Barbora Maštrlová • Contemporary Artist

Life without
art is just
a trauma ...

... so feel
free to relieve
your pain
with my art!

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Studio Whispers

Eye Eye Eye! – Exhibition Invitation

After a longer pause in my exhibition activity, I invite you to meet the body. Body full of vulnerable, ridiculous, sensitive, and sometimes overwhelmingly present.

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Forbes Life Interview

Alongside my own artistic work, a significant part of my life is dedicated to bringing the meaning of art closer to people outside the professional art world.

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Heroine Interview

In this open conversation for Heroine.cz, I talk about how some of my works make people laugh, others make them uncomfortable — and that’s the point.

Exhibition Archive

Playground (with Elena Steiner) Exhibition – Knupp Gallery 2019

Exhibition as a natural outcome of a long-standing friendship between me and Czech-Austrian painter Elena Steiner.

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Vlasta Magazine Interview

In this interview, I share my artistic views, personal history, and insights into both the Czech art scene and my teaching practice.

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TEDx Prague Women

In this TEDx talk, given at the TEDxPragueWomen edition in autumn 2018, I talk about art as a way of social therapy.

Why do I make art?

I have always wanted to dedicate my life to art. Fortunately, life has granted me the opportunity to become an artist. Even though it is sometimes challenging to persevere through life’s turbulence, art is still worth fighting for.

What is art to me? Above all, it is about freedom—freedom of self-expression, exploring ways to communicate with the world, and the joy of experimenting. I love the process of taming ideas, no matter the medium.

I want my art to become part of people’s lives—to be visually captivating and provide just the right amount of distraction. I want to have fun with this thing we call “art” in our culture, and I hope others will join me in that joy. To me, this kind of fun is profoundly therapeutic.

More about me

A fascinating artist who both challenges and elevates. Her main motto could be: don’t be afraid! Be enchanted by art! Dare to embrace boldness! Art can carry complex themes, and provocation is a delightful bait.

Mgr. Martin Dohnal

(Text for the exhibition catalogue)

Her sculptural objects provoke with erotic boldness, while also frustrate with their abstract elusiveness. Barbora Maštrlová likes surprising contexts.

Jan Šída

(Daily Právo)

…the language with which all the artworks speak to the viewer is clearly formulated, and despite the complexity of the themes and emotions, it is almost straightforward. I really appreciate that the works don’t need any accompanying commentary—they simply work and communicate the intended emotions.