Markéta Othová can be described as a matador of the conceptual approach to the medium of photography. Her large-format photographs highlight not only the aesthetics of the technical image, but also, as if unintentionally, emphasize the surrounding space in the installation. They are gestures inseparable from the fundamental wave of the generation of Czech artists presented abroad and locally since the early 1990s. Markéta Othová's photographs are characterised by a unique sensitivity, especially towards the pursuit of banality and everyday motifs. However, her work is also characterized by a stubbornness in the sense of working with form and respect, but also by a deliberate subversion of her chosen medium. Balancing on the edge of contradiction on many levels has long characterised the artist's work.

Bio

In 2002 she became only the second woman in the history of the award to win the Jindřich Chalupecký Prize. She graduated from the Academy of Arts Architecture & Design in Prague and completed a study internship by the Institut de France in Paris. Solo exhibitions include Nicolas Krupp Galerie in Basel, the National Gallery in Prague, Bonner Kunstverein (with Ed Atkins), Mücsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest, The Photographer's Gallery in London, Kunsthalle Basel and Alain Gutharc Gallery in Paris. She has participated in numerous international group exhibitions such as Galerie Gabriele Senn in Vienna, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Motorenhalle in Dresden, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Galerie Trafó in Budapest, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York and Camera Austria in Graz.