Pavel Machotka
curriculum vitae
Research Professor of Psychology and Art
University of California, Santa Cruz
Home address: La Bacciana, 06014 Montone (PG) Italy
Tel: 011 39 075 930-7001 Fax: 011 39 075 930-7114 email: pavel@machotka.com
Education
1962 Harvard University, Ph.D.
1958 Harvard University, M.A.
1956 University of Chicago, A.B., with General Honors and Phi Beta Kappa
Academic Career
1994- University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor emeritus, recalled
1976-94 University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor
1971-76 University of California, Santa Cruz, Associate Professor
1965-70 University of Colorado Medical School, Assistant Professor of Clinical
Psychology
1962-65 Harvard University, Instructor in Social Relations
1957-62 Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, Lecturer on Social Relations
Honors
2015 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award
1998 Dr.h.c., Charles University, Prague
1958-60 Fulbright Fellowship
1956-57 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
1952-56 Ford Foundation Pre-Induction Fellowship
Appointments
1992-94 Chair, Academic Senate
1990-91 Chair, Academic Senate Privilege and Tenure Committee
1988-91 Chair, Psychology Board of Studies
1981-85 Chair, Porter College Fellows
1976-79 Provost, College V
Research and creative interests
Psychology of art, personality and painting, the psychology of landscape, the
psychology of the nude in art, nonverbal communication, psychotherapy.
Practising painter. (Paintings reviewed by Karen Haber in article entitled "Echoing Cézanne", American Artist, June 1995.)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Oborový výbor („Professional review Council“, an oversight committee for review of curriculum, requirements, PhD candidacies), Departments of Pedagogy, Charles University, Prague and Masaryk University, Brno, 2004 to present.
Member, international review committee for the Psychological Institute, Brno, 2005.
Several PhD disssertation committees, Psychology and Pedagogy, Charles University, Prague.
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Pražské povstání 1945: svědectví protagonistů (Prague uprising 1945: the protagonists’
testimony), with Josef Tomeš, co-editor, Prague: Masaryk Institute, 2015.
Cézanne: Landscape into Art, second edition (also in Czech: Cézanne: Krajina jako
umění), Praha, Arbor Vitae, 2014.
Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind (also in French: Cézanne: La sensation à l’Oeuvre),
Marseille, Crès Editions, 2008.
Les sites cézanniens en Provence, Marseille, Crès Editions, 2006. (English version:
On site with Paul Cézanne in Provence, Marseille, Crès Editions, 2006.)
Painting and Our Inner World: The Psychology of Image Making, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, New York, 2003.
Pavel Machotka: Light, Form, and Sensuality, Galleria LaLoggia: Sansepolcro, Italy, 2002.
Style and Psyche: The Art of Lundy Siegriest and Terry St. John. Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ (1999).
Emotion, Creativity, & Art, Dorfman, L., Martindale, C., Leontief, D., Cupchik, C., Petrov, V. and Machotka, P., (Eds.), Perm State Institute of Art and Culture, Russia, 1997.
Cézanne: Landscape into Art. London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
The Articulate Body, revised and condensed from Messages of the Body, New York: Irvington, 1982.
The Nude: Perception and Personality, New York: Irvington, 1979.
Messages of the Body, with J.P. Spiegel, New York: Free Press, 1974.
The Treatment of Families In Crisis, with D.G. Langsley, D.M. Kaplan, F.S. Pittman III, K. Flomenhaft, C. DeYoung, New York: Grune & Stratton, 1968.
INVITED ADDRESSES
2009 “Le tempérament; c’est le destin du peintre,” (“Character is the painter’s destiny”), colloquium, Picasso Cézanne; quelle filiation?; Aix-en-Provence, September 9 – 11
2006 “Psychologie: věda nikoli přírodní, přesto disciplinovaná,” (“Psychology: not a natural science, nevertheless a disciplined one”), at congress Qualitative and quantitative methods in the social sciences, Prague, January. Published as lead essay in Umění ve vědě, věda v umění (The Art in Science, Science in Art) Prague, Girada Publishing, 2010.
