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Standing in an unfamiliar bathroom, tired & naked & wet in a strange shower stall, reaching for the towel only to grab the empty towel rack & accidentally pull it from the moldy plaster wall so it falls to the tile floor with a clatter.

The broken half of cork that drops inside the bottle of wine. The sought-after objét de désire trapped behind the thick glass window of a closed shop in a foreign city you are flying out of that night.

The misplaced wallet. The loose hinge. The leaky faucet. Driving at night on a country road, suddenly noticing the gas gauge—how long has the needle been on empty?

In Jakub Kalousek’s sculpture, the accident has either not yet happened— or it has just happened but the irrevocable consequences have only partially (not entirely) become clear.

In the instant before total tragedy, comedy reigns supreme.

Leona Shoustakis / Pair & Thesis / 2014

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S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S2014 / Cricket Engine / “Wa-I-sted” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA2014 / Pøst Project / “Wa-I-sted” / Los Angeles / CA2012 / Cricket Engine / “Comfort Quitters” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA2011 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / “Ironic” / San Francisco / CA2011 / S.O.A.P. Gallery / “Con-Textual” / San Francisco / CA2011 / Hijinx Gallery / “Letter Collector” / San Francisco / CA2010 / S.O.A.P Gallery / San Francisco / CA2009 / Art House Gallery / San Francisco / CA2008 / Rozanoff Gallery / San Francisco / CA2007 / Millenium Gallery / “Five Years After” / Prague / Czech Republic2006 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA2004 / 69 Bi-Straw / “Maiden Lane” / San Francisco / CA2003 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA2002 / SomArts Gallery / “Behind The Scenes” / San Francisco / CA2002 / Tangent Contemporary / San Francisco / CA

2002 / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art—Artist Gallery / San Francisco / CA2001 / Jednorozec Gallery / Klatovy / Czech Republic1998 / GEMA Gallery / Prague / Czech Republic1998 / O.D.C. Theater Gallery / San Francisco / CA1997 / San Francisco Public Library / “Eco-Concerns” / San Francisco / CA1996 / Gallerie Bratri Capku / Prague / Czech Republic1996 / Sightings Gallery / San Francisco / CA1995 / Shooting Gallery / San Francisco / CA1993 / National Technical Muzeum / Prague / Czech Republic1991 / 509 Gallery / San Francisco / CA1991 / Canessa Gallery / San Francisco / CA1990 / Kala Institute / Berkeley / CA1989 / Colwell Theater—Fort Mason / San Francisco / CA1989 / Galerie Mladych / Prague / Czech Republic1988 / Atholl McBean Gallery—SFAI Alumni Show / San Francisco / CA1987 / Union Gallery—University of North Texas / Denton / TX1984 / Diego Rivera Gallery / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco / CA1983 / Bay Area Printmakers / Melbourne / Australia1982 / CameraVision / Los Angeles / CA1981 / PhoneBooth Gallery / San Francisco State University / San Francisco / CA

I N S T A L L A T I O N S / S I T E - S P E C I F I C P R O J E C T S2010 / SOAP Gallery / “Nutcracker” / San Francisco / CA2002 / 21 Grant Gallery / “UNAVOID” / Oakland / CA2002 / SHIBUMI Gallery / San Francisco / CA1996 / Klenova International Symposium / “Mapping Spaces”/ Czech Republic1993 / National Technical Muzeum / “Rough Roads” / Prague / Czech Republic1991 / International Performance Arts Festival / “Kocialism” / Prague / Czech Republic1989 / “6.Zurschaustellung Produkte” / Rosenheim / German Republic1988 / The Lab / “Collaborations” / San Francisco / CA1986 / San Francisco Art Institute / “Alec” / San Francisco / CA

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