Zuzana Čížková also known

as Zuzana Klára Čížková ZČK

is a contemporary sculptor and painter

from Czech Republic.

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MgA. Zuzana Čížková ZČK is a graduate of the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague, from the Department of Fine Arts, Kurt Gebauer's studio.

She completed internships both in the Czech Republic and abroad, for example, in France with Vladimír Škoda, in Switzerland in the studio of Ludwig Stocker and in Prague in the studio of Olbram Zoubek. She has exhibited with these authors as well.

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Her works have been presented in many prestigious venues both in the Czech Republic and abroad, such as Art Expo New York 2026,  the Presidential Gallery in Brussels, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, the Karolinum in Prague, the National Museum, and twice in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle.  

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Zuzana has received several artistic awards, including the Prague-London Contemporary Art Prize, Inspiration by Good, and Wintontrain. She was selected to exhibit as the only artist from the Czech Republic at the 116th edition of Artistes Indépendants in Paris. In 2022, Zuzana Čížková's paintings were selected for the international exhibition Significant Works of Contemporary Slovak and Czech Art.

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Zuzana has already had twenty-one solo exhibitions in her portfolio, including a solo exhibition in Paris - Suzana Cizkova - La galerie Thuiller, and traveling exhibitions in the USA. Zuzana's sculptural free creations in public spaces include locations such as Prague  - Prosek, Prague - Smíchov, the castle garden in Brandýs nad Labem, Poděbrady and many other cities. Zuzana collaborates with galleries in the Czech Republic and abroad.

 

Czech television has made two documentaries

and several short profiles about Zuzana. 

All the documents from Czech Television can be seen in the section

"They filmed about the author."

 

                                              

 

STUDIES:

• Academy of Art Architecture and Design in Prague, studio Kurt Gebauer

• High school of stone craft, Hořice v Podkrkonoší.

 

INTERSHIP:

• Studio for stone Josef Stehlik and Ludwig Stocker, Switzerland (Basil).

• Studio for stone, Italy (Carrara).

• Painter studio Miloš Síkora, Paris, France.

• Sculptor studio Vladinír Škoda,  France (Montel, Lyon and Paris).

• Sculptor studio Olbram Zoubek in Prague.

 

AWARDS:

In 2005 she represented Czech Republic in the 116th SALON DES ARTISTES  INDÉPENDANTS Paris. Only one representant of each EU country was allowed. Based on this presentation, Zuzana Čížková got invited to these fine art salons directly by the French organizers, but also by private galleries.

In 2009 she received price for a contemporary art Wintontrain, Inspiration by goodness, Prague – London for a relief sculpture with the motif of a hand depicting the text I LOVE (MILUJI) with the finger alphabet

 

SCULPTURE REALISATIONS (SELECTION)

• 2011 relief about sign language, wide 700 cm, Holečkova street, Smíchov,Prague

• 2010 Madonino tajemství, (Madonna's Secret)  three stone sculptures, height of each approx. 90 cm, Prosek, Prague

• 2008 sculpture Milenka Rudolfa II (Mistress of the Emperor Rudolf II), in the garden of Brandýs nad Labem castle - concrete, height 170 cm

• 2011 sculpture sv. Anežka, stone, height 220 cm, Poděbrady

• 2008 sculpture Vodníci se hlásí o svá práva (Water spirits have own rights), Šluknov - concrete, height circa 100 cm

• 2014 Ludvík Kuba, concrete, 200 x 150 x 50 cm

• 2006 sculpture Mamutí kel (Ivory of mammoth), Ostrava, Landek –

• stone, height 300 cm

• 2004 sculpture Motýl (Butterfly), Nový Dvůr – stone, height circa 175 cm

• 2004 sculpture Praryba (Primitive fish), Spálené Poříčí - stone, height circa 180 cm

• 2003 sculpture sv. Florián (St. Florian), Železný Újezd - stone, height 300 cm

• 2002 sculpture Angel, Hořice v Podkrkonoší - stone, height circa 150 cm

• 2003 sculpture RANO-RARA-KU, Hořice v Podkrkonoší - stone, height 165 cm

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SCULPTURE REALISATION (outside Czech Republic)

Zrození králů (Birth of Kings) Austria, Vienna metal,190 x 200 x 200 cm , 2010 – 2013

 

 SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS:

• Art Expo New York 2026, Contemporary art fair, Galeria Azur

• New York, Brooklyn, 1 Creative Space TBA, 6th - 19th October 2025

• Significant works of contemporary Slovak and Czech art, Groma Gallery, Žilina, 2021

• Germany, Berlin, Karl-Max Allee 62, Season 5, 1st - 30th August 2025

• France, Paris, Rue de Thorigny, Contemporary art gallery, Les Toiles de L'été 2013

• France, Paris, Grand Palais, Champs Elysées Clémenceau, Art en Capital 2007

• France, Paris, Rue de Thorigny, Contemporary art gallery, Le Salon de Novembre 2009

• Italy, Rome, Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, The Czech Bible Through the Ages, 2008

• Belgium, Brussels, Presidents' Gallery-European Commission, Czech Bible through the Centuries, 2009

• France, Paris, l'Espace Champerret, Salon des Artistes Independants 2006

• France, Paris, l'Espace Champerret, Salon des Artistes Indépendants 2005

• Prague 1, Royal Celebrations, Empire Glasshouse in the Royal Garden, Prague Castle, "Royal Celebrations", 2016

• Prague 1 Castle, Empire-style greenhouse in the Royal Garden

• "I won't call it off" Master Jan Hus, 2015 

• Prague 1, National Museum, Wintontrain, 2009

• Austria, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vienna, Mädel Knödel, 2011

• Prague 1, Academy of Sciences, Národní 3, Sculptural portrait of Václav Havel,2013

•  2013 Prague 1, Kampa, Garden of the Liechtenstein Palace, sculpture exhibition, 2010

• Prague 1, Karolinum Gallery, The Czech Bible through the Centuries, 2009

• Prague, NP Vyšehrad, Gorlice, Lughnasadh 2005

• The Czech Bible through the Centuries Písek, Prácheň Museum 2010

• Prague 1, Wenceslas Square 13, Chaos of the big city, Art Faktory Gallery

• , 2007 International Sculpture Workshops, MY-WY-RAZEM 2006, Oronsko-Ostrava

• Prague 1, Jungmannova 21, 4+4+4 Days in Motion, A World without Caries?, 2006

• Prague 1, Mánes Exhibition Hall, Based on Josef Mánes

• Prague 2, Kateřinská Garden, Nothing on display...?, 2006 Hungary, Veszprém, Cellar Gallery, Art House,

• 2007 Cancer Clay Hops, Rabas Gallery,

• Rakovník, 2013

• Křivoklát Castle, Rrromantika—Return of Lost Sculptures, 2010

• Klášterec nad Ohří, Gallery KRYT, RESTART, 2017

• Municipal Museum Čelákovice - CONCRETE, 2007

• International Sculpture Symposium of sculptures and objects in concrete, on Prague's Rohansky Island and in Radlice in Prague, 2006 and 2007

• Poděbrady, Ludvík Kuba Gallery, Lázeňská 363, Meeting of Sculptors in Poděbrady, 2019 Prague 6, Public exhibition of the two-round competition for the monument to Prof. Otto Wichterle, February 2005 Queen of Spades, Naiw Artists and Co., Neratovice. Exhibition hall of the Community House, 2003 International exhibition Stone Hořice 2002, Hořice in Podkrkonoší, 2002 International exhibition Magma 2000, Hořice in Podkrkonoší, 2000 It'll be great again, charity exhibition to help flood-affected Mělnicko, Municipal Museum in Čelákovice, 2002 Journey to the Rainbow, Prague 6, Dejvice, ČVUT Cybernetics building, the theme of this year was the painting Zavináč, by Zuzana Čížková, 2022 All Gatherings, Dřevák, Řevnice 2023 Central Bohemian Triennale, Rabas Gallery Rakovník, in the years 2012 and 2024 From 2002 to 2007, she exhibited every year at prestigious Lughnasadh exhibitions, She was invited by Olbram Zoubek, and the organizer was the academic painter Josef Ryzec. For one edition of this exhibition, Zuzana even created the Vodník sculpture directly in Olbram Zoubek's studio, under his guidance. Each edition focused on different Celtic deities, at different locations (for example, the Barrandien Geopark, Kačina Castle, Prague's Vyšehrad) and under the patronage of different prominent figures. For instance, under the patronage of His Excellency Joseph Heyes, the Ambassador of Ireland to the Czech Republic, and His Excellency Josef Havlas, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ireland. Since 2012, she has exhibited every year at the Member Exhibition of Central Bohemian Artists at the Rabas Gallery. From 2012 to 2017, she exhibited yearly as part of gallery VIVO projects, in the Portheimka Gallery, Prague 5. Since 2012, she has exhibited every year at the Rabas Gallery in Rakovník at exhibitions of the Association of Central Bohemian Artists. And several dozen other interesting exhibitions.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• Zuzana Čížková, paintings, sculptures on the occasion of the launch of her book, Bím bar loung, Dobřichovice ( November 2022)

• Kousek cesty (A little way) (2017), Galery 9, Vysočany Town Hall, Sokolovská street, Prague 9

• Trip in Brandýs (2016), club Kočár, Brandýs castle carriage house

• Painting Zuzana Čížková (2017), Hellichova ulice, kostel sv. Vavřince, Praha 1 (v areálu Pražského jara)

• Painting Zuzana Čížková (2016), Hellichova ulice, kostel sv. Vavřince, Praha 1 (v areálu Pražského jara)

• Finfest, vysočanská, Praha 9 (2022)

