• BARBORA KLÍMOVÁ
Barbora Klímová (1977) creativelly explores aspects of vernacular cultural history. In 2013 she finished her PhD studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. Since 2011 she has been teaching at the Environment Studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology.
• Born 18/9/1977 Brno, Czech Republic
• Education/fellowships
2010–2014
PhD Study, Academy of Arts and Design, Bratislava
2004–2006
HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp
1997–2004
Faculty of Fine Arts, BUT, Brno
2003
Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Haag
2002
Hungarian University of Craft and Design, Budapest
2001
Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Winchester
• Awards
2006
Jindřich Chalupecký award
• Occupation
2010–2013 participation on the project Work, tranzitdisplay, Prague
From 2011 head of the Environment studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, BUT, Brno
• Represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, Moravian Gallery in Brno and in private collections
• Solo Exhibitions
2019
Almosthits, Basement Gallery, Olomouc
2011
At this Moment, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2009
Our Business, Gallery of The Good Shepherd, Brno
2008
For those, who were not born here, Sokolská 26 Gallery, Ostrava
REPLACED, Czech Center, New York
2007
For those, who were not born here?, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc
Famous Brno Villas II., G99 Gallery, Brno
2005
SLIders, Atrium, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
2001
New Harmony, Eskort Gallery, Brno
• Curratorial activities
2019
Collages František Jugas (1944–1992) and Petr Nápravník (1986), Galerie Kulturák Archa, Lubná
2018
By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, in cooperation with s Filip Cenek, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
Ivana Bendová a Zdeněk Ryneš: I want, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2016
By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, in cooperation with s Filip Cenek, hunt kastner, Prague
Lucie Mičíková and Ivana Hrončeková: The Milky River, Jelení Gallery, Prague
Miloslav Sonny Halas in Years, Jambor House Gallery, Tišnov
2015
František Walter: Žabža – Realita Omyl, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2014
FaVU Graduates 2014, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
2013
Mutually. Communities of the 1970s – 80s., in cooperation with Daniel Grúň and Filip Cenek, The Brno House of Arts and tranzitdisplay, Prague
2012
Mutually. Archives of non-institutionalized culture of the 1970s and 1980s in Czechoslovakia, in cooperation with Daniel Grúň and Filip Cenek, Tranzit Workshops, Bratislava
2010–2012
Programme within the Work project, tranzitdisplay, Prague
2011
Jiří Valoch – Art is here now, The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín
Marian Palla – At this Moment, tranzitdisplay, Prague
2009
Vladimír Havlík. Yesterday, in cooperation with Filip Cenek, Parallel Gallery, Prague
• Collective exhibitions
2019
For Truth…, Jaroslav Fragner Gallery
2018
Temporary Structures 1, PLATO Ostrava
2017
Immediate Temples/A Reflection on Archetypes and Rites in Czech Performance and Conceptual Art, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
2016
"Up for grabs!“ Laureats of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award from the Magnus Art Collection,
Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
How was it actually. The 1990s at the Good Shepherd Gallery, TIC Gallery, Brno
Doing Performance Art History, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich
Ze mě, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2015
Me, You, Us and Them. Exercises on Collectivity, Off Biennale, Budapest
Graphomaniacs, storytellers, authors and producers, etc. Gallery, Prague
2014
Circular Ruins, Meet Factory, Prague
Grodzka 5, Grodzka 5 Gallery, Lublin
Report on the Reconstruction of the Past: Barbora Klímová and Eva Koťátková, Czech Centre, New York
THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Czech Art of the first decade of the 21th Century, Ostrava Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava
2013
SKOK! Tales of (y)our City, Spinnerei, Leipzig
Modern Architecture Works, Industrialna Gallery, Sofia
Up Till Now, GfZK, Leipzig
2012
THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Czech Art of the first decade of the 21th Century, The Gallery of West Bohemia, Plzeň
The Islands of Resistance. Between the First and Second Modernity 1985-2012, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
LAST SPACE FOR A MAN, Karlin Studios, Prague
2011
Brno Art Open, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
Quotation and Interpretation, NoD Gallery, Prague
Light and Shadow, NoD Gallery, Prague
2010
Laureates 20 Years, DOX, Prague
Metropolitan Periphery, Regional Art Gallery in Zlín, Zlín
Fische hinterlassen keine Spuren, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen
CITY DREAMERS, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2009
Formats of transformation 89–09, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
Performing the East, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
WHERE TO GO? Notes on Transformation after 1989, < rotor >, Graz
Prague Biennale 4, Karlín Hall, Thamova 8, Prague
New Millenium. Minor Sensastions, Museum of Art, Soul
2008
Manifesta 7, Trentino
YVAA exhibition, Magacin Gallery, Beograd
The 6th Biennial of Young Art ZVON, Prague City Gallery, Prague
2007
Hot Destination / Marginal Destiny IV., Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Re: Place, Siemens_artLab, Vienna, Bastart gallery, Bratislava
Whatever video may be..., Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Quartier 21 Artists in residence, MQ Vienna, Vienna
Politic of Friendship, Šternberk Gallery, Šternberk
2006
Barrack, HISK, Antverpen
F.CK THE GUILT, Bastart gallery, Bratislava
First things first, CCNOA, Brussels
Finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
LeereXVision Connectios, MARTa Herford, Herford
2005
Selection of Czech Sculpture 1995–2005, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
The 5th Biennial of Young Art, Prague City Gallery, Prague
Next Time in Your Flat, Jesper Alvaer and Barbora Klímová, České Budějovice House of Art, České Budějovice
2004
Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky, Regional Gallery of the Highlands, Jihlava
Anxiety of Influence: Bachelors, Brides and Family Romance, Stadt Gallery Bern, Bern
2003
Under a Certain Circumstances it Might be true, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
PRAGUEBIENNALE 1, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
10 years of the Faculty of Fine Arts, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
2002
Hedonistic Abstraction, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
2000
Supra, Výpad Gallery, Olomouc
1999
Pandora Box, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
• Publications – Catalogues
Barbora Klímová, Filip Cenek, By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, An Exhibition Report. In Alena Pomajzlová (ed.) The spaces of Dalibor Chatrný : anthology of texts on the artist's oeuvre. Brno: The Brno House of Arts, Masaryk university, 2017, p. 148–162.
