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In her work Kateřina Šedá focuses on socially conceived actions in which there are used dozens or even hundreds of individuals that don't have anything to do with art. The actions take place in a completely non-artistic environment. One of the objectives of these experiments with inter-personal relations is to guide those taking part out of experienced stereotypes or social isolation. The nature of her projects is either very personal (e.g. the It Doesn’t Matter project) or of a local character (There’s Nothing There) - Šedá works with the residents of small villages, the names of which we hear for the first time. Despite this personal aspect, Šeda's work is easy to comprehend both generally and even internationally - Šedá has achieved international recognition in a short period of time (she now has more exhibitions abroad than in the Czech Republic).

Šedá draws the “material" for her projects from the ranks of those close to her - from her family or from her home town in Líšeň near Brno or its surroundings. The Transmitter project, which was the artist’s graduation thesis, is linked to her family. Šedá made her family members into members of a commission at the Academy of Fine Arts. The job of this commission was to assess the work of some of the academy's students. The commission was first confronted with the works without the student’s participation, and then heard the student’s interpretation. Šedá drew attention to the confrontation of opinions of people not involved in art and the world of art that is often closed within itself and incomprehensible without the artists’ explanation. Another project entitled It Doesn’t Matter involves the artist's grandmother. Šedá attempted to provoke her grandmother, who had fallen into a lethargic stupor and had lost her zest for life. Her grandmother had worked for years in a hardware store and knew all the products by heart. Šedá convinced her grandmother to begin to draw all the tools. This resulted in a catalogue of 650 drawn items and prices. Šedá’s grandmother even came to the opening in Prague, and Kateřina Šedá won for this project the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký Award.

Work with the townspeople involved the collective projects, Exhibition in the Window, There's Nothing There, Around and Around and The Spirit of Uhyst. Some 150 residents of Líšeň took part in the Exhibition in the Window action in which they exhibited various objects in the windows of their homes. The There’s Nothing There project was conceived for the village of Ponětovice. After a survey of the village and the activities of the individuals living there, Šedá managed to unite all the villagers: On a single day they all took part in activities according to a predetermined schedule. At the same time they all got up, went shopping, swept their walkways, cooked tomato sauce and rice, rode their bikes around town and went for a beer. The project Around and Around, presented in 2008 at the Berlin Biennial, was made in her native town of Líšeň. One day the artist realized how strongly people try to isolate themselves with high fences that nobody can see through and to enclose themselves with their own privacy. Šedá then spent half a year convincing neighbours of one street to take part in the project. On one designated day Šedá herself climbed over all the fences (with the participation of all her invited neighbours observing her). She then constructed a round structure from different materials exactly according to the Líšeň models. This was exhibited at the international exhibition in Berlin to where her Líšeň neighbours were bussed to climb over the fence using various aids and into the circle and out again. The inter-personal barriers were at least symbolically conquered.

In 2009 the Spirit of Uhyst project was undertaken based on the artist's work with the residents of the town of Uhyst, Germany. The locals were given the task of drawing with a single line their view of the "spirit" of the village. All the lines were gradually made on a single line of paper. A collective drawing was made signed by all 316 participants.

1999-2005 Academy of fine Arts in Prague (with professor Vladimír Kokolia)
1995-1999 School of applied arts in Brno
School of Applied Arts in Hodonín

Awards, Grants, Residencies:
2009 Contemporary Art Society Award, Great Britain
2009-2010 Stipendium in Ludwig museum, Hungary
2008-2009 DAAD, Berlin
2007 IASPIS (International artist in residence program in Stockholm), Sweden
2006 ISCP, New York
2005 Jindřich Chalupecký Award
Essl Award
Grant from the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Bern Department of Culture for a three-month stay in Bern
2004 Tranzit Award – development grant

Selected exhibitions:

2010
From Morning Till Night, Tate Modern, London

2009
Der Geist von Uhyst (Ueber Tage), Germany
Česky snadno a rychle (Tschechis schnell and muhelos.), (with Rolf Simmen), Deutsche radio

2008
1+1+1 =3, Culturgest, Lisbon (with Robert MacPherson and Manfred Pernice)
Kateřina Šedá (Colocation n. 4), La box, Bourges, France
Kateřina Šedá, The Renaissance Society, Chicago

