ARTIST PROFILE

Kateřina Olivová

  • Czech Republic (b. 1984 in Znojmo)
  • Currently in Brno, Czech Republic.
  • performance artist, body artist, videoartist, curator, free spirit, mother

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • performance at opening exhibition, The White Room, Pragovka, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival Malamut, Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival FNaF 3 (with Alois Stratil), Divus, Nová Perla, Vrané nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.
  • I care, public space, Hradec Králové , Czech Republic.
  • performance "Madam Snack" at Art Safari, Bubeč, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • They lived happily ever after (at least 25 years), Monomach gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • performance at Ponava festival, Lužánky, Brno.
  • MDŽ/IWD Toast, Faculty of Fine Arts, VUT Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.

2016

  • performance at awarding the anti-prize "Sexistické prasátečko", The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival FNaF, Divus, Nová Perla, Vrané nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival ART.eria 2016, public space, Czestochowa, Poland.
  • Performance festival VYTVRZENÍ 04.2 , Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Screensavergallery , online.
  • Vítání občánků, Gallery Krása, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at Art Symposium Sklepy 2016, public space, Olbramovice, Czech Republic.
  • Performance festival VYTVRZENÍ 04, Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Hrdinná dojnice gorila a její víceúčelové prsy, Gallery Garáž, Zlín, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Performance at International performance festival Malamut, The Ostrava House of Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at International performance festival PCHAO2015, public space, Polička, Czech Republic.
  • Performance for exhibition „per man ent fór ent per for man's„, public space, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at International performance festival FNaF, Nová Perla, Divus, Vrané nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , (A)void Floating Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "Duck Fair", (A)void Floating Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "Sweet Sweet Sweet", piazzeta ND, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at Hala sympózium, Hala, Trenčín, Slovakia.
  • Performance at performance festival , Galerie Ferdinanda Baumanna, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Off Format, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at „International Curatorial Meetings“, Świetlica Krytyki Politycznej, Cieszyn, Poland.
  • Labyrinth třpytu a lusthauz srdce, Art space NOV, Pardubice, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Performance at festival "Kruh", public space, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "Beseda u bigbítu", festival stage, Tasov, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at performance festival "VYTVRZENÍ03", Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at performance festival , Galerie Ferdinanda Baumanna, Praha, Czech Republic.

2013

  • A nalep se vnitřní, Gallery Cella, Opava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , NoD, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Radost je cesta domů, Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Meetfactory, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Altán Klamovka, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Honcho, Díra výstavní, Chrudim, Czech Republic.
  • Don't wake up a swan/ Nebuď labuť Open your mind., Gallery m.odla, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Miss FaVU present film by…, Gallery Aula, Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Vnitřní forma člověka, Kaplička , Zálesí u Javorníka, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at international performance festival Konteksty, Laboratorium Kultury, Sokolowsko, Poland.
  • Performance at festival „Idylka, která vás omladí“, (A)void Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "Beseda u bigbítu", festival stage, Tasov, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at performance festival "VYTVRZENÍ 02", Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Galerie VŠUP, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , public space, Poznan, Poland.
  • Performance , Galerie Raczej, Poznan, Poland.

2011

  • Performance at international performance festival "Performance Platform", Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland.
  • Performance at international performance festival "EPAF11", Centrum sztuki wspolczesnej, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Návrat královny, Gallery 115/55, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance „!OSPAVA“, Galerie Kaluž, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Galerie Kumšt Wesklepě, Chrudim, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "Beseda u bigbítu", festival space, Tasov, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Galeryje, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Galerie Slévárna, Brno, Czech Republic.

2010

  • s láskou řá, GaleriaEnter, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Performance at performance festival "VYTVRZENÍ 01", Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at festival "New Side Out Side", (A)void Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Starý pivovar, Brno, Czech Republic.

2009

  • Performance , Kunštátská -3, Brno, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Performance at QueerParade, public space, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno, Czech Republic.

2007

  • Performance , The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • ChatShow, Brno 16, Sál Břetislava Bakaly, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Prodaná nevěsta ATD, online (web gallery), online.
  • exhibiton from residencies of gallery sam83, Galerie bratří Špillarů, Domažlice, Czech Republic.
  • Open Open Call, Galerie U Dobrého pastýře, TIC, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Mother board nebo flotila aneb Pojď sem s tím mlíkem (Mother board or flotilla or Come here with this milk), online (web gallery), online.

