Štěpán Brož (*born 1992, Prague) is a visual artist who primarily works in the field of painting but also in drawing and illustration. His painting technique involves a time-consuming process of applying colored glazes and an intuitive—yet meticulous—search for the final form of painting through the use of abstract color spots and imaginative stylization of figures. In his practice, he primarily explores manifestations of the grotesque in relation to their origins in the late Middle Ages or Renaissance and their modern or contemporary updates. Through his paintings, we can observe fragments of narratives unfolding in a fantastical universe, where twisted reflections of our reality emerge from a gloomy atmosphere.
