01.05 - 30.06.2024

CURRENT ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

ADÉLA MITOVÁ

Adéla Mitová, born 2001 in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic), is a visual artist and graphic designer. Currently, she studies Fine Arts and New Media at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
 
“I am fervently passionate about exploring the boundaries of tranquility and self-discovery through unconventional means in my works. At present, I am delving into the history of my family, particularly exploring our mixed German heritage. This journey into our ancestry has sparked my curiosity about the cultural, social, and mainly historical context that shaped our family's identity over generations. By tracing back our roots, I aim to gain a deeper understanding of the diverse backgrounds and difficulties regarding the relations between the families in current Sudetenland.“

CLEMENS SÖLLNER
 
Clemens Söllner, born 1987 in Tirschenreuth/Oberpfalz, is a visual artist specialized in marquetry. He studied Fine Arts focusing on sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.
 
„In 2020, I developed a passion for moths. By realizing them with this traditional handcraft I want to call the attention of the viewer and invite to a closer look. Those unseen insects have their own beauty and are worth protecting. In addition I like the idea of making their surface out of the material they like to imitate. Wood.“

NATALIE BREHMER
 
Natalie Brehmer, born 1989 in Bad Kötzting, is a transdisciplinary artist exploring gender conflicts, capitalism and botany through site-specific installations, photography and glass. She studied Graphic and Urban Design as well as Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.
 
Natalie has already exhibited at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the ZK/U Centre for Art and Urbanistics, Berlin, the Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig and with the Goethe Institute in Israel. She has been honored with numerous scholarships, including the Alexander Tutsek Foundation Scholarship for Glass at the Bildwerk-Frauenau Summer Academy and the "Junge Kunst und neue Wege" scholarship from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts. Her Meisterschüler project "Confronting Careers" has been nominated this year for the Documentary Photography Award of the Museum Folkwang and the Wüstenrot Foundation.

SOŇA BRABENCOVÁ
 
Soňa Brabencová, born 1990 in Pilsen, Czech Republic, is a graphic designer and beginning visual artist. She studied Graphic Design and Art Education at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, and Visual Design at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.
 
After graduating in graphic design and later in art education, she started to work as a full time commercial graphic designer. Her first residency was in 2021 in Regensburg. At present, she discovers the engraving in glass. She is interested in nature and its motifs. Her aim is to create freely and dive into the material of glass, together with the effects of light. Soňa currently lives in Prague and Pilsen.