Barbora Klímová, Marika Kupková (ed.), Our Business, Tourist Information Centre, Brno, 2016.
Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejovic (ed.), Shadowing the City, Hypertextualisation of Urban Space. Zagreb : Shadow Casters, 2015.
Filip Cenek, Barbora Klímová (ed.), FaVU Graduates 2014. Brno : Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, 2013.
Barbora Klímová, Mutually. Artists and communities in Moravia in the 1970s – 80s. Prague : tranzit.cz, Brno : Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, 2013.
Filip Cenek, Daniel Grúň, Barbora Klímová, Mutually. Communities of the 1970s – 80s. Brno : The Brno House of Arts, Prague : tranzit.cz, 2013.
Pavlína Morganová, THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Prague : Arbor vitae, 2012.
Jan Zálešák, From Global Questions to Local Answers: The Archival Turn in Czech Art. In: Pavlína Morganová. THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Prague : Arbor vitae, 2012, p. 68–79.
Barbora Klímová, Art is here now In: VI. New Zlín Salon 2011 (cat.). Zlín : Regional Art Gallery in Zlin, 2011, p. 123–126.
Barbora Klímová, Crosscultural Guide. In Karel Císař (ed.) Stav věcí – Sochy v ulicích (cat.). Brno : The Brno House of Arts, 2011, p. 17–20.
Jiří Ševčík, Edith Jeřábková (ed) Between the First and Second Modernity 1985-2012. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011.
Jiří Ševčík, Pavlína Morganová, Terezie Nekvindová et al. Czech Art 1980–2010. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011, p. 27, 745, 758, 831, 881, 886, 887, 888, 893, 895, 897, 903, 904, 908.
Jan Zálešák, The Art of Collaboration. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011, p. 17, 29, 80, 119, 183, 184, 210, 211.
Barbora Klímova, We Lived this Project; Construction of Family Homes during the Normalization Era. Prague : Golden Section publishers, 2011.
Crosscultural Guide. Remake of the samizdat print by Wendy W. Luers from the 1980s, Brno : samizdat, 2010.
Barbora Klímová, Our Business. Gallery of The Good Shepherd, Brno : samizdat, 2009.
Tomáš Pospiszyl, Inventory. In: František Kowolowski (ed.), Formats of transformation 89–09. Brno : The Brno House of Arts 2009.
Barbora Klímová, For those, who were not born here. The guide trough children's games of several generations of Ostrava inhabitants. Brno : samizdat, 2009.
Vladimír Havlík – Filip Cenek – Barbora Klímová (ed.), Vladimír Havlík Yesterday (cat.). Prague : Parallel Gallery, 2009.
Adam Budak, Manifesta 7 (cat.). Milano : Silvana Editoriale, 2008.
Barbora Klímová, Replaced – Brno – 2006. Brno : samizdat, 2007.
Jiří Ptáček, For those, who were not born here. In: Barbora Klímová. For those, who were not born here? (cat.). Olomouc : Gallery Caesar, 2007.
Jiří Valoch, For those, who were not born here?. In: Barbora Klímová. For those, who were not born here? (cat). Olomouc : Gallery Caesar, 2007.
Mariana Serranová, Public Space Mythology. In: Tomáš Pospiszyl (ed.), Jindřich Chalupecký Award. Finals 2006 (cat.), Prague : Jindřich Chalupecký Society, Brno : The Brno House of Arts 2006, p. 5–16.
Petr Ingerle, SLIders (cat.). Brno : Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 2005.
Jiří Ptáček, Aury aureol. In: Jana Kalinová (ed.) Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky (cat.), Brno : Eskort Gallery, 2004, p. 5/6.
Adam Budak, Anxiety of Influence: Bachelors, Brides and Family Romance (cat.),
Bern : StadtGallery, 2004.
Jiří Ptáček, Barbora Klímová. In: Giancarlo Politi (ed.), PRAGUEBIENNALE 1 (cat.). Milano : Flash Art, 2003.
Petr Ingerle, Hedonistic Abstraction (cat.), Brno : Moravian Gallery in Brno 2002.
• Articles – Reviews
Nina Ličková, Barbora Klímová: Navzájem, EARCH, http://www.earch.cz/cs/revue/barbora-klimova-navzajem, 11/11/2014.
Barbora Klímová, Mutually - A Portfolio http://www.perfomap.de/map6/sammeln-und-verzeichnen/mutually
Jiří Ptáček, Jak si byli navzájem. In: Nový prostor, 2013, n. 436, p. 25.
Jan Wollner, Mezinárodní vlakový kolektiv. O mapách vyčtených z uměleckých archivů. In: A2. 2013, n. 8. p. 11.
Josef Ledvina, Perspektivou společenství. Navzájem v Domě umění města Brna a tranzitdisplayi. In: Art+antiques. 2013, n. 5, p. 73–74.
