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Filomena Borecká

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Filomena Borecká

born 10/22/1977 in Prague, lives in between Prague and Paris since 1998

Education

2005
Post Dipoma, ENSBA Paris, France
1998 - 2004
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Diplôme national supérieur d’Art Plastique (DNSAP degree in visual art ), Paris, France
2003
Master of Fine Arts Program, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, USA
1996 - 1997
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
1994 - 1996
Secondary School of Applied Arts in Stonemasonry and Sculpture, Hoøce , Czech Republic

Stipends, grant and awards

2009
Eranos - sociological study group, Paris, France
2008
Foundation of the Ricard Company, Paris, France
2007
DRAC, artist residency at the Pujols Château, Pujols- sur-Dordogne, France
2005
Tomáš Ba Foundation, Aix-en-Provence, France
2004
Stipend from the French government, Paris, France
2003
Colin-Lefrancq, New York, USA
2000
Oldøch Dubina Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 - 1999
Stipend from the French government, Paris, France

Artist residencies

2009
Le Socle, Atelier 100, Paris, France
2009
International Sculpture Symposium, Hoøce v Podkrkonoší, Czech Republic
2008
Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres, France
2007
Nouaison artist residency at the Pujols Château, Pujols-sur-Dordogne, France
2005
Lourmarin Château, Laurent Vibert Foundation, Aix-en-Provence, France
1998 - 2000
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2009
inSCAPES, Galerie Havelka, Prague (catalogue)
2008
Under the Skin, Women House, Montreuil, France
2007
Méristèmes, Pujols Château, Pujols-sur-Dordogne, France
2005
Amplitudes, Galerie Štìanská 35, French Institute, Prague (catalogue)
2005
Fugacidad, part of the European project “Create Europe, Create Culture”, Muzeum Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
2004
Drawings & Sound Sculptures, Galerie Crous Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2000
TakeOff, Galerie Bernanos, Paris, France

Group exhibitions (selection)

2009

  • Jeune Création 2009, CenteQuatre, Paris, France (catalogue)
  • International Biennale « Anima x Animalia », Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France (catalogue)
  • SUperNova, international exhibition at Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres, France
  • Spectator Novus, Galerie Kritikù Palác Adria, Prague (catalogue)

2008

  • Un son par là, Carré des Arts, Nîmes, France
  • Jeune Création 2008, Park La Vilette, Paris, France (catalogue)
  • Aeronále, intervention in public space, Ruzynì Airport, Prague
  • The Self-Portrait in Czech Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries, AJG, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (catalogue)
  • Second Life, in the   gallery space, La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres, France
  • Corps à faire, Gallery Jeune Création, Paris, France
  • Fin à programmer, Institute of Political Sciences, Paris, France

2007

  • Summer group show, Galerie Sévigné, Paris, France
  • Atelier, Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris, France
  • Alliance, in the   gallery space, La Générale en Manufacture, Paris, France
  • Virtually There and Back, Main d’Œuvres arts center Saint-Ouen, France

2006

  • Le multiple et l’éphémère, 51st Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
  • Tribute to Jacqueline Lamba, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

2005

  • Inside and Out, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York City
  • Praznik Muzike, Galerie 10m2, Sarajevo, Bosna - Herzegovina, BIH
  • Bottomless, House of Art in Opava, Czech Republic
  • IndiviDUEL, Gallery of the Academy of Sciences, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague
  • Europe: The Past is Coming, Rihour Palace,Lille, France

2004

  • SmALL is beautiful, Galerie Artem, Quimper, Bretagne, France
  • Monuments of memory, sculptural symposium, Litvinov, Czech republic (catalogue)
  • Continuum, Diesel Gallery, New York City
  • Bottomless, Galerie Chrudimské Besedy, Chrudim, Czech Republic

2003

  • Dimension, Diesel Gallery, New York City

2002

  • Pierre Weiller Prize, exhibition of selected drawings, Gallery of the French Institute, Paris, France

2000

  • Artistes du Monde, Galerie Bernanos, Paris, France

1999

  • Annual exhibition of artists from the Cité Internationale des Arts artist residency, Paris, France

Implementations and projects (selection)

2008 - 2009
Collaboration on the Phrenos Breath Bank with theEranos sociology study group, Paris, France
2006
Map of the Soul, monumental drawing for DOT.Architects Vodafone company, Prague
2005 - 2006
Revival of Spouts - interactive performance with sound sculptures and dancers, French Institute, Prague, Karios Production, Montreuil, France
2003
Collaboration on the project “Chosen”, Whitney Independent Study Program, New York City
2002
Conception and creation of Mandala, psychoanalysis of art, Ensba, Paris, France