Michaela was born in Olomouc, Czech Republic in 1981. She now lives in the old school in Náměšť na Hane.
Her interest in photography started after her daughter was born in 2008. She started taking photography courses, such as History of Photography lead by Evžen Sobek at Fotoškola Brno, Czech Republic and Photography Art at Ostrava Conservatory lead by Dita Pepe. Currently she studies the Institute of Creative Photography at Silesian University in Opava.
AWARDS
2016 - Young Portfolio Acquisitions, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan/
2016 - LensCulture Portrait Awards Jurors´ pick/
2015 - Czech Press Photo, 3rd Place, category "Portrait"/
2012 - Young Portfolio Acquisitions, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan/
2011 - 15 Best at the Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia/
2011 - Czech Press Photo, 2nd Place, category Portrait/
2010 - Czech Press Photo, 2nd Place, category Art and Entertainment/
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Olomouc museum of Art, Czech Republic
- Galerie Camera, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2011 - Divadlo Tramtarie, Czech Republic
2011 - Kino Metro Prostějov, Czech Republic
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 - Prague Photo, Czech Republic
2016 - Quarter century. Institute of creative Photography,Silesian University in Opava 1990 - 2015, G4 Cheb, Czech Republic
2015 - Czech Press Photo, Prague, Czech Republic
2015 - 25 years of the Institute of Creative Photography Silesian University in Opava, Dům Umění, Opava, Czech Republic
2014 - Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts 20th Anniversary, "Basically Forever"
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
2014, 2013 - The Intimate Circle in Contemporary Czech Photography, Prague, Bratislava, Slovakia, Olomouc museum of art, Czech Republic
2012- Family, Galerie Přerov, Czech Republic
2012 - Prague Photo, The DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 - Regeneration,Olomouc museum of Art, Czech Republic
2012 - Já, ty, my..., Dům Umění, Opava, Czech Republic
2011 - Czech Press Photo, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 - Czech Press Photo, Prague, Czech Republic
Mysterious and enigmatic, even a bit Hitchcockian at times—but in the end, these simple and deeply personal photographs tell the story of growing up with a “vision elevated to its highest potency.”