2007
Sweden, (with Fritz Quasthoff)
1+1, galerie Arratia/Beer, Berlin, Germany
Vnučka (The Granddaughter), Czech Center, New York

2006
Kateřina Šedá x 3, Francosoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy
Arrivals > Czech Republic, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain

2001
-Výstava za okny, Líšeň (150 obyvatel)

2002
1. sjezd nedělních malířů, Líšeň
Ticho prosím, maluji !
Karlův most

2003
Nic tam není, Ponětovice (300 obyvatel)

2004
Výchova dítěte

2005
Šedá komise
Je to jedno
Převaděč

2006 – 2007
Vnučka, Brno-Líšeň

2007
Každej pes, jiná ves, Nová Líšeň

Selected exhibitions:

2010
Les Promesses du passé, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Jeden na jednoho/ ONE ON ONE, The Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic

2009
Video Drawing, The Ticho House, Jerusalem
Radio D-CZ, Tranzitdisplay, Prague
Po sametu / After Velvet, City Gallery Prague, Czech republic
Formáty transformace / Formats of Transformation, The Brno House Of Arts, Czech republic
Na okraji zájmu / On the Periphery of Concern, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech republic
Fri Porto, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art Copenhagen, Norway
After The Final Simplification Od Ruins, Montehermoso Cultural Center in Vitoria, Spain
10th Lyon Biennial for Contemporary Art, France
Generosity Is The New Political, Wysing Arts Centre, Great Britain
Der Geist von Uhyst, Über Tage, Uhyst, Germany (curator Susanne Altmann)
Time out of Joint: Recall a Evocation in Recent Art, Kitchen, New York
Monument transformace, City Gallery Prague, Prague
A Pair of Left Shoes exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
THE JINDRICH CHALUPECKY AWARD: NEW MILLENIUM, MINOR SENSATIONS, Museum of Art, Seoul
Younger than Jesus, New Museum, New York
Bewohnte Orte/ Obydlená místa, Krajská galerie výtvarného umění ve Zlíně
Try to make a simple gesture, no matter how small!, Trafo Gallery, Budapest

2008
The Green Room, CCA, Bard Center, New York
Cutting Realities, Gender Strategies in Art, Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, New York
La Petite Histoire, Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Wien, Austria
Archeology Of Longing, Kadist Art Foundation, France
Bewohnte Orte/ Obydlená místa, Neuenkrichen, Germany
At The Limits, Emil Filla Gallery, Ustí nad Labem
Average, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
Manifesta 7, Bolzano, Italy
Social Diagrams, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Sixth Biennial of Young Artists, Zvon 2005 (Bell 2005), City Gallery Prague
Where Are Lions Are, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Wir sind immer fur euch da, Kunsthaus Dresden, German
Manual CC, uqbar Berlin, Germany
5th Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Germany
For Every Dog A Different Master, Konsthalle in Gavle, Sweden
Absence v záznamu, Galerie Václava Špály, Praha
No Borders, AICA, Brussel, France
Close Encounters, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, USA

2007
Dressed Up..., Tranzit Display, Prague
Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable, Apexart, New York, USA
Documenta 12, Aue pavillon, Kassel, Germany
“Dazwichen” (INGENDWO), Museum Sammlung in Friedrichshof, Austria
Asia Europe Meditation, National Museum of Art, Poznan, Poland
Facelift: 3 Contemporary Czech and Slovak Artists, A.I. R. Gallery, New York, USA
Politics of Friendship, Gallery Štenberk, Štenberk
As In Real Life, Gallery P 74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Auditorium, Stage, Backstage – An Exposure In 32 Acts, Franfurkter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

2006
Pozval jsem pár přátel, aby se podívali (I Invited a Couple of Friends Over to Have a Look), Galerie Miroslav Kraljevic and Galerie Nova, Zagreb
Gray Zones, Dům umění, Brno and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Shadows of Humor, BWA Wrocław, Poland
Local Stories, Modern Art Oxford, Great Britain

Projects:

2010-2011
Od nevidím do nevidím / From Morning Till Night, (London)

2010
Líšeňský profil,/ Líšeň Profile (Brno – Líšeň)
Zrcadlový vrch /TÜKÖRHEGY / Mirror Hill (Töröbalint, Hungary)

2009-2010
Nedá se svítit / No light (Nošovice)

2009
Der Geist von Uhyst/ The Spirit Of Uhyst (Uhyst, Germany)

2008
Furt dokola /Over and Over (Berlín, Brno-Líšeň)

2007
Každej pes jiná ves / For Every Dog A Different Master ( Nová Líšeň)

2006 -2007
Vnučka / The Granddaughter (Brno – Líšeň)

2005 – 2007
Je to jedno / It Doesnt Matter (Brno – Líšeň)

2005
Šedá komise / Gray Commission (Praha)

2004
Výchova dítěte / Raising Chidren (Brno- Líšeň)

2003
Nic tam není / There Is Nothing There (Ponětovice)

2002
Ticho prosím! Maluji! /Quiet Please! Im painting (Podiolí u Brna)

2001
Výstava za okny / Window exhibition (Brno-Líšeň)

2000
Bezdomovec / Homeless Man

Sammlung Essl, Vienna
Klatovy-Klenová, Czech republic
UNIBANK Group Collection, Italy
Fondazione Morra Greco, Italy
Modern Art Poland, Warzaw
Kontakt, Erste Bank Collection, Austria
UNIBAN K Group Collection, Italy
Gianferrari Collection, Italy
Fondazione Nomas, Roma
Collection La Gaia, Italy
Museums Sheffield, Great Britain

HAVRÁNEK, Vít. Kateřina Šedá *1977. Brno: tranzit.cz, 2008. ISBN 9783905770957. S. 160.
ŠEDÁ, Kateřina. Je to jedno. 1. vyd. Brno: Kateřina Šedá, 2005. ISBN 8023962906. S. 21.
ŠEDÁ, Kateřina. Nic tam není. 1., brož. vyd. Brno: Kateřin Šedá, 2005. ISBN 8023977385. S. 54.

Monografie:

2010
Geist Von Uhyst, published by Kateřina Šedá. Franco Soffiantino gallery, Art Sheffield 10 ans Museum Sheffield
Over and Over, published by Kateřina Šedá, DAAD and JPR Ringier

2008
For Every Dog A Different Master, published by JPR Ringier and Tranzit

2007
1x Daily Before Meals, published by Arratia, Beer, Germany
Kateřina Šedá 1977, published Tranzit and JPR Ringier, Prague