2006 “Cézanne -- sans le vingtième siècle,” („Cézanne – without the 20th century“); XIXth Congress of the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics, Avignon, France, June 8
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES AND COLLOQUIA
2010 „Zkušenost dvou generací českých vědců v USA“ (The experiences of two generations of Czech scientists in the USA), symposium organized by the Masaryk Institute anad the Archive of the Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, Prague, May 6, 2010.
2006 “Cézanne et l'abstraction: pousée inexorable?” (“Cézanne and abstraction: an inexorable push?”), Colloquium following exhibit Cézanne en Provence, Aix-en-Provence, September 14.
2005 “What is ‘Bad Taste’”? International symposium on empirical aesthetics, Taiwan, September
1999 “Cubism: Cézanne's unwanted child,” at the International conference, XX century art: achievements, traditions, and innovations. St Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, Russia, 1-4 December 1 – 4.
ARTICLES
„The human face of masterly painting“, in the catalogue of the exhibit Cézanne:Les Ateliers du Midi, held at the Milano Palazzo Reale, Oct. 20, 2011 – Feb. 26, 2012.
„ From the landscapes of northern France to the beginnings of Cubism”, essay written for the catalogue of the exhibit Cézanne et Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Oct. 12, 2011 to Feb. 26, 2012.
„Le tempérament, c’est le destin du peintre: Picasso et Cézanne“, in Cézanne Picasso - quelle filiation?, l'Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 2011.
“Dávný svět smyslů a moderní svět intelektu“, Psychologie Dnes, („The old world of the senses and the new world of the intellect“, Psychology Today) , Prague, July-August 2009.
“Whither art, and where is it now?”, in Empirical Studies of the Arts, 2009, 27, 179-184.
“Artistic styles and personalities: A close view and a distant view,“ Empirical Studies of the Arts, 2006, vol. 24 (1), 71-80.
"Bad Taste, Psychologically Speaking," in Culture and Communication, Avignon, France, 2006, 239-243.
“Personality and artistic style: Patterns of connection,“ in Locher, P., Martidale, C. & Dorfman, L., New Directions in Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, Amityville, NY: Baywood, 2006, pp. 225-237.
“Cubists and others: the paradoxes of ‚following‘ Cézanne,“ in XXth Century Art Achievements, Traditions, and Innovations, St. Petersburg: The Hermitage Publishing House, 2003, pp.277-281.
"Métier and expression: An autobiographical note," in Catalog of Paintings, Galleria La Loggia, Borgo San Sepolcro, 2002.
"On Being a Painter," Bulletin of the Psychology of the Arts, Fall 2002.
"Perception of reality and perception of paintings," in Proceedings of the XVIIth International congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Takarazuka, Japan, August 2002. N b
"Meaning vs. outcome, beauty vs. truth," Estetika, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1999, vol. 4, 14-23.
"Paul Cézanne," in Encyclopedia of Creativity, San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
"Cubists: Cézanne's unrecognized children,"in XXth Century Art: Achievements, Traditions and Innovations. St. Petersburg: The Hermitage Publishing House, 1999, pp. 246-247.
"Rochers à Bibémus and La Sainte-Victoire, environs de Gardanne," with Denis Coutagne and Louis Frey, in Année Cézannienne, 1999, No. 1, pp. 25-28.
"Art (Psychology of)," Enciclopedia del Corpo, Rome, Italy, 1998 (40 pp).
"Cézanne: funkce soustředěného pozorování," ("Cézanne: The functions of concentrated observation,“ Československá· Psychologie, 1997, 46, 260-264.
"Manners and the form of things," in Emotion, Creativity, & Art, Dorfman, L., Martindale, C., Leontief, D., Cupchik, C., Petrov, V. and Machotka, P., Eds., Perm State Institute of Art and Culture, Russia, 1997, pp. 325-348.
