Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin

In the latest episode of the Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin podcast, Simona Binko sits down with Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková, curator Lucie Černá, and film director Klára Tasovská to discuss the powerful photographic series T-Club, which captures the underground LGBTQ+ scene in 1980s Prague. The conversation explores the exhibition’s significance, the success of the award-winning docu...

This episode highlights the artistic journey and innovative projects spearheaded by Czech artist Lucie Nováčková during her residency with Culterim in Biesenthal, Germany, initiated by the Czech Centre Berlin. Her project, Reunion, explored themes of connection, transformation, and self-discovery through a 430-kilometer pilgrimage from Prague to Berlin. Along the way, Lucie documented her experien...

Czech Centres partnered up with ZK/U to host an exciting artist-in-residence programme as part of the European CYCLE UP! Project, which connects artists, decision-makers, and community members who are passionate about climate change and sustainable urban mobility. This podcast episode features Anita Rind from ZK/U, an independent art residency and project space in Berlin, and resident artist Yeon...

The podcast features Lena Fließbach and Natálie Černá from the Cycle Up! project. They share insights into promoting sustainability in cultural institutions. Cycle Up! connects artists, decision-makers, and communities who care about our climate to find creative ideas and solutions to bring more bicycles to our streets. Our guests discuss eco-conscious approaches in art residencies, such as emissi...

In this episode, artist Veronika Holcová and gallerist Susanna Albrecht discuss the Ostara exhibition at the Albrecht Gallery in Berlin, featuring works by Holcová and Anna Zemánková. Holcová introduces her imaginative paintings, while Albrecht shares her insights into how the works of these two Czech artists complement each other. Zemánková, regarded as one of the foremost representatives of Art...

This episode of the CCAiB podcast features Petr Hošek. He studied art history in Prague and Madrid before earning his MA at Charles’ University. Following a curatorial residency in New York City, he co-founded Gallery Plevel in Prague, showcasing online art in a renovated 19th-century industrial space. He later established Hošek Contemporary after relocating to Berlin in 2014.

This episode of the CCAiB podcast features several people who worked on the current project presented at the Bauhaus Re-use in Berlin, "Exploring Sound Fields - Imaginary Workspace". We discuss the interdisciplinary Czech-German working process behind the scenes of the collaboration between students from the Academy of Art, Design and Architecture (UMPRUM) in Prague and the UdK Berlin.

Gabriela Těthalová (born 1988) is a Czech artist known for her bold, geometric paintings. Her works are notable for their meticulous attention to geometric shapes and a vibrant color palette, combined with quick, gestural strokes. She often employs interlocking and overlapping surfaces, which disrupt one’s spatial orientation. Before she decided to become an artist, she completed a master's degree...

This episode of the CCAiB podcast features Ferry Ferenc, a multimedia artist working with visual shortcuts, humor, and text in his work. Drawing inspiration from comic strips, Ferenc uses humor as a foundational element in his art, aiming to entertain while offering various layers of interpretation. Beyond his visual art practice, Ferenc is actively involved in stand-up comedy. This engagement all...

This episode of the CCAiB podcast features Anna Kubelík, a multimedia artist. Trained as an architect, Anna Kubelík has shifted her practice into art that works with space using any medium needed to create contextualized projects. Most of her projects are generated in transdisciplinary processes with other artists or scientists. After creating numerous performative objects and installations in the...

This episode of CCAiB delves into the world of contemporary art and cultural initiatives with a Czech-German background, focusing on the current exhibition Hours Against the Clock in KVOST (Kunstverein Ost e. V.). Our today’s guests are Světlana Malinová and Marija Petrović. Světlana Malinová (*1997, Czech Republic) is a Prague-based curator and cultural producer. Since 2022, she has served as the...

For this edition, we visited the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover to meet Klára Hosnedlová. In collaboration with the Kestner Gesellschaft, she prepared her first institutional solo exhibition 'To Infinity'. Let’s introduce you to her work. Klára Hosnedlová was born in the Czech Republic and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. She lives and works...

In this episode of our Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin series, we present the artist Daniel Vlček, whose works were part of the exhibition Deep Rivers Run Quiet at the Czech Center Berlin in autumn 2022. Daniel Vlček (*1978), painter and musician, focuses in his work mainly on the connection between sound and his own visual expression, mainly with the help of science, living organisms or modern t...

