Monika Žáková

Curriculum vitæ

born in 1987 in Prague, Czech Republic

lives and works in Prague and Slapy nad Vltavou

Education

2006 – 2012

Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Awards

2014

7th Prize of Art Critique for Young Painting, 3rd place, Gallery of Art Critics, Prague

Residencies

2021

Telegraph Studio, Olomouc, CZ

2020

Egon Schiele Art Center, Český Krumlov, CZ 2015

Smalt Art, Ostrava, CZ

Collections

Artefin investment fund

COLLETT Prague | Munich

Gallery of Modern Art Roudnice nad Labem Heinemann Collection, DE

Kunsthalle Praha, Pudil Family Foundation Lettenmayer Collection

Michal Richtr Collection

Oldřich Th. Uttendorfský Collection Pekelné sáně Art Collection

Proarte, Praha

Robert Rutnák Collection

Gallery

Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong

www.doubleqgallery.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023

More Light, South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou, CZ

2022

Euphony (with Jana Babincová), AMB Gallery, Hradec Králové, CZ Soft Logic, Dole Gallery, Ostrava, CZ

2021

Tactile Mind, Bold Gallery, Prague

2020

Pregnant Silence, Jiří Jílek Gallery, Šumperk, CZ

Echoes of Fragility, Gallery of Modern Art Roudnice nad Labem, CZ

2019

New Gravity II, Pragovka, Prague

2018

Kubín-Žáková-Coubine, Proarte Gallery, Prague New Gravity, Industra Art, Brno, CZ Reappearance II, Prague House, Brussels, BE Reappearance, Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague

2017

Appearance, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague

Shadow Games (with Antony Burnham), 17/18 Gallery, Ottawa, CA 2016

White, Grey, White, NoD Gallery, Prague

2015

Double Solution, Drdova Gallery, Prague

2014

Pastel, Scissors, Paper, Kabinet Gallery, Brno, CZ

2013

Blurred Emptiness, Půda Gallery, Jihlava, CZ Senzitive Eyes, Art Gallery, Brno, CZ

Bland Paper, House of Art, Opava, CZ

2012

Monochromatika, Jelení Gallery, Prague

2011

Strings on Your Fingers (with Vladimír Houdek), 35M2 Gallery, Prague

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Art Basel VIP Program, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2022

Rhythm, White Unicorn Gallery, Klatovy, CZ

Soft, Hidden, Exposed, Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong, HK

2021

Šárka Koudelová: II The Meek One, Karlin Studios, Prague

2020

Salon Tchécoslovaque: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Painting, Gallery NTK, Prague

2017

Ripple Effect, Contemporary art Futura, Prague

Ich bin nicht meine Zielgruppe, Kunsthaus Dresden, DE

2016

Independent Research of Subjectivity, 4+4 Days in Motion Festival, Prague

2015

Exakta, NoD Gallery, Prague

Geo Ego, Czech Centre, Berlin, DE

Geo Ego, NTK Gallery, Prague

Metaplay Prague – Tokyo, Toki Art Space, Tokyo, J Metaplay Prague – Tokyo, Czech Centre, Tokyo, J

2014

Metaplay Prague – Tokyo, Gallery of Art Critics, Prague

Cologne Paper Art, Cologne, DE

Positionen, Next Gallery, Dresden, DE

7th Critics Award for Young Painters, Gallery of Art Critics, Prague Workplace, AMU Gallery, Prague

2013

Flächenspannung, Next Gallery, Dresden, DE

2012

6th Zlín Youth Salon, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, CZ

AVU Diploma Show, Czech National Gallery – Trade Fair Palace, Prague

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