• Romantic landscape (2015), Creative Gate, Jindřišská pasáž, Praha 1

• C‘est moi - moje cesty 2014 Galerie Klatovy Klenová, castle st. Vavřinec

• Siskin at nightingale, 2010 Rašínovo nábřeží, Prague, CZ

• Altars of sacrificed time, 2004 Galleri in Chapel Jan Nepomucký, Jungmannovo náměstí, Prague 1 - sculptures by Zuzana Čížková, photography by Radim Beznoska, CZ

• Concrete, 2007 Contemporary project, Museum in Čelákovice, CZ

• Unconventionally classic, 2002 Museum in Čelákovice, CZ

• Fancies police lieutenant colonel2014 Police museum, Ke Karlovu 1, Prague 2 (with Rudolf Čížek) CZ

• Up to the ears in the concrete, 2010 Hradec Králové ( in international concrete seminar ), CZ

• Mémoire du Futur - Memory of future, 2007 NKP Vyšehrad, Prague, CZ

• Plastic illusion, 2004 Regional Museum for Prague - East in Brandýs nad Labem, CZ Sculpture in trip , 2004, Mariánské Lázně

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ABOUT ARTISTS:

Although she was born in Prague, I was raised in Brandýs nad Labem in Central Bohemia. During my childhood, I was inspired by my grandfather who was an art restorer. She studied at High school of sculptures and stone-cutting in Hořice at the foothills of the Krkonoše mountains. After finishing high school, she studied Spatial Creation/Bronze Sculpture in Zlín and after a year left her studies to work in the studio (Olbram Zoubek studio) and at the same time traveled to Italy and Switzerland to the Stone studio Josef Stehlík

and Ludwig Stocker.

Since 2003 she collaborating with Research Institute of cement - mortar in Radotín (part of Prague). Thanks to them I was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) in my artworks. Together we are working up material known already in Antic Greece.

 

She was also acquiring experiences at work internships in Switzerland, Italy and France.

In 2005 she was selected as a representative in Paris of young Czech artistes less than 30 years old. I took part as representative of the Czech Republic of 116th edition of the Salon des Artistes Independants. Only one representing artist of each EU country was allowed. In French capital, she twice took part in the Salon des Artistes Independants (2006 and 2007)

She took part three times in the Salon des Artistes Independants. Later I was invited there by the French organisers or by private art galleries.

Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the Studio led by Professor Kurt Gebauer; I graduated in 2010.
 

In the year 2009 she received the Winton Train Award – "Inspiration by Goodness Prague – London".

She have created dozens of sculptures put in landscapes (for example in Spálené Poříčí, at Brandýs nad Labem Castle in Poděbrady or in Prague - Prosek and Prague - Smíchov.) I exhibit her paintings in Czechia and abroad, they are presented at temporary exhibition or permanent collections. She exhibited her works in many prestigious galleries in the Czech Republic and abroad.

One of the main themes of her work, for which she received art awards and was the first in Europe to create a sculptural realization of this theme for the public, is sign language and the finger alphabet. He has been implementing this motif since 2001 to the present.

Since 2012, she has been painting modern landscapes and figurative paintings criticizing the lifestyle of so-called advanced civilizations. (Robots, Birth, Romantic landscape of the 21st century) .

Since 2016, life circumstances have led her to create motifs in parallel, floating over the landscape, fast flying at high altitudes and fantastic, even surrealistic motifs (cycles of images Trips N, Horizon of Events).

Čížková's work is very diverse in terms of themes and concepts, which may initially confuse many visitors, and in some cases they may be frightened by the color gradients of some paintings. The number of exhibitions and other presentations of her work to the public is also a rich garden, when we realize at what age she managed to do everything.

 

Zuzana Čížková also known as Zuzana Klára Čížková(born 10 December 1982) is a Czech sculptor and painter.

Zuzana Čížková in 2017

Although born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Zuzana Čížková was raised in Brandýs nad Labem in Central Bohemia. During her childhood, she was inspired by her grandfather who was an art restorer. She studied at High school of sculptures and stone-cutting in Hořice at the foothills of the Krkonoše mountains.

Madonna's Secret - three stone sculptures in Prague- Prosek.

Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the Sculpture Atelier led by Professor Kurt Gebauer; she graduated in 2011. During and shortly after her high school studies Zuzana Čížková specialized in traditional technologies and materials (stone and gypsum). Later on, she started to experiment with materials she had already employed earlier in her education. She was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) which she achieved in cooperation with the Research Institute of cement - mortar in Radotín (part of Prague).

 

Mistress of the Emperor Rudolf II - concrete, Brandýs nad Labem

She caught the attention of the audience, not only in Czech Republic, but also in France. In Paris, she twice took part in the Salon des Artistes Independants (2006 and 2007) as a representative of young Czech artistes. Later she made exhibition with a French painter Valexia. Zuzana Čížková also participated at two interships in Basel in Switzerland and Carrar Quarry in Italy. In the year 2009 she received the Winton Train Award – “Inspiration by Goodness Prague – London”.

She has created dozens of monumental sculptures for public areas (for example in Čížkov, Ostrava—Landek, Brandýs nad Labem, Poděbrady, 

Prague - Prosek and Prague - Smíchov.)

 

 

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