Our Visiting Artist and Lecture Series (VALS) profiles speakers who creative industry specialists, each having made a unique contribution to his or her field. VALS is where students meet and learn from working artists, designers, philosophers, film makers, curators, exhibition project managers, gallery directors and art historians.

We take advantage of our central location and expose students to the finest contemporary and old master art in Europe. Frequent visits to galleries and studios both within the Czech Republic and internationally — such as the Venice Biennale — further enrich their educational experience.

Held every semester, Workshop Week, gives our students the opportunity to collaborate with external specialists who introduce them to a range of new media and techniques that they can later apply to their artistic work.

Exhibitions Week is held at the end of Spring and showcases graduates from all programmes who present their final work in a series of public exhibitions and film screenings.

Christophe Wechsler

Christophe graduated from BA (Hons) Graphic Design and after graduation quickly rose to the position of art director at advertising agency Fallon, where he was responsible for the art direction, copywriting and filming of Škoda’s Kodiaq campaign. The campaign won first place in the ‘Young Lions’ competition for creatives under 30, and his team then went on to represent the Czech Republic at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival — the Oscars of the creative world. He later moved to WMC/Grey Czech Republic as an Art Director and then Senior Art Director at DDB Prague. He is currently Head of Content and Creative at Kiwi.com.