The return to times long past and the aesthetics of the 19th century, but also of antiquity, which can both have a relatively contemporary look, are aspects that have been present in Tereza Zelenková's work continuously. The search for myths, subtle or even heavily symbolic references envelops her photographs with a distinctive weight of their own kind, something intrinsically linked to the Old Continent and its history as a tangible part of it. The absence of myth could be characterized as something that society is currently experiencing, and despite this, author tries to do the opposite, to breathe a hint of life into them for a moment.

Bio

Tereza Zelenková is artist who lives in London and Prague. Between 2007 and 2010, she studied photography at the University of Westminster, followed by studies at the Royal College of Art completed in 2012. She has taken part in a number of group projects, mostly in Great Britain but also in the United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Her works are part of several significant collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), Foam Photography Museum (Amsterdam), Musée de l’Élysé (Lausanne), Saatchi Gallery (London) and Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur).