ARTIST PROFILE

Ezra Simek

  • Czech Republic (b. 1997)
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.
  • Ezra Šimek (*1997) is an artist based in Prague, Bratislava and Vienna. Their work primarily deals with queer identity politics and sensitivity around language, presented in various time-based media or site-responsive installations.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Joyful Flame Vol. 2 (upcoming), Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2022

  • You May Say I‘m A Dreamer, but I‘m Actually Dissociating, VUNU Gallery, Košice, Slovakia.
  • There Ain‘t No Trail to Follow, Phoinix Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Tough & Tender, RARE, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2022: all that is solid melds in the air, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Ennui, SVETOVA 1, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • No Tears Left to Cry, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Divination from a Night Sky Partially Obscured by Clouds: The Role of Photography in the Post-Media Age, Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Hello my name is, SVETOVA 1, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • A shop is a shop is a shop (beta). Conceptual store, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.

2021

  • Haus Wien, Oststation am Kempelenpark, Quellenstraße 2, 1100 Wien 48.173026, 16.397688, Vienna, Austria.
  • Gentle Wake-up Sounds, Holešovická Šachta, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Soft Spot, Ankali, Prague, Czech Republic.

2020

  • Still, Drdova Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Affection Detour, FAMUFEST, online, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Gingerjacks at Unit of Temporality, Unit of Temporality, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Another try for explanation (but not today), Galerie AMU, Prague, Czech Republic.

2019

  • Table Is Not For Walking, City Surfer Office, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • I'm Feeling Supersonic, Galerie AMU, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • HA~LO, Magasin Lotus, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PROGRAMS

2022

  • No offense, but Vol. 2, Performance, Fair Trade Palace, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. Ezra Šimek, TONIC, Tasya Nafigina.
    performative lecture
  • harvest the harvests w/ ruangrupa and Ayse Gülec, Workshop, Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany. student.
  • Temporary pleasure, Workshop, Ankali, Prague, Czech Republic.
    Architectural workshop as part of the Gravity Network program
  • The Art of Being Together Otherwise w/ Maria Hlavajova, Workshop, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia. student.

2021

  • Speculating Queer Ecologies w/ writer & pleasure activist Ama Josephine Budge, Workshop, Institute of Anxiety, online.
    Online science fiction workshop for stimulating writing
  • "Queering and Survival" with Anna Daucikova and Marlies Pöschl, Workshop, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria. Student.
  • The Art of Art Writing – From art criticism to creative writing (and back) w/ Lousia Elderton and Klaus Speidel, Workshop, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria. Student.

2020

  • Vedro, Performance, Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic. Performer.
    Live podcast performance of an episode of the podcast project Until further notice
  • Until further notice, Project, online, Prague, Czech Republic. writer, speaker.
    podcast

LOCATION

  • Born 1997 in Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

EDUCATION

  • 2021 - 2023
    University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Master of Arts in TransArts
  • 2021 - 2023
    Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
    Master of Arts in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice
  • 2021 - 2025
    Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Diploma in Fine Arts (Studio of Digital Media and Moving Image (Constanze Ruhm & Barbara Kapusta))
  • 2020 - 2021
    Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    Internship in Performance (Studio of Performance (Julie Béna & Jakub Jansa))
  • 2018 - 2021
    Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Bachelor of Arts in Photography (Studio of New Aesthetic (Hynek Alt & Jen Kratochvil))
  • 2017 - 2018
    Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
  • 2016 - 2017
    Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Sociology

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2022
    Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2022
    Jindřich Chalupecký Society, Prague, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2023
    Visegrad Artistic Residency in New York, ISCP, New York, New York, United States