Zuzana Čížková

Zuzana Čížková (born 10 December 1982) is a Czech sculptor and painter.

Biography

Although born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Zuzana Čížková was raised in Brandýs nad Labem. During her childhood, she was inspired by her grandfather who was an art restorer.

She studied at High School of Sculptures and Stone-cutting in Hořice. Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, department of Fine Arts in the Sculpture Atelier led by Professor Kurt Gebauer. From 2010, she lives and works in Dobřichovice.

During and shortly after her high school studies Zuzana Čížková specialized in traditional technologies and materials (stone and gypsum). Later on, she started to experiment with materials she had already employed earlier in her education. She was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) which she achieved in cooperation with the Research Institute of cement – mortar in Prague-Radotín.

She caught the attention of the audience, not only in Czech Republic, but also in France. In Paris, she twice took part in the Salon des Artistes Independants (2005 and 2007) in 2005 as a representative of young Czech artistes. Later she made exhibition with a French painter Valexia. Zuzana Čížková also participated at two internships in Basel in Switzerland and Carrar Quarry in Italy. In the year 2009 she received the Winton Train Award – "Inspiration by Goodness Prague – London" for the work inspired by sign language.

She has created dozens of monumental sculptures for public areas in the Czech Republic (for example in Čížkov, Landek Park in Ostrava, Brandýs nad Labem, Poděbrady, Prague-Prosek and Prague-Smíchov.)

Zuzana Čížková paintings and sculptural works has been intertwined with themes of communication and human being in harmony with nature and spiritual faith. She also created works based on the motifs of sign language. Many objects and especially paintings were created on these themes. For example, the cycles of works We Are Not Robots, Electrofaith, Romantic Landscape of the 21st Century and Horizons of Events.

In recent years, the artist has been painting mainly with oil and acrylic on canvases in impasto style layers in very bright colors, even garish colours. Her paintings thus give the viewer feelings of energy and determination, but also an opportunity to reflect reality and contemplate.

Permanent installation in public areas (selection)

*Ivory of mammoth, in Landek Park in Ostrava, stone (2006)
*Mistress of Emperor Rudolf II in Brandýs nad Labem, concrete (2006)
*Sign language sculpture "Life is beautiful, be happy and love each other" – in Prague-Smíchov, concrete (2011)
*Monument to Saint Agnes of Bohemia in Poděbrady, artificial sandstone (2012)
*Monument to the Czech painter Ludvík Kuba in Poděbrady, concrete (2013)
*Madonna's Secret in Prague- Prosek, marble, sandstone, granite and concrete (2024)

Exhibitions (selection)

* 25 years from first solo exhibition, Dobřichovice Castle, 2024

* Kousek cesty (A little way) (2017), Galery 9, Vysočany Town Hall, Sokolovská street, Prague 9

* Trip in Brandýs (2016), club Kočár, Brandýs castle carriage house, Brandýs nad Labem

* Paintings Zuzana Čížková (2017), Hellichova ulice, kostel sv. Vavřince, Prague

* Paintings Zuzana Čížková (2016), Hellichova ulice, kostel sv. Vavřince, Prague

* Romantic landscape (2015), Creative Gate, Jindřišská pasáž, Prague

* C‘est moi - moje cesty, My Ways, Gallery Klatovy Klenová, St. Lawrence, Klatovy, 2014

* La Galerie Thuillier expose - Zuzana Cizkova, Galerie Thuillier, rue de Thorigny, Paris, France

* Up to the ears in the concrete, 2010 Hradec Králové ( in international concrete seminar )

* Siskin at nightingale, 2010 Rašínovo nábřeží, Prague, CZ

* Concrete, 2007 Contemporary project, Museum in Čelákovice, CZ

* Mémoire du Futur - Memory of future, 2007 NKP Vyšehrad, Prague, CZ

* Plastic illusion, 2004 Regional Museum for Prague - East in Brandýs nad Labem,

* Sculpture in trip, 2004, Mariánské Lázně

* Unconventionally classic, 2002 Museum in Čelákovice, CZ

Selected collective exhibitions

* Czech Bible through the Centuries – Česká bible v průběhu století, Presidents‘ Gallery-European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 2009

* Středočeské Trienále, Rabas Gallery Rakovník, 2012

* Les Toiles de l'été, Galerie Thuillier, Paris, France, 2013

* Fancies of police lieutenant colonel, Police museum, Ke Karlovu 1, Prague 2 (with Rudolf Čížek) 2014

* Altars of sacrificed time, 2004 Gallery in Chapel Jan Nepomucký, Jungmannovo náměstí, Prague 1 - sculptures by Zuzana Čížková, photography by Radim Beznoska, CZ

* ČVUT, Cesta za Duhou (Journey to the Rainbow), Prague - Dejvice, 2022

* Beroun, Municipal Gallery Beroun, Member exhibition of the Association of Central Bohemian Artists), 2022

* Auction House Groma, Important works of contemporary Slovak and Czech art), Žilina, Slovakia, 2021

* Středočeské Trienále, Rabas Gallery Rakovník, 2024

Art works in public space

Brandys milenka Rudolfa 4256.JPG, Mistress of the Emperor Rudolf II – concrete, Brandýs nad Labem (2006)
Prosek sochy 4077.JPG, Three Madonnas in Prague-Prosek (2010)
Madony 214049a.jpg, Madonna's secret in Prague-Prosek (2024)
Holeckova 6563v.jpg, Sign language - concrete, Prague-Smíchov (2011)
Anezka Ceska Podebrady 2012 3820.JPG, Monument to Saint Agnes of Bohemia in Poděbrady (2012)
Relief Ludvik Kuba Zuzana Cizkova Podebrady 4153.JPG, Monument based on motifs by Czech painter Ludvík Kuba in Poděbrady (2013)
Kralovske slavnosti 25799.jpg, Nativity - sculpture installed at Prague Castle in 2016.

Paintings

Cesta do Normandie Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, Route To Normandy – oil painting from cycle Romantic Landscape of 21st Century
From dusk till dawn Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, From Dusk Till Dawn - oil painting from cycle Romantic Landscape of 21st Century
King Of The World.jpg, King Of The World - oil painting from cycle Romantic Landscape of 21st Century
Kde je strom Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, Where Is The Tree - from cycle Horizon of events
Horizont udalosti Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, Horizon Of Events - from cycle Horizon of events
Kdyz cas leti Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, As Time Is Gone - oil paintings from cycle Horizon of events
Paths of happiness Cizkova Zuzana.jpg, Paths Of Happiness - oil painting from cycle Romantic Landscape of 21st Century

References

External links

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Nehasit, hořím - Zuzana Čížková
Czech Television, 2006

Televizní klub neslyšících
Czech Television, 2011

Ještě hořím - Zuzana Čížková
Czech Television, 2021

Article in periodical Beton TKS
Beton TKS 5/2011 in Czech/English

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1982 births
Living people
Artists from Prague
Czech sculptors
Czech women sculptors
Czech women painters
Czech graphic designers
21st-century Czech women artists
21st-century Czech painters
Czech women graphic designers
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni
21st-century Czech sculptors