Eva Maceková

Eva Maceková, born in 1984 in Martin, Slovakia, is a graduate of the Illustration and Graphic Design Studio at UMPRUM in Prague. Her artistic practice encompasses a variety of techniques, including painting, illustration, printmaking, and handmade textiles. Her distinctive style is characterized by powerful draughtsmanship and vibrant use of color.

She describes herself as having a calm nature. But somewhere inside her lives a hellion and a playful child that she likes to unleash on paper or canvas. She is interested in myths, creatures on the edge and medieval visions. Her work often hovers between naive decadence and tragicomic apocalyptic motifs. Many of her paintings are elemental references to subconscious states. In her series of paintings Garden of Uroboros, she explores the nooks and crannies of a mysterious garden inhabited by intermingling unearthly beings and wild plants.

She has exhibited her works at DOX, City Surfer Office, Ville Pellé, Etc. gallery, Trafo Gallery, and Halle Saint Pierre in Paris. In 2018, she was nominated for the Czech Grand Design Awards in the Illustrator of the Year category, and in 2022, she achieved 3rd place in the same category.

SELECTION OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Garden of Uroboros: Organic Bodies, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2022

  • Poutníci, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Zubrnice (CZ)

2020

  • AXN-5920-1, Aquarium - Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
  • Auxin, Page Five, Prague (CZ)

2019

  • Šťastné konce, Lobster Space, Prague (CZ)

2018

  • Píchlá včela, DESKA, Ústí nad Labem (CZ)
  • Zóna, Automatické Mlýny, DUP07, Pardubice (CZ)
  • KŽNJVPSSP, Walk Thru Gallery, Hradec Králové (CZ)

2017

  • KŽNJVPSSP, Xaoxax, Prague (CZ)

SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • Amoma, Špejchar Gallery, Chomutov (CZ)
  • Imaginární ekologie, Regional Gallery of Vysočina in Jihlava, (CZ)
  • ECOSEX, Slovakian Institute, Prague (CZ)
  • US, with Anna Ruth and Margarita Ivy, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava (SK)

2023

  • Foreign Bodies, Pekelné Sáně Gallery, Kroměříž (CZ)
  • Jezdec, Magnus Art Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2022

  • Somnambulists, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AT)
  • Hluboká voda, nejhlubší les, Horácká galerie, Nové město na Moravě (CZ)
  • Fighting Aikor, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2021

  • Tranchée Racine, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris (FR)

2020

  • LUCA 2020, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2018

  • Projektil 33, DOX, Prague (CZ)

2017

  • Amor Bikini Armor, City Surfer Office, Prague (CZ)
  • Život je bolestný a přináší zklamání, Trafo Gallery, Prague (CZ)
  • Život je bolestný a přináší zklamání, Gallery of City Pilsen, (CZ)

2016

  • Festival Lustr - NO. 3, Prague (CZ)

2015

  • Město svět - Villa Pellé, Prague (CZ)
  • Okamžik medvěda, etc. gallery, Prague (CZ)
  • Festival Lustr - NO. 2, Prague (CZ)

2014

  • Festival Lustr - NO. 1, Art Salon Gallery, Microna, Prague (CZ)

2013

  • Lord of the Flies, Wannieck Gallery, Brno (CZ)

2012

  • Apocalypse - Wall num. 2, City Surfer Office, Prague (CZ)

2009

  • Můj šálek čaje, Gallery of AVU, Prague (CZ)

VELETRHY

2024

  • Art Fair Kraków, Poland, Karpuchina Gallery

  • viennacontemporary, Austria, Karpuchina Gallery

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