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Contact
zuzana.m.mackova@gmail.com


General info
Zuzana-Markéta Macková, she/her
Born in 1999, Brno, Czech Republic
Based between Berlin, DE, and Prague, CZ

Education
2021—2023    MA, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, NL
2020—2021    BA, KASK&Conservatorium, Ghent, BE
2018—2021    BA, FAMU, Studio of New Aesthetic, Prague, CZ

Solo shows / solo performances

2026 UPCOMING     Degustace Medzuslovanštiny, STÁTKY, Klub zastupitelů města Brna, Brno, CZ
2026 UPCOMING    Live, laugh, lithium, solo exhibition, sam83, Česká Bříza, CZ
2026 UPCOMING    OFFLINE SPARK, ScreenSaverGallery, CZ

2024    Tamed simulacrum, performative degustation, Divoká Šárka collective, INI Prostor, Prague, CZ
2024    Girl Dinner, LARP, Artmill, Miřenice, CZ
2023    Velvet fair, AEROPONIC ACTS ~ WHERE THE MOON IS UP, solo performance, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT
2023    So good, right?, solo performance, NIDA Art Colony, Nida, LT
2022    Eastern, but make it central, solo exhibition, DOCK, Basel, CH
2022    Eastern European sci-fi (duo with Maxine Vajt), solo performance, Holešovická šachta, Prague, CZ
2021    Kitchen 1,  solo performance, ArtEZ, Arnhem, NL
2018    Golden record: Finally the first step of the new vocabulary!,  solo exhibition, Fotopub Festival, Novo Mesto, SL

Curatorial practice
2026    Bleed Through, Galerie 35M2, Prague, CZ
2025    All that is solid melts like my blush after a long shift, GAMU, Prague, CZ
2020    Bad Joke, PANEL Gallery, Prague, CZ
2019    Greetings from Bucaramanga, PANEL Gallery, Prague, CZ
2019    Nuclear Dinner, PANEL Gallery, Prague, CZ
2017    Chronos and Kairos, Holobyt Gallery, Prague, CZ

Published texts
2026    “Přízraky současnosti: Pár poznámek k hauntologii a návratu viktoriánské gotiky”, notes on hauntology and the return of Victorian gothic aesthetic, published on A2

2025    "Chanel a hlína", review of Klára Hosnedlová’s exhibition embrace at Hamburger Bahnhof, published on Artalk

2024    "Emoční choreografie pohyblivého obrazu", review of the exhibition Unbound: Performance as Rupture at Julia Stoschek Foundation, published on Artalk

Group shows / group performances
2027 UPCOMING    Decostructing Myths, AQB, Budapest, HU

2026    SJCH Křehkost, co zůstane /The Soft After, Studio Prám, Prague, CZ
2026    To become a spark vol.2, Queen Qotti, Berlin, DE
2026    To become a spark, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, US
2025    All that is solid melts like my blush after a long shift, GAMU, Prague, CZ
2024    Open house, Artmill, Miřenice, CZ
2024    Sabbath vol.2, 90mil, Berlin, DE
2023    Open house, Mustarinda residency, Hyrynsalmi, FI
2023    CASCO: Long Time No See ~ Cure for the Itch, NIDA Art Colony, Nida, LT
2022    Boundaries: Biography, Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Pilsen, CZ
2022    State of Concept: The Covent of the Care-full ~ Watering wandering, BACO, Bergamo, IT
2022    Divination from a Night Sky Partially Obscured by Clouds, GHMP, Prague, CZ
2021    Gentle Wake-up Sounds, Holešovická Šachta, Prague, CZ
2020    Vedro, Archa Theater, Prague, CZ (Until Further Notice collective)
2020    Still, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague, CZ (Until Further Notice collective)
2020    Ginger Jacks, Unit of Temporality, Prague, CZ
2019    The table is not for walking, CitySurfer Office, Prague, CZ
2019    Jackpot, MeetFactory – open studios, Prague, CZ
2017    Chronos and Kairos, Holobyt Gallery, Prague, CZ
2017    Fotobrigáda!, Galéria PETIT, Bratislava, SK
2017    Unibrejk festival, Čítárna Unijazzu, Prague, CZ
2016    Design Mode Festival, New Town Hall, Prague, CZ
2016    Divočina pro Šumavu, Café v lese, Prague, CZ

Residencies, internships, awards, and other stuff
2026    Guest lecture at Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, Budapest, HU
2026    Guest lecture at Milton Friedman University, Budapest, HU
2026    Artist talk at Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, HU
2026    Artist residency, Deconstructing Myths: An Artist Residency in the V4 Region, AQB, Budapest, HU
2024    Invited to be a jury member, Filmový TRHák film festival, Kino Světozor, Prague, CZ
2024    Collaboration with Simona Binko on CCAiB series, Czech Center Berlin, DE
2024    Artist residency, Artmill, Miřenice, CZ
2024    Internship (art production), Czech Center, Berlin, DE
2023    Workshop on imaginary filmmaking, Hyrynsalmi, FI
2023    Artist residency, Mustarinda Association, Hyrynsalmi, FI
2022    Invited to be a part of the portfolio review jury, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, Pilsen, CZ
2022    Symposium guest, Boundaries: Biography, Pilsen, CZ
2018    First prize, FotoŠkoda Bienále, CZ
2015    Internship (photography), FotoŠkoda, Prague, CZ
2017    Winner of the Fotopub Portfolio Prize, Novo Mesto, SL

Freelance cultural work

2018—present    Text editor and translator (Czech, English)
2017—present    Fine arts curator
2015—present    Photographer and audiovisual editor

Cultural work
2026    UPCOMING    Program for the publication of the Czech translation of bell hooks’s The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, Tranzit.cz, Prague, CZ

2025—2026   Photo and video documentation, Kulturhaus Insel Berlin, Berlin, DE
2024—2025    Sound editor, dramaturgy, Czech Center, Berlin, DE
2024—2024    Social media content curation and management for artist Anna Kubelík, Berlin, DE
2023—2025    Gallery assistant, ACUD gallery, Berlin, DE
2021— 2026    PR/social media, Display – Association for Research and Collective Practice, CZ
2018—2023    Gallery assistant, Display Gallery, Prague, CZ
2015—2017    Press photographer, Pražský deník, Prague, CZ

Feel free to reach out,
and let’s do something together <3