Nikola Rysava

Nikola always dwelt on a variety of creative expressions, making artwork a clear choice for her. From the study of ceramics to the design of wooden toys, she went to study sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, a field in which she feels she could finally fully realize herself.

Her body of work is full of surreal often anthropomorphic figures, sometimes grotesque, emotional and other times macabre. Creation often stems from literature, her inner world, and from her amateur interest in psychoanalysis.

Relationships, intimacy, and the effort to capture what's happening within a person are the topics Nikola Emma is working with over the past few years. Artwork often has a therapeutic form in her case.

She has exhibited in various places in the Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, and Australia.

Master´s degree from The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 2013-2019 (Fine arts/Sculpture)
U Akademie 4, Prague 7, 170 00

Universidade do Porto, Faculde de Belas Artes 2018
Av. de Rodrigues de Freitas 265, 4000-421 Porto, Portugal

The Australian National University 2016
(Visual Arts)
Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, Australia

Solo Shows:

Girl Sculpture Now!, 2022, Andaz, Prague
Beast of Eden, 2021, Důl Michal, Ostrava
Holy Garden, 2021, Botanical garden, Prostějov
Ghosts of my past, 2020, Orange bar, Prague
Untitled, 2019-2020, Masna Gallery, Slavonice
Once Upon a Time, 2019, VNITROBLOCK, Prague
Overlap, 2019, Rainbow Gallery, Prostějov
Wish You Were Not Here, 2017 The Solution.
Group Shows:

In Arte Voluptas, 2023, Portheimka, Prague
Mladých vlků běhá v okolí tomto dosti, 2022, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
VáclavART, 2022, Prague
Sochy ve městě, 2022, Slaný
Socha X, 2022, Kutná Hora
Co nám nedá den má noc, 2022, Prague
Nadějné Vyhlídky, 2021-2022, DOX, Prague
No Drama, 2021, Brussels, Belgium
Božská tragikomedie, 2021, Divadlo Komedie
Festival současného umění Prostějov, 2021, Prostějov
Warsaw Off ART, 2021, Warsaw, Poland
Katarze, 2021, Gabriel Loci, Prague
Art Prague Sculpture, 2020-2021, Dům Radost, Prague
VáclavART, 2020, Wenceslas Square, Prague
Umění ve městě, 2020, Hluboká nad Vltavou
Post-Generation (Zúročení),2020 Bývalé sídlo KV KSČ - Americká 42, Plzeň
VáclavART, 2019, Wenceslas Square, Prague
Sochařská náplavka, 2019, Výtoň, Prague
The Most Beautiful Age, 2019, Graduates AVU, Prague
Just Kids, 2019, Hala 17, Holešovická tržnice, Prague
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