about me

MgA. Zuzana Bartošová

∗24.2. 1992

Brno
Czech Republic

+420 737 576 569

I mostly work with installation, object and sculpture. Recently
I deal with repetition and circulation.

Bio

Zuzana Bartošová (1992) graduated from the studio of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. She was the head of the Object and Space course at SUPŠ Jihlava-Helenín. She completed a residency at Bubec studio in Prague. She often works with Andrea Uváčiková. An important aspect in their common work is the exploration of material, time and circulation. Their art projects are characterized by intermedia approaches and reflects mainly on themes related to human perception and the interpretation of reality in a hyper productive society and digital technologies. Currently on maternity leave.

Exhibitions, experiences and competitions

Symposium, Fiesta de arte, Tennenlohe, Germany, 2024
SKÚTER VI., Trnava, in cooperation with Andrea Uváčiková, 2024
Out of mind, out of sight, group exhibition, KUMST Brno, 2024
The Concrete Autumn (The Art Concrete Club), 2023
Never realized sculpture sculptures, Galerie VIR, solo digital exhibition, 2023
No Weather Today, Gallery of Plzeň city, group exhibition, 2023
Digital concret, group exhibition, Student gallery, Ostrava 2023
Colour is light, Chrudim, cooperation with Václav Kočí, 2023
Symbiosis, realization of the sculpture in front of SUPŠ Jihlava-Helenín, 2022
Never realized sculpture, exhibition of graphic works, Omega cultural center, Brno-Lesná, 2022
Light object, Stará radnice gallery, Žďár nad Sázavou, 2022
Arte-factum, Projekt Modernism for the Future Residence, Kaunas – Lithuania, 2022
We are Touching our Limits, Jindřich Chalupecky Award, Trade Fir Palace, Prague – Czechia, 2022
The Concrete Autumn (The Art Concrete Club), AMB gallery and Artyčok Gallery, Hradec Králové – Czechia, 2022
Consonances, AMB gallery, Hradec Králové – Czechia, 2022
Arte-Factum, Hardware Store Building, Wervik – Belgium, 2021
A-cumulation, Festival Prototyp, Brno – Czechia, 2021
Unproductivity is a Weed, Festival Dom – Wild Fruit, Pistory Palace, Bratislava – Slovakia, 2021
Waiting for the snow, galerie Nonstrop, Jihlava, Malá Lazebnická, 2021
Participation in the exhibition Graphics 2020 at Prague
Separation, realization of sculptural group on the thirty years anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, Mikulov, freedom trail, 2019
Shapeshifters, OFF/FORMAT gallery, join exhibition,with Andrea Uváčiková, Brno, 2019
TXT.5.0, realization in open space, Cuckoo 8 life is elsewhere, in cooperation with Andrea Uváčiková, Ostrava, 2019
Sculptures for the garden X, realization in the Podzámecká garden, Kroměříž, 2019
Solo exhibition, Industra gallery, Brno museum night, Brno, 2019
Solo exhibition,Circulation, Industrial Gallery, Ostrava, 2019
Festival Prototyp, Circulation, instalation at exterior, BVV Trade Fairs, Brno, 2018
Residency in studio Bubec, Prague Řeporyje, 2018
Entrée V4 edition, participation in exhibition Entrée V4 focuses on the fresh graduates of the arts′ universities of the Visegrad Group countries., 2018
Sculptures for the garden IX, participation in exhibition in the Kroměříž garden, 2018
Participation in Public creative art competition for the design of a statue, dedicated to the architect Adolf Loos, in Brno, 2018
1. place in open competition to create Memorial to victims of the internment camp for the German population called ,HANKE‘, Ostrava 2018
Sculpture/Tree, realization for Pragovka Art District, Praha 9, 2017/2018
Festival Prototyp, Old Town Hall, Brno, 2017
29 Diplomants FaVU ‚17, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno,2017
Circulation, exhibition in cafe Era, Brno, 2017
Sculptures for the garden 8, Exhibition in the Kroměříž garden, 2017
DŘEVO / WOOD 2017, international wood symposium, Zlín, 2017
Arte!Fakt, workshop at Židenice, Brno, proposal for site specific sculpture, Židenice, Brno, 2017
Cirkulace, exhibition of diploma work, Palace of Noble Ladies, Brno, 2017
Circulation, exhibition of diploma work, OFF/FORMAT gallery, Brno, 2017
Absurdium, proposal of bench for Ferdinand Vaňek, Chodba gallery, city office, Prague 6, 2017
Graphics, solo exhibition of graphic works, Na stopce, Gorkého 50, Brno 2016
Group exhibition of students from Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, SOLO offspace, Kornerova 9, Brno, 2016
Sculptures for the garden 6 , Exhibition in the Kroměříž garden, 2016
Group exhibition of students from Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, TIC gallery, Radnická 4, Brno, 2016
Mosilana, gorup exhibition of Sculpture 2 studio in old factory building Mosilana, Brno, 2016
Arte!Fakt, workshop at Židenice, Brno, proposal for site specific sculpture, 2016
Fresh design, workshop and presentation of studio Sculpture 2, foundation Open Mind, Poland, Wroclaw, 2015
Sculptures for the garden, Exhibition in the Kroměříž garden, 2015
Erasmus+, exchange, outumn semester, 2014 Estonia, Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Arts, Instalation and Sculpture department
Under one Umbrella, group exhibition of students from Installation and Sculpture department, Raja gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 2014
Demage assasment, group exhibition of students from Installation and Sculpture department, EKKM, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 2014
Sculptures for the garden, Exhibition in the Kroměříž garden, 8.8. 2014
Ponava, Exhibition with Sculpture 2 department in the old textil factory, 12.6. 2014
Participation in exhibition FUDFactory at Meet factory, Prague, 2013
Workshop with stone at Hořice city 20012, 2013
Second place in a competition to design a memorial to the victims of construction during World War II in Litvinov-Zaluzi, 2013
Exhibition with studio Natural Materials at Jihlava, 2012
Participation in the exhibition Graphics 2011 at Prague
Facade design for family house, 2012
Working in Skanzen (Museum) at Zubrnice city, helping to rebuild timbered houses, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Education

