ALENA DRAHOKOUPILOVÁ
alena.drahokoupilova@gmail.com

Alena (*1983, Pilsen CZ) works as a freelance artist and curator in Dresden (D). After finishing her studies
in Studio of Photography by Michaela Thelenová & Prof. Pavel Baňka at the UJEP University
in Ústí nad Labem (CZ) and guest studies at the HfBK Dresden (D) by Prof. Monika Brandmeier
& Prof. Eberhard Bosslet she has co-operated with the project space bautzner69 and graphic design
studio Pixelkonsum in Dresden. 2012—2014 she worked as a curator at Czech Centre Berlin
and 2016 as an assistant curator at Dresden State Art Collections.

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RESIDENCES

2015
»GuestRoomMaribor« Maribor (SLO)

CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2018
»Once upon a river« for bautzner69 Dresden (D)

2017
»Schauseite« for The Regional Art Gallery Liberec (CZ)
(with Jürgen Große)

2015
»Hast du von Bergen geträumt? IV« for bautzner69 Dresden (D)
(with Adéla Babanová, raumlabor berlin)

2014
»Gaze, Rohre und Objekte« for Czech Centre Berlin (D)
(with Jürgen Große, Wermke/ Leinkauf)
»Zdálo se ti o horách? III« for Czech Centre Prague (CZ)
(with Alpine Desire, Vojtěch Fröhlich, Julia Gaisbacher, Václav Kopecký, Štefan Papčo,
Anna Ročňová, Paul Stephani, Jan Vičar, Karen Weinert, Matthias Wermke, Sinta Werner)
»Wenn kaputt wir Spass« for Trafo Gallery, Prague (CZ)
(with Jürgen Große, Wermke/ Leinkauf)
»Hast du von Bergen geträumt? II« for Czech Centre Berlin (D)
(with Alpine Desire, Julia Gaisbacher, Václav Kopecký, Štefan Papčo,
Anna Ročňová, Paul Stephani, Jan Vičar, Matthias Wermke, Sinta Werner)

2013
»Hast du von Bergen geträumt?« for Kulturrathaus Dresden (D)
(with Julia Gaisbacher, Václav Kopecký, Paul Stephani)
»Offprint« for Czech Centre Berlin (D)
(with Štěpánka Bláhovcová, Jan Cumlivski, Jimmy Draht, Mariana Dvoráková, Ines C. Geißer,
Kirsten C. Geißer, Christian Gfeller, Anna Hellsgård, Inga Israel, Marion Jdanoff, Kudlawerkstatt,
Jeong Hwa Min, Eva Maceková, Napoli, Tomáš Roubal, Franziska Schaum, Team HexMex,
Damien Tran, uutěrky)

2012
»Play Nature Work Future« for Czech Centre Berlin (D)
(with Robert Barta, Martin Kohout, Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkáčová,
Pavla Sceranková, Pola Sieverding, Libor Svoboda, Philip Topolovac)

2011
»Kunst Molkerei« for bautzner69, Dresden (D) (together with Fee Vogler)
(a group sale exhibition with more than 80 artists)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015
»Du bist voll in Ordnung« K18 Gallery, Maribor (SLO)

2012
»CДAЁM KOMHATЫ. БAHЯ. Let Rooms. Sauna.« Noiva, Český Těšín (CZ)

2010
»Tomorrow Afternoon« MeetFactory, Kostka Gallery, Prague (CZ)
»KUT.I.LOVE (D.I.Y.)« Supermarket wc Gallery, Karlovy Vary (CZ)

2007
»Úklid chodby« 35M2 Gallery, Prague (CZ)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2016
»Dresden Contemporary Art Preview« Frieseneck am Neumarkt, Dresden (D)