Jana
Surname
Kalinová
Born
1978
Birth place
Brno
Lives and works in
Prague
Web
www.kalinova.info
Odkaz na heslo v databázi VVP AVU
Info
Jana Kalinová belongs to the first important generation of artists who graduated from the Brno Faculty of Fine Art founded shortly after the revolution. Her work developed against the background of the objectives of the conceptual school of Peter Rónai and Marian Palla. It was within this environment that Jana Kalinová found a certain mental space which converged with her orientation and supported her development.
From the very start Jana Kalinová’s work was dominated by an attempt to capture the paradox and absurdity of human life. It is also characterised by the different media used – object, installation, photography and sometimes paintings. As well as her artistic work Kalinová is also a curator. She founded and ran the Gallery Eskort, which after 2000 was long the live centre of young Brno culture.
Her important works include the installation “Tent”, which she exhibited in 2000 at the Nest of Games exhibition at the Rudolfinum. This was an interactive object which, whenever a viewer approached wanting to see more closely, began to unravel.
Another large object entitled “The Colours of Our Cave” is again inspired by human creativity, which can be sometimes accompanied by an element of embarrassment. On the one hand the work makes reference to the childish fondness for pyromania and on the other the atmosphere of school trips, which often head for the popular Moravian Krast. It was here that the author’s ability to lend her ideas, flirting with the absurd, a large-scale creative dimension, was developed to the full.
Another installation entitled “If I Don’t Know, Then I Ask, I Would Ask, But I Don’t know Who”, exhibited at the Home Gallery in 2003, had a similar effect. The monumental creative form of an interactive object was here contrasted with the theme of rotation, which was intended to symbolise the human ability to step over the threshold of their own restrictions. Man is ensnared in a trap and constantly moving – just like a hamster on a treadmill.
The theme of paradox appears in other works by Jana Kalinová, for instance in the photographs entitled “Sado Hygiene”, “Guernica” and “Remote Control”, as well as in paintings created around 2003. In the picture “Sado Hygiene” the artist examined trivial, everyday activities, e.g. treading on the toilet paper roll, with the aim of evoking a gesture deep-seated in Christian iconography symbolising the victory of good over evil.
At present Jana Kalinová is mainly involved in video pieces and work with text. She also finds important inspiration in the communication mechanisms in operation on the internet.
From the very start Jana Kalinová’s work was dominated by an attempt to capture the paradox and absurdity of human life. It is also characterised by the different media used – object, installation, photography and sometimes paintings. As well as her artistic work Kalinová is also a curator. She founded and ran the Gallery Eskort, which after 2000 was long the live centre of young Brno culture.
Her important works include the installation “Tent”, which she exhibited in 2000 at the Nest of Games exhibition at the Rudolfinum. This was an interactive object which, whenever a viewer approached wanting to see more closely, began to unravel.
Another large object entitled “The Colours of Our Cave” is again inspired by human creativity, which can be sometimes accompanied by an element of embarrassment. On the one hand the work makes reference to the childish fondness for pyromania and on the other the atmosphere of school trips, which often head for the popular Moravian Krast. It was here that the author’s ability to lend her ideas, flirting with the absurd, a large-scale creative dimension, was developed to the full.
Another installation entitled “If I Don’t Know, Then I Ask, I Would Ask, But I Don’t know Who”, exhibited at the Home Gallery in 2003, had a similar effect. The monumental creative form of an interactive object was here contrasted with the theme of rotation, which was intended to symbolise the human ability to step over the threshold of their own restrictions. Man is ensnared in a trap and constantly moving – just like a hamster on a treadmill.
The theme of paradox appears in other works by Jana Kalinová, for instance in the photographs entitled “Sado Hygiene”, “Guernica” and “Remote Control”, as well as in paintings created around 2003. In the picture “Sado Hygiene” the artist examined trivial, everyday activities, e.g. treading on the toilet paper roll, with the aim of evoking a gesture deep-seated in Christian iconography symbolising the victory of good over evil.
At present Jana Kalinová is mainly involved in video pieces and work with text. She also finds important inspiration in the communication mechanisms in operation on the internet.
