A founding member of the artists' group Bratrstvo (Brotherhood) (1989-1994) whitch worked in the field of Gesamtkunstwerk, within the frame work of this group. He exhibited his photography anonymously.

Free-lance photographer, living in Praque.

In Jirasek's photos, the fragile beauty of human existence emerges both from light and from darkness, in both the presence. A desire for purity, described by the sophisticated aesthetic line of his work, is pulled down to the bottom of its illusion.

1989 - Topas klub Kaunicovy koleje (Brno), Vystavní sín divadla Semafor (Praque)

1990 - ZK Parízská ulice (Praque), Galerie mladych (Brno)

1991 - Galerie Benedikta Rejta (Louny), Prague House of Photography (Praque)

1992 - Galerie Ambrosiana (Brno)

1993 - Galerie Faber (Wien, Austria)

1995 - Czech Centre Berlin, Germany

1996 - Moravská Galerie Brno

Major Exhibitions:

1990 - Tschechoslowakische Photographie der Gegenwart Museum Ludwig (Köln, Germany), Reprízy: France, Denmark, USA, Stätlische Galerie Erlangen (Erlangen, Germany)

1991 - Musée d Art et Historie (Metz, France), Centre National Audiovisuel (Dudelange), Transit (Strassbourgh, France), Brandts Klaedefabrik (Odense, Denmark)

1992 - Frontiera 1/92 (Bolzen, Italy), Rencontres d Arles (Arles, France), 2. Internationale Foto-Triennale (Esslingen, Germany), What's New in Prague (Chicago, USA), Bratrstvo, Gabina, Ivan Pinkava - Fotogalerie WUK (Wien, Austria), Augustinermuseum Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany)

1993 - Castello di Rivara (Castello di Rivara, Italy), Mc Laurin Art Galery (Glasgow, UK), Reprízy: London, Lisboa, Porto, Salamanca etc., Jákob a Andûl, Mánes (Praque)

1994 - The Photography Gallery (Northbridge, Australia), V ostrém svetle - Prague House of Photography (Prague, Czech Republic)

1996 - Jistoty a hledání (Prague), Reprízy: Berlin, Bratislava, Chicago

1997 - Chimera, (Essen, Germany)

1998 - Body and Photography, Salmovsky palace, Prague, Czech Republic

1999 - Czech Centre, New York, USA

Individual Exhibitions:

1994 - Wanieck Factory - Rozloucení s prumyslovym vekem (Brno)

1995 - memento Mori, Rudolfinum (Prague)

1996 - Ambrosiana (Brno)

1997 - Czech Centre (Berlin, Germany)

1998 - Galerie Alan (Wien), Ceské kulturní centrum (Bratislava)

1999 - Galerie Alan (Wien)

Collections:

- Umprum museum (Prague)
- Moravská galerie (Brno)
- The Art Institute of Chicago (USA)
- Museum Ludwig Köln am Rhein (Germany)
- Galerie der Stadt Esslengen am Neckar (Germany)
private colections etc. ...

Publication (book):

Memento Mori (foto V. Jirásek, R. Novák, I. Pinkava, text B. Chlíbec) TORST Praque 1998