Database
Adriena Šimotová
Born August 6 1926, PragueDied May 19 2014, Prague
A distinctive representative of Czech fine arts from the 2nd half of the 20th century. Her work was strongly influenced by her own life and the loss of her closest family members. With her sensitive touch she formed paper and textile, and created collages and installations which lyrically dealt with human corporeality and the existential transience of being, things, and relationships. Through the increasing metaphysical dimension of her works she introduced a very sensitive form of dialogue, directed to the very depths of the inner self.
drawing, painting, object, installation, graphics, collage, illustration
1942
Studied at State Graphic Arts School
1945
1958
Expo 1958 (group exhibition, Brussels)
Umění mladých výtvarníků Československa 1958. Obrazy a plastiky (group exhibition, Prague)
Umění mladých výtvarníků Československa 1958. Obrazy a plastiky (group exhibition, Prague)
1961
Realization (group exhibition, Prague)
1962
Creative Group UB 12 (group exhibition, Prague)
1965
5. Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea della Repubblica di San Marino (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová: Paintings and Graphics (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Paintings and Graphics (solo exhibition, Prague)
1966
The New Ways: Parade of Contemporary Avant-garde (group exhibition, Zlín)
Spring Exhibition 1966 (group exhibition, Prague)
The Actual Tendences of Czech Art: Images, Sculptures, Graphics (group exhibition, Prague)
Spring Exhibition 1966 (group exhibition, Prague)
The Actual Tendences of Czech Art: Images, Sculptures, Graphics (group exhibition, Prague)
1967
Exhibition of Contemporary Czechoslovak Art/ Mostra d´arte contemporanea cecoslovacca (group exhibition, )
Czech Art of the 20th Century from the Collections of the Central Bohemian Gallery (group exhibition, Brno)
Sculpture and Drawing (group exhibition, Prague)
Painting 67. National Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings (group exhibition, Brno)
Czech Art of the 20th Century from the Collections of the Central Bohemian Gallery (group exhibition, Brno)
Sculpture and Drawing (group exhibition, Prague)
Painting 67. National Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings (group exhibition, Brno)
1968
Tribute to the Messengers of Space (graphics)
Artists of Špála Gallery (group exhibition, Bratislava)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Prague)
Recent Graphics from Prague (group exhibition, Washington, D.C.)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Prague)
Recent Graphics from Prague (group exhibition, Washington, D.C.)
1969
Hats and Caps (graphics)
1970
Antipodes (graphics)
International Graphic Art Biennial (group exhibition, Firenze)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Prague)
Contemporary Czechoslovakian Graphic (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Prague)
Contemporary Czechoslovakian Graphic (group exhibition, )
1971
45 Contemporary Artists from Czechoslovakia. Painting, sculpture, graphics, glass objects (group exhibition, Cologne)
1978
Adriena Šimotová: Grafika (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Grafika (solo exhibition, )
Grafika Adrieny Šimotové (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Grafika (solo exhibition, )
Grafika Adrieny Šimotové (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
1979
What remains of an Angel (sculpture)
13th International Biennial of Graphic Art / 13. mezinarodni bienale grafike (group exhibition, Ljubljana )
1980
Applied Art 70/80. Glass, metal, textiles, furniture, ceramics (group exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings, illustrations, objects (solo exhibition, Prague)
Eleven Contemporary Artists from Prague (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings, illustrations, objects (solo exhibition, Prague)
Eleven Contemporary Artists from Prague (group exhibition, New York (NY))
1981
Adriena Šimotová: Textilní koláže, papírové objekty (solo exhibition, Český Těšín)
Adriena Šimotová: Papírové objekty (solo exhibition, Kolín)
Adriena Šimotová: Papírové objekty (solo exhibition, Kolín)
1982
Adriena Šimotová: Empreintes (solo exhibition, Paris)
1983
8 Artists from Prague in Munich (group exhibition, Munich)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics (solo exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
Czech Drawings of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Paris)
The Principle of Hope. Aspects of Utopia in the Art and Culture of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Bochum)
Adriena Šimotová: Otisky (solo exhibition, Kladno)
Contemporary Czech Art. Collection of Janina Ojrzynski (group exhibition, Łódź)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics (solo exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
Czech Drawings of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Paris)
The Principle of Hope. Aspects of Utopia in the Art and Culture of the 20th Century (group exhibition, Bochum)
Adriena Šimotová: Otisky (solo exhibition, Kladno)
Contemporary Czech Art. Collection of Janina Ojrzynski (group exhibition, Łódź)
1984
(Head) (drawing)
Czech Drawing of the 20th Century from the Collections of Aleš South Bohemian Gallery (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Hostinné)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics (solo exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Hostinné)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics (solo exhibition, Brno)
1986
Adriena Šimotová: Works on Paper (solo exhibition, Brno)
1987
The emptied Head (drawing)
Adriena Šimotová: Faces (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Sovinec)
Expressive – Central European Art since 1960 (group exhibition, Vienna)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Sovinec)
Expressive – Central European Art since 1960 (group exhibition, Vienna)
1988
Was member of Nová skupina
International Drawing Triennial in Wrocław (1988) (group exhibition, Wrocław)
Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia: Selections from the Jan and Meda Mladek Collection (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Twenty Years of Czechoslovak Art 1968-1988. A Tribute to Jacques Baruch (group exhibition, Chicago (IL))
Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia: Selections from the Jan and Meda Mladek Collection (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Twenty Years of Czechoslovak Art 1968-1988. A Tribute to Jacques Baruch (group exhibition, Chicago (IL))
1989
Adriena Šimotová: Drawing a Space (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Path (solo exhibition, Liberec)
Adriena Šimotová: Obrazy (solo exhibition, Liberec)
Adriena Šimotová: Path (solo exhibition, Liberec)
Adriena Šimotová: Obrazy (solo exhibition, Liberec)
1990
Artists Tribute to Jiří Chalupecký (group exhibition, Prague)
New Leaves of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (group exhibition, Dresden)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics from the Sixties and Seventies (solo exhibition, Žďár nad Sázavou)
Adriena Šimotová: Setkání 1960-1990 (solo exhibition, Prague)
90 Authors in the Year 1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Path (solo exhibition, Opava)
New Leaves of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (group exhibition, Dresden)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics from the Sixties and Seventies (solo exhibition, Žďár nad Sázavou)
Adriena Šimotová: Setkání 1960-1990 (solo exhibition, Prague)
90 Authors in the Year 1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Path (solo exhibition, Opava)
1991
Worked at International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
Received award from The French Order of the Knight of Arts and Letters
Received award from The French Order of the Knight of Arts and Letters
Adriena Šimotová: The Magic of of things (solo exhibition, Louny)
Tradition and Avant-garde in Prague (group exhibition, Bonn)
Grey Brick 78/1991 (group exhibition, Opava)
Adriena Šimotová: Svěcení reality (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings (solo exhibition, Třebíč)
Adriena Šimotová: Svěcení reality (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
Détente (group exhibition, Brno)
Tradition and Avant-garde in Prague (group exhibition, Bonn)
Grey Brick 78/1991 (group exhibition, Opava)
Adriena Šimotová: Svěcení reality (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings (solo exhibition, Třebíč)
Adriena Šimotová: Svěcení reality (solo exhibition, Klatovy)
Détente (group exhibition, Brno)
1992
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art 1950 - 1992 (group exhibition, Novara)
Prague - Bratislava, D´une géneration, l´autre (group exhibition, Paris)
Light in the Darkness (group exhibition, Žilina)
Minisalon (group exhibition, Prague)
Insights - Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art (group exhibition, Cologne)
Czech Fine Art 1960-1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
Twenty Czechoslovak Graphic (group exhibition, Ostrava)
Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art 1950 - 1992 (group exhibition, Novara)
Prague - Bratislava, D´une géneration, l´autre (group exhibition, Paris)
Light in the Darkness (group exhibition, Žilina)
Minisalon (group exhibition, Prague)
Insights - Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art (group exhibition, Cologne)
Czech Fine Art 1960-1990 (group exhibition, Prague)
Twenty Czechoslovak Graphic (group exhibition, Ostrava)
1993
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Adriena Šimotová: Floating Bottles (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: As I see it (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová: TI AMO grafika 92 (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Práce z poslední doby (solo exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová: Floating Bottles (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: As I see it (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová: TI AMO grafika 92 (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Práce z poslední doby (solo exhibition, )
1994
UB 12 (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová: Footprints (solo exhibition, Planá)
Zwischen Zeit Raum I (group exhibition, Düsseldorf)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Europe, Europe. The Century of the Avant-garde in Central and Eastern Europe (group exhibition, Bonn)
Adriena Šimotová: Footprints (solo exhibition, Planá)
Zwischen Zeit Raum I (group exhibition, Düsseldorf)
Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Europe, Europe. The Century of the Avant-garde in Central and Eastern Europe (group exhibition, Bonn)
1995
Adriena Šimotová: About proximal and distal (solo exhibition, Opava)
Adriena Šimotová: Obrazy (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Podoby v paměti (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Obrazy (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Podoby v paměti (solo exhibition, Prague)
1996
Fineart ´96 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mémoire de Famille (solo exhibition, Paris)
In the Area of the 20th century. Czech Art from the Collections of the City Gallery Prague (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mémoire de Famille - Paměť rodiny (solo exhibition, Prague)
Fatal liking. Collectors of Modern Art I. 1900 - 1996 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mapping by touch (solo exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Něco mizí a něco zůstává (solo exhibition, Brno)
Art when Time Stood Still. Czech Art Scene 1969-1985 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mémoire de Famille (solo exhibition, Paris)
In the Area of the 20th century. Czech Art from the Collections of the City Gallery Prague (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mémoire de Famille - Paměť rodiny (solo exhibition, Prague)
Fatal liking. Collectors of Modern Art I. 1900 - 1996 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mapping by touch (solo exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Něco mizí a něco zůstává (solo exhibition, Brno)
Art when Time Stood Still. Czech Art Scene 1969-1985 (group exhibition, Prague)
1997
Head (graphics)
Received award from The Medal of Merit of the State
Czech drawing 8 / Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, Karlovy Vary)
Adriena Šimotová: What the Body radiates (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Adriena Šimotová: Elusiveness in duration (solo exhibition, Šumperk)
Adriena Šimotová: Head to scroll through (solo exhibition, Prague)
Between Tradition and Experiment. Works on Paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová: What the Body radiates (solo exhibition, Ostrava)
Adriena Šimotová: Elusiveness in duration (solo exhibition, Šumperk)
Adriena Šimotová: Head to scroll through (solo exhibition, Prague)
Between Tradition and Experiment. Works on Paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
1998
Hostinné Adrieny Šimotové (solo exhibition, Hostinné)
Adriena Šimotová: First voices (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mapping by touch (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
Adriena Šimotová: V hranici dorozumění (solo exhibition, Šternberk)
Adriena Šimotová: Stopy pamäte, V hraniciach dorozumenia II (solo exhibition, Bratislava)
Adriena Šimotová: First voices (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Mapping by touch (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
Adriena Šimotová: V hranici dorozumění (solo exhibition, Šternberk)
Adriena Šimotová: Stopy pamäte, V hraniciach dorozumenia II (solo exhibition, Bratislava)
1999
Adriena Šimotová: Graphics 1965 - 1997 (solo exhibition, Písek)
Adriana Šimotová: Deleted Images (solo exhibition, Maribor)
"... What a Collection." Additions of the Olomouc Museum of Art for the years 1985–1998 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Acquisitions the Collections of the State Galleries of the 1990-1997 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: With the passers (solo exhibition, Zlín)
Adriena Šimotová: With the passers (II) (solo exhibition, Prague)
Art of Accelerated Time. Czech Art Scene 1958-1968 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriana Šimotová: Deleted Images (solo exhibition, Maribor)
"... What a Collection." Additions of the Olomouc Museum of Art for the years 1985–1998 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Acquisitions the Collections of the State Galleries of the 1990-1997 (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: With the passers (solo exhibition, Zlín)
Adriena Šimotová: With the passers (II) (solo exhibition, Prague)
Art of Accelerated Time. Czech Art Scene 1958-1968 (group exhibition, Prague)
2000
Le regard égoiste 1 (Carte blanche à Ch. Boltanski) (group exhibition, Paris)
90 Years of the Brno House of Arts (group exhibition, Brno)
90 Years of the Brno House of Arts (group exhibition, Brno)
2001
Adriena Šimotová: Retrospective (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings to Texts (solo exhibition, Prague)
Jiří Kolář the Collector (group exhibition, Prague)
Object - Object: Metamorphoses in Time (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings to Texts (solo exhibition, Prague)
Jiří Kolář the Collector (group exhibition, Prague)
Object - Object: Metamorphoses in Time (group exhibition, Prague)
2002
Minisalon (group exhibition, Ubud)
In honor of creative Team - the First Part of the Collection of Jan and Meda Mládek (group exhibition, Prague)
