Františka Gilman
Born in Prague and residing in Brooklyn, Františka is a classically-trained painter with an eye for garden design and a proclivity for conceptual art. She has been curating, critiquing and creating work internationally both independently and in collaboration with her husband, Tim Gilman-Ševčík and as a partner of Urban Green garden design.
MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Study Abroad, Cooper Union, NY
Study Abroad, San Francisco Art Institute
Solo Exhibitions
2023 30X30 ASSEMBLY, Schule, CZ
2022 “Connective Time,” ADS Warehouse, Newburgh, NY
2011 Hunt Kastner, Prague
2007 Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York
2006 “Blindspot,” Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Babel, Trondheim, Norway
2005 Circa, Montreal
2004 Galerie Davide Dimaggio Mudimadue, Berlin and Milan
“Sólo” Galerie NoD, Prague
“In Practice,” Sculpture Center, NY
2000 Gallerie V. Spaly, Prague
1998 Gallerie Bunkr, Prague
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 “Josef Pleskot: Města,” Museum Kampa, Prague
2016 “Traverse,” William Holman Gallery, NY
2011 “In absentia,“ Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University Gallery, New York
2010 “What happens next is a secret,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2009 Water Pod, New York
2006 “The Square Root of Drawing,” Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
“New Painters – Part Two” Galerie Davide Dimaggio Mudimadue, Milan
2004 “Open House – Working in Brooklyn” Brooklyn Museum, New York
“Drawing is the Beginning of Everything” Galerie Davide Dimaggio, Berlin
2003 “Regionale,” Kunsthalle Basel
Prague Biennale, Veletržní Palace, National Gallery, Prague
“Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction” Exit Art, NY
“Donut Shop 7” Phillip Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR
“A Clearing” Cover Up, London
2002 “Painting as Paradox” Artists Space, NY
“BIBLIOMANIA” Printed Matter, NY
2001 “Mayday, Mayday” Swiss Institute, NY
2000 "Anywhere but here" Artists Space, NY
1999 "Fauna" Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Awards, Grants and Residencies
LKV, Trondheim, Norway, Sept. 2006
Irish Museum of Modern Art Artist-in-Residence, Dublin Jan.-July 2006
LMCC Artist Workspace Program, NY July-Nov. 2004
International Artists Studio Program Basel (iaab) July-Dec. 2003
Select Press
Issa Tousignant “Reality Bites,” Hour, Montreal, 4/7/05
Boris Schibler “Auf das Neue reagieren,” Basler Agenda, 8/14/03
“A Day at the Blimp Races,” Queens Courier, 7/23/03
Roberta Smith, “A Space Reborn, With a Show That’s Never Finished,” NY Times 4/4/03
C. Carr, “Every Exit Is An Entrance,” Village Voice, 3/12/03
William Powhida, “ARTSEEN Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction,” June 2003
“Donut Shop7,” 4/03, Jahn, “Critical i,” NW Drizzle 5/03
Jerry Saltz, “Painting a la Mode,” Village Voice12/13/02;
Ken Johnson, NY Times 12/13/02
Margaret Sundell, “Life after death,” Time Out New York 11/21/02
Meghan Dailey, Artforum.com; Flavorpill12/17/02
Kim Levin, “Voice Choice” Village Voice 9/ 22/01
Massimiliano Gioni, “New York Cut-up” Flash Art 11/01
Ondrej Formanek, “Vystava,” Novy Prostor, Patron 20, 2000
Marisa Ravalli, The Prague Post “A marriage of cultures” 25/10/2000
Vera Jirousova, “Trikrat bez nazvu, a za to zive a vyrazne,” Atelier 23, 2000, Artur magazine11/00
Published Criticism (with Tim Gilman-Ševčík)
Flash Art International, Milan, Contributors – 1999 to 2011
Umelec Magazine, Prague, U.S. Correspondents – 1999 to 2009
continent., Arts Editors – 2011 to 2014
Reviews and articles: Art in America, Flash Art, Village Voice, ArtNet, Detail, Umelec, Guardian Weekly, Intervista, Arcade, continent., Trans
Select Curatorial Projects
2008 “Slow Glass” Lisa Cooley, New York, with Lizzie Hughes, Emma Kay, Heather Rowe, Mario Garcia Torres, and Lawrence Weiner
2005 “A History of Forgetting” Tranzit, Prague, with Matthew Buckingham, Jem Cohen, and Chris Marker
“PerFormance over Function” DUMBO Arts Festival, NY, with Nebojsa Seric-Shoba, Bob Linder, Stuart Ringholt, Lori Waxman, and Frank Olive
“Mechanical American” Galerie Display, Prague, with Olaf Breunning, Stefan Altenburger, Susan Black, and Cris Moss
“To the letter” Czech Center, NY with Jiri Kolar, Pavel Buchler, Jiri Kovanda, and Jan Serych
2002 “Pass me the butterfly” DUMBO Arts Center, New York with Erwin Wurm, Christoph Büchel, Ross Knight, Will Rogan, Duke & Battersby, Jan Mancuska, Denisa Lehocka, Fynnegan Sloyan, and Jeff Green
“in between” Czech Center, NY with Jitka Hanzlova, Jan Kotik, Hana Cisarova, and Veronika Drahotova
2000 Steamroller Performance Art Festival, Prague with IRWIN, Oleg Kulik, Aleksander Brener, Patty Chang, Skip Arnold, Robert Linder and others
Mark Gonzales & Maria Marshall, Galerie V. Spaly, Prague
Education
2015-2017
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2011-2014
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2007-2010
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