Štěpánka Sigmundová
Štěpánka Sigmundová (1990) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Studio of Painting II under Vladimír Skrepl and Jiří Kovanda). In her work she uses photography, video and ceramics.
The Sputnik Vase
glazed ceramics, engoba
22 × 14 × 43 cm
2021
NASA Jug
glazed ceramics, pigment
25 × 15 × 47 cm
2021
Sold
The Cave Vase
glazed ceramics, engoba
32 × 25 × 82 cm
2022
Starship SN1
glazed ceramics
53 × 26 × 42 cm
2021
Sold
Starship SN2
glazed ceramics
55 × 26 × 41 cm
2021
NASA cup #1
glazed ceramics, engoba
8,5 × 11 × 35 cm
2021
NASA cup #2
glazed ceramics, engoba
8 × 9,5 × 30 cm
2021
The Jurassic Park Bowl
glazed ceramics, engoba
6,5 × 11,5 × 37 cm
2021
The Star Wars Bowl
glazed ceramics, engoba
7 × 12 × 39 cm
2021
Sputnik Vase
glazed ceramics, enigma
25 x 15 x 47
2021
Starship Vase
glazed ceramics
výška 16 cm, průměr 8 cm
2021
NASA Vase
glazed ceramics
výška 22 cm, průměr 17 cm
2021
Reserved
The Moon
glazed ceramics
20 × 19 × 63 cm
2021
Sold
Cesta do pravěku
glazed ceramics
33 cm
2021
Reserved
The Earth
glazed ceramics
30 × 29 × 98 cm
2021
Sold
The main focus of my artistic work are two closely-linked long-term projects portraying the overall effort to collect and preserve memories.
This effort arose after the floods in June 2009 in the house in which I was born. One of the few things saved from the ground floor were photographs of my great-uncles serving in the RAF during World War II. After washing and drying muddy photographs and diaries – the vast majority of other subjects ending up in waste containers – it became clear to me that photography is the only trustworthy medium. I began to obsessively photograph everything around me to preserve and maintain the memories. Over time, the auto-therapeutic effect faded, but the interest and fascination with the medium itself prevailed.
2020
- MUSEUM #2 Garage Karlin Gallery, Prague
2019
- MUSEUM Karlin Studios, Prague
2018
- The Last White Rhino Galerie 209, Brno
2018
- Spacegardening Berlinskej Model, Prague
2016
- National Museum – Il tempo che resta Galleria Marcolini, Forli, Italy
2021
- Czechoslovak Astrophotography Fotograf Gallery, Prague
2016
- (Re)construction of the Presence Boccanera Gallery, Trento
2016
- The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility Neighborough Boogie-Woogie, Prague
2016
- Exchanging Intimacies 1 and 2 Quartair Contemporary Initiatives, Den Haag; Galerie 1435mm, Prague
2014
- Tectonics of Memory 1 and 2 Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem; Dům umění města Brna
2014
- External Memory - Internal History Stadtgalerie Mannheim
2013
- Woliery vol. 9. Muzeum Wspólczesne, Wroclaw