Anglo-American University in Prague Alena Foustková, M.F.A.
Letenska 5, Prague 1
Alena Foustková graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic, with a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in 1982, majoring in printmaking. In 1984, she and her husband left then Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada.
Through studies at George Brown College in Toronto, Foustková gained further knowledge in advertising and spent over 10 years working in various Canadian ad agencies. This background proved valuable in Prague, where Foustková was hired by a multinational advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, after she and her family moved back to what was now the Czech Republic in 1995.
Until 2009, Foustková worked in various multinational advertising agencies as an art director and creative director and received numerous awards for excellence in advertising. Her creative work was collected by Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Germany, and is displayed in their permanent collection.
Since 2009, Foustková has devoted her time to the fine arts and teaching in the areas of media, advertising, and the arts. In her artwork, Foustková focuses on social and women’s issues, political topics, religion, and the effects of mass media.
Specializations
Fine Arts, Conceptual art, Advertising, Marketing, Media
Publications & Other Activities
- 2019 Artist in residence, Fiskars, FI
- 2019 Postcards from the Czech Republic,
- 2019 Gallery Havelka, Prague, CZ, solo show
- 2018 Postcards from the Czech Republic, Gallery GASK, Kutná Hora, CZ, solo show
- 2018 Gallery GASK, Kutná Hora, CZ, solo show
- 2018 The Cell: Sound of Silence, EU project, Regensburg, DE
- 2018 Artist in residence, “Danube Culture Platform–Creative Spaces of the 21st Century”, Regensburg, DE
- 2018 “Danube Culture Platform – Creative
- 2018 Spaces of the 21st Century”, Regensburg, DE
- 2017 Czechia for the Czechs, Gallery GASK, Kutná Hora, CZ, solo show
- 2017 Kutná Hora, CZ, solo show
- 2017 Fear of the Unknown, Gallery NTK, Prague, CZ, group show
- 2017 Prague, CZ, group show
- 2016 Instructions for Use, Gallery AMB, Hradec Králové, CZ, solo show
- 2016 Hradec Králové, CZ, solo show
- 2016 Fear of the Unknown, Kunsthalle, Bratislava, SK, group show
- 2016 Bratislava, SK, group show
- 2016 Hatefree Art, DOX, Prague, CZ, group show
- 2016 Gallery AMB, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
- 2015 Industrial gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- 2013 Gallery Sam83, Česká Bříza, Czech Republic
- 2012 Bohemian National House, BBLA Gallery, New York, USA
- 2011 Hotel Hoffmeister, Prague, Czech Republic / Days of Canadian Culture
- 2011 Gallery Vernon Project, Prague, Czech Republic, site-specific project
- 2011 Gallery of city Blansko, Czech Republic
- 2011 Gallery Školská 28, Prague, Czech Republic, kinetic object
- 2010 Gallery of Art Critics, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2008 Gallery Kruh (Circle), Ostrava, Czech Republic
- 2016 Kunsthalle, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2016 DOX, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
- 2015 Topič Salon, Prague, Concretist Club – KK3
- 2015 Concretist Club – KK3, Hradec Králové
- 2014 Gallery Zavodny, Mikulov, Czech Republic, (partnership with Eva Schlegel/Austria)
- 2013 Czech Center, Berlin, Germany
- 2012 DOX, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2012 University of Tampa, USA, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Installation
- 2011 Kit Schulte Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 2011 International festival of Contemporary Art, Tina-B, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2011 International Art Symposium, Udine, Italy, + Group show Udine, Italy
- 2011 International Art Symposium, Šternberk, Czech Republic, 2011
- 2011 Gallery G, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- 2005 Art Canada 5, Gallery of New City Hall, Prague, Czech Republic, group show of 5 Czech-Canadian woman artists