Simona Blahutová
*23. 9. 1980 Zlín, lives and works in Prague
The recurring theme in my art is a Power and Zeitgeist, the spirit of the times.
My effort is to deal with selected events of modern history, which are often interpreted in terms of black and white, in spite of having no simple answer. I choose the crucial moments or periods when their key players faced internal conflicts and boundary situations. /Operation Anthropoid, Germans who fought against Nazism, the miracle of the priest in Čihošť and his murder by the state police, the Cold War and the 1980s atmosphere in Eastern Europe, the dark side of modern Western society/
Education
| 2005-2006 | Academy of Fine Arts in Prague /Studio of Vladimír Skrepl/ |
| 2005 | Robert Gordon University, Gray School of Art, Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| 2002-2004 | Academy of Fine Arts in Prague /Studio of Michael Rittstein/ |
| 2000-2002 | Academy of Fine Arts in Prague /Studio of Karel Nepraš/ |
Solo exhibitions
| 2023 | Karel Pippich exhibition hall, Chrudim – God blessed America |
| 2022 | Gallery Prostor 228, Liberec – The Healer |
| Avoid gallery, Prague – Radio Propaganda Starts Broadcasting | |
| 2021 | Gallery Caesar, Olomouc – Close Your Eyes, Everything Will be Fine |
| 2020 | Art Space NOV, Pardubice – In the Kitchen Under the Table, In My Atomic Shelter |
| Gallery Optika, Zlin – Once Upon a Time in Gottwaldov | |
| Cargo Gallery, Prague /virtual only/ – Atomic Age | |
| 2019 | Gallery nEUROPA /Kultur Aktiv, Dresden, Germany – My Atomic Age |
| Gallery UFFO, Trutnov – A_TEN_TÁTY__ | |
| 2018 | Gallery HŠ, Holešovická Šachta, Prague – I'll Burn a Demon In a Cabriolet |
| 2017 | Gallery Suteren, Brno – Kurt Gerstein Report |
| 2016 | Gallery 1.2.3., Prague – The Last Day of Conspirators |
| Gallery Panský dvůr, Veselí n.Moravou – I Got It, Agent Cooper | |
| Gallery Dole, Ostrava /with Bára Lungová/ – Maybe the Magician Will Also Come | |
| 2015 | Gallery Kabinet Chaos, Polička /with Pavel Klvaňa/ – The Black Tudor Is Coming |
| 2012 | City Theatre, Zlín – Virgo |
| 2011 | Gallery Vednevnoci, Hodonín – Rendezvous At the End Of the World |
| Gallery Final, Prague – Mirror, Show Me the Reality | |
| Gallery ZAS /Observatory/, Zlín – Planet Earth Is Almost Perfect | |
| 2008 | La fabrika, Prague – Wu-Man |
| 2007 | Gallery V zahradě, Kolín – Love My Man |
| 2006 | Gallery AVU, Prague /with guests/ – Do You Love My Man? |
Collective exhibitions
| 2023 | Regional Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín – Zlin Salon / contemporary art triennial |
| Sint-Tillokerk, Kerkplein, Izegem, Belgium – Iz'Art twinning 2023 | |
| 2022 | KUNST/MITTE, Magdeburg, Germany – International Art Fair |
| 2021 | Gallery Caesar, Olomouc – 30 Years |
| Gallery 90° + Rock cafe, Prague – Už je nejhůř II | |
| Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona Contemporary | |
| 2020 | Runde Ecke, Dresden, Germany – Strömungen „Glocal Emotions“ |
| 2019 | Gallery Millennium, Prague – Painting III |
| Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany – Improvised & Experimental | |
| Gallery Gabor Sillye, Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary – International Art Colony | |
| City Gallery of Pilsen – Other Voices, Other Rooms | |
| 2017 | Gallery 2nd Floor, Zlín – Third Space /presentation of projects/ |
| Art Space NOV, Pardubice – Waste and Art III | |
