Jiri Ladocha was born in 1942 in the former Czechoslovakia
and reborn in Toronto in the autumn of 1968. Over the span of his 35-year career
as a professional fine artist, he has achieved an international reputation as a
critically acclaimed, highly skilled and original painter and sculptor. A master
in the application of mixed media including plaster, gold and silver leaf, graphite
and pigment, Ladocha is renowned for his ever-evolving exploration and evocation
of the textures, hues and sensibilities of the Old and the New Worlds. His
symbolic portrayals of a visual universe have been celebrated in such notable
series as Urbs Perdita, Lost Souls, The New Alchemy and Dreaming of a Story, The Story
of a Dream.
Ladocha's work has been exhibited widely, in both commercial galleries
and public museums, across Canada, the United States and Europe. He is represented
in numerous public, private and corporate collections on both sides of the
Atlantic, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work, life and
philosophy have been the subject of more than thirty publications and
documentaries.