Amavia Exhibition
Tereza Cervenová
Tereza Cervenová
Tereza Cervenová’s work is characterized by the juxtaposition of delicate imagery and soft light with political and personal references. Her photographs of landscapes have a painterly, other-worldly dimension which is often contrasted with the symbolism of her chosen subjects. The selected images portray quiet, poetic snippets of Venice, representing well-known sites such as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Palazzo Grassi in an abstract language. The artworks simultaneously retain the identity of the locations, while leaving the viewers with a pinch of mystery.
Tereza Cervenová’s work is characterized by the juxtaposition of delicate imagery and soft light with political and personal references. Her photographs of landscapes have a painterly, other-worldly dimension which is often contrasted with the symbolism of her chosen subjects. The selected images portray quiet, poetic snippets of Venice, representing well-known sites such as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Palazzo Grassi in an abstract language. The artworks simultaneously retain the identity of the locations, while leaving the viewers with a pinch of mystery.
Tereza Cervenová (b. 1991, Bratislava) received her BA in Photography from Middlesex University in 2014 and her MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, London in 2018.
Her work is included in the collections of The National Portrait Gallery, London (UK); John Kobal Foundation, London (UK); TATE Artist’s Book Collection, London (UK); Fine & Decorative Art Collection, Eton College, Windsor (UK). Tereza Cervenová completed a residency at ALMA ZEVI, Venice in 2019.
In 2019, Cervenová was a finalist for the MACK First Book Award, Nominee for Foam Paul Huf Award. She was awarded the Bloomberg New Contemporaries prize in 2017 and was a finalist for the European Photography prize in the same year.
Selected exhibitions include Site Gallery (2022); Jerwood Arts, London (2021;) ALMA ZEVI, Venice (2021 & 2020); Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (2019); UK Parliament, London (2019); Royal College of Art Summer Show, London (2018); Museum of London, London (2018).
Tereza Cervenová
Palazzo Grassi II, Venezia, 2019
c-type photograph
97 x 64.5 cm (38 1/4 x 25 3/8 in)
(unframed) – 104 x 74 cm (41 x 29 1/8 in)
(framed) – Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Tereza Cervenová
Palazzo Grassi II, Venezia, 2019
c-type photograph
97 x 64.5 cm (38 1/4 x 25 3/8 in)
(unframed) – 104 x 74 cm (41 x 29 1/8 in)
(framed) – Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Tereza Cervenová
Palazzo Grassi I, Venezia, 2019
c-type photograph
97 x 75.5 cm (38 1/4 x 29 3/4 in)
(unframed) – 104 x 85 cm (41 x 33 1/2 in)
(framed) – Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Tereza Cervenová
Peggy’s Window, Venezia, 2019
c-type photograph
61 x 39 cm (24 1/8 x 15 3/8 in)
(unframed) – 74 x 53 cm (29 1/8 x 20 7/8 in) (framed)
Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Tereza Cervenová
Tereza Cervenová (b. 1991, Bratislava) received her BA in Photography from Middlesex University in 2014 and her MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, London in 2018.
Her work is included in the collections of The National Portrait Gallery, London (UK); John Kobal Foundation, London (UK); TATE Artist’s Book Collection, London (UK); Fine & Decorative Art Collection, Eton College, Windsor (UK). Tereza Cervenová completed a residency at ALMA ZEVI, Venice in 2019.
In 2019, Cervenová was a finalist for the MACK First Book Award, Nominee for Foam Paul Huf Award. She was awarded the Bloomberg New Contemporaries prize in 2017 and was a finalist for the European Photography prize in the same year.
Selected exhibitions include Site Gallery (2022); Jerwood Arts, London (2021;) ALMA ZEVI, Venice (2021 & 2020); Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (2019); UK Parliament, London (2019); Royal College of Art Summer Show, London (2018); Museum of London, London (2018).
- 2018 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- 2014 BA Hons 1st Photograph, Middlesex University, London, UK
Solo exhibitions - 2019 20 Years: Celebrating Membership, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
- 2018 June, Brighton Photo Biennial: A New Europe, University of Brighton Galleries, Brighton, UK
2022 Survey II, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2021 Survey II, Jerwood Arts, London, UK
The Portrait in Focus, ALMA ZEVI, Venice, Italy
2020 The Venice Show, ALMA ZEVI, Venice, Italy
2019 Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
209 Women - Houses of Parliament, London & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
FUTURES Talents, UNSEEN, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 Royal College of Art Summer Show, RCA, London, UK
London Nights, Museum of London, London, UK
2017 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, BALTIC, Newcastle & Block 336, London, UK
2016 Portrait of Britain, Nationwide public exhibition across the UK
Anima, theprintspace gallery, London, UK
WOW - Women of the World Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Life Framer, Menier Gallery, London, uk (toured to Juraplatz Art Space, Biel, Switzerland)
2015 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, NPG, London, UK
Forebonding, Sans Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2014 D&AD New Blood Exhibition, The Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK
Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London, UK
FUTURES, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
L ND N Exhibition, Zahorian & Co Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 The Taylor Wessing Photography Portrait Prize 2013, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Light Play, Double Negative Darkroom, London, UK
50 Words, Month of Photography Festival 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia
5 Under 30, Young Photographers’ Competition, Daniel Blau Gallery, London, UK
- The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
- John Kobal Foundation, London, UK
- TATE Artist’s Book Collection, London, UK
- Fine & Decorative Art Collection, Eton College, Windsor, UK
- The UK Parliament Collection, London, UK
- 2019 ALMA ZEVI, Venice, Italy
- 2016 Leverhulme Foundation Bursary
- 2014 Traditional Photographic Print Retouching Apprenticeship, London, UK
- 2013 Double Negative Darkroom, London, UK
- 2008 Multiplace – Network Culture Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2020 Artist talk with Tereza Cervenová, The_Interval, Work-Show-Grow
- South Bank University Lecturer, London, UK
- Arts University Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK
- 2019 Tereza Cervenová: UH Photography Guest Speaker, University of Hertfordshire, Harfield, UK
- Calvert 22 for FUTURES and UNSEEN, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- London Art Fair with Shoair Mavlian, London, UK
- TATE Exchange with Photopedagogy
- University of the Arts, London, UK
- 2018 London College of Communication, London, UK
- 2016 Journey to the other side of the camera, TED x Wandsworth
- 2021 Can, Gülnaz. “The simplicity of life: A nomination to resurface and survey… II”, The Wall Street International
- 2020 Machetti, Irene. “10 Questions from isolation... with Tereza Cervenová”, FAD Magazine Interview, Futures Photography
- 2019 Cooper-van Ingen, Gita. “Q&A featuring Tereza Cervenová ”, Der Greif
Wilson, Jacob. “The Photographers to have on your radar in 2019”, AnOther - 2018 Lusting, Josh. “Tereza Cervenová on photographing Europe after the Brexit vote”, Financial Times Magazine
- 2017 “Dressing the part: Jack O’Connell portrait show actor in different light”, The Guardian
- 2016 “In Depth: People, Places and Objects by Tereza Cervenová”, Life Framer
2014 Kinglesy, Kory. “Tereza Cervenová”, aint-bad