Petra Feriancová, Slávne brnenské vily II. (v rozhovore s Barborou Klímovou). In: Vlna, Časopis o súčasnom umení a kultúre. 2011, n. 45, p. 14–18.
Johana Lomová, Tímto okamžikem. In: Deník Referendum. 1. 3. 2011, p. 12.
Barbora Klímová, Crosscultural Guide, 12. 6.–8. 7. 2011, Era21, n.5, 2011, p. 64–65.
Karolína Vránková, Oni tím projektem žili. In: Respekt, n.14, 2011, p. 68–69.
Ileana Pintilie (rec.), "Performing the East" in Salzburg, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5..., 5. 11. 2009.
Barbara Büscher (rec.), Barbora Klímová: Replaced - Brno 2006, http://www.perfomap.de/map2/transf/klimova
Sven Spieker (rec.), Vladimír Havlík and Barbora Klímová, "Yesterday", Parallel Gallery, Prague, June 4, 2009 - June 28, 2009, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/exhibition/455-vladimir-havlik-and-b...ímová-qyesterdayq-parallel-gallery-prague-june-4-2009-june-28-2009-exhib-review, 14. 7. 2009.
Danica Kovářová, CZ umělci V. In: Dolce Vita, n. 9, 2008, p. 36–37.
Krist Gruijthuijsen, Barbora Klímová. In: MetropolisM, n. 4, 2008, p. 45– 46.
Jonathan Griffin, Postcards from Manifesta. In: Frieze magazine, http://www.frieze.com/comment/article/postcards_from_manifesta, 17. 07. 2008.
Karel Doležel, Slavné brněnské vily II. In: Era 21, n. 4, 2007, p. 11–12.
Jiří Valoch, Těm, kdo se tady nenarodili? In: Ateliér n. 16–17, 2007, p. 4.
Lenka Vítková, Politiky přátelství In: Umělec, n. 2, 2007, p. 80–84.
Mariana Serranová, Barbora Klímová. In: Víkend, n. 4, 2007, p. 17.
Tomáš Pospiszyl, Kdo od koho opisuje? Znovuoživené performance jsou ve světě běžnou záležitostí. In: A2 Kulturní týdeník, n. 2, 2007, p. 16–17.
Lenka Lindaurová, Pořád se někdo diví?. In: A2 Kulturní týdeník, n. 47, 2006, p. 8–9.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 37, 2006, p. 48.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 47, 2006, p. 88.
Kateřina Bartošová, Inteligentní dialog s historií. In: Lidové noviny, 2006, 18.11., p. 16.
Jan Šmikátor, Chalupecký zůstává v Brně. In: Brněnský deník Rovnost, 2006, 18. 11., p. 21.
Radek Wohlmuth, Chalupeckého cenu má Barbora Klímová, Aktuálně.cz, http://aktualne.centrum.cz/kultura/umeni/clanek.phtml?id=287941, 17/11/2006.
Lenka Lindaurová, Ceny. Když se řekne Jindřich Chalupecký. In: MF Dnes, 2006, 11. 11., p. D 11.
Magdaléna Čechlovská, Umění, které přichází z ulice. In: Hospodářské noviny, 2006, 27.–29. 10., p. 13.
Jana Kalinová, SLIders. In: Umělec, n. 3, 2005, p. 91.
Jiří Valoch, Reflexe minimal artu v tvorbě Barbory Klímové. In: Prostor n. 2, 2004, p. 26–27.
Jiří Valoch, Jaká je mladá abstrakce dnes?. In: Ateliér, n. 9, 2002, p.16.
Lenka Lindaurová, Barbora Klímová. In: Umělec, n. 1, 2001, p. 80.
Jiří Valoch, Nejmladší umělecká scéna města Brna. In: Ateliér, n. 16–17, 2000, p. 8.
• Interviews
Nina Ličková, Klímová & Moravčík: Prý často říkám „Máš něco?“, EARCH, http://www.earch.cz/cs/revue/klimova-moravcik-pry-casto-rikam-mas-neco, 4/11/2014.
Virginie Bobin, Julia Kläring, Interview with Barbora Klímová, bo-ring, http://www.bo-ring.net/?page_id=298, 10. 06. 2009.
Adam Budak, Barbora Klímová About Her Recent Manifesta Project, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/interviews/356-barbora-Klímová-about-her-recent-manifesta-project, 14. 4. 2009.
Terezie Nekvindová, Rozhovor může být umění. In: Stavba XVI, 2008, p. 12–15.
Michael Freund, Ortsverbunden ohne Grenzen. In: Der Standard, 2007, 10. 5., p. A4.
Petr Volf, Na stromě. In: Reflex, n. 48, 2006, p. 50–52.
Jiří Ptáček, Umění mi zas připadá mocné. In: A2, kulturní týdeník n. 48, 2006.
Marie Frajtová, Barbora Klímová. In: Instinkt, 47, 2006, p. 70–71.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 37, 2006, p. 48.
Luboš Mareček, Spala na stromě a získala cenu. In: MF Dnes, 2006, 20. 11., p. D.5.
Jan Šmikmátor, Na spaní na stromě jsem se těšila. In: Brněnský deník Rovnost, n. 263, 2006, p. 21.
Magdaléna Čechlovská, Barbora Klímová: Vystavím své tělo a pak čelím reakcím, Zpravodajský
server Hospodářských novin, http://kultura.ihned.cz/c4-10104060-19784090-005000_d-vystavim-sve-telo-..., 20/11/2006.