2015 – 2017

Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, Brno, Czech Republic
Studio Sculpture 2
Head of the studio prof. academic sculptor Jan Ambrůz,
assistant doc. Mgr. Pavel Korbička
Master degree

2013 – 2015

Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, Brno, Czech Republic
Studio Sculpture 2
Head of the studio prof. academic sculptor Jan Ambrůz,
assistant doc. Mgr. Pavel Korbička
Bachelor degree

2014

Estonian Academy of Arts
Erasmus+, exchang e Estonia, Tallinn, outumn semester
2014, Instalation and Sculpture department

2011 – 2013

Faculty of Art and Design, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně
Studio Natural Materials
Head of the studio prof. academic painter Jaroslav Prášil,
assistant MgA Robert Vlasák

2007 – 2011

High school of Art and Design, Brno
Promotional art and exhibition design department
Head of the department: academic sculptor Jiří Sobotka, assistant
MgA. Ladislav Jezbera

Graduation exam

English language, Czech language and literature, history of art
culture, technology, practical exam from Promotional art and
exhibition design

Work experience

Head of the Object and Space course at SUPŠ Jihlava-Helenín (Secondary School of Art and Design Jihlava-Helenín), 2020-2022
Teacher at the Secondary School of Art and Design Jihlava-Helenín, 2018
Lecturer of Educational Programs of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, 2018
Lecturer of Creative Courses for Adults, DDM Helceletova, Brno, 2017-2018
Teaching practice at the Secondary School of Art and Design Brno, New Media, 2017
Teacher of Art education, Gymnasium, P. Křižkovský with art profiling, Brno, 2016 – 2017
Helping in art gallery Aspekt, Brno, 2016
Working in Open air museum at Zubrnice city, helping to rebuild timbered houses, 2011, 2012, 2013

Skills

Making gypsum casts, creating gypsum and plastic forms, experiences with stone sculpting, wood, metal, welding, basket weaving and creating visualizations

Language skills

Czech – native, English – Upper intermediate, B2.

Computer skills

Microsoft Word, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW, Adobe Photoshop

basic level of: Adobe premiere, Adobe flash professional, Autocad, Rhinoceros

Interests

Stone sculpturing, aquarelle painting, photography, graphic techniques: woodcut, linocut and drypoint, skiing, snowboarding, squach, tennis.