| Gallery of the Slovácko Museum, Uherské Hradiště – Memento Tiziani | |
| 2016 | The Chemistry Gallery, Prague – Forest-ink |
| Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany – NordArt | |
| Gallery Orlovna, Kroměříž – Memento Tiziani | |
| Gallery UFFO, Trutnov – Multipoint | |
| 2015 | Cinema Světozor, Prague – 100 Posters for Terry´s Socks |
| 2014 | Gallery SPP, Bratislava, Slovakia – Multipoint |
| Slovak Institute, Warsaw, Poland – Multipoint | |
| Gallery Oravska, Dolný Kubín, Slovakia – Multipoint | |
| 2012 | Church of St. Anthony of Peduan, Sokolov – From Nowhere, For Nothing, Near the Border |
| Moving Station, Pilsen – The Body Is the Earthly Garden of Suffering | |
| Divus Prager Kabarett, Prague – Loving Antikrist | |
| 2011 | Gallery Gottfrei, Opava – Salon 1 |
| Gallery Vednevnoci, Hodonín – Salon 2011 | |
| Gallery of Fine Arts, Hodonín – Young Meeting, XII. International Triennial of Young Artists | |
| 2010 | MeetFactory, Prague – Artyčok. TV- Art Fair |
| Gallery Univerzum, Nitra, Slovakia – Multipoint- International Art Symposium | |
| Gallery Orlovna, Kroměříž – Great Stories of Someone Else | |
| Gallery Mine Michal, Ostrava – Girl´s Dream | |
| Exhibition Hall - Synagogue, Hranice – Girl´s Dream | |
| 2009 | Regional Gallery of Fine Arts /Graphic Cabinet/, Zlín – Zlín's Picture of the World |
| Regional Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín – 5th Salon of Young Artists | |
| Reduta, Brno – Girl´s Dream | |
| 2008 | Gallery of Fine Arts, Hodonín – Small Format |
| Gallery of Fine Arts, Hodonín – Young Meeting- XI. International Triennial of Young Artists | |
| Gallery Dolmen, Brno – Three | |
| 2007 | Castle Gallery, Uherský Ostroh – Intimacy |
| 2006 | Gallery AVU, Prague – Spoon Pool |
| National Gallery - Trade Fair Palace, Prague – AVU Graduates | |
| NoD, Prague – Students of Vladimír Skrepl | |
| Regional Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín – 4th Salon of Young Artists | |
| FAVU, Brno – Students of Vladimír Skrepl | |
| 2005 | Gallery Dining Room, Česká Lípa – Contemporary Czech Collage |
| Gallery U dobrého pastýře, Brno – Artkontakt | |
| House of Culture, Opava – Karel Nepraš Lesbian School | |
| 2004 | Theatre Novanta, Mělník – Variation 2004 |
| Gallery Vltavín, Prague – Sichr Is Sychr | |
| Exhibition Hall of Karel Pippich, Chrudim – Down Without | |
| 2003 | Theatre of Oskar Nedbal, Tábor – Noisy Subscription |
| Gallery Husa na provázku, Brno – Kalba | |
| City Museum and Gallery, Svitavy – Tavba | |
| City Museum of Hořice v Podkrkonoší – After Year | |
| Theatre of Oskar Nedbal, Tábor – Karel Nepraš Sculpture School | |
| 2002 | City Gallery, Trutnov – Karel Nepraš Sculpture School |
Symposiums
| 2020 | 18. Kunstsymposium Strömungen/Proudení "Glocal Emotions", Dresden, Germany |
| 2019 | Internatiol Artistic Creation Workshop, Hajdúság, Hungary |
| 2017 | Waste and Art III, Pardubice |
| 2012 | Opava Semi-finished Product, symposium Gottfrei Opava |
| 2010 | Multipoint - International Art Symposium, Nitra, Slovakia |
| 2008 | Small Format, Hodonín |
| 2003 | Pacov Meridian, Pacov |
Representation in Collections
|
Marek collection, CZ |
| Gallery of Fine Arts Hodonin, CZ |
| City Gallery Hajdúböszörmény, HU |
| private collections |
Bibliography
| God has blessed America, catalog © Chrudimská beseda, Martina Vítková / 2023 |
