about
When I read a space, I have the urge to rediscover both its tangible and intangible features. I examine the site, its dimensions, spatial and architectural elements, history and context.
My work is particularly characterized by site-specific installations whether or not in combination with objects and paintings. In the spatial work, the indoor or outdoor space is always the starting point.
In the process I make physical scale models to experiment with different possibilities, in which recognizability, function, deconstruction, archetypes and alienation play an important role. Along the way, I create my own logic, evoking both familiar and new thoughts.
My goal is to establish a dialogue between the location and the installation I create, linking it to the history, the present or a dreamed future of the place. I strive for a simplicity that is balanced between association and alienation.
EMAIL:
l(dot)sebestikova(at)gmail(dot)com
AWARDS and GRANTS
2022 Patronage assignment for Beelden in Leiden
2021 Jubilee assignment for Beelden in Leiden
2019 Charlotte van Pallandt prijs
2019 Stokroos sculptuur stipendium
2017 Stroom Den Haag, Pro Invest
2016 Mondriaan fonds, Jong talent
2013 - Publicprize, Twentsche Courant Tubantia
2013 - Saxion Prize, Art Commission
ASSIGNMENTS
‘Unfolding origins’ at the City Hall Leiden (Breestraat), Leiden/the Netherlands
‘Hangout’ at Kindcentrum Vroondaal, The Hague/the Netherlands
‘The balancing act of a myth’ at Rhijnhof cemetery, Leiden/the Netherlands
COLLECTIONS
Collection DELA, Collection AEGON, Saxion hogescholen, Kindcentrum Vroondaal,
Various national and international private collections
EDUCATION
2008 - 2012 AKI, (ArtEZ) Academy for Art and Design, Enschede/the Netherlands
2004 - 2008 SUPŠ, Secondary school for Arts and Crafts, Prague/Czech Republic
RESIDENCIES
2018 - Residency at GinDS, bunker in Hoofddorp/NL
2013 - Residency at R10 in Zwolle/NL
VIDEO
PUBLICATIONS and INTERVIEWS
spring 2021 - BAZ magazine / museum Beelden aan Zee
Artviewer - White Noise Gallery with Mar Hernandez
Tique - publication on contemporary art
Mister motley magazine - interview by Alex de Vries
Wikipedia - Charlotte van Pallandtprijs
oct 2019 Kunst blijft een raadsel - museum Beelden aan Zee
oct 2019 Villa Nextdoor - museum Beelden aan Zee
Autumn 2019 - BAZ magazine / museum Beelden aan Zee
"ArticulAction Art Review" Special edition, ARTica Art Team, UK
jan 2019 Kunst blijft een raadsel - Things it made me do
sep 2018 Kunst blijft een raadsel - Destination Unknown
February 2016 Catalogus "Miniature" i.s.m. MICK kunstenaarsinitiatief
April 2016 "ArticulAction Art Review" Special edition, ArticulAction / UK
28.6.2015 "Platform Platvorm", Bas van Wieringen en Anna Zwartjes, kwartaal magazine
27.3.2015 "Diepenheim laat de kunst overal bloeien", Claudia Kammer, NRC Handelsblad
27.3.2015 "Krachtige combinaties van zeer verschillende aard", Jet van der Sluis, De Roskam
13.6.2013 "Kunstenaars van morgen", Herman Havekate, Tubantia
19.&20.5.2013 "Kunsten Landschap 2013", catalogus (NL)
21.12.2012 "Onbepaalbaar territorium in Vrijhof", Dora Brandt, de Roskam
Nr 7/8 2012 "Uitgelicht: sportieve kunst", Kunstbeeld
3.8.2012 "Villa de Bank", Jet van der Sluis, de Roskam
2.4.2012 "Hard knokken voor een leven in de kunst", Yildiz Huinink, Tubantia
25.6.2011 "New Home", catalogus (NL)