• Other professional activity – action – participation in symposia – workshops – educational and publishing activities
Drawing together with Vladimír Havlík, Inge Kosková, Nora Pražáková and Václav Stratil in the apartment by Inge Kosková. (Based on events from 1980s.) Videodocumentation: Filip Cenek,
Olomouc 20/3/2019.
Classrooms of Barbora Klímová. Workshop and exhibition of students of Jan Patočka Secondary School, Prague 18/9–30/10/2017.
Laying of Diapers at the Cross. Event based on happening of Zora Ságlová from 1970s, Jihlava 19/8/2017.
Famous Brno villas II. – Revisited. Lecture, Gallery VI PER, Prague 16/3/2017
Doing Performance Art History. A Congress of Actors and Observers. Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich 3–5/ 11/2016)
First Meeting, performance in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík, within the project Graphomaniacs, storytellers, authors and producers, etc. Gallery, Prague 21/3/2015.
Demarcation Area, realisation of the project of Ľubomír Ďurček from 1979, Bytom 14/12/2013.
EX ALIO LOCO, II. Lecture about Lecture, event in cooperation with Michal Moravčík, Spinnerei, Leipzig 14/11/2013.
Return: Pictures – Images – Houses – Dreams, Mušov. Reconstruction of event from 1979, in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík, Mušov 14/11/2013.
An Attempt to Connect, author‘s lecture GfZK, Leipzig 3/5/2013.
Art is here now, presentation and public discussion with Jiří Valoch, VVP AVU, Prague 12/12/2012.
Linking, cycle of events, in cooperation with Daniela Baráčková and Jan Pfeifer, Karlin Studios, Prague 2/5/2012 – 3/6/2012.
Compromise in Czech Architecture of the 1970s and 80s., author’s lecture in cooperation with Michaela Janečková, Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Plzeň 25/4/2012.
Compromise in Czech Architecture of the 1970s and 80s., author’s lecture in cooperation with Michaela Janečková, etc. Gallery, Prague 16/2/2012.
The Sins of Youth, presentation and public discussion with Pavel Büchler, tranzitdisplay, Prague 17/12/ 2011.
Reviving Archive, contribution to the symposium The Need To Historize, tranzitdisplay, Prague 15–17/12/2011.
Sentences about the Past – Events – Documentation, contribution to the symposium, Media – Performance 3 – Memory, in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík. The Brno House of Arts, Brno 13/10/2011.
We Lived this Project; Construction of Family Homes during the Normalization Era, event and exhibition within the book launch, 4AM, Brno 20/9/2011.
Mutually, public workshop of Vladimír Havlík for Barbora Klímová, event, tranzitdisplay, Prague 30/5/2011.
Mutually, public workshop of Barbora Klímová for Vladimír Havlík, event, tranzitdisplay, Prague 24/6/2011.
At this Moment, reading and discussion with Mariana Palla, tranzitdisplay, Prague 28/3/2011.
Nonutilitarian School IV - Stage forum “Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil introduce the audience to the spectators”, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 16/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School III – Authors presentation “A Pile“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 16/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School II – Artist’s presentation of archive document “Ambroz – the picture in the picture“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 2/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School I – Workshop “Reconstruction of teaching aids“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk, tranzitdisplay, Prague 19–20/10/2010.
The Manifold (after)lives of Performance, contribution to the symposium, STUCK, Leuven; DeAppel, Amsterdam 12–13/11/2010.
Famous Brno Villas II., lecture, The National Library of Technology, Prague 23/10/2010.
Famous Brno Villas II., lecture, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna 17/5/2010.
Drawn for the Record. A Hundert Years in Drawings from the Collection, exhibiotion design, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 19/2–16/5/2010.
„Man and people of the second millennium end“, workshop with childrens, Brno 12/1/2010.
Formats of transformation 89–09, roundtable within the exhibition, The Brno House of Arts, Brno 17/ 12/2009.
From GM to MG with Barbora, process performance with Josef Daněk, event within the exhibition project Our Business, Gallery of the Good Shepherd and selected venues on streets, Brno 7/12/2009.
Our Business, presentation in frame of the exhibition Formats of transformation 89–09, The Brno House of Arts, Gallery of the Good Shepherd, Brno 3/12/2009
School of Artistic Thought. Igor Zhoř and his activities of facilitating art in Brno, event within the exhibition project Our Business, Gallery of the Good Shepherd, Brno 1/12/2009.
Les Salons, Niels Vis – Barbora Klímová, presentation and public discussion, RED A.i.R, Amsterdam 6/12/2009.
Borders – Common Ground – Bordering Common Groundy, contribution to the symposium, Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade 11–13/6/2008.
Shadowing the City: Hypertextualization of Urban Spaces, contribution to the symposium, Student Centre, Zagreb 8–10/5/2009.
Workshop with childrens born in Ostrava, in cooperation with Josef Daněk, within the exhibition For those, who were not born here, Ostrava 20–21/8/2008.
Workshop with childrens born in Ostrava, in cooperation with Jana Bartoňová, within the exhibition For those, who were not born here, Sokolská 26 Gallery, Ostrava 12–15/8/2008.
Women in the Arts and in Society, public discussion, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 22/5/2008.
Pecha Kucha Night, Prague 20/2/2007.
SLIders, intervention into the system of public lighting, Brno 17/6–28/8/2005.
Barbora Klímová (1977) creativelly explores aspects of vernacular cultural history. In 2013 she finished her PhD studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. Since 2011 she has been teaching at the Environment Studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology.
