ARTIST PROFILE

Šárka Koudelová

  • Czech Republic (b. 1987 in České budějovice)
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • Dichotomy, Sonneundsolche, Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • Our Bodies So Soft, Our Lives So Epic, Fait Gallery, curated by Laura Amann, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • hot sand between the sandal and the foot, Zahorian Van Espen, in cooperation with theoretician Eva Skopalová, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2051: Algorithm (with Ondřej Basjuk), Regional Gallery Liberec Lázně, curated by Lenka Sýkorová, Liberec, Czech Republic.

2018

  • Hiystoery, Galerie 209, in cooperation with theoretician Anežka Bartlová, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Molo (with Aleš Zapletal), City Gallery Panský dvůr, Veselí nad Moravou, Czech Republic.
  • Tympanic membrane, Berlínskej modej, with Viktor Čech, Prague, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Ground Water, Dole Gallery, curator: Tereza Záchová, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
  • View-Choreograph, Zahorian Van Espen Gallery, curator: Tereza Jindrová, Bratislava, Czech Republic.
  • Tired (with Ondřej Basjuk), Garage Gallery, curator: Lenka Sýkorová, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • CNS (with Ondřej Basjuk), Kabinet T Gallery, curator: Lenka Sýkorová, Zlín, Czech Republic.
  • Prism, GAVU Cheb / Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb, curator: Radek Wohlmuth, Cheb, Czech Republic.
  • View-Choreograph, ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN Gallery, curated by Tereza Jindrová, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Permapink, Jambor's House Gallery, curator: Tereza Jindrová, Tišnov, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Ötzi věci / Ötzi things (with Ondřej Basjuk), Chladnička Miry Gáberové / The Fridge, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Stardust, UKG Český Krumlov, curator: Radek Wohlmuth, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic.
  • Survivorship Bias, Altán Klamovka, curator: Lenka Sýkorová, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • Walzer 2 Spartito, Dorka Gallery, Domažlice, Czech Republic.
  • Hovuduvudo (with Pavel Matyska), OFF/Format Gallery, curator: Petr Kovář, Brno, Czech Republic.

2014

  • The Sole Matter, Závod 01, curator: Petr Vaňous, Humpolec, Czech Republic.
  • The SHAO Principle (with Ondřej Basjuk), Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • The Mountain of Light, KIN jídelna Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • I Can't See the Rocks Through the Mountains, I Can't See the Mountains Through the Rocks (with Štefan Papčo), Kostka Gallery, Meet Factory, curator: Petr Kovář, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • ∞ C π té, Under The LIme Trees Café, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • C (with Sáva Spirova), GAVU, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Collector's Scrutiny - Specific Relation to the Reality (with Ondřej Basjuk), OGV Jihlava, Jihlava, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Camera efferta (with Ondřej Basjuk), Artatak Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • Exhibition for the Week of the Academy of Science of the Czech republic, Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Open Discussions, Guna Contemporary nomad gallery, Kastellorizo, Greece.
  • Les Danses Nocturnes, Spread Museum, curated by eastcontemporary, Entrevaux, France.
  • Human in a cave, Blansko City Gallery, curated by Milan Mikuláštík, Blansko, Czech Republic.
  • Inspiration by the Kuchyňka, Bolfánek Park, curated by Helena Šmídová, Chudenice, Czech Republic.

2020

  • Antroporary, Galéria Jána Koniarka, curated by MIchal Stolárik, Trnava, Slovakia.
  • Kostky, Dvorky Čáslav, Forman's Čáslav Festival, Klub Gumárna, curated by Michal Strach and Kamila Ženatá, Čáslav, Czech Republic.
  • Involving Immersion, Kunsthalle/Hala umenia, curated by Katarina Balunova, Košice, Slovakia.
  • Too Close To Far, Koudelová's exhibition project with seven guest artists, Prám, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Distant Nature, Fotograf Gallery, curated by Katarina Balunova, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Distant Nature, Knoll Gallery, curated by Katarína Balunova, Vienna, Austria.
  • Distant Nature, DIG Gallery, Kulturpark, curated by Katarína Balunova, Košice, Slovakia.
  • DIVOCe, NoD Gallery, curated by Pavel Kubesa, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Salon Tchécoslovaque, NTK (Gallery of National Technical Library), curated by Milan Mikuláštík, Prague, Czech Republic.

