KLARA KRISTALOVA
Born in 1967 in Prague, Czech Republic
Lives and works in Norrtälje, Sweden
contacter
Klara Kristalova was born in former Czechoslovakia in 1967 and moved to Sweden with her parents when she was only a year old. She studied at the Royal University College of Fine Art, Stockholm. Kristalova constructs an odd yet familiar world, inhabited by characters who are peculiar, alone, quiet, and perhaps lost—as if they have just escaped from a cruel tale and are waiting for a passerby to show them the way. Made from glazed ceramics, Kristalova’s figures evoke rawness, vulnerability, and humanity. Drawing from Nordic storytelling and traditional myths, the artist seeks to convey basic human emotions such as fear, love, sadness, and guilt, which emerge from her work like memories from our own childhoods. The landscape, though not directly represented, is an essential component of her mental and physical universe, inferred in fragments from the drawings, ceramics, and bronzes that populate the dark and mysterious exhibitions she has unveiled in recent years.
Born in 1967 in Prague, Czech Republic
Lives and works in Norrtälje, Sweden
education
solo shows
2026
- Nordic Countries Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (upcoming)
2025
- Habitat, Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå, Sweden
2024
- Beast, Perrotin, Paris, France
2023
- The Cold Wind and the Warm, Lehmann Maupin, London
2022
- Flora and Fauna, Perrotin, New York, USA
- Hey Norrtälje!, Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden
2021
- Soft Parade, Perrotin, Seoul, Korea
- The song of everything, Carl Eldh's Studio Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
- Poem and thought, Lidköpings Konsthall, Lidköping, Sweden
- Galerie Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
- Camouflage, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Klara Kristalova, GL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Slottet, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2016
- Hello Stranger, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2014
- Turning into Stone, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
- Where I come from and where I will be, Galerie Hunt Kastner, Prague, Czech Republic
- Underworld, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
- Big Girl Now, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
- Bror Hjorts hus, Uppsala, Sweden
2013
- Västerâs Konstmuseum, Västerâs, Sweden
2012
- Wild Thought, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
- Galleri Rostrum, tillsammans med Peter Ern, Malmö, Sweden
- Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
- Sounds of Dogs and Youth, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY, USA
- New Work: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova, SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA
- Galleri Syster, Luleå, Sweden
2010
- FIAC booth, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm
- Zachte witte blues,tills. med Daniel Jensen, Kunstverenigung Diepenheim, Netherlands
2009
- SITE, Museum Site Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Where the owls spend their days, Galerie Alisson Jacques, London, UK
2008
- Frieze Art Fair booth, Galerie Perrotin, London, UK
- Short Stories, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2007
- Two dark holes and other stories, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, USA
- Catastrophes and other everyday events, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Visit, Härnösands Konsthall, Sweden
2004
- Galleri Magnus Karlsson;Stockholm, Sweden
- Galleri PS, Göteborg, Sweden
- Teatergalleriet, Uppsala, Sweden
2002
- Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
- Olle Olsson huset, Hagalund, Solna, Sweden
1999
- Galleri PS, Göteborg, Sweden
1998
- Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden
1996
- Galleri TRE, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
- Galleri PS, Göteborg, Sweden
1994
- Bror Hjorts hus, Uppsala, Sweden
- Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden
group shows
2025
- Yet Another Morning, Drawing in the Moderna Museet Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Cabinets of Curiosities, Perrotin, Seoul, Korea
- Group show Matignon, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Experience Pommery #18, Mélodies En Sous-Sol, Dommaine Vranken Pommery, Reims, France
2024
- The Infinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
- Body of Work, Mrs. Gallery, Maspeth, NY, USA
2023
- Come as you are!, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden
- Room by Room: Concepts, Themes, and Artists in The Rachofsky Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas, USA
- Nocturnal Ballads, Perrotin Shanghai, China
- Dans la tête de Bathus, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Tie To All The Earth, Teagan Art Space, Beijing, China
- French Delights, Bodrum Loft, Bodrum, Turkey
2022
- Strange clay, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
- Head in the clouds, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
- Un été au Havre, Le Havre, France
- Toucher terre, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
- Marriage: From Antiques to Contemporary Art, What Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021
- 1100 Degrees, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Beyond the looking glass, United Talent Agency, Los Angeles, USA
- Du cheval à l'oeuvre, Haras National du Pin, Le Pin-au-Haras, France
- ART ZUID Amsterdam Sculptuur Biënnale, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020
- Human After All, The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
- In the Name of Flower, Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Signature women, Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
- Tant le moindre de mes atomes t’appartient intimement : Œuvres choisies de la Collection Bailey, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- LOVE by Pierre Yovanovitch, R & Company, New York, USA
- Shades of Existence, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
