ZUZANA ČÍŽKOVÁ ​

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The work of Zuzana Čížková is part of both public and private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad, and it has long developed in dialogue with the international gallery environment, especially in the USA, Germany, and France. Her works are also presented through the Artsy platform and are registered with GESTOR – the copyright protection association. The artist's creation has been developing for more than two decades as a continuous intellectual space, in which sculpture, painting, and objects intertwine. The central theme is communication — not only as an exchange of information, but as a fundamental principle of existence: the relationship between humans, nature, and that which transcends individual experience. The symbiosis here is not an idealized state, but a dynamic field of tension, in which the consciousness of human individuality collides with the order of the natural world.

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The author works systematically in thematic cycles that articulate the question of spirituality in the contemporary context through various visual languages. In her conception, faith does not appear as a closed system, but as an open process — as a movement between the body, experience, and transcendence.

This movement is often shaped by confrontation with limits, by surpassing them, and by the necessity of repeated beginnings, which is reflected in the internal structure of individual works. Public space plays an important role in the author's practice. Sculptural realizations are not created as decorative interventions, but as situations — open communication points that actively engage with the viewer. The works are designed to evoke interaction, questions, and unexpected forms of participation, thus becoming part of a living social environment.

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Material is the carrier of meaning in this creation. The artist primarily works with bronze and her own authorial cement mixture developed for outdoor installations, which allows for the long-term existence of works in changing conditions. The painting work, executed in both oil and acrylic, is understood as a comprehensive whole, where the painting itself and its adjustment form an indivisible unit. Zuzana Čížková's work can thus be understood as a continuous exploration of relationships — between humans and their environment, between matter and meaning, between the present and that which surpasses it. This gallery presents the individual cycles as a map of this process. She paints paintings in oil and acrylic and they are custom-adjusted at the framing workshop Ant. Křížek (https://www.antkrizek.cz), where a frame with an original composition of individual moldings and colors is created for each painting. Zuzana paints on some of the frames. In this way, the paintings, together with their individual adjustments, become a comprehensive work of art. Paintings can also be ordered as an authorial print on canvas stretched on a wooden blind frame, but only in a limited edition, which is a maximum of 3 to 5 pieces of a single work.