2005
Nic tam není (There’s Nothing There), poster documenting the action published by Tranzit, Prague

Články:
Dirié, Clément: Folies sur papier, Roven 3/2010, p. 48 - 49
Tučková, Kateřina: Zaklínadla, jimiž se uzamyká svět, Právo, May 6 2010, p. 6
Skřivánek, Jan: Umění pro všechny, Art + Antiques, 05/2010, p. 28-35
Bystrovová, Marta: Dvacetkrát Ty Vole, Lidové noviny, August 2, 2009 p.11 – 12
Uwe Salzbrenner: Der stille Geist von Uhyst, Sächsiche Zeitung, August 15.- 16. 2009, p. 12
Kateřina Šedá: Diaries of a Young Artist, published by An artonpaper Book and Darte Publishing LLC, New York, 2009
Blake, Gopnik: Younger Than Jesus: Made by Generation Why, The Washington Post, May 17, 2009, p. E4
Maximová, Anna: Art For Life ( art can be found in anyone and anything), Time at work, CECAC (European Course for Contemporary Art Curators),2009, p. 55 – 59
Bucco, Valentina: Kateřina Šedá, Temporale 2009/ 68-69, p. 32 – 45
Císař, Karel: „Život je jinde“, Flash Art No. 10 November 2008 – February 2009, p. 36 – 39
Sofia Hernández: Kateřina Šedá, Modern Painters, October 2008 (p.64 – 66)
Šedá, Kateřina: „Furt Dokola - obraz klíčové cesty aneb jak projít zdí“, Fotograf, 11/2008, p. 36 -41
Herbert, Martin: Kateřina Šedá (Openings), Artforum, November 2008
Hejdová, Irena: Ráda všechny vyzvu: Zkuset si to!“, Aktuálně.cz, 24.11.2008
Kubica, Petr: „ Paniččino všecko“, 12 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, p. 66
Scheid, Torsten: „ Von Häusern und Hemden“, Kunst, 3/2008, p. 44-45
Šedá, Kateřina: „ Furt Dokola“, Host, 7/2008
Šedá, Kateřina: „ Jak to vidí Kateřina Šedá“, Česká oční optika, 2/2008, p. 24-25
Kovářová, Danica: „ CZ Umělci V.“, Dolce Vita, 9/2008, p. 38-39
Šedá, Kateřina: „Diareies of a Younf Artist“, Art On Paper, 12/2008, p. 58-59
Volf, Petr: „ Přesně“, Reflex, Juny 28, 2008, p.20-22
Čechlovská Magdalena: „ Jaký má smysl zdolat sousedův plot“, Hospodářské Noviny, April 16, 2008, p.9
Vitvar, JH: „ Copak, sousede?, Respekt, April 14.-20, 2008, p.46-47
Hlaváčková, Petra: „ O líšeňských plotech a umění v Berlíně, Rovnost
Buláková, Martina: „ Kateřina Šedá ukazuje lidi sobě navzájem“, MF Dnes
Tim Sommer: Das Treffen der Generationen, Art n. 4, April 2008, p.22
Borůvková, Vendula: „Uvidět normálnost…jinak“, Metropolis, November 2007
Marc Lenot:” Kateřina Šedá, ou l artiste en coulisses, Le Monde.fr, France, 9/ 2007
Kubíčková, Klára:“ Výtvarnice oblékla Líšeň do nových košil, Mladá Fronta Dnes, July 25, 2007, p.4
Vitvar, Jan H.:“Cesta do mekky umění“, Respekt ,July 2007, p.17
Bartošová, Kateřina: „V New Yorku je všechno možné“, Lidové noviny, July 11, 2007, p.17.
Pižlová, Johana:“Sídlištím chybí společný příběh,“ Rovnost, June 29, 2007, p.2.
Kubíčková, Klára: “Košile, ve které můžete tančit,“ Mladá Fronta Dnes, June 27, 2007
Astrid Mania: “Plan Zur Heilung”, artnet Magazin, February 2007.
Anna Willkomm: “Unerträglich Alltäglich”, artnet Magazin, May 2007.
Tomáš Pospiszyl: “To Nie Jest Zabawa”, Krytyka Polityczna, 13/2007
Císař, Karel: “Life Is Elsewhere”, Index, Sweden
grandmother,” Art on Paper, 5/2007, p. 11.
Amanda Church: “Art Therapy: Talking with Czech artist Katerina Seda about her
Christy Lange: “Kateřina Šedá,” Frieze Issue 107, May 2007
Císař, Karel: “Kateřina Šedá,” Tema Celeste 119/ 2007, p. 60–63.
Karies Susanne: “There’s Nothing in Ponětovice!” Hidden Europe, 9/2006, p. 32–34.
Stress, Lucy: “Local Stories, Katerina Seda,” Art Monthly, April 2006, p. 22–23.
Pelouchová, Jana: “Lokální příběhy” (Local Stories), Art&Antiques, 3/2006, p.104.
Uhlířová, Markéta: “Nothing: An Interview with Kateřina Šedá,” Umělec, 1/2006, p. 66–70.
Fišer, Marcel: “Person of the Year 2005,” Pars pro toto, 8/2006, p. 3–11.
Multiply and Map out Our Own Everyday Life), Výtvarná výchova, 3-4/2005, p. 39–41.
