Radka Anna Chocholousova

I perceive my paintings as windows to other spheres. I have two basic lines and that is depicting heads or working with ornaments. I consider a painting to be a magical object. I come from a classical study of painting. However, I try to develop the painting further and apply playful processes of mixing different emulsions and materials. I usually paint individual paintings for a long time (sometimes years). For me it is a process of my own research and exploration of the construction of the painting. I create individual prototypes of paintings. I would like to eventually work my way up to creating entire cycles or series. Sometimes I return to a subject and rework it again. Painting is for me an ideal means of expression suitable for introverted and contemplative work in the studio. I am originally a conceptual artist and craftsman. I returned to painting and drawing when I settled in the Jizera Mountains. I like deep forests and ancient stories. The wilderness of nature, history, mythology, personal experience, cosmogony and the human body are an abundant well of inspiration for me.

Technique:
I create paintings on stretched natural canvas mounted on a wooden frame. The surface of the rough natural canvas is treated with severa...

2023 - candidate PhD. Faculty of Arts and Architecture in Liberec, Czech Republic

2004 - 2006 Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, Czech Republic - studio Enviroment

2005 Academia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy - atelier Decoracione, atelier Cinema.

2000 - 2004 Faculty of Applied Arts and Design in Ústí nad Labem/ Czech Republic - studio of Natural Materials

1995 - 2000 Secondary School of Applied Arts and Jewellery and Higher Vocational School in Jablonec nad Nisou - specialisation Shepherd / Czech Republic

Selection of exhibitions:
2019 Artistic Symposium, Polsko
2016 Umakart, Brno - festival performence, "Dryáda /The Dryad"
2013 Hala Merina, Trenčín, Slovensko - "Tvořitel/Creator", environmentální instalace
2011 Meetfactory, Praha, Czech Republic - Floating face, video
2006 NIPAF, Nagano, Japonsko - video
2006 FF v Karlových Varech, Czech Republic - studentská přehlídka filmů/ Student Film Showcase
2003 Bienále Nová media/ New Media Biennial, Cheb, Czech Republic