• Born 18/9/1977 Brno, Czech Republic
• Education/fellowships
2010–2014
PhD Study, Academy of Arts and Design, Bratislava
2004–2006
HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp
1997–2004
Faculty of Fine Arts, BUT, Brno
2003
Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Haag
2002
Hungarian University of Craft and Design, Budapest
2001
Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Winchester
• Awards
2006
Jindřich Chalupecký award
• Occupation
2010–2013 participation on the project Work, tranzitdisplay, Prague
From 2011 head of the Environment studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, BUT, Brno
• Represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, Moravian Gallery in Brno and in private collections
• Solo Exhibitions
2019
Almosthits, Basement Gallery, Olomouc
2011
At this Moment, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2009
Our Business, Gallery of The Good Shepherd, Brno
2008
For those, who were not born here, Sokolská 26 Gallery, Ostrava
REPLACED, Czech Center, New York
2007
For those, who were not born here?, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc
Famous Brno Villas II., G99 Gallery, Brno
2005
SLIders, Atrium, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
2001
New Harmony, Eskort Gallery, Brno
• Curratorial activities
2019
Collages František Jugas (1944–1992) and Petr Nápravník (1986), Galerie Kulturák Archa, Lubná
2018
By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, in cooperation with s Filip Cenek, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
Ivana Bendová a Zdeněk Ryneš: I want, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2016
By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, in cooperation with s Filip Cenek, hunt kastner, Prague
Lucie Mičíková and Ivana Hrončeková: The Milky River, Jelení Gallery, Prague
Miloslav Sonny Halas in Years, Jambor House Gallery, Tišnov
2015
František Walter: Žabža – Realita Omyl, Jelení Gallery, Prague
2014
FaVU Graduates 2014, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
2013
Mutually. Communities of the 1970s – 80s., in cooperation with Daniel Grúň and Filip Cenek, The Brno House of Arts and tranzitdisplay, Prague
2012
Mutually. Archives of non-institutionalized culture of the 1970s and 1980s in Czechoslovakia, in cooperation with Daniel Grúň and Filip Cenek, Tranzit Workshops, Bratislava
2010–2012
Programme within the Work project, tranzitdisplay, Prague
2011
Jiří Valoch – Art is here now, The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín
Marian Palla – At this Moment, tranzitdisplay, Prague
2009
Vladimír Havlík. Yesterday, in cooperation with Filip Cenek, Parallel Gallery, Prague
• Collective exhibitions
2019
For Truth…, Jaroslav Fragner Gallery
2018
Temporary Structures 1, PLATO Ostrava
2017
Immediate Temples/A Reflection on Archetypes and Rites in Czech Performance and Conceptual Art, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc
2016
"Up for grabs!“ Laureats of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award from the Magnus Art Collection,
Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
How was it actually. The 1990s at the Good Shepherd Gallery, TIC Gallery, Brno
Doing Performance Art History, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich
Ze mě, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2015
Me, You, Us and Them. Exercises on Collectivity, Off Biennale, Budapest
Graphomaniacs, storytellers, authors and producers, etc. Gallery, Prague
2014
Circular Ruins, Meet Factory, Prague
Grodzka 5, Grodzka 5 Gallery, Lublin
Report on the Reconstruction of the Past: Barbora Klímová and Eva Koťátková, Czech Centre, New York
THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Czech Art of the first decade of the 21th Century, Ostrava Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava
2013
SKOK! Tales of (y)our City, Spinnerei, Leipzig
Modern Architecture Works, Industrialna Gallery, Sofia
Up Till Now, GfZK, Leipzig
2012
THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Czech Art of the first decade of the 21th Century, The Gallery of West Bohemia, Plzeň
The Islands of Resistance. Between the First and Second Modernity 1985-2012, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
LAST SPACE FOR A MAN, Karlin Studios, Prague
2011
Brno Art Open, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
Quotation and Interpretation, NoD Gallery, Prague
Light and Shadow, NoD Gallery, Prague
2010
Laureates 20 Years, DOX, Prague
Metropolitan Periphery, Regional Art Gallery in Zlín, Zlín
Fische hinterlassen keine Spuren, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen
CITY DREAMERS, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2009
Formats of transformation 89–09, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
Performing the East, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
WHERE TO GO? Notes on Transformation after 1989, < rotor >, Graz
Prague Biennale 4, Karlín Hall, Thamova 8, Prague
New Millenium. Minor Sensastions, Museum of Art, Soul
2008
Manifesta 7, Trentino
YVAA exhibition, Magacin Gallery, Beograd
The 6th Biennial of Young Art ZVON, Prague City Gallery, Prague
2007
Hot Destination / Marginal Destiny IV., Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Re: Place, Siemens_artLab, Vienna, Bastart gallery, Bratislava
Whatever video may be..., Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Quartier 21 Artists in residence, MQ Vienna, Vienna
Politic of Friendship, Šternberk Gallery, Šternberk
2006
Barrack, HISK, Antverpen
F.CK THE GUILT, Bastart gallery, Bratislava
First things first, CCNOA, Brussels
Finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
LeereXVision Connectios, MARTa Herford, Herford
2005
Selection of Czech Sculpture 1995–2005, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
The 5th Biennial of Young Art, Prague City Gallery, Prague
Next Time in Your Flat, Jesper Alvaer and Barbora Klímová, České Budějovice House of Art, České Budějovice
2004
Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky, Regional Gallery of the Highlands, Jihlava
Anxiety of Influence: Bachelors, Brides and Family Romance, Stadt Gallery Bern, Bern
2003
Under a Certain Circumstances it Might be true, The House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
PRAGUEBIENNALE 1, The National Gallery in Prague, Veletržní palác, Prague
10 years of the Faculty of Fine Arts, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
2002
Hedonistic Abstraction, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno
2000
Supra, Výpad Gallery, Olomouc
1999
Pandora Box, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
• Publications – Catalogues
Barbora Klímová, Filip Cenek, By Virtue of / Dalibor Chatrný, An Exhibition Report. In Alena Pomajzlová (ed.) The spaces of Dalibor Chatrný : anthology of texts on the artist's oeuvre. Brno: The Brno House of Arts, Masaryk university, 2017, p. 148–162.
