Eva Koťátková’s work addresses the social, institutional and physical structures of everyday life: the rules and restrictions which shape how we think, learn, move, behave and create. She often focuses on the situation of groups or individuals who are excluded, discriminated or silenced for various reasons. Through installations, performances, and community-based workshops, Koťátková addresses how systems of care, communication, and imagination shape our interactions with other beings and environments. Her use of narrative structures—often drawing on personal stories, dreams, and non-verbal expressions—creates empathetic platforms where participants and audiences are encouraged to reconsider the boundaries between human and non-human life.

During the summer the artist will be spending one month with BAU living and working in the small village of Karthaus, named after the former Carthusian monastery. During her stay she will engage with the local communities, creating spaces where collective storytelling, imagination, and dialogue can unfold.

Eva Koťátková’s work has been the focus of solo exhibitions held at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024); Nottingham Contemporary (2023); Arter Foundation, Istanbul (2023). Among many other group shows, Eva Koťátková has participated in documenta, Kassel (2022); the 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019), JIWA: the Jakarta Biennial (2017), the New Museum’s Triennial, NY(2015); ar/ge Kunst, Bolzano (2009).
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Photo by Aleksandra Vajd