Alternate decription

Johana Merta

mertajohana@seznam.cz

01.09.1987

Brno, Czechoslovakia

Skuteč, Czechia

+420 777 055 325

Vyjádření umělkyně/ce

For a long time, I have been interested in the relationship between culture and nature, the value systems derived from this relationship and their interconnectedness in building collective and personal identity. I see the fragile cultural concepts that surround us as boundaries that are created with diverse motivations. I try to narrate different situations, to report on the possibilities that we generally have as humanity. It just depends on who we are willing to become and what lens we perceive the events through. I grew up in the euphoric 90s in the environment of the Protestant evangelical church and the drama theater of the post-totalitarian democracy. So shaped by the life of charismatic faith and the tragicomic sphere of the culture of creating illusions. I am inspired by the stories of people, under what conditions and circumstances they created, or those who could not create, or created in secret. I describe this phenomenon in a metaphor as "growing through the fence", which is one of my fundamental themes. I see most of my work, regardless of its form, as a narrative/conversation. With my personal statement about a broader general theme, I create an intimate situation where two worlds meet. The meeting of the world in which I move as an author and name it and the other parallel one in which the observer lives. The basis for this reasoning is the statement that "world ≠ world". That is, that there is no depiction or representation of the world that corresponds to another and in no way so-called objective. Every world is absolutely subordinated to the individual and his possibilities of perception. We have totally different experiences even if we are neighbors on the same street, so you could say that we are residents of the same space-time, yet with a completely different perception of the world. My goal is to keep my creative freedom. My desire is to "work" and I do not consider it modest.

Bio

MgA. JOHANA MERTA / *1987 born in Czechoslovakia I am human from Brno. Kind of woman, East European woman artist. I studied exhibition, performance, intermedia, drawing and printmaking. After graduating I moved to the countryside with my family. Now i live in Skuteč in the Pardubice Region and I am mum of three. I work in various forms and systematically use experiment for searching a new ways. Member Hugo & Zoe / band / singer / formation 2007 Grau kllktv / non-profit organization for cultural development / founded 2011 Ateliér Banja Luka / society of artists / foundation 2010

CV

Vzdělání

  • 2003 - 2008 High school of art and design / SŠUŘ Brno / department of expozitions
  • 2008 Faculty of Fine Arts BUT / Performance
  • 2009 - 2012 Faculty of Fine Arts BUT / Intermedia
  • 2012 - 2017 Faculty of Fine Arts BUT / Drawing and Printmaking

Ocenění/Rezidence

  • 2021 / OFFSPACE AiR / Pardubice / CZ
  • 2022 / Muzeum of mining / Banská Štiavnica / SK

Přehled výstav / projektů

  • 2024 / OVER ALL POSSIBILITIES / DZYGA gallery / LVIV / UA
  • 2023 / Blouděním k sobě / Gočárova galerie / Pardubice / CZ
  • 2022 / Povrchová těžba / Galeria Jozefa Kollára / Báňská Štiavnica / SK
  • 2022 / Vždy a všude / galerie vila Ždánice / CZ
  • 2021 / Tady a teď! / Dům umění Brno / CZ
  • 2020 / Neboj se a neplač / BlackBox projekt / Galerie TIC / Brno / CZ
  • 2020 / Sbírka dráždidel imaginace / Biennale Matter of Art / PCG / Praha / CZ
  • 2020 / Víru nevygooglíš / Galerie Edikula / Brno / CZ
  • 2019 / Podoby práce / Galerie města Blanska / CZ
  • 2018 / TAKE CARE / Galerie Ambit / Praha / CZ