sometimes gives the impression of them growing upwards (Meditation by drawing, charcoal on cardboard, 600 x 220 cm, 1988–89). Titles of the meditation drawings offer riddles rather than explanations (Meditation eastern, 1990–97, 220 x 520 cm, Liturgic meditation, 1990–94). The large format paintings sometimes only capture a part of the depicted object in order to leave space for pondering about the things that surpass us (Right left, Martin meditation, charcoal on cardboard, 220 x 540 cm, 1989–93, Eternal story, charcoal on cardboard, 220 x 500 cm, 1990–94, Sanctus, charcoal on cardboard, 220 x 520 cm, 1997–99), or they directly refer to infinity (88.88.88., combined technique on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, 2010). Organic form in the drawing resembling a gastrula can be interpreted as an immersion of what was on the surface into the inside, into the darkness, into the closure from the outside world (Remembering an idea, charcoal on canvas, 210 x 240 cm, 2005-6). The key to understanding Kornatovský’s drawings may be St. Augustine’s treatise on the reflection of the world of ideas and sensory reality (Augustine, charcoal on paper, 280 x 340 cm, 2000-3, St. Augustine II, combined technique on canvas, 140 x 160 cm, 2007, Contemplation, charcoal on canvas, 80 x 100 cm, 2008). Awards 1994 Mayor of Kraków Award, Graphic Art Triennial, Kraków, Poland 2008 Laureate of the Franz Kafka Prague circle Award Representation in collections National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Museum Kampa, Meda Mládková collection, Prague, Czech Republic GASK – the Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná hora, Czech Republic West Bohemian Gallery, Pilsen, Czech Republic Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic Klatovy/Klenová Gallery, Czech Republic Gallery of Modern Art Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic Regional Gallery Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Regional Gallery Liberec, Czech Republic Consulate General of the Czech Republic, Los Angeles, USA Bellini Gallery, Florence, Italy Artists Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Kentler International Drawing Center, New York, USA Private collections in Czech Republic and abroad Selected solo exhibitions 2014 Intuiti Gallery, Paris, France 2013 Michel Journiac Gallery - Sorbonne, Paris, France Galerie du Tableau, (with Richard Conte), Marseille, France Hollar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic 2012 Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2009 Takasaki City Gallery, Japan (with J. Váchal) 2008 Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic 2006 ASTO Museum, Los Angeles, USA (with K. Czerpak)