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