Ira Svobodová
Born 1986 in Prague. Ira Svobodová studied new media and painting at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts, from where she graduated in 2012. In 2009, she went on an important study exchange to the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Her early work shows the influence of the specific formal vocabulary of modern or contemporary architecture. In subsequent years, her work sensitively analyzed the possibilities of geometrically modeling and structuring space through the use of clearly defined surfaces. She works in series in which she always clearly defines her current theme, though without creating art that remains strictly self-enclosed. Svobodová’s artistic style is founded on an uncommon leval of concentration, on precise order, and on the careful application of clearly chosen and reduced colors. Her series Papercut and Paravan in particular are popular among both gallerists and collectors. Svobodová’s work has resonated quite strongly in recent years, when her paintings were exhibited at a number of high-profile exhibitions, including her repeated participation at the Volta art fair in New York, and recently also at Viennacontemporary and Artgenève. She has also collaborated with gallerists in Los Angeles and Austria.
text: Jan Kudrna
Solo exhibitions
2021
Paperwork, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Gaspard de la Nuit, GaP, Znojmo
2019
Paravan, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Framing Space, River Gallery, Los Angeles
2017
Tubes, Pop Up Gallery, Prague
2016
Inner Matter, CES Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
Papercut, CES Gallery, Los Angeles
Papercut & Noir, Volta NY, New York
Papercut | Ingredients | Prague | CZ
2013
White Space, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles
2012
Urban, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Group exhibitions
2022
Artgenève, Geneva
Trio Feminin, Christine König Galerie, Vienna
2021
T 9-2-7, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Middle od Europe, GAD, Venice
Signal II, Telegraph, Olomouc
2020
Trafo Art 2021, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Karartena, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Artgenève, Geneva
2019
Painting III, Gallery Vltavín and Gallery Millennium, Prague
Viennacontemporary, Vienna
Praha Berlin Barter, Urban Spree, Berlin
Äpfel Birnen Ananas, Christine König Galerie, Vienna
2018
10 Years of Chemistry, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Trafo Pop Pupp, Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary
Dancing People Are Never Wrong, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
Traveling Spaces, Volta, New York
Chemistry Salon, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2017
Passion, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2016
Forum Junge Kunst, City Library, Pilsen
2015
Forum Junge Kunst, CeBB, Schönsee
2014
Burst, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles
8: PLBPRDLKSM, Trafo Gallery, Prague
10th Annual Thanksgiving Collective – Attitudes, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton
ArtPrague, Kafka House, Prague
White Space II, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles
2013
Heaven & Hell, Art Salon S, Prague
Future Tense, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles
Blurred Interface, Kvalitář, Prague
Salon d’Art, The River Gallery, Bratislava
SCOPE Art Fair, New York
Pink and Dangerous, ArtPadSF, San Francisco
2012
Clique, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach
Ein Dutzend Jahre Malerei III, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Vienna
Small Formats, 5s Gallery, Prague
Continue to Continue, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles
Sculpture now!, Ministry of Culture, Prague
AVU Diploma Show, National gallery Prague
Flat Mad Collector, AMoYA, Prague
Way Around, Cooltour, Ostrava
2011
Levels of Contemporary Abstraction,
Prague City Gallery – House at the Golden Ring
Prague Paraphrase of Modernity, Uffo Gallery, Trutnov
Artbanka Kick off, DSC Gallery, Prague
2010
Artyčok.tv Art Fair, Meetfactory, Prague
Juicy Link, Trafo Gallery, Prague
Digitance, Polička
Instant Dinner, Avoid Gallery, Prague
2008
Beira, Jet Set, Prague
KGBxVB, Hall C, Prague
Artbeat Festival, Arts Depot, London
New Media II, Czech National Bank, Prague
2007
AVU 18, NGP, Prague
Bohnise, V. Kolona, Prague
Nic na odiv..? Prague
2006
Six, PHP - Prague House of Photography, Prague Trafačka Opening, Prague
Trafo Gallery, Prague