Author of the annotation
Terezie Petišková
CV
Studies:
1997-2007 FaVU / Fakulta výtvarných umění VUT Brno, obory Intermédia a Video
1993-1997 SŠUŘ / Střední škola uměleckých řemesel obor Užitá malba, Brno
Stipends:
2001-KIAD / Kent Institute of Art and Design, obor Intermedia, Canterbery, UK
1999-VŠVU / Vysoká škola výtvarných umění, obor Intermedia, prof. Rudolf Sýkora, Bratislava, SR
Galleries and curatorial activities:
2000-2006 Galerie Eskort, Brno
od r. 2008 Galerie Parallel, Praha
1997-2007 FaVU / Fakulta výtvarných umění VUT Brno, obory Intermédia a Video
1993-1997 SŠUŘ / Střední škola uměleckých řemesel obor Užitá malba, Brno
Stipends:
2001-KIAD / Kent Institute of Art and Design, obor Intermedia, Canterbery, UK
1999-VŠVU / Vysoká škola výtvarných umění, obor Intermedia, prof. Rudolf Sýkora, Bratislava, SR
Galleries and curatorial activities:
2000-2006 Galerie Eskort, Brno
od r. 2008 Galerie Parallel, Praha
Solo exhibitions
2008
Život a dílo Josefa Predátora, NoD, Praha
2007
Brainstorm, Bast´art gallery, Bratislava
2004
Barvy naší jeskyně, Pražákův palác, Moravská Galerie, Brno
2003
Když nevím, tak se zeptám, zeptala bych se, ale nevím koho, Galerie Home, Praha
Život a dílo Josefa Predátora, NoD, Praha
2007
Brainstorm, Bast´art gallery, Bratislava
2004
Barvy naší jeskyně, Pražákův palác, Moravská Galerie, Brno
2003
Když nevím, tak se zeptám, zeptala bych se, ale nevím koho, Galerie Home, Praha
Group exhibitions included in ARTLIST.
Hnízda her, 2000
The Phenomenon of a Play
UMAKART (U Make Art), 2010
Group exhibitions not included in ARTLIST.
2009
Cargo -Paris, Paříž, Francie
2008
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2008, GHMP, Praha
L´Art en contemporain Europe, Reims, Francie
Lotus effect, Galerie Šternberk, Šternberk na Moravě
Život pod blavou, součást festivalu 4 dny v pohybu, Bratislava
2007
Zahrádka pro krtka, festival Muzika Paka 2007, Nová Paka
2006
Shadows of humor, Galerie BWA Wroclaw a Galerie M´ars, Moskva
Billboart gallery, České centrum, Bukurešt, Rumunsko
III. Zlínský salón mladých, Zlín
Escena contemporánea, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2005
Zrcadlo přírody, Expo 2005, Aichi, Japonsko
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2005, Praha, GHMP
2004
Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého, Dům umění, Brno
Elettricita, Terni, Itálie
Eastern Alliance, Berlín
2003
Prague Biennale, Národní galerie, Veletržní palác, Praha
Wunderland, Kiruna, Švédsko
Československo, Slovenské národné muzeum, Bratislava
II. Zlínský salón mladých, Zlín
2002
Czech atact france, Palade de Tokyo, Paříž
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2002, GHMP, Praha
A sakra, galerie VŠUP, Praha
2001
Fotok, galerie MEO, Budapešt
Obrazy se míhají, galerie G99, DUMB, Brno
Vitriny, projekt spupiny PAS, Česke Budějovice
Cargo -Paris, Paříž, Francie
2008
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2008, GHMP, Praha
L´Art en contemporain Europe, Reims, Francie
Lotus effect, Galerie Šternberk, Šternberk na Moravě
Život pod blavou, součást festivalu 4 dny v pohybu, Bratislava
2007
Zahrádka pro krtka, festival Muzika Paka 2007, Nová Paka
2006
Shadows of humor, Galerie BWA Wroclaw a Galerie M´ars, Moskva
Billboart gallery, České centrum, Bukurešt, Rumunsko
III. Zlínský salón mladých, Zlín
Escena contemporánea, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2005
Zrcadlo přírody, Expo 2005, Aichi, Japonsko
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2005, Praha, GHMP
2004
Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého, Dům umění, Brno
Elettricita, Terni, Itálie
Eastern Alliance, Berlín
2003
Prague Biennale, Národní galerie, Veletržní palác, Praha
Wunderland, Kiruna, Švédsko
Československo, Slovenské národné muzeum, Bratislava
II. Zlínský salón mladých, Zlín
2002
Czech atact france, Palade de Tokyo, Paříž
Bienále mladého umění Zvon 2002, GHMP, Praha
A sakra, galerie VŠUP, Praha
2001
Fotok, galerie MEO, Budapešt
Obrazy se míhají, galerie G99, DUMB, Brno
Vitriny, projekt spupiny PAS, Česke Budějovice
Other realisations
Curatorial activities:
2004
Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky, OGV, Jihlava
2003
Za jiných okolností by to mohla být pravda, DUMB, Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno
2002
Galerie Eskort, Langenloise, Rakousko
2004
Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky, OGV, Jihlava
2003
Za jiných okolností by to mohla být pravda, DUMB, Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Brno
2002
Galerie Eskort, Langenloise, Rakousko
Other critical texts
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