Natálie Roučková

“Natálie Roučková studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studios of Jiří Černický, Stanislav Diviš and mostly Mariana Karel. Her education began at a young age, as she grew up with the work of her father, Pavel Roučka. Her paintings are not just artwork to her, but a fundamental part of who she has become as a person and as an artist. In addition to her father, his colleagues such as Václav Bláha, Michael Rittstein, Ivan Ouhel and Jiří Šalamoun have also influenced Natalie’s views on art and daily things from her earliest years.

Despite her young age, Natalie’s artwork already displays a distinctive personal style. This style is defined in her paintings by the main color palette, as well as very simplified reliefs of horse heads painted in anfas. Horses and their surroundings are for Natalie one of the most important themes in her work, as she has competed her entire life in showjumping with her horses.

When painting, Natálie steps out from herself to experience the phenomena of the surrounding world, meeting with them on a physical plane. Her paintings are an artistic record of reality infused with vibrant and playful colors, which add to the paintings’ surreal tint. Displays of figure, either horse or otherwise, are anchored within their real relationship to the world. The paintings create a peculiar aesthetic, which is dominated by the evolution of figures on an abstract background.” (Karolína Peštová, Department of Aesthetics at Charles University in Prague graduate)

Born 1984 in the historical center of Prague, Natalie works in her home city and lives with the horseback rider Aleš Opatrný.

 

Education

1999 – 2003 • summer Academy in Frauenau, Germany, studied wood-carving, modelling, animation, painting

2002 – 2004 • drawing lessons by academic painter Boris Jirků

2004 • modelling lessons by academic sculptor Jiří Beránek

2005 – 2008 • The Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague– Environmental Art studio of academic sculptor Marian Karel

2008 – 2010 • The Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague, Painting Studio – Stanislav Diviš

2010 – 2011  • finished studies at AAAD Prague, mixed media by Jiri Černický

 

Exhibitions

2016 • Czech This Art, collective exhibition, Jindřišská 16

2016 • Theatre of Bolek Polívka, Brno

2015 • Czech This Art, collective Czech/Dutch exhibition, London

2014 • HAY/GRASS color generations, New City Hall, Prague

2012 • Wiener Neustadt, Lake Arena, Austria

2012 • Czech House in London, on the occasion of the Olympic Games

2011 • Sport & Art at AAAD, Prague

2011 • Kunst in der Fabrik | Art in the Factory, collective exhibition, Passau

2011 • Annäherung | Approximation, collective exhibition, Neuburg am Inn

2011 • Art Prague, collective exhibition

2011 • Tribute to Gustave Mahler, collective exhibition, Prague

2010 • Art Prague, collective exhibition

2010 – 2011 • Tribute to Gustave Mahler, collective exhibition, Jihlava

2009 – 2010 • Young Artists Helping Children, collective exhibition, Hotel Kempinsky Prague

2010 • Young Artists in Kolín, colective exhibition

2009 – 2010 • Meet the Artist, Palladium, Prague

2009 • Galerie Dolmen, collective exhibition

2008 • M&K Gallery Prague

2007 • Hypological Museum, Slatiňany

2005 – 2011 • Art Semestr Prague (recurring exhibition, twice a year)

2006 • Dance and Jump Gallery, Prague

2005 • Dance and Jump Gallery, Prague

2004 • Dance and Jump Gallery, Prague

2004 • Gallery Špejchar Želkovice

 

Commissions

2011 • design for limited edition watches for company Prim

2007 • logo for Wine Food Market company, Prague

2004 • logo for horse equipment company Dance and Jump

 

Horse show jumping championships

2013 • gold medal ladies

2009 • gold medal ladies

2008 • bronze medal ladies

2007 • gold medal ladies

2003 • gold medal young riders