about me

MgA. Zuzana Bartošová
∗24.2. 1992

Brno
Czech Republic

zuzana.bartosova@seznam.cz

+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. Currently she is the head of the Object and Space course at SUPŠ Jihlava-Helenín. She completed a residency at Bubec studio in Prague. An important aspect in our common work is the exploration of material, time and circulation. Our 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.

Exhibitions, experiences and competitions

  • 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

  • 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.