JITKA HANZLOVÁ

Jitka Hanzlová, b. 1958 in Náchod (CSSR), came to Germany in 1982. From 1987 to 1994 she studied visual communication with a focus on photography at the University of Essen. In 1993 she received the Otto Steinert Prize, in 1995 the scholarship of the DG BANK Frankfurt, in 2003 the Grand Prix Award, Arles, in 2007 the Paris Photo Prize for Contemporary Photography. From 2005 to 2007 the artist taught at the Academy of Arts in Hamburg and from 2012 to 2016 at the Zurich University of the Arts. She has presented her work in numerous international solo exhibitions, most recently in a retrospective at the National Gallery in Prague, previously at the National Gallery of Scotland (2013), Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid (2012), Museum Folkwang Essen (2006), Fotomuseum Winterthur (2001), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2001) and Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2000).

Her work is held in the permanent collections of several major museums, as well as private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art New York, Museum Folkwang Essen, San Francisco MOMA, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Holland, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, and Seattle Art Museum, USA.