Biography

Vladimir Tajč (Taich) was born in Bogotá in the 1960's, when groves and streams were the veins through which the life of a city that timidly peeked into modernity flowed. His childhood was spent with his siblings and school friends in games and adventures typical of those who are discovering not only the world, but also forming their own inner universe.

Nature, and especially its scent, marked his perception as a child, and even in his adulthood, it still transports him to interior places where sensitivity is recognized, self-defined, and freely expressed.

Vladimir's Art Portfolio

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Vladimir liked to separate himself and make original creations with Lego pieces while listening to his father play the piano, accordion, or violin. He felt that the melodies enveloped him and nourished his childlike imagination.

In the early 1980s, Vladimir studied Advertising and later Industrial Design and Ceramics, professions that he blended together, leading him down the path of entrepreneurship and independence. He was a ceramicist and sculptor and created the first export unit of artisanal products in Colombia with "Proexpo," now Proexport, achieving an important role in promoting non-traditional exports of goods and reaching more than 45 countries with his friend and parthner in the USA, Throop Bergh. Vladimir participated in major annual fairs in Frankfurt, Paris, London, New York, Boston, Miami, and many other cities.

Oil on Canvas
Year: (2001)
Title: "Emerging from Adversities"
Size:1.10 mt x 0.70 mt.
(Private Collection)

This experience allowed him to confirm the high level and appreciation that Colombian artists have abroad and also served him to open himself up to new possibilities and job facets. In the beginning of the new century, he was able to see the transformation of the world through the interconnectivity of digital media and envisioned a promising future through them. He formed Suzona with his friend Mike Anderson, a portal where he gathered, directed, and promoted over 750 artisans from all over the country.

His multifaceted professional career has a direct connection and complements his family life indispensably: Diana, the great love of his youth and his wife, a fundamental pillar of his life project, together with his two children, who are in his own words, "his best creation and his great work as a human being." Like his parents, he seeks to leave an indelible mark of value, effort, honesty, and respect in them.

After many years of reaping triumphs and assimilating defeats, Vladimir returns to the canvas and oil as a means of expression and creates Emotions and Feelings, Planet Earth, Planet Water, Abstrakt Traces, a series of individual exhibitions. A recount of his life and his history through pigments and textures that speak for themselves in abstract, silent, and significant language. A reminder to the world that we must protect our planet Earth.

Vladimir and Diana
(1991)

Vladimir Iván Tajč Herrera

Nationality: Colombia / Czech Republic
Date of Birth: November 5, 1963
City: Bogotá, Colombia, South America

Family
Married with Diana Patricia Leal Contreras, Medical Radiologist Born in Bogotá, Colombia.
He has two sons, Vladislav Iván Tajč Leal and Industrial Engineer Born in Bogotá, Colombia
Alexandr Tajč Leal a creative Industrial Designer Born in Bogotá, Colombia
Vladimir have two Brothers, Jiří Ladislav Tajč born in in Bogotá, Colombia, Industrail Ingineer and Anicka Miloslava Tajc Herrera in Bogotá, Colombia. a business administrator.

Vladimir’s father, Jiří Tajč, was a distinguished Czech violinist who reportedly served as first violin with a Prague philharmonic orchestra. He was born in Břevnov, Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1924 and died in 2003. Vladimir’s mother, Lilia Herrera Acevedo, was a homemaker and textile entrepreneur. She was born in Dolores, Tolima, Colombia, in 1933 and died in 2015.
His paternal grandfather, František Tajč, was born in Křenek, Czechoslovakia, in 1893 and died in 1945. His paternal grandmother, Anna Tajč, née Haškovcová, was born in Blatec, Czechoslovakia, in 1893 and died in 1946.
His maternal grandfather, Juan Francisco Herrera, was born in Dolores, Tolima, Colombia, in 1895 and died in 1960. His maternal grandmother, Hercilia Acevedo, was also born in Dolores, Tolima, Colombia, and died in 1976.

