Barbora Šlapetová
Curriculum Vitae
Born 2 May 1973 in Ostrava
- 1987–1991
- Pražačka Secondary Grammar School, Prague
- 1991–1997
- Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Painting Studio of Prof. Jiří Sopko
- 1995
- Intership at Concordia University, Painting Studio, Montréal (Canada)
- 1999–2000
- Graduate Study DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Painting Studio of Prof. Bernd Koberling (Germany)
- Since 2009
- she has been collaborating on art projects with NASA
- Since 2014
- she has been collaborating with Black Moon Corporation as a Visual Art Supervisor of planned flights and DNA gardens on the dark side of the Moon
Expeditions
- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2022
- Papua New Guinea, West Papua, the Solomon Islands
Awards
- 1999
- Graduate Study DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Germany)
- 2005
- The Magnesia Litera Award in the category Newcomer of the Year for the book Why the Night Is Black, with Lukáš Rittstein (published by KANT 2004) (Czech Republic)
- 2019
- Best in short documentary film Natural-born Astronauts at ArtQuake Kyoto Japan Biennale, The Museum of Kyoto (Japan)
Projects for Architecture in Public Space
- 2002–2004
- Sculptural part of the interior of the Indonesian Jungle Pavilion at Prague Zoo (Czech Republic). Together with Lukáš Rittstein and Michal Gabriel
- 2010
- EXPO Shanghai. Artistic elaboration of the walls of the Czech Pavilion restaurant (China)
- 2018
- KOMA Modular Cathedral from EXPO Milano – Birds of Paradise. With Lukáš Rittstein. Vizovice (Czech Republic)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2000
- Blue December. With Lukáš Rittstein. Václav Špála Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2000
- Aqua Army. Čapek Brothers Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2001
- Yermolai. Photography Gallery, Liberec (Czech Republic)
- 2002
- 2×2. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2002
- Sculptures and Photographs. With Lukáš Rittstein. Bruntál Museum – Castle (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- Love Story. Art Gallery Karlovy Vary – 38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- Dschungel – Jungle. Krauss Erben Gallery, Dresden (Germany)
- 2003
- Gabriel–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Michal Gabriel and Lukáš Rittstein. Tvrdohlaví Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2006
- Milk and Soil. With Lukáš Rittstein. The Museum of Slovácko, Uherské Hradiště – 32nd edition of the film festival (Czech Republic)
- 2007
- Why the Night Is Black. With Lukáš Rittstein. Czech Centre, Munich (Germany)
- 2009
- Manop – The Final First. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2009
- The Transfer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem (Czech Republic)
- 2009
- Do Not Come Any Closer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Blansko Town Gallery (Czech Republic)
- 2010
- Symbiosis. EXPO Shanghai. With Lukáš Rittstein. Czech Pavilion, Shanghai (China)
- 2010
- Through the Keyhole and Vice-versa. Rittstein–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Lukáš and Michael Rittstein. Pilsen City Gallery (Czech Republic)
- 2010
- The Transfer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Dole (Down) Gallery, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
- 2011
- Strong Colour. With Lukáš Rittstein. Masaryk University, Archive of MU, Brno (Czech Republic)
- 2012
- Film Projections with Talk, in English, Paul-Desmarais Theat rein conjunction with the exhibition First, the Forests. Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA, Montréal (Canada)
- 2013
- Why the Night Is Black. Tugu Kunstkring Palace, Jakarta (Indonesia)
- 2015
- Everything Is Different. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2015
- Everything Is Different. With Lukáš Rittstein. UFFO Gallery, Trutnov (Czech Republic)
- 2016
- Rittstein–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Lukáš and Michael Rittstein. Miroslav Kubík Gallery, Litomyšl (Czech Republic)
- 2017
- Natural-born Astronauts – Projection. Société des Arts Technologiques – SAT Montréal (Canada)
- 2018
- Parallelly Together – Signal Festival. With Lukáš Rittstein. Old Town Square, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2018
- KOMA Modular Cathedral from EXPO Milano – Birds of Paradise. With Lukáš Rittstein. Vizovice (Czech Republic)
- 2020
- ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2020
- Natural-born Astronauts and Highway. With Lukáš Rittstein. Sovinec Castle (Czech Republic)
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 1998
- About Nature. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 1998
- La nature en dix chapitres – Artistes contemporains tchèques (Nature in Ten Chapters – Contemporary Czech Artists). Centre Rhénan d’Art Contemporain Alsace, Altkirche (France)
- 1999
- About Nature. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (Germany)
- 1999
- Umělecká beseda Arts Associaton. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2000
- Probable Painting. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2000
- 100+1 Works of Art of the 20th Century. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2001
- About People. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2001
- Probable Painting. Czech Centre, Berlin (Germany)
- 2002
- Wilderness – Nature, Soul and Language. Klatovy / Klenová Gallery (Czech Republic)
- 2002
- What the Water Didn’t Wash Away. Ball-game Hall at Prague Castle, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2002
- Golem. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- 2002
- 5o below the Equator. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- The Third Zlín Youth Salon. House of Art, Zlín (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- The World as a Structure, the Structure as a Picture. Klatovy / Klenová Gallery (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- Garden. Michal Gabriel and Guests. Barbora Šlapetová and Lukáš Rittstein. Tvrdohlaví Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- Speculare. Consum Gallery, Brandýs nad Orlicí (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- About Technology. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2003
- Umělecká beseda Arts Association. Prague City Gallery (Czech Republic)
- 2004
- Vision. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic); Toki Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
- 2004
- Acquaintances. Art Factory, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2004
- In Time Between. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2005
- In Time Between. NCCA–National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)
- 2005
- Impression. Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2006
- Girls’War–Vlasta, Part 1. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2006
- Girls’War–Šárka, Part 2. Consumption Gallery, Brandýs nad Orlicí (Czech Republic)
- 2006
- HumOrg-Human Organism. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2007
- Man and Land, Kupka’s Dancer in Time. Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery and Litomyšl Chateau, Litomyšl (Czech Republic)
- 2007
- Exoticismsin 20th-century Artin Bohemia and Moravia. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic); East Bohemian Gallery, Pardubice (Czech Republic); Gallery of Fine Art, Cheb (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- Lovely World of Fauna and Flora. Rajatila Maltinranta Artcenter, Tampere (Finland); Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. National Gallery – Trade Fair Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- The Lights of the Cities and the Night’s Walkers. Museum of Modern Art, Hradec Králové (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- Aeronale. Prague Airport (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- The Transfer. White Box Gallery, Munich (Germany); House of Art, Brno (Czech Republic)
- 2008
- International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. Kuva – Art Academy Helsinki (Finland); Perve Gallery, Lisbon (Portugal)
- 2008
- Dialogues. Calendars for Jindra Štreit. Smečky Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2009
- International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. National Museum of Bulgarian Art, Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 2010
- 7x Different Ways + 1 Guest. Dole Gallery, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
- 2016
- All Hail Sport! DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
- 2018
- Visegrad Group. V4 in Focus at Budapest Art Market. Budapest Castle (Hungary)
- 2019
- ArtQuake Kyoto Japan Biennale. The Museum of Kyoto (Japan)
- 2019
- Birds of Paradise. Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. Sydney (Australia)
- 2021
- Vanitas. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
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