Born in the Czech Republic in 1974, Deingruber was already showing artistic promise at age 10 when his paintings were selected for the Ostrava exhibition of young painters. Discouraged by the overly academic approach to art education in his country, and the controlling influence of the communist party on the arts, Deingruber moved to New York City at the age of 19 to pursue his work as an artist.

This piece is constructed out of two black and white video pieces of same length without sound. My recent work is a reflection of my transition (and the impact of it on my consciousness ) between cultures, societies but most of all political systems. These pieces become ‘self portraits’ or ‘visual studies’ of oneself in searching for identity within self-universe and understanding the meaning of Life. These objects (cube, sphere) create a symbolic structure and can be simply identified as Sphere > universe > cycle > life > beginning > end Cube > space > room without entrance or exit > fear I decided not to use sound because the silence is one of the strongest elements of the piece and in the same time adds simplicity which I feel it completes the piece. I want the viewer to hear the silence.