VERONIKA HOLCOVÁ
Born 1973, Praha
Lives in Prague
veronika.holcova@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1993 – 1999 Academy of Fine Arts Prague,
master class drawing – Jitka Svobodová,
master class painting – Bedřich Dlouhý,
master class painting – Vladimír Skrepl,
master class experimental graphics – Vladimír Kokolia
FELLOWSHIPS
2017 BUDAPEST ART FACTORY, Budapest
2002 Schwellenmatteli, Bern
2000 Egon Schiele Centre, Český Krumlov
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nika and Empire, Galerie Pekelné sáně, Kroměříž
When the cuckoo cucks,(with Dita Lamačová), Kaple Holyně, Prague
Hermit and Love, Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem
2023 PEARLSINPEARL, National Gallery, Kyjov, Krásná Lípa2023
Gravitation/From the Devil to Zen, Prague House, Brussel, Belgium
2022 Ostara, (with Anna Zemánková) Gallery Pštrosova 28, Prague, ČR
AJG, Wortnerův dům, České Budějovice, CZ
2021 Poppies, Brillovka, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, CZ
The Legend of Water, Altán Klamovka, Prague
2020 Heart on the move, (with M.Hlinovská) OGL, Liberec
Canada 2015–2019, Gallery Cheb
Birth of Indigo, Gallery Vyšehrad, Prague
2019 Inside Out, Axeneo7, Gatineau, CA
2018 Fantasmagoria, Christopher Cutts gallery, Toronto, CA.
2017 Wild Game, Gallery Villa Pellé, Prague
2016 Owl, Soul and Heart, Gallery Christopeh Cutts, Toronto, CA
2015 Homo Spiritualis, Laznia – Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
Pandora's Vox,(Klara Kristalova,Sandra Vasquez de la Horra)
Colloredo–Mansfeld Palace, City Gallery, Praha
Easter Nights,( Anna Hulačová), Gallery Alternativa, Jihlava
Face to Face, Gallery Albrecht, Berlin
Under Ground, gallery Dole, Fiducia, Ostrava
2014 ANIMANIMUS, gallery k.art.on, Karlin Studios, Prague
Apparent Movement of the Sun,gallery A.M.180,Prague
2013 Salto Mortale, Gallery Susanne Albrecht, Berlin
Lilith, (Sandra Vasqueze de la Horra, Selina Baumann)
Katz Contemporary, Zurich
Chaos Gallery, Střítěž, Czech Republic
2012 Gallery Caesar, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Gallery Montmartre, Prague, Czech Republic
Through The Needle's Eye As A Frame, Gallery 35m2, Prague,
Czech Republic
Gallery Baobab, Tábor, Czech Republic
2011 Melancholia. Bárka Café, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Within Hand´s Reach, Musée d‘Art Moderne de Saint–Etienne
Métropole, France
2010 Onerous Past, Uncertain Future, Gallery Jiri Svestka, Berlin
2008 Memory. Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
2007 Bilder. Galerie Albrecht, München, Germany
2006 Territory. Galerie Albrecht, München, Germany
2005 Territory, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
2002 Drawings. Pokorny Gallery, Prostejov, Czech Republic
2001 Sweet Life, Gallery Behemot, Prague, Czech Republic
Hand Made, Atrium, Prazak Palace, Moravian Gallery, Brno,
Czech Republic
Without Glasses.Communications centre Skolska, Prague,
Czech Republic
2000 Galerie Starter & Sorter, Praha, Czech Republic
1999 Czech centre Bratislava, Slovakia
1997 Situation of Veronika Holcová. Galerie Caesar, Olomouc,
Czech Republic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hands and what they mean, Albrecht Gallery, Berlin2022
..ON PAPER, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne, Germany
BURN BABY BURN (Josef Bolf, Pavla Malinová, Jan Vytiska)
Gallery Uhelný Mlýn, Libčice nad Vltavou, ČR
Artrooms Moravany 4 – Nulový bod, Kaštieli v Moravanoch nad
Váhom, SK
Water, Galerie Benedikta Rejta, Louny, ČR
Gulliver's Sketchbook, KAI10, ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf
2022 Human in the Cave, Gallery NTK, Prague, CZ
2021 Festival of Contemporary Art 4+4 DAYS IN MOTION, Prague
Human in the Cave, Gallery Blansko
2020 Radical Women, Gallery DSC
2019 Sur un terrain étrange, (Juul Kraijer, Jose Antinio Suarez Londono,
Barthelemy Toguo, Sandra Vasqueze de la Horra)
Galerie Kewenig, Berlin
2018 Legends G2, Gallery Novoměstská radnice, Prague
“Intriguing Uncertainties”,The Parkview Museum Singapore / Beijing
2016 SIGNIFIKANTE UNGEWISSHEITEN, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna
"INTRIGUING UNCERTAINTIES"
Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint–Etienne Métropole
2015 Czech dream, Czech Center, New York, USA
Inside the Furnace and beneath Kilns, SmaltArt, Vítkovice, Ostrava
Art from Heart, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
The Mass Ornament, NG Nitra, SK
A Needle in a haystack, Topičův Salon, Prague
2014 The Waking Dragon, contemporary inspiration from east–asian art,
NG, Prague
On the Blue Shore of Silence, Gallery Tracy Williams, New York, USA
2013 Discrete Transformation, Topičův Salon, Prague
2011 Cabinet de dessin – Drawing in the age of fragility.
Centro Arti Visive, Pietrasanta, Italy
Erotic Revue, GASK, Kutná Hora
Ein Tanz. Hangar7, Salzburg, Austria
Un altro romantico. Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2009 Prague Biennale 4 – Expanded painting, Short List 09:12
Painters from Czech Republic. Karlín Hall,
2008 Meditations Biennale. Poznan, Poland
Central Europa Revisited II. Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
Micro Narratives. Musée d‘Art Moderne de Saint–Etienne Métropole,
France
2007 Resetting – Jiné cesty k věcnosti.Municipal Library, City gallery,
Prague, Czech Republic
Micro Narratives. 48th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
New patience, Exhibition Hall Manes, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Next station Arcadia, Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem,
Czech Republic.
City Gallery Pirna, Germany
2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art: A Second Sight,
National Gallery in Prague, Veletrzni Palace, Czech Republic
2003 Young Czech Art. National Gallery in Prague, Veletrzni Palace,
Czech Republic
2002 Visionaries and Narrators, Young Czech Art – Part 1: Painting.
Kutlurarbteilung Bayer, Leverkusen, Dormagen, Germany
2001 Laboratorium.National Gallery in Prague, Veletrzni Palace,
Czech Republic
2000 Girlshow. Bukurešť, Rumunsko / Bucharest, Romania
Girlshow. Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem / Emil Filla Gallery,
Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
1999 Neplánované spojení / Unexpected Connections. Exhibition Hall
Manes, Prague, Czech Republic
Girlshow. MXM Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Heinous Deed. Salmovsky Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Visions. RC Roxy, Praha / Prague, Czech Republic
1997 Dzyga Gallery, Lvov, Ukraine
Sight, National Gallery, Banska Bystrica
At Home. Synagogue, Šamorín, Slovakia
Fruits from Prague. Czech centre, Berlin, Germany
1996 True Love.Velryba Gallery Velryba, Czech Republic
1994 New Names. Spala Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery in Prague, GAVU Cheb,
private and public collections in the Czech Republic, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, USA and Canada, China.
LITERATURE
Intrigantes Incertitudes, Lóránd Hegyi 2016
Revolver Revue, Petr Vaňous
Veronika Holcová. Na dosah ruky/ Within Hand´s Reach. Výstavní katalog / exhibition catalogue, Musée d‘Art Moderne de Saint Etienne Métropole 2011
Její paměť / Her memory. Výstavní katalog / exhibition catalogue, Galerie Jiří Švestka, Praha / Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, 2008
D. Ž. Bor: Průvodkyně probuzenou pamětí. Tvar 10 / 2008
Radek Wohlmuth: Tryzna středního věku. Umělec international 1 / 2006
Veronika Holcová. Výstavní katalog / exhibition catalogue, text by Zdeněk Felix, Galerie Jiří Švestka, Praha / Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, 2005
Tomáš Pospiszyl: Malba kresbou / Paint by drawing. Umělec international 5 – 6 / 2001
ILLUSTRATIONS/CATALOGUES
Contra Dia, Ximena Godoy–Arcaya, Global Books, Library in Reims. France
N°9, Private Collection of Claude Baizot, Paris, France
Intrigantes Incertitudes, Lóránd Hegyi 2016
Pandora's Vox, catalogue from exhibition Prague City Gallery, ArtMap 2015
Within Hand's Reach, catalogue of drawings, Trigon, 2015
Tsunami Blues, Markéta Pilátová. Torst 2014
Milionové časy, 22 czech writers for ADRA , Argo 2014
Jiří Veselský, Luna je za vlakem poslední nárazník. Trigon, 2003
Kateřina Klaricová, Pohádky pro pana Izru. Baobab, 2001
Misprimares 80 000 palabras. Media Vaca, Libros para ninos, 2002