Barbora Šlapetová

Curriculum Vitae

Born 2 May 1973 in Ostrava

1987–1991

Pražačka Secondary Grammar School, Prague

1991–1997

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Painting Studio of Prof. Jiří Sopko

1995

Intership at Concordia University, Painting Studio, Montréal (Canada)

1999–2000

Graduate Study DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Painting Studio of Prof. Bernd Koberling (Germany)

Since 2009

she has been collaborating on art projects with NASA

Since 2014

she has been collaborating with Black Moon Corporation as a Visual Art Supervisor of planned flights and DNA gardens on the dark side of the Moon

Expeditions

1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2022

Papua New Guinea, West Papua, the Solomon Islands

Awards

1999

Graduate Study DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Germany)

2005

The Magnesia Litera Award in the category Newcomer of the Year for the book Why the Night Is Black, with Lukáš Rittstein (published by KANT 2004) (Czech Republic)

2019

Best in short documentary film Natural-born Astronauts at ArtQuake Kyoto Japan Biennale, The Museum of Kyoto (Japan)

Projects for Architecture in Public Space

2002–2004

Sculptural part of the interior of the Indonesian Jungle Pavilion at Prague Zoo (Czech Republic). Together with Lukáš Rittstein and Michal Gabriel

2010

EXPO Shanghai. Artistic elaboration of the walls of the Czech Pavilion restaurant (China)

2018

KOMA Modular Cathedral from EXPO Milano – Birds of Paradise. With Lukáš Rittstein. Vizovice (Czech Republic)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2000

Blue December. With Lukáš Rittstein. Václav Špála Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)

2000

Aqua Army. Čapek Brothers Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)

2001

Yermolai. Photography Gallery, Liberec (Czech Republic)

2002

2×2. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)

2002

Sculptures and Photographs. With Lukáš Rittstein. Bruntál Museum – Castle (Czech Republic)

2003

Love Story. Art Gallery Karlovy Vary – 38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic)

2003

Dschungel – Jungle. Krauss Erben Gallery, Dresden (Germany)

2003

Gabriel–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Michal Gabriel and Lukáš Rittstein. Tvrdohlaví Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)

2006

Milk and Soil. With Lukáš Rittstein. The Museum of Slovácko, Uherské Hradiště – 32nd edition of the film festival (Czech Republic)

2007

Why the Night Is Black. With Lukáš Rittstein. Czech Centre, Munich (Germany)

2009

Manop – The Final First. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)

2009

The Transfer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem (Czech Republic)

2009

Do Not Come Any Closer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Blansko Town Gallery (Czech Republic)

2010

Symbiosis. EXPO Shanghai. With Lukáš Rittstein. Czech Pavilion, Shanghai (China)

2010

Through the Keyhole and Vice-versa. Rittstein–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Lukáš and Michael Rittstein. Pilsen City Gallery (Czech Republic)

2010

The Transfer. With Lukáš Rittstein. Dole (Down) Gallery, Ostrava (Czech Republic)

2011

Strong Colour. With Lukáš Rittstein. Masaryk University, Archive of MU, Brno (Czech Republic)

2012

Film Projections with Talk, in English, Paul-Desmarais Theat rein conjunction with the exhibition First, the Forests. Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA, Montréal (Canada)

2013

Why the Night Is Black. Tugu Kunstkring Palace, Jakarta (Indonesia)

2015

Everything Is Different. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)

2015

Everything Is Different. With Lukáš Rittstein. UFFO Gallery, Trutnov (Czech Republic)

2016

Rittstein–Šlapetová–Rittstein. With Lukáš and Michael Rittstein. Miroslav Kubík Gallery, Litomyšl (Czech Republic)

2017

Natural-born Astronauts – Projection. Société des Arts Technologiques – SAT Montréal (Canada)

2018

Parallelly Together – Signal Festival. With Lukáš Rittstein. Old Town Square, Prague (Czech Republic)

2018

KOMA Modular Cathedral from EXPO Milano – Birds of Paradise. With Lukáš Rittstein. Vizovice (Czech Republic)

2020

ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL. With Lukáš Rittstein. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)

2020

Natural-born Astronauts and Highway. With Lukáš Rittstein. Sovinec Castle (Czech Republic)

Selected Group Exhibitions

1998

About Nature. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)

1998

La nature en dix chapitres – Artistes contemporains tchèques (Nature in Ten Chapters – Contemporary Czech Artists). Centre Rhénan d’Art Contemporain Alsace, Altkirche (France)

1999

About Nature. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (Germany)

1999

Umělecká beseda Arts Associaton. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)

2000

Probable Painting. Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)

2000

100+1 Works of Art of the 20th Century. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)

2001

About People. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)

2001

Probable Painting. Czech Centre, Berlin (Germany)

2002

Wilderness – Nature, Soul and Language. Klatovy / Klenová Gallery (Czech Republic)

2002

What the Water Didn’t Wash Away. Ball-game Hall at Prague Castle, Prague (Czech Republic)

2002

Golem. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

2002

5o below the Equator. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2003

The Third Zlín Youth Salon. House of Art, Zlín (Czech Republic)

2003

The World as a Structure, the Structure as a Picture. Klatovy / Klenová Gallery (Czech Republic)

2003

Garden. Michal Gabriel and Guests. Barbora Šlapetová and Lukáš Rittstein. Tvrdohlaví Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)

2003

Speculare. Consum Gallery, Brandýs nad Orlicí (Czech Republic)

2003

About Technology. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)

2003

Umělecká beseda Arts Association. Prague City Gallery (Czech Republic)

2004

Vision. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic); Toki Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)

2004

Acquaintances. Art Factory, Prague (Czech Republic)

2004

In Time Between. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2005

In Time Between. NCCA–National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)

2005

Impression. Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (Czech Republic)

2006

Girls’War–Vlasta, Part 1. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2006

Girls’War–Šárka, Part 2. Consumption Gallery, Brandýs nad Orlicí (Czech Republic)

2006

HumOrg-Human Organism. Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2007

Man and Land, Kupka’s Dancer in Time. Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery and Litomyšl Chateau, Litomyšl (Czech Republic)

2007

Exoticismsin 20th-century Artin Bohemia and Moravia. Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic); East Bohemian Gallery, Pardubice (Czech Republic); Gallery of Fine Art, Cheb (Czech Republic)

2008

Lovely World of Fauna and Flora. Rajatila Maltinranta Artcenter, Tampere (Finland); Gallery of Art Critics, Adria Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2008

International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. National Gallery – Trade Fair Palace, Prague (Czech Republic)

2008

The Lights of the Cities and the Night’s Walkers. Museum of Modern Art, Hradec Králové (Czech Republic)

2008

Aeronale. Prague Airport (Czech Republic)

2008

The Transfer. White Box Gallery, Munich (Germany); House of Art, Brno (Czech Republic)

2008

International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. Kuva – Art Academy Helsinki (Finland); Perve Gallery, Lisbon (Portugal)

2008

Dialogues. Calendars for Jindra Štreit. Smečky Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)

2009

International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Re-reading the Future. National Museum of Bulgarian Art, Sofia (Bulgaria)

2010

7x Different Ways + 1 Guest. Dole Gallery, Ostrava (Czech Republic)

2016

All Hail Sport! DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)

2018

Visegrad Group. V4 in Focus at Budapest Art Market. Budapest Castle (Hungary)

2019

ArtQuake Kyoto Japan Biennale. The Museum of Kyoto (Japan)

2019

Birds of Paradise. Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. Sydney (Australia)

2021

Vanitas. DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)