Mariana Serranová
area: Theory
Key Facts
nationality
Czech Republicarea
Theoryresidence
Praguerecommending institution
tranzit.org/ERSTE Stiftungtime period
November 2006 - November 2006EDUCATION
2005 PhD. Programme, Academy Of Arts, Architecture And Design, Prague
1995 - 2003 The Charles University, Prague, MA History Of The Arts, (thesis on The Art After The Second World War in Czechoslovakia. Exhibitions between 1945-48 )
PRACTICE
2005 Lecturer at the Faculty Of Fine Arts, Brno (lectures for students about art since 1945)
2005 Editor of the Spanish version of Umělec Magazine, Divus
2003 - 2004 Curator of the Behémót Gallery, Prague
2003 Instant Images, Exhibition
1998 - 2002 The Academy Of Fine Arts, assistant in historiographical research1995 - 1996 The Jewish Museum, Prague
CURATOR AND ORGNANIZER
2006 – Indikace, group exhibition (4+4+4 Days In Motion)
2005 – Collaboration with Jelení Gallery (FCCA, Prague)
2005 - Mainstream, exhibition of photographes, Academy of Applied Arts, Prague
2003 - Annual exhibition of the absolvents works in the Academy Of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague (with Vjera Borozan)
2003-4 - Curator in Behémót Gallery
2000 - Jasanský& Polák v Czech Centre, Berlin
Štěpánka Stein, Salim Issa, Velryba Gallery, Prague
PUBLISHED ARTICLES Fotograf, Umělec, Ateliér, Art & Antiques, Hospodářské noviny
I was invited to the artist-in-residence program of quartier21 for two months, in November and December 2006. Being an art critic and an independent curator from Prague, I was particulary interested in learning more about the contemporary Austrian art scene. Thanks to Tranzit foundation, which kindly covered my stay at MQ Vienna, I visited places such as Secession, Generali Foundation, Academy of Fine Arts, MAK and many others.
I have not only learned a lot more about cultural institutions and independent galleries in Vienna - especially visiting exhibitions and attending art events and lectures - I also had enough time to continue my research on the crossroads between different fields of contemporary visual culture. The aim of my PhD project is to map contemporary artists’ endeavors to test stereotyped functions.
I am also grateful that I could make a public presentation of selected Czech artists in the Oval Halle in q21. Hereby I would like to give many thanks to all the people in q21 for their personal and technical support.