Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist[1] and rock drummer.
Jan Jakub was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art Charlotta Kotík, who emigrated to the United States in 1970.
[2] His paternal grandfather was the artist Jan Kotik and his maternal great-grandfather was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk — first president of Czechoslovakia.
He played drums with the Mommyheads, Beekeeper and Church of Betty, among many other bands in New York City at the time.
In 2000, he moved to Prague, where he became a highly acclaimed visual artist.