Romana Jelínková

Romana Jelínková works across two seemingly contrasting modes, whose balance reflects an Eastern understanding of quiet strength. The first is dynamic and gestural. In her acrylic paintings, she works with vivid colour, intense combinations and, often, raw or structurally treated surfaces. Bold brushstrokes, drops and traces of paint become direct records of the movement embedded in the act of painting itself. Her works frequently capture fleeting moments, moods and emotions, translating them into an immediate visual gesture. The viewer can thus perceive not only the resulting composition, but also the movement that preceded it. The paintings acquire an almost performative quality, records of an instant that can never be repeated in quite the same way.

The second mode of her practice encompasses ceramic objects, layered oil paintings and monotypes. Here, her attention turns towards nature, its structures and details, as well as towards inner introspection. She draws from processes that unfold gradually — growth, layering, transformation and the passage of time. This is reflected in the nature of the work itself, where gesture slows down and becomes repetition, concentration and a process of discovery. A movement captured in a sing...

2026 - Kreativ Raum Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2025 - IDENTITY Insa Art Centre, September 3/8, Seoul
2025 - Without Compromise - solo exhibition, Studio52 Prague,
2024 - Encounter and Balance, Vrtba Palace, Prague
2024 - Woman's Essence, Barcelona, Spain
2023 - ROME ART EXPO 23, Roma, Italy
2023 - Solo Exhibition, Gallery of Sue Ryder, Prague
2022 - 場と心 - Place and Heart, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, Kamakura, Japan
2022 - MvVOArt AD Art Show, Oculus Westfield World Trade Centre, New York, United States
2022 - Woman's Essence 2022, Gallery 24B, Paris, France
2022 - London Contemporary Art Faire, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space, London, GB
2021 - CONTEMPORARY VENICE / THE ROOM contemporary Art Space, Venice, Italy
2021 - WE CONTEMPORARY art show / Foundation Salmgasse Vienna - Vienna Austria
2021 - The Art of Energy / Art Rubikon / solo exhibition - Olomouc, Czechia
2020 - DressME 2020 International Contemporary Art exhibition / Milan - online - Milan, Italy
2020 - Woman Essence Show Roma / Palazzo Velli Expo - Roma, Italy,
2020 - Paintings Romana Jelínková / Exhibition Ground - Lysa nad Labem, Czechia
2019 - We contemporary 2019 / Topic salon, Czechia