"The form and content of everyday acts," Sborník Statí Společnosti pro sociální bádání, Society for Social Research, Prague, March 1997, pp. 60-65.
"Aesthetics: If not from below, whence?" Empirical Studies of the Arts, 1995, 105-118.
"Šest psychologických postojů k výtvarnému umění (Six psychological stances toward creative endeavor)", with Lori Felton, in Proceedings of the International Society for Education through Art, meeting held in Prague, October 19 - 21, 1995.
"Cognitive style and style in painting," with Cynthia duVal, Lori Felton, Florence Landau, and Lara Goldenberg, Studia Psychologica, 1995, vol. 37, pp. 269-277.
"Créativité et psychologie universitaire", in Bulletin de Psychologie, 1993, vol. XLVI, 261-270.
"Cézanne's Landscapes and the Functions of Vision," Leonardo, 1983,Vol. 16, No. 3, 177-179.
"Esthetic Judgment Warm and Cool: Cognitive and Emotional Determinants," in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1982, 42, 100-107.
"Aesthetic Choice and Coping With Conflict," in D. O'Hare, [Ed.], Psychology and the Arts, Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1981.
"Daniel Berlyne's Contribution to Empirical Esthetics," Motivation and Emotion, 1980, Vol. 2, No. 4.
"Construction of Pictorial Meaning," Studies In the Anthropology of Visual Communication, 1979, 115- 131.
"Préférence pour la perfection du nu," Bulletin de Psychologie, 1976-77, 30, 770-773.
"The Functions of Taste," Scientific Aesthetics/Sciences de l'Art, 1,1976, 107-119. (Reprinted in L. Halasz, Ed., La Psychologie de l'Art. Budapest: Gondolat, 1981.)
"Preference for Musical Complexity: Effects of Context" (with L. Steck,) Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception ~ Performance, 1975, 104, 170-174.
"Competence of Child Health Associates: I. A. Comparison of their basic science and Chemical Pediatric Knowledge with that of Medical Students and Pediatric Residents" (with J. E. Ott and J. B. Moon,) American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1973, 125, 199-203.
"Therapy Techniques of the Family Treatment Unit" (with F.S. Pittman III, D.G. Langsley, K.Flomenhaft, C. D. DeYoung, and D. Kaplan,) in J. Haley, Ed., Changing Families, New York: Grune & Stratton, 1971.
"Avoiding Mental Hospital Admission: A Follow-up Study" (with D.G. Langsley and K. Flomenhaft,) American Journal Of Psychiatry, 1971, 127, 1391-1394.
"Ego Defense and Esthetic Distortion: Experimenter Effects," Journal of Personality, 1970, 38, 560-580
"Visual Esthetics and Learning," J. of Aesthetic Education, 1970, 4, 117-130.
"Follow-up Evaluation of Family Crisis Therapy," American J. Orthopsychiatry, 1969, 39(5), with D.G. Langsley, and K. Flomenhaft
"Family Crisis Therapy -- Results and Implications" (with D. G. Langsley, F.S. Pittman III, K.Flomenhaft), Family Process, 1968, 7, 753-759. Reprinted in N.W. Ackerman (Ed.), Family Process, New York: Basic Books (1970).
"Presentation Movements of the Human Body," in M. Rechcigl, Ed., Czechoslovakia Past ~ Present, The Hague: Mouton, 1968.
"Defensive Style and Esthetic Distortion," Journal of Personality, 1967, 35, 600-622.
"Incest as a Family Affair" (with F.S. Pittman III and Kalman Flomenhaft), Family Process, 1967, 6, 98-116. Excerpted in Family Therapies for Children and Youth, C.E. Schaefer and J. Briermeister (Eds.), N.Y.: Jossey-Bass, 1983. Condensed in Family Therapy Techniques for Problem Behaviors of Children and Teenagers. C.E. Shaefer, J.M. Briermeister and M.E. Fitton (Eds.), S.F.: Jossey-Bass, 1984.
