Alena Kupčíková (born 22 October 1976) is a

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artist. She was born in

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and studied at the in

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, the

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, the

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and the

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, receiving a

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from the latter institution. She also includes hair from both human and animal sources in her drawings. Her multimedia works also incorporate recordings of various sounds. Kupčíková is

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and founded a non-profit organization in support of dyslexic children. She created a special multimedia work for dyslexic children which received an award at the 2014 International Exhibition of Inventions (IEIK) in

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. In 2003, she was awarded a

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prize for her work. Kupčíková is a member of the FEMLINK international women's art group which was founded in Paris in 2006. Her work is included in the collection of the

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and in private collections in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, Japan and the United States.

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