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Rafael Smet, R, 2025, is a unique original acrylic painting on cotton canvas (50 × 40 cm) using natural pigments, hand signed on the verso, shipped stretched on a wooden stretcher and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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Artist:
Rafael Smet (Czech Republic, born 2000)
Title:
R, 2025
Medium:
Acrylic on cotton canvas with natural pigments (charcoal, red ochre, sepia)
Dimensions:
Image size: 50x40 cm
Canvas size: 50x40 cm
Framed size: not framed
Signature:
Signed on the verso in acrylic marker.
Edition:
Unique work (original painting).
Provenance:
Collection of the artist.
Documentation:
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.
Condition:
Excellent condition.
Shipping:
The artwork will be shipped stretched on a wooden stretcher. Carefully packed for safe transport.
About the artwork:
This work is part of an abstract series by Rafael Smet, in which the artist primarily uses natural pigments bonded with acrylic. The first paintings in this series began as an experiment, through which the artist explored and learned how to work with these pigments. After several works, however, the series gradually evolved into something more defined: a visual language resembling the alphabet of an unknown population, conceptually connected to the artist’s architecture series.
About the artist:
Rafael Smet is a painter based in Prague, where he maintains his studio. In 2024, he completed his bachelor’s degree in Prague under the guidance of Roman Franta and Lukáš Miffek. His work is predominantly figurative, complemented by abstract elements. He works primarily with acrylic and oil and focuses on layered compositions that emphasize airiness, contrast, and light. His paintings balance precise construction with an open, contemplative atmosphere.
His work focuses on figurative motifs, often intertwined with architectural or landscape structures. He approaches aesthetics as a starting point—composition, light, and space—but equally important are the narratives that emerge when observing an image. These narratives are never fixed; rather than telling a specific story, his paintings create situations that invite viewers to project their own experiences, memories, or internal dialogues.
Through carefully constructed layers and controlled contrasts, he strives to create spaces that appear suspended in time—silent, ambiguous, and open. Figures and structures function less as descriptive elements and more as carriers of atmosphere, leaving the image unspoken and mentally active in the viewer’s mind.
Smet has already presented his work in numerous exhibitions in Prague and other Czech cities, as well as internationally, including exhibition in Belgium.
Selected exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2025 – RÖ-IGHE, Dimension Výtoň, Prague
2024 – The Beginning of Something, IN Gallery, Prague
Group exhibitions
2026
Common ground, Larry Gallery, Kortrijk (Belgium)
2025
Event Horizon, Pošta Gallery, Dubá
Dream and Nightmare, RockOpera Praha, Prague
Axis X, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
The Struggle for Power, RockOpera Praha, Prague
2024
Art & Design Institute 10 Years, Church of Our Lady of the Snows, Prague
Don’t Look Away, Critics’ Gallery, Prague
Up the Stairs, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
2023
Are We Too Many?, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
Nymburk Art Salon, Municipal House Nymburk, Nymburk
Art of Sugarlandia, House of Joy, Prague
Artist:
Rafael Smet (Czech Republic, born 2000)
Title:
R, 2025
Medium:
Acrylic on cotton canvas with natural pigments (charcoal, red ochre, sepia)
Dimensions:
Image size: 50x40 cm
Canvas size: 50x40 cm
Framed size: not framed
Signature:
Signed on the verso in acrylic marker.
Edition:
Unique work (original painting).
Provenance:
Collection of the artist.
Documentation:
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.
Condition:
Excellent condition.
Shipping:
The artwork will be shipped stretched on a wooden stretcher. Carefully packed for safe transport.
About the artwork:
This work is part of an abstract series by Rafael Smet, in which the artist primarily uses natural pigments bonded with acrylic. The first paintings in this series began as an experiment, through which the artist explored and learned how to work with these pigments. After several works, however, the series gradually evolved into something more defined: a visual language resembling the alphabet of an unknown population, conceptually connected to the artist’s architecture series.
About the artist:
Rafael Smet is a painter based in Prague, where he maintains his studio. In 2024, he completed his bachelor’s degree in Prague under the guidance of Roman Franta and Lukáš Miffek. His work is predominantly figurative, complemented by abstract elements. He works primarily with acrylic and oil and focuses on layered compositions that emphasize airiness, contrast, and light. His paintings balance precise construction with an open, contemplative atmosphere.
His work focuses on figurative motifs, often intertwined with architectural or landscape structures. He approaches aesthetics as a starting point—composition, light, and space—but equally important are the narratives that emerge when observing an image. These narratives are never fixed; rather than telling a specific story, his paintings create situations that invite viewers to project their own experiences, memories, or internal dialogues.
Through carefully constructed layers and controlled contrasts, he strives to create spaces that appear suspended in time—silent, ambiguous, and open. Figures and structures function less as descriptive elements and more as carriers of atmosphere, leaving the image unspoken and mentally active in the viewer’s mind.
Smet has already presented his work in numerous exhibitions in Prague and other Czech cities, as well as internationally, including exhibition in Belgium.
Selected exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2025 – RÖ-IGHE, Dimension Výtoň, Prague
2024 – The Beginning of Something, IN Gallery, Prague
Group exhibitions
2026
Common ground, Larry Gallery, Kortrijk (Belgium)
2025
Event Horizon, Pošta Gallery, Dubá
Dream and Nightmare, RockOpera Praha, Prague
Axis X, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
The Struggle for Power, RockOpera Praha, Prague
2024
Art & Design Institute 10 Years, Church of Our Lady of the Snows, Prague
Don’t Look Away, Critics’ Gallery, Prague
Up the Stairs, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
2023
Are We Too Many?, Schola Humanitas, Litvínov
Nymburk Art Salon, Municipal House Nymburk, Nymburk
Art of Sugarlandia, House of Joy, Prague
Details
Artist
Rafael Smet
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
R
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Czechia
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, Brown
Height
50 cm
Width
40 cm
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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