Barbora Klímová, Marika Kupková (ed.), Our Business, Tourist Information Centre, Brno, 2016.
Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejovic (ed.), Shadowing the City, Hypertextualisation of Urban Space. Zagreb : Shadow Casters, 2015.
Filip Cenek, Barbora Klímová (ed.), FaVU Graduates 2014. Brno : Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, 2013.
Barbora Klímová, Mutually. Artists and communities in Moravia in the 1970s – 80s. Prague : tranzit.cz, Brno : Faculty of Fine Arts BUT, 2013.
Filip Cenek, Daniel Grúň, Barbora Klímová, Mutually. Communities of the 1970s – 80s. Brno : The Brno House of Arts, Prague : tranzit.cz, 2013.
Pavlína Morganová, THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Prague : Arbor vitae, 2012.
Jan Zálešák, From Global Questions to Local Answers: The Archival Turn in Czech Art. In: Pavlína Morganová. THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. Prague : Arbor vitae, 2012, p. 68–79.
Barbora Klímová, Art is here now In: VI. New Zlín Salon 2011 (cat.). Zlín : Regional Art Gallery in Zlin, 2011, p. 123–126.
Barbora Klímová, Crosscultural Guide. In Karel Císař (ed.) Stav věcí – Sochy v ulicích (cat.). Brno : The Brno House of Arts, 2011, p. 17–20.
Jiří Ševčík, Edith Jeřábková (ed) Between the First and Second Modernity 1985-2012. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011.
Jiří Ševčík, Pavlína Morganová, Terezie Nekvindová et al. Czech Art 1980–2010. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011, p. 27, 745, 758, 831, 881, 886, 887, 888, 893, 895, 897, 903, 904, 908.
Jan Zálešák, The Art of Collaboration. Prague : VVP AVU, 2011, p. 17, 29, 80, 119, 183, 184, 210, 211.
Barbora Klímova, We Lived this Project; Construction of Family Homes during the Normalization Era. Prague : Golden Section publishers, 2011.
Crosscultural Guide. Remake of the samizdat print by Wendy W. Luers from the 1980s, Brno : samizdat, 2010.
Barbora Klímová, Our Business. Gallery of The Good Shepherd, Brno : samizdat, 2009.
Tomáš Pospiszyl, Inventory. In: František Kowolowski (ed.), Formats of transformation 89–09. Brno : The Brno House of Arts 2009.
Barbora Klímová, For those, who were not born here. The guide trough children's games of several generations of Ostrava inhabitants. Brno : samizdat, 2009.
Vladimír Havlík – Filip Cenek – Barbora Klímová (ed.), Vladimír Havlík Yesterday (cat.). Prague : Parallel Gallery, 2009.
Adam Budak, Manifesta 7 (cat.). Milano : Silvana Editoriale, 2008.
Barbora Klímová, Replaced – Brno – 2006. Brno : samizdat, 2007.
Jiří Ptáček, For those, who were not born here. In: Barbora Klímová. For those, who were not born here? (cat.). Olomouc : Gallery Caesar, 2007.
Jiří Valoch, For those, who were not born here?. In: Barbora Klímová. For those, who were not born here? (cat). Olomouc : Gallery Caesar, 2007.
Mariana Serranová, Public Space Mythology. In: Tomáš Pospiszyl (ed.), Jindřich Chalupecký Award. Finals 2006 (cat.), Prague : Jindřich Chalupecký Society, Brno : The Brno House of Arts 2006, p. 5–16.
Petr Ingerle, SLIders (cat.). Brno : Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 2005.
Jiří Ptáček, Aury aureol. In: Jana Kalinová (ed.) Karaoke je slovní fotbal na všechny slabiky (cat.), Brno : Eskort Gallery, 2004, p. 5/6.
Adam Budak, Anxiety of Influence: Bachelors, Brides and Family Romance (cat.),
Bern : StadtGallery, 2004.
Jiří Ptáček, Barbora Klímová. In: Giancarlo Politi (ed.), PRAGUEBIENNALE 1 (cat.). Milano : Flash Art, 2003.
Petr Ingerle, Hedonistic Abstraction (cat.), Brno : Moravian Gallery in Brno 2002.
• Articles – Reviews
Nina Ličková, Barbora Klímová: Navzájem, EARCH, http://www.earch.cz/cs/revue/barbora-klimova-navzajem, 11/11/2014.
Barbora Klímová, Mutually - A Portfolio http://www.perfomap.de/map6/sammeln-und-verzeichnen/mutually
Jiří Ptáček, Jak si byli navzájem. In: Nový prostor, 2013, n. 436, p. 25.
Jan Wollner, Mezinárodní vlakový kolektiv. O mapách vyčtených z uměleckých archivů. In: A2. 2013, n. 8. p. 11.
Josef Ledvina, Perspektivou společenství. Navzájem v Domě umění města Brna a tranzitdisplayi. In: Art+antiques. 2013, n. 5, p. 73–74.