Alexandr & Vladislav

Education

Elementary School - Roschester School, Bogotá, Colombia. 1971- 1977
High School - Public high school in Newark, Delaware, USA 1979-1980
High School - TES The English School, Bogotá, Colombia. 1977- 1982
Advertising - Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colombia. 1982- 1984
Industrial Design - Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colombia. 1984-1988
Industrial Design - Coruniversitec University, Bogotá, Colombia. 1986-1989
Ceramics - Casting and Molding, Ingeominas, Bogotá, Colombia 1987-1988

"Exhibitions, Distinctions, and Recognitions."

International Exhibitions

2025: "Life on Sale", Mida Vinci - Shop Art, Hosted by George Makhlouf Olcese, Miami, FL, USA. 16 works.
2024: "Abstract Traces, Planet Water and Earth", Hosted by Mike & Tammy Anderson, Curated by Susan O'Steen, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA. 51 works.
2023: "Planet Earth", Yandi Monardo Art Gallery, Los Cabos, Mexico. 24 works.

Solo Exhibitions

2025: "Scars of the Planet", Zakara Gallery, El Bosque Reception, 15 works. Bogotá, Colombia. 20 works.
2025: "Abstract Traces", Zakara Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. 20 works.
2024: "Abstract Traces", Club Campestre Los Arrayanes, Bogotá, Colombia. 20 works.
2023: "Abstract Traces", Zakara Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. 40 works.
2022: "Planet Earth and Water with Feelings and Emotions", Zakara Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. 30 works.
2022: "Planet Water", Zakara Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. 27 works.
2022: "Planet Water", Club Los Arrayanes, Bogotá, Colombia. 20 works.
2021: "Planet Earth", CC El Retiro, Bogotá, Colombia. 15 works.
2021: "Planet Earth", CC La Casona, Zipaquirá, Colombia. 15 works.
·2021: "Planet Earth", El Bosque Convention Center, Bogotá, Colombia. 25 works.
2021: "Feelings and Emotions", El Bosque Reception Building, Bogotá, Colombia. 15 works.
2020: 3D Solo Exhibition, Kunstmatrix.com. 50 works.
2020: "Feelings and Emotions", Plaza El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia. 32 works.
2019: "Abstract Art", Plaza El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia. 32 works.

Group Exhibitions and Major Fairs

2017: Usaquen Art Fair, Bogotá Exhibition, Colombia (Artists and Artisans from all Colombia).
2015: Corferias Bogotá Exhibition, Colombia (Artists and Artisans from all over the country).
2014: Corferias Bogotá Exhibition, Colombia (Artists and Artisans from all over the country).
2014: Art Exhibition at Parque Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia.
2013: Corferias Bogotá Exhibition, Colombia (Artists and Artisans from all over the country).
2013: Art Exhibition at Parque Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012: Art Exhibition for Emerging Plastic Artists, Bogotá, Colombia.

Distinctions and Awards

2003: Gold Medal, PPAI Promotional Products Association, Las Vegas, USA - Best Printing Process.
2002: Gold Medal, Dusseldorf, Germany - Most Creative Promotional Product.
2002: Best Out-of-Catalogue Product, PPAI Promotional Products Association International, Las Vegas, USA.
2001: Gold Medal, Dusseldorf, Germany - Most Creative Promotional Product.
2001: Best Gift Product, BAGDA British Advertisers Gift Distributors Association, London, England.
2000: Gold Medal, PPAI Promotional Products Association International, Las Vegas, USA - Most Creative Product for Suppliers and Distributors (among 5,000 exhibitors).
1999: Silver Medal, New York Gift Show - Best Creative Product outside Catalogs.
1999: Best Innovative Product, BAGDA, London, England.
1999: Bronze Medal, PSI The Promotional Product Network, Dusseldorf, Germany - Best Product for Distributors.

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