Bio

Kateřina Frgalová (*1998), currently studying in the Painting studio (led by Vladimír Véla) at the FDU ZČU in Pilsen, separates objects of everyday use, which she installs in inert spaces. It thus accentuates the essence of the image and elevates a seemingly banal object from the category of simple function to the category of transcendence. It presents the default reality with a specific fragmentation that is focused on a specific segment of the subject spectrum. An environment without people is characteristic of her paintings. With objects conceived as players on the stage of the world, Frgalová treats them as objects in which she can hide, which are personally close to her. They maintain a relationship with their user, although the user remains unseen, being the one who lives with them and observes them. Sometimes they seem to want to leave the picture, the space expanding around them pushes them to the edge of the frame.

2014-2018 Střední uměleckoprůmyslová škola v Ústí nad Orlicí, obor grafický design
2018-2021 Fakulta designu a umění Ladislava Sutnara, obor a specializace Malba, ateliér Aleše Ogouna
2021-nyní Fakulta designu a umění Ladislava Sutnara, obor a specializace Malba, ateliér Vladimíra Vély

Artworks

Topení / The Heating

olej na plátně / oil on canvas
2024
100 × 90 cm

Bříza / Birch Tree

olej na plátně / oil on canvas
2024
170 x 170 cm

Pod stolem schovaní / Hidden Under the Table

olej na plátně / oil on canvas
2024
160 × 130 cm

Sedíme v křesle / We Sit in a Chair

olej na plátně / oil on canvas
2024
150 × 125 cm

Musíme projít skrz / We Have to Get Through

olej na plátně / oil on canvas
2024
180 × 130 cm

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