MICHAELA SINDLEROVA
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Michaela Šindlerová is a Czech-born abstract painter whose work explores personal and collective mythologies through the medium of painting. Interweaving language and symbolism, she investigates how contemporary narratives intersect with historical myths to shape identity and cultural memory. Drawing on her background as a female painter from a post-Soviet country, she subtly incorporates Slavic mythological elements to reflect on such a role.
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
Selected shows:
2025
SitnAltA, group show curated by Serena Xinran Gao and Alex Xiaonan Gao, The Handbag Factory, London, UK; March 20–24
Image (Embodied), artist talk and group show curated by D. Kazarian and A. Baburskova, Greatorex, London, UK; April 16–18
After:Image, group show curated by O. Kowalewska, FILET, London, UK; May 2–6Toast To The Void, group show curated by Isaac Ji and Charlie Liao, Plant Room, London, UK; June 5–6
Memory Of The Future, group show curated by Sinem Vurkaya, Hartslane, London, UK; September 1–5
Když padáš, procitáš / When You Fall, You Awaken; solo show curated by K. Juricova, Platforma 15, Prague, CZ; November 5–29
2024
Chiromancy, solo show, M6 Gallery, Prague, CZ; March 14–April 16
Salon, group show, M6 Gallery, Prague, CZ; June 6–September 9
ART PRAGUE: International Art Fair, Clam-Gallas Palace, Prague, CZ; November 5–10
2023
Fresh Genau, group exhibition, off-space, Leipzig, DE; January 31–February 2
Graphic of the Year, series of lithography Route 777, group exhibition, Gallery U Betlémské kaple – Lapidárium, Prague, CZ; April 6–May 5
XX, Gallery NIKA, off-space of Academy of Art Architecture and Design, work on display, Prague, CZ; October 31–November 17
Divoce a Prostě, group exhibition, Prague, CZ; November 30–December 19
2022
No Fear, group exhibition, off space, Prague, CZ; January
Smashed Memory, group exhibition of TA residency: together with Maria C. Ferreira and others, Porto, PT; September
Naked Guts, solo show and performance, Artes, Porto, PT; August
From Wildfires – live performance of sound interpretation of the collection of poems Letters by Teresa Bessa, Galeria Geraldos da Silva, Porto, PT; September
References:
New Perspectives – Young Talents in Czech Art, online group exhibition, Czech Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia; July 1 – September 15 2024
https://tbilisi.czechcentres.cz/program/online-prezentace-mladych-ceskych-umelcu-new-perspectives
Interview, Umění Pro Město, GHMP, 2023:
https://forum.umenipromesto.eu/rozhovory/michaela-sindlerova-zameruji-se-na-zkoumani-pameti-a-vzpominani
Umprum Online, XX exhibition at NIKA Gallery, 2023:
https://www.umprum.cz/en/web/for-public/galleries/michaela-sindlerova-xx
Czech Centre in Seoul, New Perspectives - Young Talents in Czech Art, 2022:
https://seoul.czechcentres.cz/blog/2022/09/new-perspectives-michaela-sindlerova
Publications:
Magazine Situation, selected texts, published by Public SpaceLab; June 2023
Co je psáno to je dáno (2023), graphics by Nagy Y. Zhou; 2023
Self-published zines of poetry: Letters (2022), graphics by Paolo M. Mariz; 2022
Residencies, symposiums:
ReEducate Me!, one-week-long Art Symposium arranged by Floating University (Prof. Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius and others), Berlin, DE; October 2022
TA residency: together with Maria C. Ferreira and others, Porto, PT; July–September 2022
Awards, scholarships:
Finalist at Bakala Foundation, 2024