Great-grandmother RNA

Čihařová Linda

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Great-grandmother RNA, 2019 - 2021

100 x 100 cm

watercolor, ink, acrylic and oil on canvas

The image is an ode to the creation of the first living entity. The moment when a fragment of the first genetic code got into the lipid envelope and together they were able to replicate. But how did it happen that such a trapped piece of RNA carried information that it should also replicate its envelope? A mystery to which we owe our lives. L. Č.

About the artist

Born in 1982, Czech Republic

Education:

2002 - 2008 Academy of Art, Architecture and Design Prague, CZ
2007 Academy Beeldene Kunste Maastrichtt, NL
2005 Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, CZ
2005 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
1998 - 2002 Václav Hollar College of Arts, Prague, CZ

Work Experience:

2009 - Centre of Egon Schiele in Český Krumlov, CZ

Solo & 2-person Exhibitions:

2019 'Settled Absraction', Critics's Gallery, Adria Palace, Prague, CZ
2018 'Horizon of Expectation', Pracovna Gallery, Prague, CZ
2015 'Cross-section through the Landscape', Critics's Gallery, Adria Palace, Prague, CZ
2011 'Migromat', Vernon Project Gallery, Prague, CZ
2010 'Terestrialisti', Golem Club, Prague, CZ
2010 'Underground Trips', Greisen Gallery, Prague, CZ
2009 'Neverlands', (A)VOID Gallery, Prague, CZ
2009 'Spans Border', Trafačka Gallery, Prague, CZ

Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings:

2019 'The Dream I Believe in', Go Green Art Gallery, Erlenbach, CH
2015 'Natura Viva - Viva la Natura', Czech Centre in Milan, IT
2014 'Trafacka: Temple of Freedom', Red Gallery, London, UK
2014 'Zóna v Pohybu', DOX, Prague, CZ
2012 'Nuit Blanche', (installation Treenimal Escape), Brussels, BE
2012 'Trash Made', Czech Centre in Viena, AT
2012 'Roppongi Art Night', Roppongi Hills Centre, Tokyo, JP
2012 'Magical landscape | One point of view', Regional Art Gallery Liberec, CZ
2012 'From Different Corners', Gallery of Critics, Adria Palace, Prague, CZ.; Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg, FR; Galerie Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna, AT; Galerie Bart Kunst in Huis, Nijmegen, NL
2011 'VIII. International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Firenze' Florence, IT
2010 - 2011 'Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid', Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE; Cine Doré, Madrid, ES
2010 'Kick the Habit', Czech Centre in Vienna, AT

Art Prizes:

2016 nominated: OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2016, MK
2011 nominated: The Sovereign European Art Prize, UK
2009 nominated: CZECH GRAND DESIGN prize for Animali (Trash made), CZ