GEM - Art

Welcome to Gallery Gema, who is currently exclusively representing two prominent Czech artists - Jiri Sopko and Ivan Ouhel. These artists represent the matters fairs, treatment of copyrights, sales, lending and cataloging work. Also manages their web site, which you can visit here:

Jiří Sopko

Ivan Ouhel

Gallery Gema was founded in 1991 as one of the first private galleries showing contemporary Czech art. From the beginning, Gallery Gema orientated its exhibition plan towards the very best living Czech artists, and it rapidly gained a solid reputation for artistic quality and integrity among both art professionals and the broader public. One year after its founding, Gallery Gema was selected by the Czech Ministry of Culture to take part in a presentation of the five best Czech galleries. The next year it was entrusted with the exhibition of Czech art at the international EXPO 92 in Seville, Spain. After its success in Seville, Gallery Gema became the most sought after private partner for the staging of major exhibitions in the Czech Republic. The scope of its exhibition work expanded to include collaborations with the most significant public galleries and museums in Prague, including the Prague National Gallery, the Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery Rudolfinum and Prague Castle.

Gallery Gema provides all organizational services, including the loan of the art works, transport, insurance, conception and construction
of the exhibition.

In the years 1997 – 1999, Gallery Gema also operated as an auction house, organizing the sales of Czech art, Chinese and Tibetan antiques and modern tapestries. Gallery Gema generated considerable publicity through the implementation of auctions for charitable
causes. Their first auction, “Art for Moravia”, was organized to raise money for the construction of a senior citizens home in Moravia. The success of this event prompted “The Artist Circle”, an auction in the spring of 1999, which raised money for an exhibition in the Mánes Gallery.

Until the end of 1999, Gallery Gema was located on Husova Street, in the heart of Prague’s old town. In December 1999, the gallery moved to the famous Montmartre house in Řetězová Street, where it carried out a number of highly recognized and popular exhibits. From 2000 Gallery Gema has no specific space for exhibitions and organizes everything from their office on Celetná Street.