MICHAELA SINDLEROVA
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Drawing on her background as a female painter from a post-Soviet country, Michaela Šindlerová incorporates Slavic mythological elements to explore her own role within larger cultural narratives. A Czech-born abstract artist, she examines how contemporary stories intersect with historical myths to shape cultural memory, probing the forces that structure human experience—fate, nationality, and gender.
Born: 2000, CZ
Based in: London, UK
Education:
2024 – 2026: Goldsmiths, University of London, MFA, London, UK
2021 – 2024: Studio of Fine Arts III, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, BA, Prague, CZ
Winter semester 2022/2023: Malerei / Grafik, HGB in Leipzig, DE
2019 – 2020: Studio of Fashion and Footwear Design, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, CZ
Solo shows:
2025
Když padáš, procitáš / When You Fall, You Awaken, Platforma 15, Prague, CZ, 2025Chiromancy,M6 Gallery, Prague, CZ, 2023
XX, Gallery NIKA, Prague, CZ, 2022
Naked Guts, Artes, Porto, PT
Selected group shows:
2025
Positions in Contemporary Art: Europe Across Borders, Europe House, London, UK
Memory Of The Future, Hartslane, London, UK
Toast To The Void, Plant Room, London, UK
After:Image, curated by O. Kowalewska, FILET, London, UK
Image (Embodied), Greatorex, London, UK
SitnAltA, The Handbag Factory, London, UK
2024
ART PRAGUE: International Art Fair, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague, CZ
Salon, group show, M6 Gallery, Prague, CZ
2023Divoce a Prostě, group exhibition, Prague, CZ
Graphic of the Year, series of lithography Route 777, group exhibition, Galerie U Betlémské kaple – Lapidárium, Prague, CZ
Fresh Genau, group exhibition, off-space, Leipzig, DE
2022Smashed Memory, group exhibition of TAR, Porto, PT
From Wildfires, Galeria Geraldos da Silva, Porto, PT
No Fear, group exhibition, off-space, Prague, CZ
Press:
Interview, Umění Pro Město, GHMP, 2023 (czech)
Review: Umprum Online, XX exhibition at NIKA Gallery, 2023 (czech)
Feature: Czech Centre in Seoul, New Perspectives - Young Talents in Czech Art, 2022 (czech)
Magazine Situace, selected texts, published by Public SpaceLab, 2023: https://publicspacelab.cz/revue-situace/ (czech)
Residencies, symposiums:
ReEducate Me!, one-week-long Art Symposium arranged by Floating University (Prof. Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius and others), Berlin, DE; October 2022
Artist-in-residence, TAR, Porto, PT; July–September 2022
Artist talks:
Image (Embodied), artist talk, Greatorex, London, UK (16.4. 2025)
Awards:
Finalist at Bakala Foundation (2024)
Works are held in private collections:
Czechia
Portugal