- Klara Kristalova, Hernan Bas, Izumi Kato, Eddie Martinez, Mr., Matthew Ronay, TOILET PAPER, Galerie Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
- Beyond the Vessel, Meşher, Instanbul, Turkey
- Klara Kristalova, Mårten Medbo, Per Sundberg, Steneby Konsthall, Dals Långed, Sweden
- Animals among humans/humans among animals, Konsthall Lokstallet, Strömstad, Sweden
- Sculpture in Pilane/Tjörn, Klövedal, Sweden
- Sculpture, Sculpture, Sculpture!, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Figures de l'Animal, Abbaye Saint-André/Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France
2018
- The gathering, Falun Museum, Sweden
- Heads roll, Graves Gallery, Sheffield Museum, Sheffield, UK
- Detour, Omvägar Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
- Queen Kristina !, Kristine Hamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamns, Germany
- Yellow Creature - Aspekte der transformation, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
- Les Imaginaires d'un monde in-tranquille, Abbaye Saint-André/Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France
- Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Superflat consideration on contemporary ceramics, Towado art center, Japan
2016
- In the Search of Present, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
- Ceramix : De Rodin à Schütte, Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France
- Generosity: On the Art of Giving, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- Sisters of the moon” KMAC museum, Kentucky, USA
- No mans land, Rubell collection, Miami, FL, USA
2015
- Ceramix, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Art Park Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark
- Prague City Gallery, Czech Republic
2014
- I Like it! What is it ?, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
- Body and Soul: New International Ceramics, Museum of Art and Design, New York ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
- Time Waits for Us, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
- The magic of clay, Glholtgaard Muaseum, Holte, Danemark
2010
- TOUCHED, Lehmann-Maupin Gallery NY, USA
- Larger than life – Stranger than fiction, 11eme Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial, Germany
- The House In My Head, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
- Soft white blues, Kunstvereniging, Diepenheim, Netherlands
- IN FULL BLOOM, Galeria Raffaela Cortese, Milano, Italy
2009
- 12 Suedoises sur la 14, Métro Pyramides, ligne 14, Paris, France
- Le Sang d'un poète, Biennale Estuaire Nantes / Saint-Nazaire (commissariat Frac des Pays de la Loire & Adam Budak), France
- L'artiste sorcier, Fondation Salomon pour l'art contemporain, Annecy, France
- An Expanded Field of Opportunities Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA
2007
- Past, Present, Future Perfect: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, USA
- Effigies, Stuart Shave Modern Art, London, UK
- Makers & Modelers: Works in Ceramic, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
- Privat skulptur, Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
- Barnet i samtidskonsten, Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Grönska, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden
- 20 år Bonniers konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
- Among gnomes and trolls, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Grönska, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Sweden
2005
- The gallery, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Svensk Konst Nu, SAK on tour; Kalmar Konstmuseum, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Länsmuseet, Gävleborg, Skövde Konsthall, Sweden
2004
- Talking to me? Rauma Biennale Balticum, Finland
Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland
2003
- 4 Förslag, Statens Konstråds galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
- Blir du lonesome lille vän, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
- The World of Flash, The Nunnery, London, England, UK
- Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm
2000
- Skövde Konsthall, Skövde; Sweden
- Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
- Edition, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
- Galleri Doktor Glas, Stockholm, Sweden
- Art Farm, Åland, Finland
- Networking, P-house, Tokyo, Japan
1998
- The Bible of Networking, Sali Gia Gallery, London, UK
- The Bible of Networking, Konstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden
- Underbelly, Adelaide, Australia
- Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, Austria
- Skulptur, Pythagoras Industrimuseum, Norrtälje, Sweden
1997
- Unga tecknare, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
- Shaking patterns, W135, Amsterdam, Holland
- En öppning, Skövde Konsthall, Skövde, Sweden
- Stockholm Smart Show, Galleri TRE, Stockholm, Sweden
- Norrtälje Konsthall, (med Eva-Maria Ern), Norrtälje, Sweden
1994
- Stockholm Smart Show, Galleri TRE, Stockholm, Sweden
- Åtta fynd, Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Det dubbla arvet, Hallwylska palatset, Stockholm, Sweden
- Galleri S:t Olof, (med Ingela Johansson), Norrköping, Sweden
public collections
- FNAC - Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
- EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
- Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
- NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
- Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Bror Hjorts Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
- Skövde Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Norrtälje Kommun, Sweden
- Sundsvalls Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Statens Konstråd /The National Public Art Council, Sweden
- Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden
- Me Collectors Room - Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
- Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
- Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
- Yoshitomo Nara: N's Yard, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Ordrupgaard Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
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