Karina Kottová

Education:
2008 – 2014 (expected) Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Theory and History of Art (PhD.)
2006 – 2007 Universiteit Maastricht, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Art and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education (M.A.)
2005 – 2006 Universiteit Maastricht, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Erasmus Program (Minor Arts and Heritage)
2003 – 2006 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts and Humanities (Bc.)

Internships and Scholarships:
2007 Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, The Netherlands
2007 Huygens scholarship, The Netherlands (granted for studying an MA program)
2010 Meda Mladek, Washington DC, USA
2012 Fulbright scholarship, Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York

Projects:
apr 2011 – present
INI Gallery
co-owner, curator

feb 2011 – aug 2012
Prádelna Bohnice: Space for Contemporary Art
co-founder, curator

feb 2010 – present
UMakArt: You Make Art
author and coordinator

Professional Experience:
feb 2012 – present
MeetFactory International Center of Contemporary Art
curator

feb 2010 – present
Anglo-American University of Prague, Faculty of Humanities
lecturer

2011 – 2012
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education
lecturer

2009 – 2012
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
head of education

2008 – 2011
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities
external lecturer

2007 – 2009
Museum Kampa – The Jan and Meda Mladek Foundation
head of education

Curatorial Projects:
2014
About the Chair: Czech section of the Liege International Biennale of Photography (cooperation with Hynek Alt and Alexandra Vajd)
She-Wolf of the Night II: Winter, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
Xavier Poultney (GB): Transient Objects, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)

2013
Metaphysics of Discipline, Czech Cener Berlin
Needless Cleanup, MeetFactory Gallery
Lummerland II, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Martin Hrubý, Petr Krátký (CZ): Reverberation, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Performance LAB: Exploring Contemporary Czech Performance, Czech Center NYC
Romana Drdová (CZ): Blue, White, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Václav Magid (CZ): From the Aesthetic Education Secret Files, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Markéta Magidová (CZ): Unreturned Plan, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Connecting Lines, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC

2012
Marcel Mieth (DE): If Only I knew…, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Radovan Čerevka (SK): Cave, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Tamás Szvet (HU): Case Study, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Alex Neuschäfer (DE): Quantization, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Pola Sieverding (DE): Cross Metropolis Machine, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
On the Contrary, MeetFactory Gallery
Miroslav Hašek (CZ): Homeperformance, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Matěj Smetana, Pavel Sterec (CZ): Co objekty chtějí?, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Jiří Staněk (CZ): Display Mode, Kostka Gallery (MeetFactory)
Image before the Fight, Prádelna Bohnice
Wolf of the Night, OGV, Jihlava, Czech Republic

2011
Leave a Message, Galerie AULA, FaVU Vut, Brno, Czech Republic
Plant a House, Give Birth to a Tree, Build a Son (with Jan Pfeiffer), 4+4 Days in Motion, Prague, Czech Republic
Instituceum: Modern Institutions and Contemporary Art, Prádelna Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic
Performance LAB: Exploring Contemporary Czech Performance, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
Physics, Galerie Ve sklepě, Prague, Czech Republic
*** na špeku, Galerie Pavilon, Prague, Czech Republic

Publications:

2009 – present
Art reviews for Flash Art CZ/SK, Flash Art International, A2, Art + Antiques and Artalk.cz

2013
Institutional Avant-Garde, Sešit pro umění a příbuzné zóny 15/2013, VVP AVU

2010
Visual Literacy, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, chapter “Democratization of Art”

2008 – 2009
Doctoral Students of Art History Symposium (2008), Museum and the School Symposium (2009) – essay “Art in Practice: Mediating Artworks through Complementary Programs in Museums and Galleries“

2004 – 2006
Art critiques for Creative Module of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague