Eva Maceková
Bio
Eva Maceková, born in 1984 in Martin, Slovakia, is a graduate of the Illustration and Graphic Design Studio at UMPRUM in Prague. Her artistic practice encompasses a variety of techniques, including painting, illustration, printmaking, and handmade textiles. Her distinctive style is characterized by powerful draughtsmanship and vibrant use of color.
She describes herself as having a calm nature. But somewhere inside her lives a hellion and a playful child that she likes to unleash on paper or canvas. She is interested in myths, creatures on the edge and medieval visions. Her work often hovers between naive decadence and tragicomic apocalyptic motifs. Many of her paintings are elemental references to subconscious states. In her series of paintings Garden of Uroboros, she explores the nooks and crannies of a mysterious garden inhabited by intermingling unearthly beings and wild plants.
She has exhibited her works at DOX, City Surfer Office, Ville Pellé, Etc. gallery, Trafo Gallery, and Halle Saint Pierre in Paris. In 2018, she was nominated for the Czech Grand Design Awards in the Illustrator of the Year category, and in 2022, she achieved 3rd place in the same category.
Selected Works
Selfie (2025)
Home (2025)
Smart Foam (2025)
Hand (2024)
Eyeful Mountain (2024)
Renewal (2024)
Bonds (2024)
Wild (2023)
Autoportrait (2022)
Exhibitions
Selection of Solo Exhibitions
Dark. Deep. Green, UFO Art Gallery, Kraków (PL)
Garden of Uroboros: Organic Bodies, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Pilgrims, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Zubrnice (CZ)
AXN-5920-1, Aquarium - Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Auxin, Page Five, Prague (CZ)
Happy Endings, Lobster Space, Prague (CZ)
A Stung Bee, DESKA, Ústí nad Labem (CZ)
Zone, Automatic Mills, DUP07, Pardubice (CZ)
KŽNJVPSSP, Walk Through Gallery, Hradec Králové (CZ)
KŽNJVPSSP, Xaoxax, Prague (CZ)
Selection of Group Exhibitions
Interlude, C12 art gallery, Prague (CZ)
Melancholia Futura, HAUNT, Berlin (DE)
Face, HYB4 Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Y: Once upon a Time, X10 Theater, Prague (CZ)
The sun shone feebly through the murk, Alteos Gallery, Ostrava (CZ )
Factory of Arcadian Identity, FaVU Gallery, Brno (CZ)
Woven from Weeds, Entrance Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Amoma, Špejchar Gallery, Chomutov (CZ)
Imaginary Ecology, Regional Gallery of Vysočina in Jihlava, (CZ)
ECOSEX, Slovakian Institute, Prague (CZ)
US, with Anna Ruth and Margarita Ivy, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
Foreign Bodies, Pekelné Sáně Gallery, Kroměříž (CZ)
Rider, Magnus Art Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Somnambulists, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AT)
Deep Water, Deepest Forest, Horácká gallery, Nové město na Moravě (CZ)
Fighting Aikor, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Tranchée Racine, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris (FR)
LUCA 2020, Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Projektil 33, DOX, Prague (CZ)
Amor Bikini Armor, City Surfer Office, Prague (CZ)
Life Is Painful and Brings Disappointment, Trafo Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Life Is Painful and Brings Disappointment, Gallery of City Pilsen (CZ)
Festival Lustr - NO. 3, Prague (CZ)
City World, Villa Pellé Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Moment of the Bear, etc. gallery, Prague (CZ)
Festival Lustr - NO. 2, Prague (CZ)
Festival Lustr - NO. 1, Art Salon Gallery, Microna, Prague (CZ)
Lord of the Flies, Wannieck Gallery, Brno (CZ)
Apocalypse - Wall num. 2, City Surfer Office, Prague (CZ)
My Cup of Tea, AVU Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Education
School of Applied Arts in Ružomberok, Textile Design
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Atelier of Textile Design
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Atelier of Illustration and Graphics
Awards
Czech Grand Design - 3rd place in the category Illustrator of the Year
Art Fairs
Art Fair Kraków, Poland, Karpuchina Gallery
Vienna Contemporary, Austria, Karpuchina Gallery