Sabina Knetlová

Sabina Knetlová (* 1996) born in Jaroměř, lives and works in Ostrava. Her sculptural work is formally defined by working with concrete and supplied material. In this approach, she creates a consistent body of work, within which the themes relate to personal views of her surroundings and her grasp of them.

Even ordinary things take on a different complexion, logic, sensitivity and meaning. Sabina Knetlová can perceive such shifts in everyday life, but she can also capture, tie together, and interpret them almost figuratively. It is not by chance that she is perhaps the most outstanding Czech sculptor of the youngest generation at the moment. Her work references different directions, often situated in a strange visual intersection of archetypal idols, Moorean tradition and Japanese anime. In a sense, they also bear the hallmarks of indigenous brutalism that "corresponds to the society of mass production and draws on the intricate and powerful forces of gritty poetry." Likewise, it fulfills the requirement of a memorable image or a clear expression of the material.

SELECTION OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Archeology of banality, Dot gallery, Bratislava
  • Rossí & Knetlová, Einszwei gallery, Prague
  • No matter the day , the moon came up, Karpuchina gallery, Praha
  • Oh moon! Gallery Saigon, Ostrava

2021

  • SUP LEM END, The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
  • Concretely, Prostějov Contemporary, Prostějov

SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

I Can Hear the Grass Grow, PLATO, Ostrava

2022

Possibilities of Transcendence. GVU Hodonín

2021

  • No drama, Czech Center Brussels, Brussels
  • Middle of Europe, GAD - Giudecca Art District, Venice, from the Collett Collection
  • Signal II. Telegraph gallery, Olomouc

2020

  • The worker is mortal, work is alive, Gallery of Fine Arts Ostrava
  • Commanded release, Telegraph gallery, Olomouc

2019

  • Situation Silesia, Důl Michal, Ostrava
  • I, the island - exhibition of bachelor's theses, GAFU, Ostrava

2018

Home, Rainbow gallery, Prostějov

2017

The second wave, exhibition of the FU OSU sculpture studio, Český Těšín

ART FAIRS

2022 Vienna Contemporary, with Karpuchina Gallery, Vienna 2021 Art Prague Fair, with The Chemistry Gallery, Prague