Dokoupil was born in 1954 in Krnov, then Czechoslovakia, and in the seventies he studied fine art in Cologne, Frankfurt and New York.
Dokoupil's work is difficult to describe using common classifications. There is no consistent style in his work. This is why Dokoupil can be described as an exemplary post-modern artist. Directness, the ability to express himself strongly and the analysis of eroticism characterise his paintings. Extensive picture cycles in which he elegantly adapts styles of avant-garde art movements, such as abstraction, surrealism or pop art recur. His work is influenced by the pictorial language of comics and advertising, which is simultaneously cited and alienated through parody. The works have a strongly self-referential character.