Jan Zajíček was born on 4 March 1977, in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
He studied fine art at the Václav Hollar School of
Art and film directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU).
In 1992 he began to create graffiti art, one of the earliest graffiti artists in Czechoslovakia (under the pseudonym "Scarf" or "Skarf").
His experience with graffiti later influenced his strongly visual cinematic style, characterised by its combination of live-action with animation and visual effects.
Between 1993 and 2000 he was a member of the Czech hip hop group WWW, which played in Prague venues including Alterna Komotovka, RC Bunkr, ROXY, and Rock Café, and in 1996 supported Sinéad O'Connor.
During his studies and after graduation, he was a lecturer of experimental audio-visual production at the Josef Škvorecký Literary Academy.
Since 2010, he has been a resident at the MeetFactory Contemporary Art Centre.
Jan Zajíček was born on 4 March 1977, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He studied fine art at the Václav Hollar School of
Art and film directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). In 1992 he began to create graffiti art, one of the earliest graffiti artists in Czechoslovakia (under the pseudonym "Scarf" or "Skarf"). His experience with graffiti later influenced his strongly visual cinematic style, characterised by its combination of live-action with animation and visual effects. Between 1993 and 2000 he was a member of the Czech hip hop group WWW, which played in Prague venues including Alterna Komotovka, RC Bunkr, ROXY, and Rock Café, and in 1996 supported Sinéad O'Connor. During his studies and after graduation, he was a lecturer of experimental audio-visual production at the Josef Škvorecký Literary Academy. Since 2010, he has been a resident at the MeetFactory Contemporary Art Centre.
Jan Zajíček