Petra Feriancová, Slávne brnenské vily II. (v rozhovore s Barborou Klímovou). In: Vlna, Časopis o súčasnom umení a kultúre. 2011, n. 45, p. 14–18.
Johana Lomová, Tímto okamžikem. In: Deník Referendum. 1. 3. 2011, p. 12.
Barbora Klímová, Crosscultural Guide, 12. 6.–8. 7. 2011, Era21, n.5, 2011, p. 64–65.
Karolína Vránková, Oni tím projektem žili. In: Respekt, n.14, 2011, p. 68–69.
Ileana Pintilie (rec.), "Performing the East" in Salzburg, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5..., 5. 11. 2009.
Barbara Büscher (rec.), Barbora Klímová: Replaced - Brno 2006, http://www.perfomap.de/map2/transf/klimova
Sven Spieker (rec.), Vladimír Havlík and Barbora Klímová, "Yesterday", Parallel Gallery, Prague, June 4, 2009 - June 28, 2009, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/exhibition/455-vladimir-havlik-and-b...ímová-qyesterdayq-parallel-gallery-prague-june-4-2009-june-28-2009-exhib-review, 14. 7. 2009.
Danica Kovářová, CZ umělci V. In: Dolce Vita, n. 9, 2008, p. 36–37.
Krist Gruijthuijsen, Barbora Klímová. In: MetropolisM, n. 4, 2008, p. 45– 46.
Jonathan Griffin, Postcards from Manifesta. In: Frieze magazine, http://www.frieze.com/comment/article/postcards_from_manifesta, 17. 07. 2008.
Karel Doležel, Slavné brněnské vily II. In: Era 21, n. 4, 2007, p. 11–12.
Jiří Valoch, Těm, kdo se tady nenarodili? In: Ateliér n. 16–17, 2007, p. 4.
Lenka Vítková, Politiky přátelství In: Umělec, n. 2, 2007, p. 80–84.
Mariana Serranová, Barbora Klímová. In: Víkend, n. 4, 2007, p. 17.
Tomáš Pospiszyl, Kdo od koho opisuje? Znovuoživené performance jsou ve světě běžnou záležitostí. In: A2 Kulturní týdeník, n. 2, 2007, p. 16–17.
Lenka Lindaurová, Pořád se někdo diví?. In: A2 Kulturní týdeník, n. 47, 2006, p. 8–9.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 37, 2006, p. 48.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 47, 2006, p. 88.
Kateřina Bartošová, Inteligentní dialog s historií. In: Lidové noviny, 2006, 18.11., p. 16.
Jan Šmikátor, Chalupecký zůstává v Brně. In: Brněnský deník Rovnost, 2006, 18. 11., p. 21.
Radek Wohlmuth, Chalupeckého cenu má Barbora Klímová, Aktuálně.cz, http://aktualne.centrum.cz/kultura/umeni/clanek.phtml?id=287941, 17/11/2006.
Lenka Lindaurová, Ceny. Když se řekne Jindřich Chalupecký. In: MF Dnes, 2006, 11. 11., p. D 11.
Magdaléna Čechlovská, Umění, které přichází z ulice. In: Hospodářské noviny, 2006, 27.–29. 10., p. 13.
Jana Kalinová, SLIders. In: Umělec, n. 3, 2005, p. 91.
Jiří Valoch, Reflexe minimal artu v tvorbě Barbory Klímové. In: Prostor n. 2, 2004, p. 26–27.
Jiří Valoch, Jaká je mladá abstrakce dnes?. In: Ateliér, n. 9, 2002, p.16.
Lenka Lindaurová, Barbora Klímová. In: Umělec, n. 1, 2001, p. 80.
Jiří Valoch, Nejmladší umělecká scéna města Brna. In: Ateliér, n. 16–17, 2000, p. 8.
• Interviews
Nina Ličková, Klímová & Moravčík: Prý často říkám „Máš něco?“, EARCH, http://www.earch.cz/cs/revue/klimova-moravcik-pry-casto-rikam-mas-neco, 4/11/2014.
Virginie Bobin, Julia Kläring, Interview with Barbora Klímová, bo-ring, http://www.bo-ring.net/?page_id=298, 10. 06. 2009.
Adam Budak, Barbora Klímová About Her Recent Manifesta Project, ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/interviews/356-barbora-Klímová-about-her-recent-manifesta-project, 14. 4. 2009.
Terezie Nekvindová, Rozhovor může být umění. In: Stavba XVI, 2008, p. 12–15.
Michael Freund, Ortsverbunden ohne Grenzen. In: Der Standard, 2007, 10. 5., p. A4.
Petr Volf, Na stromě. In: Reflex, n. 48, 2006, p. 50–52.
Jiří Ptáček, Umění mi zas připadá mocné. In: A2, kulturní týdeník n. 48, 2006.
Marie Frajtová, Barbora Klímová. In: Instinkt, 47, 2006, p. 70–71.
Petr Volf, Barbora Klímová. In: Reflex, n. 37, 2006, p. 48.
Luboš Mareček, Spala na stromě a získala cenu. In: MF Dnes, 2006, 20. 11., p. D.5.
Jan Šmikmátor, Na spaní na stromě jsem se těšila. In: Brněnský deník Rovnost, n. 263, 2006, p. 21.
Magdaléna Čechlovská, Barbora Klímová: Vystavím své tělo a pak čelím reakcím, Zpravodajský
server Hospodářských novin, http://kultura.ihned.cz/c4-10104060-19784090-005000_d-vystavim-sve-telo-..., 20/11/2006.
