Graduated from the Teacher Training Department of Palacký University in Olomouc, fine art branch, and the School of Fine Art Photography of the Union of Czech Photographers, Prague (1974-1977), habilitated at the FAMU, in Prague 2000. He worked as a teacher of a nine-years' primary school in Rýmařov (1967-1968), head teacher of a school in Sovinec (1968-1976) and Jiříkov (1976-1982), a librarian in Bruntál (1982-1983) and a dispatcher/office person at the state farm Rýžoviště (1983-1990). Since 1990 he has been a teacher at the Institute of Creative Photography of the Arts and Sciences Faculty of the Silesian University in Opava and in the years 1991 – 2003 an external teacher of the FAMU Photography Department in Prague.
Solo exhibitions – hundreds of author's exhibitions, e.g. 2000 – Hommage á Jean Messagie. Montbéliard, Museé du Chateau, France – Der Weg zur Freiheit. Vienna, Galerie auf der Pawlatsche – People of the Olomouc Region. New York, Soho Photo – Photographs from the Flatlands. Budapest, Gallery of Budapest – Photography by J. Štreit, Moscow, Czech Centre – Cesta ke svobodě (The Way to Freedom). Prague, galerie NoD-Roxy – The Way to Freedom. Ostrava, Fiducia, galerie 234.2001 – The Village is a Global World. Brussels, Centre Tchéque – People of the Olomouc Region. Prague, Národní zemědělské museum/National Agriculture Museum – People of Třinec Metal-works, Prague, Václav Špála Gallery - Mezi námi/Among us. Olomouc, galerie Caesar – Mezi námi/Among us. Brno. Místodržitelský palác– Moravská galerie. 2002 – The Village is a Global World. Vilnius, Prospekto Fotografijos Galerija, Kaunas, Fujifilm Fotografijos Galerija. Mezi námi. Cesta života. Brána neděje. /Among us/Journey of Life/Gate of Hope. Prague, Ambit kláštera františkánů – Za oponou/Behind the Curtain. Prague, Národní museum –Fotografie z kraje písku/ Photographs from the Flatlands, Prague, Novoměstská radnice. 2003 – Interpretace/Interpretations, Olomouc, galerie Caesar – Lidé mého kraje/People of my Region. Bruntál, Museum in Bruntál. 2004 – Lidé z kraje písku/People from the Flatlands. Helsinki, Hungarian cultural centre – People of Saltpetre Mines. Paris, Maison de L'Alsace – Mezi námi/Among us. České Budějovice, galerie Měsíc ve dne – Tak blízko, tak daleko/So near and yet so far. Terezín, M.W.C.C.A – Tváře za zdí/Faces behind the Wall. Praha, Galerie kritiků. Jindřich Štreit Fotografie/Photography 1965 – 2005, Národná galéria Bratislava. 2007 – Jindřich Štreit Fotografie/Photography 1965 – 2005, Muzeum umění Olomouc .
Representation in public collections (selected) – Moravská galerie, Brno - Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum, Prague- Národní galerie,Veletržní palác, Prague - Moravské zemské muzeum, Brno - Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava - Muzeum umění, Olomouc - Národní muzeum fotografie, Jindřichův Hradec - Museum Sztuki, Lodž - Stadt Galerie, Esslingen, Germany - Museum Ludwig, Köln am Rhein - Magyar Fotográfiai Muzeum, Kecszemét, Hungary - Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Victoria and Albert Museum, London - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne - Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Vienna - Bibliothéque nationale, Paris - Musée Nicéphore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France - International Center of Photography, New York - The Museum of Modern Art, New York - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Gernsheim Collection, The University of Texas, Austin, USA - Harvard University Museum of Art, Cambridge, USA - Stanford University Museum of Art, USA - The Art Institute of Chicago - The National Gallery of Art, Washington - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Books – He published more than twenty books of documentary photography, e.g. Vesnice je svět/The Village is a World. Text Antonín Dufek, Arcadia, Praha 1993. - Cesta ke svobodě/The Way to Freedom. Texts: Bém, P., Doležal, J. X., Halík, T., Okresní úřad, Bruntál 2000. - Fotóhomok/Photographs from the Flatlands. Budapest, 2000. - Lidé Třineckých železáren/People of Třinec Metalworks. Třinecké železárny, Třinec, 2000. – Na konci světa/At the End of the World. Burjatsko-Sibiř. Vimperk 2000. - Za oponou/Behind the Curtain. Text Pavel Dostál, Státní opera, Praha 2002. - Daleko od domova/Far from Home. Nakladatelství Jaroslav Sedláček, Brno 2002. - Dokouřeno!?Smoking finished!?/. Ministerstvo zdravotnictví ČR, Praha 2003. - Tak blízko, tak daleko/So near and yet so far. Sdružení Česká katolická charita, Praha 2004. – Jindřich Štreit. Fotografie/Photography 1965 – 2005. Laid-out by Tomáš Pospěch, text Antonín Dufek, Kant, Praha 2006.
Galeria Sztuki Mediów ASP w Warszawie
[Media Arts Gallery of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts],
ul. Spokojna 15
exhibition curator: Tomáš Pospěch
exhibition opening: 22.05, godz. 7.00 p.m. / (until 7.06)
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