Milan Cais (CZ)

Milan Cais (born 1974) is a visual artist, performer, musician and co-founder of the band Tata Bojs. In the 1990s, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU), first in the Sculpture Studios of Professors Hugo Demartini and Jindřich Zeithamml, and later in Jiří David’s Studio of Visual Communication. Alongside projections, animation, music videos and concert scenography for Tata Bojs, Cais has developed a distinctive visual arts practice spanning multimedia, sculpture, painting, illustration and public installations. Objects originally designed for entirely different purposes are frequently transformed into artworks that acquire unexpected meanings. Through playful forms, irony and wit, his work invites viewers to delve into their own memories and associations.

Cais has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad, and his works are represented in both public and private collections. His first solo exhibition, the visual diary 9 + 6, was presented at Galerie kritiků in 2006. Strong autobiographical themes also characterised Under the Skin, followed by Doors Inwards, the first exhibition in which his visual practice was no longer directly connected to music. Alongside objects and installations, it featured a series of abstract watercolours. One of his most significant recent projects was TATA 3OJS, a major exhibition at the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art marking the band’s 30th anniversary in 2018–2019. His latest exhibition, Contemporary Problems, held at Prague’s Chemistry Gallery in 2024, focused primarily on his painting.