2016

  • &ChatShow, Gallery Klubovna , Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Christmas group performance of studio of body design, Radnická, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • &ChatShow, router gallery, Berlin, Germany.
  • Theatrum Mundi, Karlin studios, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Rozkoš nebo Kelly Family?, Gallery KABINET, Polička, Czech Republic.

2015

  • per man ent fór ent per for man's, Gallery Kabinet T, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Breastfeeding Guerilla for Hate Free, public space, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic.
  • Breastfeeding Guerilla performance, Kulturní dům Líšeň, Brno, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Stah, Gallery Ahoj Nazdar Čau, Liberec, Czech Republic.
  • Performance "Prsotéka" with Breastfeeding Guerilla, club, Šakvice, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at Praque Pride, Containall, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Máj, lásky čas, a4 – nultý priestor, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Performance of Breastfeeding Guerilla, Savoy, Brno, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Performance with Breastfeeding Guerilla, Factory fashion market, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance with Breastfeeding Guerilla, Spolek, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Body varu, Divadelní klub, Gallery Cella, Opava, Czech Republic.
  • Videokemp, Břevnovský klášter, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Výlohy FaVU, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Výtěr, LF MU, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Veřejné domy – Bizzare Cabaret, Meetfactory, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Miláčku, dostanu k Vánocům tričko Thor Steinar?, Gallery D9, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Performance "Miss FaVU", Trojka, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Kukačka, public space, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Useless, Divus, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • výstava diplomových prací FaVU, Dům pánů z Kunštátu,, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Useless, Gallery General Public, Berlin, Germany.
  • Trendy v tělovém designu, Gallery D9, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • Androgynekologie, Galerie VŠUP, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Nystagmus, Galerie Horká, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Vaňkovka, Brno, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Škola: Houština, Gallery Armaturka, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Veletržní palác NG, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • TRACTATUS PEDAGOGICUS, Gallery Entrance, Karlín studios, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • konečně spolu, Gallery of Emil Filla, Gallery Armaturka, Gallery Vitrínky, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Disko z rohu, Gallery Kumšt Wesklepě, Chrudim, Czech Republic.
  • Floating Face of FaVU, Meetfactory, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Rosarium rozličných rozkoší at Videokemp, behind The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Kino Voyer, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Stovka za hodinu, Divus, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • In optima forma, Gallery of Emil Filla, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Sestry v akci, Dočasná galerie, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
  • Ne/lidské / Komunikace s Hermannem Nitschem, ND Reduta, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Galerie Start, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Sonda do současné české performance, DOX Centrum současného umění, Praha, Czech Republic.

2010

  • Performance , Uměleckoprůmyslovém muzem MG, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Activistic happening, Zelný trh, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Dívčí sen 2009: testosteron, Důl Michal, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , Gallery Umakart, Brno, Czech Republic.

2009

  • SEKUNDA MATERIA - GEL VIGIL, Kunštátská -3, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Velvet Background, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Pinduca aneb naučíme vás lambádu za dvě hodiny, Dům umění, Opava, Czech Republic.
  • Performance , The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.

2008

  • Třeskutý testosteron, Galerie Mázhaus, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at amateur theater festival "Čerstvé na prkýnku", Sokolík, Frýdek Místek, Czech Republic.
  • Dvojice, Gallery Dolmen, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Chlup ve víně, hrušková lilie, já se du zeptat, Jaselská 14, Brno, Czech Republic.

2007

  • Performance at PQ, public space, Praha, Czech Republic.
  • Performance at amateur theather festival "Čerstvé na prkýnku", Sokolík, Frýdek Místek, Czech Republic.
  • Ženská práva jsou lidská práva aneb Kampak, panenko?, Galerie Knížecí dům, Moravský Krumlov, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1984 in Znojmo, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Brno, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2015 - 2019
    Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    PhD. in Body Art (doc. Lenka Klodová Ph.D.)
  • 2006 - 2012
    Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Body Art (2006-2010 doc.Mgr. Jana Preková, 2010-2012 doc. Lenka Klodová Ph.D.)
  • 2003 - 2006
    Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    Bachelor Degree in Combined Art Studies

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2018
    finalist of Jindřich Chalupecký Award
    Jindrich Chalupecky Society, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2017
    grant for Gallery Umakart
    Brno city , Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2016
    grant for Gallery Umakart
    Brno city , Brno, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2017
    Residency with group Mothers Artlovers , INI Project, Praha, Czech Republic

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2016 - Present
    Mothers Artlovers, Brno, Praha, Czech Republic