L'oeil éphémere: Oeuvres de Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, )
In honor of creative Team - the First Part of the Collection of Jan and Meda Mládek (group exhibition, Prague)
L'oeil éphémere: Oeuvres de Adriena Šimotová (solo exhibition, )
2003
Received award from The French Order of the Officer of Arts and Letters
Adriena Šimotová: Ovres graphiques (1965 - 1995) (solo exhibition, Paris)
Graphics Arts. Graphical Techniques during the Six Century (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová: Návrat dvou obrazů (solo exhibition, Prague)
Works on Paper: A Selection of Drawings, Graphic Works and Collages by Czech Artists from the Jan and Meda Mládek Art Collection (group exhibition, Prague)
Graphics Arts. Graphical Techniques during the Six Century (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Adriena Šimotová: Návrat dvou obrazů (solo exhibition, Prague)
Works on Paper: A Selection of Drawings, Graphic Works and Collages by Czech Artists from the Jan and Meda Mládek Art Collection (group exhibition, Prague)
2004
Look Light (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Face (solo exhibition, Bratislava)
Behind the Glass. From the Collection of Jaroslav Krbůšek (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings to Texts (solo exhibition, Brno)
Drawing, drawing ... Czech Drawing of the 80s 20th Century from the Collections of Members the Council Galleries Czech Republic (group exhibition, Plzeň)
The Sixties/ From the Collection of Galerie Zlatá husa in Prague (group exhibition, Brno)
Adriena Šimotová: Face (solo exhibition, Bratislava)
Behind the Glass. From the Collection of Jaroslav Krbůšek (group exhibition, )
Adriena Šimotová: Drawings to Texts (solo exhibition, Brno)
Drawing, drawing ... Czech Drawing of the 80s 20th Century from the Collections of Members the Council Galleries Czech Republic (group exhibition, Plzeň)
The Sixties/ From the Collection of Galerie Zlatá husa in Prague (group exhibition, Brno)
2005
Received award from Award of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Private View (Josef Chloupek Collection) (group exhibition, Brno)
Space and Time (group exhibition, )
Space and Time (group exhibition, )
2006
Czech Art 20th Century /1940-1970 (group exhibition, )
World of the Czech Graphics (group exhibition, Bruntál)
Adriena Šimotová: Retrospective 1959 - 2005 (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
Kalendáře pro Jindru Štreita (group exhibition, )
World of the Czech Graphics (group exhibition, Bruntál)
Adriena Šimotová: Retrospective 1959 - 2005 (solo exhibition, Olomouc)
Kalendáře pro Jindru Štreita (group exhibition, )
2007
Czech Contemporary Art - Parallel Lines (group exhibition, Moscow)
2008
Adriena Šimotová: Perforations, drawings (1975 - 1985) (solo exhibition, Roudnice nad Labem)
No cage for me! Czech and Slovak art 1970–1989 from the Collections of the Olomouc Museum of Art (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Self-portrait in Czech Art of the 20th and 21st century (group exhibition, )
Velké prádlo (group exhibition, Olomouc)
For Exam in Paradise? Art of the Sixties from the Collections of the West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Adriena Šimotová: Guests (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
Czech and Slovak Fine Art 60s of the 20th century (group exhibition, Trenčín)
No cage for me! Czech and Slovak art 1970–1989 from the Collections of the Olomouc Museum of Art (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Self-portrait in Czech Art of the 20th and 21st century (group exhibition, )
Velké prádlo (group exhibition, Olomouc)
For Exam in Paradise? Art of the Sixties from the Collections of the West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen (group exhibition, Plzeň)
Adriena Šimotová: Guests (solo exhibition, Plzeň)
Czech and Slovak Fine Art 60s of the 20th century (group exhibition, Trenčín)
2009
Received award from The Artist has a Prize
Adriena Šimotová: Oh ľombre, ma lumière / 2000+9 (solo exhibition, Prague)
In the Spectrum of Diversity 11+1 (group exhibition, Prague)
After Velvet / Contemporary Czech Art with Past Connotations (group exhibition, Prague)
In the Spectrum of Diversity 11+1 (group exhibition, Prague)
After Velvet / Contemporary Czech Art with Past Connotations (group exhibition, Prague)
2011
Adriena Šimotová: A Minor Glance Back. Perforations, Frottages 1975–1991 (solo exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Revelations (2008–2010) (solo exhibition, Prague)
Doteky konstruktivismu (group exhibition, Prague)
Adriena Šimotová: Revelations (2008–2010) (solo exhibition, Prague)
Doteky konstruktivismu (group exhibition, Prague)
2012
Adriena Šimotová: And it's so quiet ... (solo exhibition, Osík u Litomyšle)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
2013
Century of Relativity. Permanent Exhibition of 20th Century Fine Arts (group exhibition, Olomouc)
2014
Adriena Šimotová: Memory. Works from Museum Kampa's collection (solo exhibition, Prague)
2016
Adriena Šimotová│A Graphite Angel (solo exhibition, Zlín)
2017
Adriena Šimotová: And it's so quiet ... (II) (solo exhibition, České Budějovice)
2018
The Anatomy of a Leap into the Void | The Year 1968 and Art in Czechoslovakia (group exhibition, Plzeň)