Katerina Vincourova

Katerina Vincourova, born in 1968 in Prague, is one of the most important Czech artists of the young generation. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, as well as the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow. She completed a prestigious DAAD fellowhip in Berlin and she also holds the Czech Jindrich Chalupecky prize for young artists from the year 1997. Some of her recent work takes a characteristically playful yet critical look at the proliferation of promotional objects in today’s society. She manages to critique consumerism while simultaneously identifying deeper, more personal meanings in such objects. Vincourova has participated in several recent solo and group exhibits throughout Europe and the United States.