Iva Horecna

My work explores the ordinary details that shape who we are.

My work is about ordinary things.
About the details we often fail to notice — yet they shape who we are. About what we love. What influences us. What quietly forms our inner world.

In my paintings, I capture a person’s character through small rituals, objects, moods, and atmosphere. I transform everyday life into a visual story. The ordinary becomes exceptional within my work.

A painting is not merely an aesthetic element of an interior. It is a silent dialogue between space and personality.

My works are intimate, personal, and authentic. They bring life, story, and a subtle trace of my own inner world into a space.

> 2011 Master of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague

> 2010-2012 Figure Drawing Course at the Academy of Fine Art, Prague (2 years)
> 2015-2017 Course of Painting at the Private School Scholastika in Prague

> 2017 at Gallery 1.patro, Prague
> 2016 at Scholastika, Prague
> Performance on the street outside the house in the autumn atmosphere, november 2013; Prague, Czech republic
> Solo exhibition of paintings “In Process” at Art Café Vypálené Koťátko in Prague, Czech republic; 2013
> Solo exhibition of paintings at Restaurant U Tří X in Prague, Czech republic; 2013
> Object Installation "5minus1" for the joint exhibition at Art Centre Synagogue in Trencin, Slovakia; 2010
> Object Installation "5minus1" for the joint exhibition “Ecoliving” at Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava, Slovakia; 2008