Markéta Kolářová (*1993, Svitavy) lives and works in Prague and Manila. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the Painting III studio, initially under the guidance of Michael Rittstein, and graduated in 2019 under Josef Bolf.

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Markéta Kolářová’s artistic practice operates at the intersection of natural ecosystems, cultural anthropology, and the processes of material transformation. Her work is shaped by intercultural dialogue and an exploration of diverse models of human perception regarding time and space, which she translates into a complex visual language. In her solo exhibition Iridescence (Hong Kong), Kolářová analyzed cross-cultural interconnectedness through the lens of local legends and shared narratives. This research was directly followed by the exhibition Ethereal Edges (Manila, 2025), where the artist shifted her focus toward themes of impermanence, civilizational restlessness, and the transformation of forms at the boundary between the human and natural worlds.

A key conceptual and material impulse for Kolářová is her practical experience with coral reef restoration in the Philippines. She directly integrates the ecological principles of marine ecosystems—where damaged structures become the substrate for new life—into her sculptural and object-based work. This organic cycle of regeneration also defines her latest series of works, created during her residency under the WestK platform on Ma Wan Island. The resulting body of work functions as a sequential narrative of human and environmental transformation, capturing a process that moves from a dormant state, through a threshold of disruption, to a subsequent expansion of forms. Paralleling the regeneration of marine fauna, the motif of the human face gradually dissolves and morphs into an organic entity. Destruction in Kolářová's concept does not signify an end, but rather a process of shedding a fixed identity and seeking a new, sustainable relationship between humanity and the biosphere.