• Other professional activity – action – participation in symposia – workshops – educational and publishing activities
Drawing together with Vladimír Havlík, Inge Kosková, Nora Pražáková and Václav Stratil in the apartment by Inge Kosková. (Based on events from 1980s.) Videodocumentation: Filip Cenek,
Olomouc 20/3/2019.
Classrooms of Barbora Klímová. Workshop and exhibition of students of Jan Patočka Secondary School, Prague 18/9–30/10/2017.
Laying of Diapers at the Cross. Event based on happening of Zora Ságlová from 1970s, Jihlava 19/8/2017.
Famous Brno villas II. – Revisited. Lecture, Gallery VI PER, Prague 16/3/2017
Doing Performance Art History. A Congress of Actors and Observers. Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich 3–5/ 11/2016)
First Meeting, performance in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík, within the project Graphomaniacs, storytellers, authors and producers, etc. Gallery, Prague 21/3/2015.
Demarcation Area, realisation of the project of Ľubomír Ďurček from 1979, Bytom 14/12/2013.
EX ALIO LOCO, II. Lecture about Lecture, event in cooperation with Michal Moravčík, Spinnerei, Leipzig 14/11/2013.
Return: Pictures – Images – Houses – Dreams, Mušov. Reconstruction of event from 1979, in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík, Mušov 14/11/2013.
An Attempt to Connect, author‘s lecture GfZK, Leipzig 3/5/2013.
Art is here now, presentation and public discussion with Jiří Valoch, VVP AVU, Prague 12/12/2012.
Linking, cycle of events, in cooperation with Daniela Baráčková and Jan Pfeifer, Karlin Studios, Prague 2/5/2012 – 3/6/2012.
Compromise in Czech Architecture of the 1970s and 80s., author’s lecture in cooperation with Michaela Janečková, Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Plzeň 25/4/2012.
Compromise in Czech Architecture of the 1970s and 80s., author’s lecture in cooperation with Michaela Janečková, etc. Gallery, Prague 16/2/2012.
The Sins of Youth, presentation and public discussion with Pavel Büchler, tranzitdisplay, Prague 17/12/ 2011.
Reviving Archive, contribution to the symposium The Need To Historize, tranzitdisplay, Prague 15–17/12/2011.
Sentences about the Past – Events – Documentation, contribution to the symposium, Media – Performance 3 – Memory, in cooperation with Vladimír Havlík. The Brno House of Arts, Brno 13/10/2011.
We Lived this Project; Construction of Family Homes during the Normalization Era, event and exhibition within the book launch, 4AM, Brno 20/9/2011.
Mutually, public workshop of Vladimír Havlík for Barbora Klímová, event, tranzitdisplay, Prague 30/5/2011.
Mutually, public workshop of Barbora Klímová for Vladimír Havlík, event, tranzitdisplay, Prague 24/6/2011.
At this Moment, reading and discussion with Mariana Palla, tranzitdisplay, Prague 28/3/2011.
Nonutilitarian School IV - Stage forum “Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil introduce the audience to the spectators”, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 16/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School III – Authors presentation “A Pile“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 16/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School II – Artist’s presentation of archive document “Ambroz – the picture in the picture“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk and Blahoslav Rozbořil, tranzitdisplay, Prague 2/11/2010.
Nonutilitarian School I – Workshop “Reconstruction of teaching aids“, event in cooperation with Josef Daněk, tranzitdisplay, Prague 19–20/10/2010.
The Manifold (after)lives of Performance, contribution to the symposium, STUCK, Leuven; DeAppel, Amsterdam 12–13/11/2010.
Famous Brno Villas II., lecture, The National Library of Technology, Prague 23/10/2010.
Famous Brno Villas II., lecture, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna 17/5/2010.
Drawn for the Record. A Hundert Years in Drawings from the Collection, exhibiotion design, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 19/2–16/5/2010.
„Man and people of the second millennium end“, workshop with childrens, Brno 12/1/2010.
Formats of transformation 89–09, roundtable within the exhibition, The Brno House of Arts, Brno 17/ 12/2009.
From GM to MG with Barbora, process performance with Josef Daněk, event within the exhibition project Our Business, Gallery of the Good Shepherd and selected venues on streets, Brno 7/12/2009.
Our Business, presentation in frame of the exhibition Formats of transformation 89–09, The Brno House of Arts, Gallery of the Good Shepherd, Brno 3/12/2009
School of Artistic Thought. Igor Zhoř and his activities of facilitating art in Brno, event within the exhibition project Our Business, Gallery of the Good Shepherd, Brno 1/12/2009.
Les Salons, Niels Vis – Barbora Klímová, presentation and public discussion, RED A.i.R, Amsterdam 6/12/2009.
Borders – Common Ground – Bordering Common Groundy, contribution to the symposium, Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade 11–13/6/2008.
Shadowing the City: Hypertextualization of Urban Spaces, contribution to the symposium, Student Centre, Zagreb 8–10/5/2009.
Workshop with childrens born in Ostrava, in cooperation with Josef Daněk, within the exhibition For those, who were not born here, Ostrava 20–21/8/2008.
Workshop with childrens born in Ostrava, in cooperation with Jana Bartoňová, within the exhibition For those, who were not born here, Sokolská 26 Gallery, Ostrava 12–15/8/2008.
Women in the Arts and in Society, public discussion, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno 22/5/2008.
Pecha Kucha Night, Prague 20/2/2007.
SLIders, intervention into the system of public lighting, Brno 17/6–28/8/2005.