Michael Bielicky confronts traditional media with virtual reality research programs in his exploration of expressing the relation of reality and simulation, perception and experience. Michael Bielicky was born 1954 in Prague.1991 he founded the Department for New Media at the Art Academy in Prague, where he has been a professor and director of the same department since 1995. 1984-87 study at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and 1987-89 assistant to Nam June Paik; 1988 grant to the Cité International des Arts, Paris; 1999 - 2000 Guest artist at the Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe; Since 2002 consultant and professor for travellab ICECA=20 (Initiative for Cultural Exchange and Computer Arts), Thailand. His works were presented amongst other at the Biennial Sao Paulo, Ars Electronica, Linz, Centre Pompidou, Paris, MAK Museum for applied Arts / contemporary Arts, Vienna, Museum Ludwig, Budapest.

Individual shows (selection)
1988 Cité International des Arts, Paris; 1991 Monte Video Time Based Art, Amsterdam; 1993 Czech Culture Center, Bukarest; Roter Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin.

Group shows (selection)
1987 "São Paulo Bienal", São Paulo; 1988 "3. Marl Video Kunst Preis", Marl; "Infermental 7", Tokio; 1992 "Moving Image - Electronic Art", Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; 1992/95"Ars Electronica", Linz; 1993 "Village Gaze", Anthology Film Archives, New York; 1994 "Joseph Beuys", Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; 1995 Museum for Contemporary Art, Warsaw; "Seoul Bienale", Seoul; 1996 "The Butterfly Effect", Mücsarnok, Budapest; "Mixed Pixels", Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf; 1997 Opening exhibition of the ZKM "Museum für Neue Kunst", Karlsruhe; 1999-2000 produced\@, ZKM Karlsruhe; 2002 Laterna Magika, Paris, Espace Electrca and web; 2003 Paesaggi del Desideri, Gallery for Contemporary Arts, Studio Lattuada, Milan, I.