Kiki Spring

Born in a former Czechoslovakia, Kiki Spring (née Kristina Kucerova) was raised in a traditional family in a post-communist country, where societal expectations for women have centred around appearance, marriage and motherhood rather than pursuing ambitious careers and independence. Following her studies of a major in the Slovak language, literature, and fine arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, her aspirations were to utilize her teaching degree in either the educational or corporate sectors, with plans to settle in Slovakia.

However, her trajectory shifted in 2011 when she initially moved to the United States for a few months to improve her English. She ended up staying far longer and, after two years, relocated to Switzerland, where she continues to reside. Living as a single young woman, her years abroad were marked by existential and financial challenges. She navigated various jobs and was not active as an artist for nearly a decade. Despite these hardships, this period proved transformative reshaping her conservative Eastern European background and family values.

In her late thirties, Kiki reemerged as an artist, initially creating a likeable collection of conventional, beautiful female portraits and abstract floral a...

2011 - 2013 Graphic Design / St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, USA

2008 Erasmus Scholarship - Fine Arts / University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2005 - 2010 MA in Teaching Visual Arts / Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

2023 Summer Art Expo, Ragusa, Sicily

2013 St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, USA

2011 Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia

2010 Unicredit Bank, Vienna, Austria