Severova Jaroslava

Born 1. 4. 1942 in Prague.

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (Prof. J. Honík, V. Tittelbach, 1960–1966).  Between 1992 and 2008 she taught at the Art Institute of the Architecture Faculty of the Czech Technical University, Prague. She was appointed Senior Lecturer in 1995 (Academy of Fine Arts, Prague). Since 2005 she has been teaching at the Teaching Faculty of the University of Hradec Králové, where she was the guarantor of the newly-established study field Printmaking – Multimedia.

 

In 2005 she was awarded the Vladimír Boudník Prize for her significant and original contribution to contemporary Czech printmaking.

 

She is a member of Hollar Czech Graphic Artists’ Association (since 1965) and Geometrie.

 

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Solo exhibitions

1967 Youth Gallery, Prague

1967 Reekumgalerij, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

1968 Galerie Zelle, Reutlingen, West Germany

1971 Hollar Gallery, Prague

1978 Tower Gallery, Mělník

1984 Mladá fronta Gallery, Prague

1986 Regional Gallery, Liberec

1988 Vincenc Kramář Gallery, Prague

1991 Villa of the Gallery of Art, Ostrov nad Ohří

1991 Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary

1992 Opatov Studio, Prague

1993 Václav Špála Gallery, Prague

1994 Czech Centre, Berlin, Germany

1995 Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava

1996 West Bohemian Gallery, Plzeň

1996 Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary

1998 Prague Castle, Old Palace, Prague

2003 White Unicorn Gallery, Klatovy / Klenová Gallery, Klatovy

2004 Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem

2006 Magna Gallery, Ostrava

2007 Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové

2008 Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Wortner House, České Budějovice

2013 Regional Gallery, Liberec

2017 Gallery at the Castle, Hradec Králové

2018 Synagogue Gallery, Hranice na Moravě

2020 GASK – Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region

 

Selected group exhibitions

1968 International Graphic, Wiener Sezession, Vienna, Austria

1968 Europahaus, Vienna, Austria

1968/1969 Gravures tchécoslovaques contemperaines, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, France

1970 World Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

1970 New Figuration, Brno City House of Art, Brno

1970 Poética Visuais, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

1980 Contemporary Drawing, House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno

1981 XV Bienal de São Paolo, São Paolo, Brazil

1983 3rd Print Biennial, Listowel, Ireland

1984 Print Biennial, Krakow, Poland

1984 Intergrafik, Katowice, Poland

1984 6th Print Biennial, Fredrikstad, Norway

1987 Graphica Atlantica, Kjarvalstadir Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1987 Premio Internazionale, Biella, Italy

1988 Forum 88, Holešovice Market Hall, Prague

1988 Czech 20th-century Still Life, Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou

1989 International Art Exposition, Chicago, USA

1989 2ème Festival International de Gravure de Menton, France

1990 Homage to Jindřich Chalupecký, National Gallery, Prague

1990 A Different Geometry 1, Hungarian Culture Centre, Prague

1990 Intaglio, CSP, San Francisco, USA

1990 Image Imprimée de Tchécoslovaquie, Centre de la Gravure, La Louvrière, France

1991 Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland

1991 Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

1991 A Different Geometry 2, Gerulate, Bratislava

1991 A Different Geometry 3, Mánes Gallery, Prague

1993 Geometria Bohemia, Muczarnok, Budapest, Hungary

1994 Minisalon, The World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, New York, USA

1994 Czech Graphic Art of the 1960s, National Gallery, Prague

1995 Light and Art, National Technical Museum, Prague

1997 Sculpture and Object, Zichy Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia

1997 Tchechische Grafik, Kunstverein, Halle, Germany

1999 Art When Time Accelerated – The Czech Art Scene 1958–1968, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague

1999 Acquisitions by State Galleries 1990–1997, Riding Hall of Prague Castle, Prague

2000 Alpha 2000 Omega, Portheimka, Prague

2001 3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Adria Palace, Prague

2003 7th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary

2003 Let There Be Light, Museum of Decorative Arts, Brno

2003/2004 Eurografik Moscow 2004 – European Integration Bridge, New Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia

2005 Quinze graveurs tchèques, Galerie de Wégimont, Liège, Belgium

2005 Czech Graphic Art of the 1960s, Czech Centre, Paris, France

2007 Hollar, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague

2007 Focused View, 1960s Prints from the Collections of Czech Galleries Council Members, Regional Gallery, Liberec

2007 5th International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Prague

2009 International Triennial, Krakow, Poland

2011 Vladimír Boudník Prizewinners, Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary

2011 Prague Days in Seoul, Gallery Space Lou, Seoul, South Korea

2012 Concrete Autumn, Ferry Gallery, Hradec Králové

2012 International Triennial in Krakow, Lettre – Kraków 2012, Krakow, Poland

2013 Belgrade Encounters, VII International Printmaking Workshop, Bělehrad, Srbsko

2013 Concretists’ Club 45 Years On…, Vysočina Regional Gallery, Jihlava

2014 Concrete Autumn, Fresch Gallery, Pardubice; Novák’s Garages Gallery, Hradec Králové

2015 Sign, Letter, Code, National Technical Library, NTL Gallery, Prague

2015 Vladimír Boudník Prizewinners 1994–2014, Prague City Gallery, Colloredo–Mansfeld Palace, Prague

2015 Major Works from the Collection and Jan and Meda Mladek at Moravský Krumlov Castle, Moravský Krumlov

2017 Hollar Today, Municipal House, Prague

2017 100 Years of Hollar / Survey of Women Artists, Millennium Gallery, Prague

2017 Between Art and Craft, National Technical Museum, Prague

2017 Album 76, Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava

2018 In Praise of Blind Alleys, Hollar Gallery, Prague

2019 Czech Art in the Collection of Galerie Goller Selb, Becher Villa, Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary

2019 Rehanging of the Permanent Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové

 

Scholarships

1988 Graphica Atlantica, Reykjvik

1992 British Council, London

 

Erasmus lecture scholarships

2002 Lecture and workshop at the Academia Bellas Artes, Valencia, Spain

2012 Lecture and workshop at Arel University, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Exhibition curator

2015 Prints by Young Artists / Student Work from the Printmaking – Multimedia Study Field, Department of Art Culture and Textile Art of the Teaching Faculty, Hradec Králové University, Hollar Gallery, Prague

2015 Sign, Letter, Code, National Technical Library, NTL Gallery, Prague

 

Light design

2013 Hradec Králové Music Forum, Hradec Králové Philharmonia

2014 Hradec Králové Music Forum, Hradec Králové Philharmonia, DVD

 

Prizes / Commendations

2001 Print of the Year, CZ – Diatech Prize

2002 Print of the Year, Mattoni Prize

2004 Print of the Year, CZ – Diatech Prize

2005 Vladimír Boudník Prize

2007 Print of the Year, Czech Art Fund Foundation Prize

2008 Print of the Year, Honorary Mention

2009 Krakow International Print Triennial, Prize of the Mayor of Opole

2010 Print of the Year, Honorary Mention

2011 Print of the Year, Special IMA Prize

2013 Print of the Year, Honorary Mention

 

Collections

National Gallery, Prague; Prague City Gallery; Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou; Regional Gallery, Liberec; Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary; Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava; West Bohemian Gallery, Pilsen; North Bohemian Gallery, Litoměřice; Museum of Art, Olomouc; Collett Prague | Munich; Museu de Contemporanea de São Paulo; Musée de Picardie Amiens; Unione Industriale Biellese; British Council Collection

 

Selected bibliography

Jaroslava Severová, 2008, Machalický J., Drury R., 84 pages, Gallery s.r.o., Prague, ISBN 9788086990248

Česká grafika XX. století [Czech 20th-century Graphic Art], 1997, ed. Bouda J. et al., str. 19, 211, 305, SČUG Hollar, Prague, ISBN 80-902405-0-X

Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění [New Encyclopaedia of Czech Art], 1995, Horová A., ed., pp. 185, 201, 225, 732, 733, Academia, Prague, ISBN 80-200-1209-5