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What is PosterLad?

PosterLad is an art project by Czech designer and artist Vratislav Pecka. He believes that a poster does not always have to promote an event or product. Instead, Pecka uses the poster medium as a space for expressing his artistic ideas. The main common features of Vratislav Pecka's work are basic shapes and vivid colors. His work was influenced by the Bauhaus school and a certain nostalgia for and memories of the 90s. Most of the time, Posterlad's art does not aim to express specific thoughts or deliver a message. The primary goal of the artworks is to visually captivate and please the observer's eye.

PosterLad Vratislav Pecka Photo: Willem-Jan Persoons

The PosterLad project started in 2016. Pecka's style is constantly evolving, and the artist does not stick with one style for too long. Within a few years, PosterLad became popular on social media and was awarded a couple of major international design awards. Pecka is currently a full-time artist and is open to collaborations with clients seeking designs with his personal artistic touch. PosterLad has been recognized in the digital art scene as well. His artworks are presented on the world's most prestigious NFT platform called SuperRare, which hosts only a handful of leading contemporary artists. Pecka has had solo and collective exhibitions on most continents around the world, in places such as Shanghai, Paris, London, or New York. He is represented by Pinzle in the South Korean market.

"Vratislav managed to get international exposure for his excellent work. I appreciate the fact that the work is purely formal and does not pretend to advertise or promote anything, there is no function that manages to drag the work into the gutter."
– Stefan Sagmeister (Forbes, 12/2022)

About the artist

Vratislav Pecka was born in Prague, Czech Republic. After spending three years in film school, where he graduated as a video editor and briefly studied animation, he found his passion elsewhere—in graphics. He worked as a freelance designer for over ten years and later co-founded the graphic design studio Pecka Studio. After spending a couple of years living in Amsterdam, he is now based in his hometown of Prague.

Photo: Willem-Jan Persoons

Selected clients

📒 View PosterLad press kit here .

Awards

Exhibitions

2023 - solo exhibition of the Urban Structures collection, Pixelbase gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 - part of NFT NYC exhibition, New York, USA
2023 - part of The Shape of Space NFT exhibition, The Canvas 3.0 gallery, New York, USA
2022 - part of NFT exhibition "NFT's What the F*ck" in Moanin Gallery, Andorra La Vella, Andorra
2022 - solo exhibition in 3sec.gallery in Breda, The Netherlands
2022 - part of NFT auction and exhibition in FauveParis auction house, Paris, France
2021 - solo exhibition in Yan Books, Beijing, China
2021 - solo exhibition in Page Five, Prague, Czechia
2021 - part of exhibition in Protein Studios, London, UK
2021 - part of virtual NFT exhibition, Artgence
2018 - permanent exhibition in Prague Congress Center, Prague, Czechia
2018 - exhibition on Czech Design Week Fall 2018, Prague, Czechia
2018 - part of the final seleciton of Ecuador Poster Bienal 2018 - November 2018, Quito, Ecuador
2018 - part of the final seleciton of Trnava Poster Triennial 2018 - October 2018, Trnava, Slovakia
2017 - part of the ASU VCD 10th Annual Poster Show in Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
2017 - exhibition on Czech Design Week Spring 2017, Prague, Czechia
2017 - solo exhibition in Cafe Pelíšek, Prague, Czechia

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