Barbora Balek

is Czech contemporary artists. She studied New media at the Academy of Fine Arts. In her work she combines classical elements of paintings, photographs, sculptures and installations with new media. The most typical content and theme of her art is an individual human identity, its experience and variability going through a life. As a deeply committed artist, she also focuses on general social and political issues dealing with recent history as seen through individual and collective memory.

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 ­- Kunstkabinet, Artinbox Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 - The nightmare of giant panda, GASK, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
2017 - The white picture, Michal´s collection Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 - From nowhere to nowhere, Moving Station, Plzen, Czech Republic
2016 - Dark side of paradise, Marianska Gallery, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2015 - Phantoms, Czech centre, Paris Photo, Paris, France
2015 - From nowhere to nowhere, FotoGrafic Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - Šikmoplocha, UFFO Gallery, Trutnov, Czech Republic
2013 - Grandmothers, FotoGrafic Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 - Body and face, Tinos Gallery, Greece
2011 - Masks, Czech centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 - Phantoms, FotoGrafic Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 - Adam to Eve, Bazilika Gallery, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2008 - Iluminata, FotoGrafic Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 - Adam to Eve, Gallery for the young, Brno, Czech Republic
2005 - i mag i ne, Gallery The Moon in the day, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2004 - Gallery Louvre, Prague, Czech Republic

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 - Fusionismo, Karpuchina Galllery, Prague, Czech Republic
2022 - Floralie, MuMo, Prague, Czech Republic
2021 - Great Expectations, DOX, Prague, Czech Republic
2021 - Vanitas, DOX, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 - Modern Panic, Truman Brewery, London, Great Britain
2019 - Prague photo, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 - Unforeseen information, Kunstfabrik, Gross Siegharts, Austria
2018 - An angel kicked us, White room, Pragovka, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 - F! FESTIVAL, Ex Mosilana, Brno, Czech Republic
2016 - Ghosts a Mediums, Château du Rivau, Lémeré, France
2015 - Brave new world, DOX, Prague
2015 - Silence (temporary analysis), Industra Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2014 - Forum young art, Stadtische galerie, Regensburg, Germany
2013 - Inner circle, City library, GHMP, Praha, Czech Republic
2011  - Festival of Photography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2010 - Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
2010 - Plat(t)form 10, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 - Czech Contemporary Art, Parallel lines III, Heritage Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 - Kulanshi art center Palace of Peace and Accord, Astana, Kazakhstan
2009 - Prague biennale 4, Karlin hall, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 - Identity of Young Czech Women Photographers, The House of Photography, Budapest, Hungary
2009 - Young Czech Women Photographers, Luksfera Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008 - Identité, Bibliothéque, Lyon septembre de la photographie, Lyon, France
2008 - The self-portrait, AJG, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
2007 - Icons of the common day, Trafo gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 - The month of photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 - AVU 18, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 - Prague biennale 3, Karlin hall, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 - The six, New Media, Prague house of photography, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 - Alumni of AVU, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 - Je desire, UMPRUM Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 - Essl Award, Modern Gallery of AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
2004 - The young Czech art, Kiel, Germany
2003 - …m2, Gallery of Václav Špála, Prague, Czech Republic
2001 - The first and the last, Gallery of Václav Špála, Prague, Czech Republic