Sofie Svejdova

Czech artist Sofie Svejdova (born 1990 in Pilsen, lives in Prague) is a fresh graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague and her works include distinct traces of the influence of her teachers. On one hand, there is a figurative decorative aspect; on the other hand, there is a narrative line reminiscent of the material experiments of Jiří Černický. What makes her paintings original, however, is the transformation of these approaches by the thought, emotions and authentic eroticism of a young woman. The latter is most distinctly marked by the embedding of the image of “Vs”, for instance. The motive of a detective series, found in her other paintings, can be applied to all of her existing works; the individual images can be perceived as episodes with similar protagonists.

2009-2014 - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
(Atelier of painting - Stanislav Diviš, Jiří Černický)
2008 - Internship at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2005-2008 - Secondary Art School of Design, Prague (Atelier of painting - Jaroslav Klát) , Czech Republic

Solo exhibitions:

2014 - Big Hug Mug / TV series paintings, Jiri Svestka Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2013 - Pavilon Gallery, Situation 26, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 - Arts meet Art, Tiskárna, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 - Tusculum, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Group exhibitions:

2014 - Art Dialog – Interspaces, symposium, GKK, Klenova, Czech Republic
2014 - Wail of Silence, Culture center Radlicka, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - Decent people know how to have fun, NTK Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - Lunchmeet festival, Veletržní Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - Jaromír 99: Kill-time, light installation, Gallery of Municipal House, Opava, Czech Republic
2014 - Jaromír 99: Kill-time, light installation, Sýpka Gallery, Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
2013 - Supported format, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia / Curators of exhibition: Jiří Černický, Marek Meduna, Klaudia Kosziba
2013 - Long time laughing at the joke before we understand that it is a task, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2012 - At 307: Желю Желев, vernissage, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic