Magdaléna Ševčík (*1988) is a professional abstract painter. She is one of the most prominent representatives of young Czech abstract painting and has exhibited her work in Czechia, Germany, Slovakia, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan.
She is interested in the topic of the human mind and its representations through perception, which she interprets and explores in large scale paintings and playful installations.
Her compositions examine hidden possibilities, and extensions or flaws of the human brain, in memory, self-control and regulation, entanglement, and a higher self. Ševčík uses acrylic paints, always choosing a specific set of colors, she explores how they mix and blend, how they express what can’t be expressed by words or other actions. Her visual language is expressive and symbolic. The fluid background tells a story and speaks of strong moments and experiences. It follows a certain topic in a free and flowing manner. Her work is subjective and raw. On the other hand, the foreground introduces a certain rationality with its simple forms, sharp lines and ellipses. Without them the artwork is incomplete. They either support and amplify what’s happening in the background or negate it completely.
Exhibitions
2025
M6 Gallery, solo Only now, Prague, CZ
2024
Haze Gallery, group exhibition Haze Untitled ed. 001, Berlin, DE
Site-specific mural (collaboration with Tomáš Starý), live painting, Banja Luca, Berlin, DE
2023
Site-specific mural, Montana Street Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Glogauair Open studios (during Berlin Art Week), Berlin, DE
Glogauair Open studios, Berlin, DE
2022
Sotheby's realty, solo exhibition, Prague, CZ
2021
STARÁ ČISTÍRNA GALLERY, Solo Maximal Entropy, Prague, CZ
2020
Art Week Rotterdam with VICTORYART Gallery, Pop-up exhibition, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019
INDIGES GALLERY, Solo exhibition "No End Or Beginning", Brno, CZ
2018
DANIEL RAPHAEL GALLERY, Group exhibition "Less is More", London, UK
NULTÁ GENERACE, Group exhibition of young Czech emerging artists, Jihlava, CZ
Brno Art Jam 2018, CZ
2017
THE CULT HOUSE, Creative Debuts, exhibition "Abstractive", London, UK
KAVÁRNA CO HLEDÁ JMÉNO, Solo exhibition "Neither now nor ever", Prague, Czech republic
BLACK BOX, Solo exhibition "Colliding Planets", Brno, Czech republic
MINI ART GALLERY, Solo exhibition "Colliding Planets", Bratislava, Slovakia
DOT CONTEMPORARY "Closing Hearts", Bratislava, Slovakia
2016
DOT CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Group exhibition “Until Now”, Bratislava, Slovakia
KULTURÁRIUM CAFE , Solo exhibition “Trapped”, Brno, Czech republic
IMPACT HUB BRNO, Solo exhibition “Now forever”, Brno, Czech republic