ARTIST PROFILE

Jana Bernartová

  • Czech Republic (b. 1983 in Liberec)
  • Currently in Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Jana Bernartová examines the relationship between the virtuality of the digital space and its material transitions into the world of things. She observes the principles and possibilities of presetting and standardization and their possible failure.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

2016

  • Ratio, Galerie SPZ, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • New Media Coexistence, VIDEO NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

2011

  • 50°43'57.69"N, 14°59'4.091"E,, 3 x 3 Gallery, Liberec, Czech Republic.

2009

  • Errors / Hibák, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2008

  • House of Dublons (J. Bernartová and P. Dub), Gallery of Youth, BKC, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Measure Thermic Capacity (J. Bernartová and J. Nálepa), 70 mm film festival in Krnov, Krnov, Czech Republic.

2007

  • Errors, Gallery of Youth, BKC, Brno, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Place, Galeria BWA w Jeleniej Górze, Jelenia Góra , Poland.

2016

  • Back to the Future, The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic.
  • Under Ještěd III, Galerie am Domhof Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany.

2015

  • Virtual space, Small Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Denk-mal KUNST Zittau, art festival, Zittau, Germany.
  • Landscape=Painting, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • The exhibition where it would be a shame not to attend and a mistake to exhibit, Kvalitář Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • From the Center out - art of the region from 1985 to 2010, Kunsthalle Košice, Košice, Slovakia.

2014

  • Coriander Tunnel, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • From the Center out - art of the region from 1985 to 2010, West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
  • Metaply II Prague New York, Gallery of Critics, Czech center New York, Prague, New York, United States.
  • Under Ještěd II, City Museum in Zittau, Zittau, Germany.

2013

  • RED8, The gallery of the Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Under Ještěd, The Regional Art Gallery in Liberec, Liberec, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

2012

  • World of Daisies, Ramp Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • CRASH TEST 2012: No / adaptable, The Topič Salon, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Metaplay, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Otherness Exile, New Gallery London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Theatre Mundi, Mältinranta Arts Centre, Tampere, Finland.
  • VIII. INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN FIRENZE, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.
  • Finally Together, Emil Filla Gallery and Armaturka Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Control in Exile, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Theatre Mundi 2, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Foolish and Ingenious, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • ARTOVO, Wagner foundation residency and exhibition, Totovo Selo, Serbia.

2009

  • MAG 09, Diploma works of FaVU, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Urban Kiss, Gallery of Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Fresh Film Fest, Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
  • Self-ignition, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Invasion 6, Pasinger Fabrik, München, Germany.

2007

  • Accidental Meet, Gallery Die Aktualität des Schönen ..., Liberec, Czech Republic.

2006

  • Zippe's Students, Gallery Die Aktualität des Schönen ..., Liberec, Czech Republic.
  • Artkontakt (Confrontational Show of Young Arts), Gallery Artkontakt, Brno, Prague, Czech Republic.

2005

  • Artkontakt (Confrontational Show of Young Arts), Gallery Artkontakt, Brno, Prague, Louny, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1983 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Praha, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2013
    Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Postgraduate studies in Super Media (Federico Díaz)
  • 2007 - 2009
    Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia (Václav Stratil)
  • 2006 - 2007
    Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
    Fellowship in Exposure and intermedia enjambments (Lobo Stacho)
  • 2003 - 2007
    Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Technical University Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital media - Visual Communication (Stanislav Zippe)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2016
    Creative scholarship
    Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2008
    Selection of Fresh Film Fest
    Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
  • 2007
    Stanislav Zippe Award
    Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Studio Digital media - Visual Communication, Liberec, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Sympozium, Galeria Sztuki BWA w Jeleniej Górze, Michałowice, Poland
  • 2015
    The exhibition where it would be a shame not to attend, Debate # 3: Artistic gesture: its value and sense in relation to the nature of the exhibition institution, Kvalitář Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2013
    Visual Manual Special / Audiovisual, Experimental Space NoD, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2012
    Debate: Art Marketplace, Alternative Fair of Contemporary Young Art, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2011
    SYMPOZIUM: Control in Exile, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2010
    Wagner foundation residency, Wagner foundation, Totovo Selo, Serbia