| House of Art Triennial II, catalog, page 22 © Regional Gallery of Fine Arts, Zlín / 2023 |
| Ambiguous Healer of an ambiguous disease / text for the exhibition © Petr Vaňous / 2022 |
| Prostor Zlin, magazin, page 32 - 35 / Dystopian moments in the painting of Simona B. © Petr Vaňous 2/ 2021 |
| Close your eyes, everything will be fine, catalog © Gallery Caesar / 2021 |
| Fullmoon, magazine PDF / From Igráček to Hitler and back again © Prof.Neutrino 15/02/ 2021 |
| In My Atomic Shelter, catalog © Art Space NOV, Martina Vítková, Petr Vaňous / 2020 |
| Fullmoon, magazine PDF/ In the Kitchen Under the Table, In My Atomic Shelter © Prof.Neutrino 7/7/ 2020 |
| Important things are not talked about, catalog, page 144, 162-165 © Academy of Fine Arts in Prague / 2020 |
| My Atomic Age, magazine MAGnEUROPA Dresden © Michal Tošner, Simon Wolf 3/ 2019 |
| Painting III, catalog © Academy of Fine Arts in Prague / 2019 |
| AVU 220, catalog, page 275 © Academy of Fine Arts in Prague / 2019 |
| Radio Propaganda / text for the exhibition © Michal Tošner / 2019 |
| MF Dnes, newspaper / Obrazy Simony Blahutové nenechají diváka v klidu © Tomáš Plecháč 25/4/ 2019 |
| A_TEN_TÁTY__ / text for the exhibition © Michal Tošner / 2019 |
|
Kurt Gerstein Report / text for the exhibition © Miloš Doležal / 2017 |
|
NordArt, catalog, page 99 © Kunstwerk Carlshütte Germany / 2016 |
| Memento Tiziani, catalog, page 42, 43 © Gallery Orlovna / 2016 |
| Maybe the Magician Will Also Come / text for the exhibition © Martin Mikolášek / 2016 |
| The Black Tudor is Coming / text for the exhibition © Veronika Bromová / 2015 |
| The Body Is the Earthly Garden of Suffering, catalog © Johan centrum + ArtBuffe Plzeň / 2012 |
| GO, catalog PDF / Great Stories of Someone Else © GO! Gallery Orlovna / 2010 |
| 5th Zlin Youth Salon, catalog, page 42, 43 © County Gallery of Fine Arts Zlín, Ludvík Ševeček / 2009 |
| Atelier, magazine / Girl´s dream © Barbora Lungová 28/5/ 2009 |
| Mini / text for the exhibition © Barbora Lungová / 2008 |
| Atelier, magazine / The Cup with Cherry © Irena Prázdná 12/ 2007 |
| Intimacy, catalog, page 13 © Vojtěch Petratur, Bára Lungová / 2007 |
| Lidové noviny, newspaper / Gallery – Salon 23/9/ 2006 |
| AVU Graduates, catalog, page 7 © Academy of Fine Arts in Prague / 2006 |
| 4th Zlin Youth Salon, catalog, page 28, 29 © County Gallery of Fine Arts Zlín, Ludvík Ševeček / 2006 |
| /texts can be read in the News section/ |
Links / TV, Radio
Czech TV, CT Art, reportage from the exhibition (Gallery Caesar), directed by Helena Dohnalová / 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVe0MLcYA_s
Czech Radio Vltava, interview from the exhibition (Art Space NOV), directed by Naďa Kubínková / 2020
Cargo Gallery, virtual exhibition: Atomic Age, directed by Alžběta Ambrožová / 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=8iE7F7eXfRE&feature=emb_title
Regional TV news, reportage from the exhibition (Gallery Manor House), since time 4:10 / 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GD2zln1VUE&t=252s
Czech TV, Events in Culture, reportage from the exhibition (Gallery Down), directed by Lucie Křížková / 2016
Czech TV, Culture - TV medallion, directed by Jan Dadák / 2010
Czech Radio Vltava, interview from the exhibition (AVU Gallery), directed by Karel Oujezdský / 2006
https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/slecno-milujete-meho-muze-5087421