppetry and its Theory, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
2023
Habilitation, Associated professor of Dramatic Arts, Theatre Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czechia
2005
Internship in the studio of illustration and graphic design, The Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia
2006
Internship in Bühnenbild studio,
Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2019 - Present
Head of stagedesign cabinet, Department of Alternative and Puppet theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
2014 - Present
Chairman, Hura Collective z. s.
2010 - Present
Lecturer, Department of Alternative and Puppet theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
2005 - Present
Scenic realizations for theatre, film and television productions
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2025
Fulbright, Project Scale and Balance, University of Connecticut
2023
Creative Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic
2021
Graphics of the year 2021 Award for serigraphy „Together“ Association of Czech Graphic Artists HOLLAR Prague
2020
National Theatre Critics‘ Award, Scenography of the Year 2020 for The Cabinet
of Wonders or Orbis pictus, directed by Michala Homolová, Naive Theatre Liberec, CZ
of Wonders or Orbis pictus, directed by Michala Homolová, Naive Theatre Liberec, CZ
2016
Graphics of the year 2016 Award for serigraphy „Along the stream“ Association of Czech Graphic Artists HOLLAR Prague
2015
Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2015 Book „Nusle“ Award for illustration The National Museum of Czech Literature