Fuxová, Dagmar: “Nic tam není aneb Příběh o tom, co se stane, když zmnožíme a naprogramujeme vlastní všednodennost” (There’s Nothing There or What Happens When We Multiply and Map out Our Own Everyday Life), Výtvarná výchova, 3-4/2005, p. 39–41.
Řehořík, Pavel: “Nakreslete, jak doma zlobíte” (Draw How You Misbehave at Home), Rozrazil, 2/2006, p. 14–22.
Prodělal, Jiří: “Zůstat sám sebou” (Staying Yourself), Líšeňské noviny, 3/2006, p. 8–11.
Klusáková, Jana: “Normální věci Kateřiny Šedé” (Kateřina Šedá’s Normal Things), Revue Labyrint, 17–18/2005, p. 86–95.
Váša, Ondřej: “Spektákl se zavřenýma očima” (A Spectacle with Closed Eyes), Ateliér, 1/2006, p.16.
Prodělal, Jiří: “Prestižní Chalupeckého cenu získala Kateřina Šedá” (Prestigious Chalupecký Award Goes to Kateřina Šedá), Líšeňské noviny, 12/2005, p.11.
Kadlec, Vratislav: “Když zmizí věta” (When a Sentence Disappears), Student, 6/2005, p. 97–99.
Pospiszyl, Tomáš: “Co není jedno” (What Does Matter), Týden, 47/2005, p. 83.
Volf, Petr: “Kateřina Šedá,” Reflex, 46/2005, p. 53.
Petráková, Sylvie: “Pracuji s tím, co mám po ruce” (I Work with What I Have Got at Hand), Lidové noviny, November 24, 2005, p. 19.
Rogers, Mimi Fronczak: “Sweet Sixteen,” The Prague Post, November 23–29, 2005, p. A6.
Třešňák, Petr: “Mysleli si, že su švihlá’ (They Thought I was Nuts), Respekt, November 21–27, 2005, p. 22.
Tučková, Kateřina: “Volno mě nutí k intenzívní práci’ (Free Time Drives Me to Work Hard), Literární noviny,
49/2005, p. 15.
Vitvar, Jan H.: “Poctivý maják Kateřiny Šedé” (The Honest Lighthouse of Kateřina Šedá), Nedělní svět, November
13, 2005, p. 12
Zajíčková, Eva: “V New Yorku máte pocit, že dokážete všechno” (In New York You Have the Feeling You Can Do Anything), Právo, November 12, 2005, p. 8.
Čechovská, Magdalena: “Umělkyně, která vystavuje nápady” (An Artist Who Exhibits Ideas), Hospodářské noviny, November 11, 2005, p.12.
Petráková, Sylvie: “Chalupeckého cena pro Šedou” (Chalupecký Award Goes to Šedá), Lidové noviny, November 11, 2005, p.18.
Petráková Sylvie: “Silná šestka v Chalupeckého ceně,” (The Strong Six at the Chalupecký Award) , Lidové noviny, 3 November 2005, p. 20.
Zálešák, Jan: “Start Point + Pavel Ryška + Artfest.cz,” Ateliér, 19/2005, p.16.
Fišer, Marcel: “Start Point Prize 2005,” Pars pro toto, 7/2005, p. 23–30.
Vitvar, Jan H.: “Dárek od štědrého strýčka” (A Gift from a Generous Uncle), Nedělní svět, 29 May 2005, p. 13.
Kubica, Petr: “Kateřina Šedá,” MFDF catalogue, Jihlava 2004, p. 297.
Janás, Robert: “Dům umění: Váš specialista pro hluboký zážitek krásy” (The House of Art: Your Specialist for a Profound Experience of Beauty), Ateliér, 5/2004, p. 1.
Čechlovská, Magdalena: “Nonkonformní výtvarnice objevuje neviditelné” (A Non-Conforming Artist Discovers the Invisible), Hospodářské noviny, September 7, 2004, p. 9.
Lindaurová, Lenka : “Umění na venkově” (Art in Villages), Art&Antiques, 4/2002, p. 95.
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2010
Geist Von Uhyst, published by Kateřina Šedá. Franco Soffiantino gallery, Art Sheffield 10 ans Museum Sheffield
Over and Over, published by Kateřina Šedá, DAAD and JPR Ringier

2009
Over and Over, published by DAAD and Franco Soffiantino Gallery

2008
For Every Dog A Different Master, publisher by JPR Ringier and Tranzit

2007
1x Daily Before Meals, published by Arratia, Beer, Germany
Kateřina Šedá 1977, published Tranzit and JPR Ringier, Prague

2005
Nic tam není (There’s Nothing There), poster documenting the action published by Tranzit, Prague

2009
Der Geist von Uhyst/ The Spirit of Uhyst, published by Kateřina Šedá and Franco Soffinatino Gallery, Italy
Je to jedno 2005 – 2007 (It Doesn’t Matter 2005 – 2007), published by Kateřina Šedá

2006
Je to jedno (It Doesn’t Matter), published by Kateřina Šedá, Brno
Nic tam není (There’s Nothing There), published by Kateřina Šedá, Brno