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Ian was born in Guatemala City in 1983.
His father, a chemist, emigrated from Czechoslovakia during the communist times
in the late 1950's and settled in Guatemala. His mother, a banker, is Guatemalan
with Spanish forefathers.
Ian grew up and studied in Guatemala, where he graduated as high school valedictorian
and later on in March of 2007 he graduated as one of the top three chemical engineers
of his year.
He was inspired from a young age by a unique and colorful environment, and continues
to be strongly influenced by the paintings of his eldest sister, Ana Liska, who
is a well-known painter in Guatemala.
Ian moved to Europe in 2007 with plans of exploring life in the Czech Republic,
and started to explore painting acrylics on canvass in 2008 here in Prague. Soon,
Ian found a new and powerful way of expression through the world of color. Painting
later on became a spiritual journey, one that changed his life and way of thinking.
His first exhibition, 'Metamorfosis', represented his transition from the world
of science to the beautiful world of art. In June of this year he had the opening
for the exhibition ‘One Step Beyond the Senses’, which is currently being exhibited
at Casa Latina (Vlkova 19, Prague 3) until August 10th, 2010.
The next exhibition ‘Tuning with Nature’ will be opening in Carlo IV on September
9th of this year
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