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Alessandra Svatek (*1979) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, studied MA in Paintings at Academia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milano, Italy (2002 - 2009) and currently resides in Prague and Cologne. She goes beyond classical painting and creates diversity of murals, objects and installations. Typical of her work is usage of recycled material and waste. As she puts it, these little pieces of reality help her to “give temporary answers to eternal questions”. She is also a tattoo artist and last but not least, she is cofounder of UKG (The Stolen Gallery) experimental street art project.

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Ludmila Smejkalová (*1979) is a paintress born and based in Prague. Her paintings are characteristic for her work with the themes of intimacy and feminity alongside with reflection of visual aesthetics of pop culture. From 2001 to 2007 she studied BA/MA in Fine Art and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague with a 2005 Erasmus internship at the University of Fine Arts, Oporto, Portugal. She gets inspired by diverse materials and its paterns. Together with her sensitivity for colours, details and compositions, it leads her to listening to the visual language of the world that surrounds us.

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Adela Belecova (*1990) studied applied painting at St. Agnes of Bohemia College of Art and Design, Cesky Krumlov (2005-2009). During her studies she became progressively disillusioned by the isolation of the ‘art world’ from the rest of the society, its impenetrability and arbitrariness. For these reasons she chose not to pursue her career as a practising artist. However, painting and drawing still plays a role in her life and she keeps expressing herself through these media. It is not done in a systematic way or with a specific aim of exploring anything or the like. Rather, for Adela, it is an act stimulating her brain in ways she seeks.

Similar approach is innate to Jana Belecová (*1977), who studied Politics and Social science at Anglo-American University in Prague and Latin American Studies at Univeristy of Hradec Králové. She is a fan of reggae music and punk, enriches local orchestra “Žižkov’s Whirlwind” with her infamous clarinet playing and is a part of fabulous Bohemica Indica band. Despite the fact that brush and paints scares her, she successfully kick-started her artistic career by creating a colourful mosaic at the toilet of her flat in Prague.

Alessandra Svatek (*1979) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, studied MA in Paintings at Academia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milano, Italy (2002 - 2009) and currently resides in Prague and Cologne. She goes beyond classical painting and creates diversity of murals, objects and installations. Typical of her work is usage of recycled material and waste. As she puts it, these little pieces of reality help her to “give temporary answers to eternal questions”. She is also a tattoo artist and last but not least, she is cofounder of UKG (The Stolen Gallery) experimental street art project.

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Jan Knitl (*1982) studied Applied Painting at Private College of Arts, Zlín (2002 - 2006) and Art Education at Palacký University Olomouc (2006 - 2013). Challanging the rules and convencions of both depiction and perception he explores the boundaries of artistic expression. More than a century ago, the invention of photography and movie had brought a revolution in representation of reality. Last decades have been specific for a flood of visual sensation around us as well as numerous possibilities to manipulate it. In his works, Jan Knitl discovers this thin line between reality, its representation and illusion.

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Versatile artist Radek Tomanec (*1982) occupies himself with sculpture, painting, graphics and applied arts. He studied artistic woodwork at Secondary School of Applied Arts in Tovačov and Art Education at Palacký University Olomouc. Having his origins in grafitti and street art as well as in woodwork, Radek Tomanec is keen on combining traditional art techniques with current methods and on using variety of materials. Should not his inspiration be the material itself, there is, in his own words, one eternal artistic inspiration - a woman.