PETRA VLČKOVÁ

Opening: 5. 11. at 7 pm
Exhibition: 6. 11. – 30. 12. 2024

Petra Vlčková is a promising Czech photographer whose life and work are necessarily affected by the diagnosis of a serious illness. As part of her doctoral studies, she is currently working on a long-term project about multiple sclerosis. It is an open, long-lasting series of photographs, collages and videos. MS is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the human immune system attacks the nervous system. She explores her illness through personal experience, time, space, emotions, body, family, scientific facts, and professionals. The deconstruction of one’s own illness through artwork simultaneously serves as art therapy and public education.
Petra Vlčková (*1985) studied at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, where she is currently pursuing her doctoral studies. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad and her work has been published in prestigious photography magazines.