"Delineation of Family Roles," American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1967, vol. 37, 409-410.
"Esthetic Criteria in Childhood," Child Development, 1966, 37, 877-885.
"Body Movement as Communication," Dialogues, Vol. II, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, Colorado, March, 1965.
"Le développement des critères esthétiques chez l'enfant," Enfance, 1963, 16, 357-379.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"El estilo en la pintura refleja la personalidad" (“Style in painting reflects the personality of the artist,”) in Ana Iribas, (Ed.), La Actitud del artista, Madrid, Spain, 2006.
"Psychobiography and Visual Creativity: Four Patterns," in Gerald C. Cupchik (Ed.), Emerging Visions of the Aesthetic Process, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
"Aesthetic Choice and Coping With Conflict," in D. O'Hare, (Ed.), Psychology and the Arts, Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1981.
BOOK REVIEWS
Obituary: Irving Long Child, in American Psychologist, October 2002, p. 794.
"T. G. Masaryk on Psychology: Six Facets of the Psyche," by Josef Brožek and Jiří Hoskovec (Eds.), Charles University, Prague, 1995. In Contemporary Psychology, (in press)
Cognition and the Visual Arts, by Robert L. Solso, Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 1994. In Imagination cognition and personality, 1996-7, 16, 217-219.
"Continuity and Change in the Development of Modes of Representation," by Sidney J. Blatt, Hillsdale: Erlbaum, 1984. In Contemporary Psychology, 1985, 30, 962-964.
"Picasso: Art as Autobiography," by Mary Mathews Gedo, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. In Contemporary Psychology, 1982, 27, 119.
Paintings
One-man exhibits
2014 Galerie Nová Síň, Praha
2011 Galerie Ludvíka Kuby, Poděbrady, Czech Republic
2010 Artem Association, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 Galerie Chodovska Tvrz, Prague (retrospective)
2004 Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Umbertide (Italy)
2003 Galleria Il Gianicolo, Perugia (Italy)
2002 Galleria La Loggia, Borgo San Sepolcro
2001 Sala Consigliare, Montone (Italy)
2000 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1998 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1996 Bakalář Gallery, Charles University, Prague
1995 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1992 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1989 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1987 Stevenson College, UC Santa Cruz
1986 Porter College Faculty Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
1978 Stevenson College, UC Santa Cruz (Photographs)
1977 Hall Gallery, UC Santa Cruz (Photographs)
1974 College V, UC Santa Cruz (Photographs)
Group exhibits
2012 Comune di Montegranaro
2012 Porto Sant’Elpidio
2008 Bratislava (Slovakia)
2007 Feria d’Arte, Montichiari
2007 Feria d’Arte, Reggio Emilia
2006 Feria d’Arte, Vicenza
2004 „Da de Chirico a Ferroni“, Galleria la Loggia, Sansepolcro
2002 Feria Arte, Padova
2000 Galerie Peron, Prague
1995 Plein Air Painters, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz
1995 Faculty Show, UC Santa Cruz
1993 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
1993 SF MOMA Gallery, San Francisco
1992 Faculty Show, UC Santa Cruz
1990 Faculty Show, UC Santa Cruz
1989 Plein Air show, Santa Cruz Art League
1987 Faculty Show, UC Santa Cruz
1987 "En Plein Air" show, Gallery 30, San Mateo, CA.
1987 Cavalier Galleries, Stamford, Conn.
1987 Yosemite Renaissance National Art Exhibit (juried show,
honorable mention)
1984 Faculty Show, UC Santa Cruz
1997, 1993, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982
The Outdoor Painters Project, UC Santa Cruz
Selected collections
Walter and Maria Feilchenfeldt, Terry St. John, Patrick Aherne, Fred and Christiana Hunnicutt, Don and Aldine Weygandt, Yale University Press, Stan and Iwonka Kelly-Bootle, Jasper and Jean Rose, William McCormack, Judy Siegel, William and Sharon Farrar, Ron and Sunny Fish