2019

  • Your delicious dreaming, Salon Goldschlag, curated by Nika Kupyrova, Vienna, Austria.
  • 4+4 Days in Motion, 24th festival of contemporary art, curated by Milan Mikuláštík, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • viennacontemporary, international art fair, represented by Zahorian Van Espen, Vienna, Austria.
  • GIFC and Velvet Ropes, Golsa Gallery, Oslo, Norway.
  • Volta Basel, international art fair, represented by Zahorian Van Espen, Basel, Switzerland.

2018

  • viennacontemporary, international art fair, represented by Zahorian Van Espen, Vienna, Austria.
  • Ἀνάγκη /Ananké/, Holešovická šachta, curator: Eva Skopalová, Prague, Czech Republic.

2017

  • Not a day without a line, OGV JIhlava, curator: Lenka Sýkorová, Jihlava, Czech Republic.
  • Event Horizon, DOX, curator: Milan Ohnisko, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Exposition, Letohrádek Ostrov nad Ohří Gallery, curator: Radek Wohlmuth, Ostrov nad Ohří, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Inventory, U Bílého Jednorožce Gallery, curator: Petra Mazáčová, Klatovy, Czech Republic.
  • GKJ in Altán, Altán Klamovka, curators: Marie Vránová and Lenka Sýkorová, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Vanity Fair, Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery in Prague, curator: Otto M. Urban, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Peel, Meet Factory, curator: Viktor Čech, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

  • The Hidden Language of Plants, Kinský palace - National Gallery in Prague, curator: Petra Polláková, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Merry Christmas II., Nau Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Planes Over the Chaos, Prague House in Brussels, curator: Milan Mikuláštík, Brussels, Belgium.
  • In and under the Furnace, Bolt Tower, Ostrava - Vítkovice, Czech Republic.
  • The First Exhibition, Prague City Gallery -The Gold Ring House, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Don't Forget, Sladovna Gallery, Žatec, Czech Republic.
  • 8th Prize of Art Critique for Young Painting show, Gallery of Art Critics, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

  • The Room for Petrbok, Pokoje, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Výtěr (VÝ+TER=VSZ), The Masaryk University Archive, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Gen 2:7-18, Karlin studios, curators: Eugenio Percossi and Caroline Crzyston, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Crystalization, Blansko City Gallery, curators: Radek Čák and Martin Fišr, Blansko, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Czech Graphics of the Last Two Decades, Studio Citadela, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • "See!", Orlovna Gallery, Kroměříž, Czech Republic.
  • Scale, GAVU, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012

  • Mama Litho, Jarda Mayer, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • The Art Fair, Bohnice Laundry, Prague, Czech Republic.

2011

  • Into the Landscape, Jambor House, Tišnov, Czech Republic.

LOCATION

  • Born 1987 in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

  • 2015 - 2015
    Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , Vienna, Austria
    Study Internship in Abstract Painting (Univ.-Prof. Mag. Erwin Bohatsch)
  • 2014 - 2016
    Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Master of Fine Arts in Painting (doc. Vladimír Skrepl and Jiří Kovanda and Jan Šerých)
  • 2012 - 2014
    Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Study Internship in Drawing (Jiří Petrbok and Petr Vaňous)
  • 2010 - 2012
    Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
    Study Internship in Graphics (prof. Vladimir Kokolia and Šárka Trčková)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    8th Prize of Art Critique for Young Painting, 3rd place
    Gallery of Art Critics, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2013
    final of the Věra Jirousová Award, category for young arts critics
    Věra Jirousová Award, Prague, Czech Republic

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Egon Schiele Art Center Residency, Egon Schiele Art Center, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
  • 2015
    Smalt Art 2015, curator: Veronika Holcová, Smalt Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic

COLLECTIONS

  • private collections in the Czech republic, Slovakia, USA, Italy
  • Pekelné saně collection, Czech Republic
  • Klatovy - Klenová Gallery, Klatovy, Czech Republic
  • Havrlant Art Collection, Czech Republic