Contact
kristinahonzirkova@gmail.com
@kristina.honzirkova
About (EN)
Kristína Honzírková is a contemporary painter working within figurative painting, where image-making operates as a space of instability between narrative, gesture, and psychological projection.
Her practice is rooted in intuitive and gestural processes that resist fixed interpretation. The recurring animal motifs are far from generic symbols; they function as malleable characters through which the artist fluidly explores identity, emotion, and shifting layers of narrative.
Her paintings hold ambiguity as a structural principle, balancing irony, humour, and emotional intensity. The work explores the unstable boundary between recognition and distortion, intimacy and distance, within contemporary Central European painting.
O autorke (SK)
Kristína Honzírková je súčasná maliarka pracujúca v oblasti figuratívnej maľby, kde sa obraz stáva priestorom nestability medzi naratívom, gestom a psychologickou projekciou.
Jej prax vychádza z intuitívnej a gestickej maľby, ktorá odmieta definitívne interpretácie. Opakujúce sa zvieracie motívy nie sú prvoplánovými symbolmi. Sú to tvárne postavy, cez ktoré autorka fluidne narába s identitou, emóciami a vrstvami príbehu.
Maľby pracujú s nejednoznačnosťou ako so štrukturálnym princípom a balansujú medzi iróniou, humorom a emocionálnou intenzitou. Dielo skúma nestabilnú hranicu medzi rozpoznaním a deformáciou, blízkosťou a odstupom v kontexte súčasnej stredoeurópskej maľby.
Education
2014–2016
MgA., Painting Studio II (František Kowolowski)
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Ostrava
2011–2014
Bc., Art Education
Comenius University, Bratislava
2013–2014
Art Education
Charles University, Prague
2008–2011
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava
Specialization: scenic painting & decorative creation
Solo exhibitions
2027 – Title TBA, Galerie Josefa Lieslera, Kadaň (upcoming)
2026 – Title TBA, Galerie Uličky řemesel, Turnov (upcoming)
2026 – Pink outside the box, Galerie Zázvorka
2024 – Proud to Be Loud, Sladovna Písek
2023 – Happy Moment, Městské muzeum Týnec nad Sázavou
2023 – Stop at the Top, Galerie Kryt, Klášterec nad Ohří
2022 – It’s Not Wrong to Be Super Strong, Galerie Recesse, Prague
2021 – Alfa Heroes, Kočárovna, Brandýs nad Labem
2020 – Lovely Separation, Galéria Jula Bindera, Banská Štiavnica
2020 – Kosmický individualista, Salon Kámen, Prague
2020 – Private Jungle, Městské muzeum Čáslav
2019 – Atypická romance, Muzeum umění a designu Benešov2018 – Levitation Wave, Galerie Pod Věží, Mladá Boleslav
2018 – Párty pro jednoho, Galerie Města Tábor
2018 – Animal Attack, Galerie U Prstenu, Prague
2017 – Kachna na svobodě, Galerie Bernarda Bolzana, Těchobuz
2017 – Vzlétnu na syntetickém plameňákovi, Galerie Nativ, Prague
2016 – Project Young Heart, Galerie města Břeclav
2016 – Honzírková u Andyho, Drink in Gallery Andy, Bratislava
2014 – Svet nehľadá po čom človek túži, Pálffyho palác, Bratislava
Group exhibitions
2025 – Salon G34, Třebíč
2024 – Salon, M6 Galerie, Prague
2018 – Mladé setkání, GVU Hodonín
2017 – VýTěr, Off/formát Gallery, Brno
2016 – Graduate Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ostrava
2016 – Prachatice – mesto histórie, Pálffyho palác, Bratislava
2015 – Impruneta – Prachatice andata e ritorno, Italy
2015 – Bratislava pohľadom umelcov, Travel Gallery, Bratislava
2015 – Posolstvá stále živé, Prague, Liberec
2015 – Vizita – Salve art meetings, Prague
2015 – Artem predstavuje, Slovak Radio, Bratislava
2015 – Selection of the Association of Slovak Fine Artists, Prievidza
2014 – Salon 2014, Association of Slovak Fine Artists, Bardejov
2014 – Salve 2014 – Žijeme v památkách, Prachatice
2013 – V siedmich polohách, Pálffyho palác, Bratislava
2013 – Perla dell’ Adriatico, Grottammare, Italy
2013 – Traveling exhibition Stretnutie, Bratislava, Modra, Pezinok, Trnava, Nitra
2013 – DEŇEL, Bratislava Castle
2012 – Déjà vu, Ticho a spol. theatre, Bratislava
2012 – DEŇEL, Rotunda Gallery, Bratislava
Special projects / Collaborations
2019–2024
Limited Art Edition – Budiš
A nationwide collaboration featuring the artist's work on limited-edition mineral water labels, aimed at promoting contemporary Slovak art through mass distribution.
Selected texts
2026 – Patriková, Katrin (Curator, Galerie Zázvorka). Curatorial text for the exhibition Pink outside the box
2024 – Ženíšková, Zdenka (Curator, Sladovna Písek). Curatorial text for the exhibition Proud to be loud
2020 – Váchová, Lucie (Art Historian & Editor of Art Magazine). Curatorial text for the exhibition Kosmický individualista
2019 – Ficková, Barbora (Curator, MUD Benešov). Curatorial text for the exhibition Atypická romance
2016 – Kowolowski, František (Head of Painting Studio II, University of Ostrava). Reflective text on the artist’s practice
Publications
2019 – Krajinow, Muzeum umění a designu Benešov. Collective publication accompanying the exhibition project Krajinow. 173 pp. ISBN 978-80-87400-37-1