In this issue of Contemporary Czech Art we will introduce you to the multimedia artist Petra Janda. Her artworks are part of our current exhibition Deep rivers run quiet. She studied sculpture and intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. She moves across the spectrum of creation, education and awareness, but all activities are related to the relationship of man to environmental issues, su...

In the 30th issue of Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin we introduce you the artist Krištof Kintera on the occasion of his current exhibition Gedankenexperiment at the gallery Heldenreizer Contemporary in Munich. The exhibition was curated by Stella Toonen, a researcher based at Tate and King’s College London, who also joins the interview. Krištof Kintera, born in 1973, studied art at the Academies...

In the 29th issue of Contemporary Czech Art, we introduce you to visual artist Radek Brousil, whose works you can see in the current exhibition Deep rivers run quiet at our gallery. Radek Brousil is a visual artist based in Prague. In his works, he refers to theproblematic effects of human behaviour towards nature and accentuates their influence on the human psyche. His work is characterised by th...

In the 29th issue of Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin, we talk to Tina Poliačková, a curator and contemporary art critic based in Prague with Slovak roots. Last year she received The Věra Jirousová award (for visual art critics) in the category of emerging art critics with her text The Search for the lost God (Hľadanie strateného Boha). As a reward, she received a few days' stay in Berlin in coope...

In the 28th issue of Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin, we talk to the visual artist and cultural organizer Alice Máselníková. Alice Máselníková (b. 1989, Zlín, Czech Republic) is a visual artist, and an organizer of various artist-run initiatives based in Stockholm. She is one of the three creative directors of Supermarket – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, founder of the artist-run initiative Flat...

In the 27th issue of Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin, we talk to the curators of the Jindřich Chalupecký Society. The Jindřich Chalupecký Society is a platform for Czech post-revolutionary and contemporary art in an international context. In cooperation with a number of partner institutions in the Czech Republic and internationally, the society organizes exhibitions, public programs, residencies...

In der 26. Ausgabe von Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin stellen wir die Künstlerin Nina Plášková (geb. 1997 in Brno) vor, die in Tschechien und der Schweiz aufgewachsen ist und seit 2018 an der Kunsthochschule Weißensee studiert. Ihr Schaffen hat der Philosoph Knut Ebeling folgendermaßen charakterisiert: „Ihr von Ortswechseln und Umzügen geprägtes Aufwachsen verarbeitet die Künstlerin in der Form...

In der 25. Ausgabe von Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin stellen wir den bildenden Künstler und Kunstpädagogen Ludvík Feller vor. Ludvík Feller (*1929) studierte Malerei, Grafik und Psychologie an der pädagogischen Fakultät der Karls-Universität Prag. Er etablierte sich als Grafiker in Prag, nachdem er zahlreiche erste Preise auf dem Gebiet „Logo“ gewonnen hatte. Nach der Niederschlagung des Prager...

In der 24. Ausgabe von Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin stellen wir die Kunsthistorikerin und Kunstvermittlerin Charlotte Esser vor und sprechen mit ihr über das Projekt „Wo-men beliefs“, bei dem sie eng mit dem Prager Künstlerinnenkollektiv Mothers Artlovers zusammengearbeitet hat. Charlotte Esser hat Kunstgeschichte, Theaterwissenschaft und Japanologie in Bochum, Italien und Berlin studiert. 201...

In the 23rd issue of Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin we present Paula Ďurinová. Paula Ďurinová is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist and writer living and working in Berlin. She graduated from Documentary Filmmaking at the class of Olga Sommerová at the Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and spent a semester at AGRFT in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She was the participant of IDFAcademy (201...

In der 22. Ausgabe von Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin stellen wir diesmal Renata Kudlacek vor. Sie ist eine im tschechischen Zábřeh geborene Künstlerin, die mit Print und Fotografie arbeitet. Ihre Arbeit erforscht die uralte Geschichte unserer Vertreibung aus dem Garten Eden im Licht der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse, durch welche wir heute das Leben, den Tod und Träume von Unsterblichkeit ver...

In der 21. Ausgabe von Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin stellen wir die konzeptuelle Künstlerin Klara Hobza vor. Geb. 1975 in Pilsen, lebt und arbeitet sie inzwischen in Berlin. Aktuell stellt sie in der Gruppenausstellung "Swimming Pool - Troubled Waters" im Künstlerhaus Bethanien ihre langfristige Arbeit Diving through Europe aus, in der sie durch die brackigen, begradigten Wasserstraß...