About Works
Kateřina Dobroslava Drahošová (b. 1988) is a visual artist from the Czech Republic. The distinctive character of the landscape surrounding the small village in the Šumava region, where she spent her childhood is naturally reflected in her work. She currently lives and works alternately in České Budějovice and the Šumava region in Czech Republic. She did her Master's studies in fine art of University of Ostrava in the Painting Studio led by Professor Ak. mal. Daniel Balabán (2009–2015). During her studies, she completed study internships in Belgium and Finland, where she encountered biodynamic farming communities that influenced her perception of landscape and the relationship between humans and nature. Her work has also been recognized through nominations for significant art awards. In 2018 she was nominated for the Art Prize 11. Cena kritiky za mladou malbu at Galerie kritiků in Prague, and in 2014 she was nominated for the Startpoint Prize at DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague.
Her artistic development has also been shaped by several international and European residencies, which provided space for experimentation and deeper reflection on the relationship between art practice, landscape, culture and everyday experience. E.g. : The flying tea house, České Budějovice (CZ, 2025), Kebbel Villa , Schwandorf (DE, 2024) Český soběstačný dům (CZ, 2024) Atelierhaus Salzamt in Linz (AT, 2019), Kunstfabrik Groß Siegharts (AT, 2019), Egon Schiele Art Residency in Český Krumlov (CZ, 2015), Czech German Cultural Center in Kvilda (CZ, 2014), Divo Institute in Kolín (CZ, 2013), Mustarinda Art Residency in Finland (2013).
contact :
katerinadobroslava@gmail.com
Alongside her artistic practice, Kateřina is also a mother.
The experience of motherhood naturally permeates her artistic thinking and everyday creative process. Themes of care, attention to small daily moments, and a heightened sensitivity to time, rhythm and observation subtly enter her work and way of perceiving the world. At the same time, she is actively engaged in art education. She works as an art teacher and lecturer, where she focuses on developing visual thinking and sensitivity to artistic language among teenagers. In her pedagogical approach she connects contemporary artistic practice with education, encouraging young people to perceive creativity and visual expression observation, as reflection tools for and understanding of the world around them.
Kateřina explores elements that arise outside the studio, working directly in the landscape. She physically gathers local plants and herbs, which she later steeps or transforms into natural pigments. This process creates a herbalistic map of specific places, preserving their material traces. Her practice engages with the relationship between interior and exterior and the fragility of the contemporary world. Drawings, diary entries, and works on paper are her primary media, translating these experiences into abstract visual forms.
She believes that attention is one of the most valuable forms of care in today’s world. Seemingly insignificant moments—the quiet observation of a landscape, a small detail in nature, or a shared moment of presence—often carry the greatest potential to reshape how we understand ourselves and our relationships with others.
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2009 — 2015 – Faculty of fine art in Ostrava / atelier of Painting I / Czech Republic
2012 — 2013 – Educational stay / KingiKongi Gallery- Sorbus Gallery / Helsinki / Finland
2012 — 2013 – Practical training / biodynamic farm Toivo / Rihuntie / Finland
2010 — 2011 – Educational stay / école supérieure des arts Saint luc / Liege / Belgium
2010 — 2011 – Practical training / biodynamic agriculture / farm Larock / Rotheux / Belgie
2008 — 2009 – Secondary school of art Zámeček / ateliér of painting / Czech Republic
2004 — 2008 – Graphic design, Private Secondary School of Arts, Písek / Czech Republic
PRIZE AND AWARDS
2018 Nominated for Art prize 11. Cena kritiky za mladou malbu / gelerie kritiků / Prague
2014 Nominated for Startpoint prize / Dox / Prague
RESIDENCY
Atelierhaus Salzamt / Linz / AT / 2019
Kunstfabrik / Groß Siegharts / AT / 2019
Egon Schiele art residency / Český Krumlov / CZ / 2015
Střelnice / Off-city / Pardubice / CZ / 2015
Kvilda / Czech-German culture center / / CZ / 2014
Divo Institue Kolín / CZ / 2013
Mustarinda art residency / www.mustarinda.fi / Finland / 2013
EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION
HOMIE / duo exhibition w/ Patrick Ostrowsky / Kebbel Villa / curated : Jurgen Dehm / Schwandorf / Germany / 2024
4+4 dny v pohybu - 28.international festival of contemporary art / Všechno je všech / curated: Jiří Ptáček / Erpet centrum / Praha / 2023
MUSTARINDA Löyly / Entrance gallery, curated: Tereza Zachová, Zuzana Janečková / Praha / 2022
Mythologies / curated : Juergen Dehm / Cathy space / Furth im Wald /Germany / 2022
Stone fragility II / Potencial gallery / Prague / 2022
Frauenthal / AJG / Hluboká nad Vltavou / 2021
KOPFSTAND / Kunsfabrik GrossSiegharts / AT / 2020
Mitteleuropa-Zyklus 10 / Stift Lilienfeld / Austria / 2019
SAIKEI II - finall harmony / galerie Měsíc ve dne / w/ Nikola Brabcová & Tomáš Hrůza / curated: Jiří Ptáček / České Budějovice / 2019
SAIKEI - finall harmony / Galerie české spořitelny / Praha / 2019
Nomads of the night / D9 gallery / České Budějovice / 2018
Nor a day without a comma / Postconceptual overlaps in contemporary Czech and Slovak drawings / OGV Jihlava / curated: Lenka Sýkorová / 2017
Stone fragility / Favu gallery / curated: Lenka Sýkorová / Brno / 2017
Medicinbal / Altán Klamovka /curated: Lenka Sýkorová / Prague / 2017
Warum Darum / Galerie Jekor / curated: Nikola Brabcová / Prague/ 2016
I was taking picture and then my battery died / with Philipp Renda / Periscope gallery / Salzburg / Austria / 2016
Hraniční / Galerie Bludný kámen / Opava / 2016
Neighbourhood Boogie-Woogie! / Žižkov Prague / 2016
24 RAVEN / with Gerhard Feldbacher / Salzburg / Austria /2015
Něco mezi vnitřním a vnějším / Galerie W7 / curated: Monika Beková / Olomouc / 2015
Start point prize 2014 / DOX gallery / Prague
Diplomky 2014 / Cooltour / Důl Hlubina / Ostrava
Na Hranici / Galerie Školská 28 / Prague / 2014
Pojízdný herbář / Galerie Kabinet Chaos / Střítež /2014
Šapitó / galerie Garáž / GAG / Zlín / 2014
tpcart / GASK / Kutná Hora /2013
Infinity of brilliant experiences / Industrial gallery / Ostrava / 2012
Dark is so fast that it can´t be seen leaking out of the closet / Stolen gallery / Český Krumlov
d lak da L lak alá lak / with Petr Švolba / Bazart office gallery / Liege / Belgie / 2012
Lines long time / kabinet 217 / Ostrava / 2012
Á la recherche de la bohéme de perdu / Zurich / 2012
L´amor / Bazart office / Liege / Belgium / 2011
SYMPOSIUM
Czech-German Art centrum Kvilda / 2014
Nomadic Village / internatinal sympsium / Austria
Chaos / Střítež / 2013 / 2014
Na hranici / international symposium of art Na Hranici / Tummelplatz / Germany / 2012
Šumakárt / art symposium / Horní Vltavice / 2010 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014
Klenová / Gallery Klenová / 2007