Magdalena Blaha

Magdalena Blaha ranks among the best Czech documentary photographers pushing the boundaries of Czech contemporary photography towards new dimensions. She enjoys capturing everyday life scenes through the lense of her individual perception.




























Born in 1954 in Prague. Lives and works in Prague. Member of the Association of Professional Photographers.
Education
1969-73 • High School of Graphic Arts, Prague
1977-1982 • Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Solo exhibitions
2013 • „ …my private three thousand three hundred and sixty Centimeters“, Czech Center Milano
2011 • „…so that I don’t forget“, New City Hall, Prague
Selected group exhibitions
2016 • N.Y.C. Kanzelsberger, České Budějovice
2016 • Prague Photo, “Na draka”, Far Away from Art, Kafka’s House, Prague
2015 • Prague Photo, This Time This Way, Kafka’s House, Prague
2015 • Mikulovské Rudolfinum, „Among the Weirdos“, Mikulov
2014 • Prague Photo, NAD A POD, Kafka’s House, Prague
2014 • Almanac, AF Kladno
2013 • Prague Photo, From one toom to another, Kafka’s House, Prague
2013 • Venice… Venice!, Museum Montanelli, Prague
2012 • Prague Photo 2012, Prague House, Brusel
2012 • Prague Photo , DOX, Praha
2011 • Czech Press Photo, Galerie deset, Prague
2011 • Prague Photo Mánes, Prague
2010 • Prague Photo, Mánes, Prague
2009 • Opening, Museum Montanelli, Prague
2009 • Prague Photo, Mánes, Prague
2008 • Czech and Slovakian Contemporary Photography, Montmartre Gallery, Prague
2008 • Prague Photo, Mánes, Prague
2008 • Sellection, AF, Galerie Diamant, Prague
2005 • Galerie Bleibtreu, Situation, Berlin
2003 • National Museum of Photography, Jindřichův Hradec
2003 • Individualities of a Document, Mladá Fronta Gallery, Prague
2002 • Faces, Gambit Gallery, Prague
2002 • After the Flood, Mánes, Praha
2002 • Golden Fund, National Museum of Photography, Jindřichův Hradec
2001 • Lesser Town Figurettes, Municipal Gallery Beseda, Prague
2000 • Czech Theatre Photography of the 1990’s, Café Imperial, Prague
1999 • Still-life, AF, National Technical Museum, Prague
1998 • Portrait, AF, Mánes, Prague
1997 • La Fura Dels Baus-Manes, Archa Theatre, Prague
1994 • Photography 1989-1994, Mánes, Prague
1989 • Visual Artists in Photography, National Gallery Prague, Convent of St. Agnes, Prague
1987 • Applied Arts, Mánes, Prague
1975-1979 • Women with a Camera, Old Town Hall, Prague
Collections
National Gallery in Prague
Museum Montanelli Prague
Museum of Photography in Jindřichův Hradec