ARTIST PROFILE

Marketa Wagnerova

  • Czech Republic (b. 1988 in Vlašim)
  • Currently in Hrísey, Iceland.
  • Filmmaker and performance artist focusing on the theme of mutations of spirituality in nowadays existence.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Circle of Blood (movie projection), Kino CIT, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Delicate beauty of apple trees, TIC, Brno, Czech Republic.

2022

  • Mr.Fruitie II (film), PAF Spring, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

2020

  • Screw You Guys Im Going Home, Luxfer galery, Česká Skalice, Czech Republic.

2019

  • Jog Film, PAF, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • Projekt KAŠE/Dickhead, Kateřina Šedá: Svátek, Gallery of Blansko City, Blansko, Czech Republic.
  • The Dream of František Štorm, VAK Gallery, Brno/Jilemnice, Czech Republic.

2018

  • Apocalypse Me/Dickhead, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
  • The Ass, UMAKART Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Mr.Fruitie, Stolen Gallery, Glastonbury, United Kingdom.

2016

  • Rising Superstar Hotline, Manifesta 11, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland.

2015

  • Work Don't Play, Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Krása Žít, walkthrough with exhibitions (PAF and independent galleries), Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • MEOW, Kino Art, Brno, Czech Republic.

2014

  • Office 209, Gallery 209, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Bob Fossil Parazit, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Deep water, deepest forest, Horácká gallery, Nové město na moravě, Czech Republic.

2021

  • Chasing the beer slugs and rumcrawlers, PAF gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • Spooky Butt 1: 𝓑𝓲𝓸-𝓞𝓻𝓰𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓬 / 𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓓𝓲𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, Centre of experimental arts, Brno, Czech Republic.

2020

  • When Days Lose Names, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2019

  • Mixtape/Dickhead, Art Space Instititut za Aplauz , Beograd, Serbia.

2016

  • Run Through, Manifesta 11, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland.

2013

  • IHRISKO, Galerie Aula, Brno, Czech Republic.

2012

  • AEN, G99, Brno, Czech Republic.

PROGRAMS

2020

  • Awaiting for Terror (Daniel Hütler), Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.
    I am just waiting for the day of Miloš Zeman´s death to start this exhibition. It is going to be the last exhibition of the Gallery of Miloš Zeman.
  • Beauty, Blowjobator Gallery (www.hofyland.cz - Galerie kojotího mrdu). curator in charge.
    Exhibition of Lenka Klodová
  • Graduation Exam (Matyáš Zeman), Gallery of Miloš Zeman (Prague Castle), Prague, Czech Republic. curator in charge.

2018

  • Celebration of Next Five Years, Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.
    Occult-political ritual on the day of Miloš Zeman´s inauguration.

2017

  • Presentation with Studio of Pavel Ondracka, conference 'What to do?', Presentation, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Voodoo Wellness for Miloš Zeman, Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.
    political ocultism

2015

  • Clinical Death (Martin Hurych), Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.
  • Exhibittion of Painters, Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.
    25 artists and 6 live bands
  • Work Don't Play, Gallery of Miloš Zeman, Brno, Czech Republic. curator in charge.

2014

  • Poetry, Blowjobator Gallery (gaiaonline.com). curator in charge.
    Exhibittion of Ivana Hrončeková
  • Into the Painting, Blowjobator Gallery (lide.cz). curator in charge.
    Exhibittion of Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • Honey Cock, Blowjobator Gallery (metal-forum.cz). curator in charge.
    exhibittion of Jakub Orel Tomáš

LOCATION

  • Born 1988 in Vlašim, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Hrísey, Iceland.

EDUCATION

  • 2017 - 2019
    Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    Master in Fine Arts in Video (Martin Mazanec)
  • 2012 - 2017
    Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
    Bachelor in Fine Arts in Environment (Barbora Klímová)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2019
    Prize of the Dean
    Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2011
    Talent of the South Bohemian Region
    South Bohemian Region, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2023 - Present
    Mocný puch lesa (sound performance group), Czech Republic
  • 2017 - 2020
    European Union (sound performance group), Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2015 - 2017
    Studio of Pavel Ondračka, Brno, Czech Republic