Born December 12th 1977, Brno. Lives and works in Brno – Líšeň and in Prague, Czech Republic.


Solo Exhibitions
2009
Česky snadno a rychle (Tschechis schnell and muhelos..) Deutsche radio
Der Geist von Uhyst (Uber Tage), Germany

2008
Kateřina Šedá. It doesn’t matter, Renaissance Society, Chicago;
Kateřina Šedá (Colocation n.4), La Box, Bourges, France;
1+1+1 =3, Culturgest, (with Robert MacPherson and Manfred Pernice), Lisbon, Portugal;

2007
Synonyma, Index, and tranzit collaboration: Kateřina Šedá, Index, (with Fritz Quasthoff), Stockholm, Sweden;
Kateřina Šedá. Galerie Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria;
For Every Dog a Different Master, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic;
Kateřina Šedá, The Granddaugther, Czech Center, New York;
Kateřina Šedá, 1+1, Arratia/Beer, Berlin, Germany;

2006
Arrivals & Czech Republic, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain;
Kateřina Šedá, X3, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy;
Kateřina Šedá, Cultural House, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;
Kateřina Šedá *1977, etc. Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic.


Group Exhibitions
2010
Les promesses du passé/ The Promises of the Past, Centre Pompidou, France

2009
Video Drawing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Lyon Biennial, France
Monument transformace, City Gallery Prague, Prague
Time out of Joint: Recall a Evocation in Recent Art, Kitchen, New York
Der Geist von Uhyst, Über Tage, Uhyst, Germany (curator Susanne Altmann)
Generosity Is The New Political, Wysing Arts Centre, Great Britain
A Pair of Left Shoes, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
The Jindrich Chalupecky Award: New Millenium, Minor Sensations, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, South Korea
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY;
Dialoghi Internazionali (Handan Börüteçene e Kateřina Šedá) Spazio Milano, Agenzia UniCredit Banca, Piazza Cordusio, Milano, Italia
Bewohnte Orte/ Obydlená místa, Krajská galerie výtvarného umění ve Zlíně
Try to make a simple gesture, no matter how small!, Trafo House of Contemporary Art, Budapest;

2008
The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art, Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY;
TINA B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival 08 - TINA B., The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague;
Museum in the Street, Moderna Galerija - Ljubljana, Ljubljana;
Archaeology of Longing (Archéologie de la Chine), Kadist Art Foundation, Paris;
Close Encounters, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, USA;
No Borders, AICA, Brussel, Belgium;
Absence v záznamu, Galerie Václava Špály, Praha;
For Every Dog A Different Master, Konsthalle in Gavle, Sweden;
5th Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Germany;
Manual CC, uqbar Berlin, Germany;
Wir sind immer fur euch da, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany;
Where Are Lions Are, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, China;
Sixth Biennial of Young Artists, Zvon 2005 (Bell 2005), City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic;
Social Diagrams, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany;
Manifesta 7, Bolzano, Italy;
Cutting Realities, Gender Strategies in Art, Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, New York;
Le Petite Histoire, Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Wien, Austria;
Average, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland;
At The Limits, Emil Filla Gallery, Ustí nad Labem;
Bewohnte Orte/ Obydlená místa, Neuenkrichen, Germany;
Archeology Of Longing, Kadist Art Foundation, France;

2007
Auditorium, Stage, Backstage – An Exposure In 32 Acts, Franfurkter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany;
As In Real Life, Gallery P 74, Ljubljana, Slovenia;
Politics of Friendship, Gallery Štenberk, Štenberk;
Facelift: 3 Contemporary Czech and Slovak Artists, A.I. R. Gallery, New York, USA;
Asia Europe Meditation, National Museum of Art, Poznan, Poland;
Dazwichen” (INGENDWO), Museum Sammlung in Friedrichshof, Austria;
Documenta 12, Aue pavillon, Kassel, Germany;
Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable, Apexart, New York, USA;
AVU, Narodní galerie, Praha;
Dressed Up..., Tranzit Display, Prague, Czech Republic;

2006
tranzit – Auditorium, Stage, Backstage – Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurther Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany;
Local Stories, Modern Art Oxford, Great Britain;
I Invited a Couple of Friends Over to Have a Look, Galerja Miroslv Kraljevic, Zagreb;
Shadows of Humor, BWA Wroclaw, Poland;
Gray Zones, Brno House of Art, Brno and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany;

2005
Fifth Biennial of Young Artists, Zvon 2005 (Bell 2005), City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic;
Essl Award, AVU Modern Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic;
Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic;
Diplomanti AVU (AVU Graduates) 2005, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic;
The One, New General Catalogue 224, New York;
Hotspots & Essl Award, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria;
Jindřich Chalupecký Award, City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic;
1811197804122005, Plan B, Cluj, Romania;

2003
Dům umění (House of Art), Brno House of Art, Brno, Czech Republic;
281 m², Václav Špála Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic;

2002
Ticho prosím, maluji! (Quiet, Please! I’m Painting), Galerie u Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic ;

1999
ŠUŘ, Gallery of the Young, Brno, Czech Republic;

1998
ŠUŘ, (school of applied arts) Municipal Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic.


Projects

2008
Her Mistress's Everything, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;
Over and Over, , Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;

2007
For Every Dog for a Different Master, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;

2005-2007
It Doesn’t Matter, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;

2005
The Gray Commission, Prague, Czech Republic;

2004
Raising Children, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;

2003
There’s Nothing There, Ponětovice;

2002
First Convention of Sunday Painters, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;
Quiet, Please! I'm Painting, Podolí;
Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic;

2001
Exhibition Behind the Windows, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic;

2000
Homeless, Brno, Czech Republic;

1999
Sleeping on Tombs, Brno – Líšeň, Czech Republic.


Awards and Grants

2008
DAAD, Berlin, Germany;

2007
IASPIS (International artist in residence program in Stockholm), Sweden;

2006
ISCP, New York;

2005
Grant from the Czech Ministry of Culture and Bern Department of Culture for three-month stay in Bern;
Essl Award (Main Prize);
Start Point (nomination);
Jindřich Chalupecký Award;

2004
Tranzit Award – development grant;

2003
AVU Studio Award;

2002
AVU (Academy of Fine Arts) Studio Award;

2000
Mayor of Brno Award (Life Style Contest);

1999
Award of the ŠUŘ (Applied Arts School) Director.


In Collection
Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Klatovy-Klenová, Česká Republika
UNICREDIT BANKGroup Collection, Italy
Fondazione Morra Greco Napoli, Italy
Fondazione Nomas Roma, Italy
Modern Art Poland, Warzaw, Poland
Kontakt, Erste Bank Collection, Austria


Education
1999 – 2005
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Professor Vladimír Kokolia );

1995 – 1999
Secondary school of applied arts in Brno, Graphics Department (academic painter Pavel Dvorský);

1992– 1995
Secondary school of applied arts Hodonín.