Helena Hladilová

Helena Hladilová (Kroměříž, Czech Republic, 1983) is a visual artist whose practice explores the relationship between nature, mythology, and popular culture through material and craft-based processes. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Brno University of Technology (VUT), the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. In 2008 she co-founded the artist-run space GUM Studio. Her research focuses on natural forms historically used as primary sources of sustenance, examining how traditional knowledge and artisanal production processes transform according to cultural and social contexts. Through these investigations, her work connects narratives drawn from mythology and community-based popular traditions. Her work has been exhibited at major international institutions and galleries including the National Gallery (Prague), MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Turin), Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato), American Academy in Rome, MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts (Rome), Nomas Foundation (Rome), Fondazione Pastificio Cerere (Rome), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice), Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin), Polansky Gallery (Prague), SVIT (Prague), and Kleine Humboldt Galerie (Berlin). She participated in Go West! – the 3rd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art at Muzeon Art Park (2012) and in the 6th Prague Biennale (2013).