Born in Valtice, Czech Republic
Lives and works in New York City
Represented by C24 Gallery in the US and the Republic of Turkey
Represented by Stieglitz19 in Belgium and The Netherlands
Represented by Chelsea
EDUCATION
MFA Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, VUT Brno, Czech Republic
BFA Studio Art, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
MONOGRAPHS
2022
IT WAS ONCE MY UNIVERSE, Author & Introduction by Thomas Beachdel, PhD, Foreword by Lucy Sante,
Published by Super Labo, Japan
2021
NEW YORK NEW YORK, Author & Introduction by Thomas Beachdel, PhD, Foreword by Kim Gordon,
Published by Hatje Cantz, Germany
2019
YOUNG AMERICAN, Introduction by Ryan McGinley, Edited & Essay by Thomas Beachdel, PhD, Published
by Paradigm Publishing, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
3 Empty Weeks in July, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic (Upcoming)
2024
Lost and Found, C24 Gallery, New York, USA
5 East Brodaway, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, Isetan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023
5 East Brodaway, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
As We Are, Curated by Thomas Beachdel and Šimon Kříž, Galerie Dukla, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2022
Fragile, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, Stieglitz19, Antwerp, Belgium
It Was Once My Universe, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, SUPER LABO, Tokyo, Japan
Nothing Compares To You - Brno, Curated by Thomas Beachdel and Šimon Kříž, Galerie OFF/Format, Brno, Czech Republic
2021
It Was Once My Universe, Curated by Sonia Voss, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China
Finding Magic Together, Curated by David C. Terry, C24 Gallery, New York, USA
World Between Us, Site-specific Installation as part of Art Residency “Dílna”, Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
It Was Once My Universe, Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Curated by Sonia Voss, Rencontres d’Arles 2021, Arles, France
2020
Live For The Weather, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, European Month of Photography, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
It Was Once My Universe, Curated by Thomas Beachdel and František Fekete, Galerie 35m2, Prague, Czech Republic
2019
YOUNG AMERICAN, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Like A Dream, SO1 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
YOUNG AMERICAN - Residency Installation, OSMOS Station, Stamford, New York, USA
YOUNG AMERICAN, AFO 54 | Academia Film Olomouc 2019, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Marie Tomanova - New York Calling: A Mini Retrospective, EEP Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2018
YOUNG AMERICAN, Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
YOUNG AMERICAN, Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
YOUNG AMERICAN, Curated by Thomas Beachdel, PhD, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
La distance qui nous lie / The distance that links us, Photo Saint Germain festival, Curated by Sonia Voss, Centre tchèque de Paris, Paris, France
2021
Štreit - Tomanova: Poetic of Place, Curated by Thomas Beachdel and Veronika Šrek Bromová, Galerie Kabinet Chaos, Střítěž, Czech Republic
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Grow It, Show It!, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
A PROFECÍA, Her Clique, Lisbon Design Week, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
Paris Photo Festival, Stieglitz19 Gallery, Paris, France
2022
UNSEEN Photo Festival, Stieglitz19 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
I see you / Dialogy o portrétu, Curated by Anežka Kořínková and Kateřina Sýsová, 8smička, Humpolec, Czech Republic
The New Portrait, Stieglitz19 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Art Design Fashion, The Moravian Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
Tender, Curated by Michal Nanoru, Czech Centre London, London, UK
28th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Curated by Jiří Černický, Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2020
On the Inside: Portraiture Through Photography, Curated by David C. Terry, C24 Gallery, New York, USA
27th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Curated by Tomáš Tichý, Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2019
FIGURAMA, 220 Years of Academy of Fine Arts, Kampus Hybernská, Prague, Czech Republic
2018
CURRENTS, Curated by Barbara Zucker, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
Friends with Benefits, curated by Bethanie Irons, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
2017
NSFW: Female Gaze, Curated by Lissa Rivera and Marina garcia-Vasquez, Museum of Sex, New York, USA
Black Mirror, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, USA
Baby, I Like It Raw: Post-Eastern Bloc Photography and Video, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
Na Telo, Galerie G99, Dum Panu z Kunstatu, Brno, Czech Republic
Love Games - Art Show Benefit for Planned Parenthood NYC, Image Gallery, New York, USA
Sensual Assault, Outdoor installation in desert, Pioneer Town, California, USA
GAZE, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida, USA
2016
Figuratively Full, Pop Art, Montreal, Canada
SELF REFLECTION, Untitled Space, New York, USA
YOUTH EXPLOSION: The New Bohemia, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
Female Gaze, Untitled Space, New York, USA
Razzle Dazzle, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
2015
Who's Afraid of Feminism, curated by Catherine Morris, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
CYBERFEMINISM, Round table discussion on 4th wave feminism, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
Curriculum Vitae, Ars Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
FOURSOME, Gallery Sensei, New York, USA
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
Moist, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, USA
6th Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, USA
OPEN15, Front Art Space, New York, USA
Borders & Boundaries, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Color Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
The Feminist Sex Shoppe, On The Ground Floor, Los Angeles, California, USA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021
Bára Prášilová: Circles, Czech Centre Sofia, Bulgaria
2019
The New Bohemia Open Call, Committee Member and Juror, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
2018
MUSE MUSE, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
2017
Bára Prášilová: One and Three Photographs, Gallery Claude Samuel, Paris, France
Baby I Like It Raw: Post-Eastern Bloc Photography and Video, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
The Future is Female, Public art exhibition by #SAVEARTSPACE, The Storefront Gallery & public spaces, New York, USA
The New Bohemia Open Call, Committee Member and Juror, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
2016
YOUTH EXPLOSION: The New Bohemia, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
PANEL DISCUSSIONS & LECTURES & TALKS
2023
Invited Lecture, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
PechaKucha Night Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2022
It Was Once My Universe, Artist Talk, Ginza Tsutaya Book Store, Tokyo, Japan
It Was Once My Universe, Talk & book presentation, Czech festival - Adrift, Organized by Czech Centre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Masterclass - Marie Tomanova & Thomas Beachdel, Prague Art Week, Superstudio, New Stage of the National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
2021
Life Before, Panel disucssion with focus on environmental crisis, Metrograph, New York, NY
Artist Talk, Louis Roederer Dicovery Award, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
2020
PechaKucha Night Prague Vol. 71, Prague, Czech Republic
Video screening & Artist / Curator Talk for European Month of Photography 2020, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SALOON Berlin x Marie Tomanova: Artist Talk, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SALOON Praha x Marie Tomanová: Virtual studio visit & Talk, Online via ZOOM
2019
Video screening & Talk with art historian Thomas Beachdel and Marie Tomanova, Czech Centre Tokyo, Japan
Panel Discussion for Marie Tomanova: Young American with Ksenia Nouril (Jensen Bryan Curator) and Thomas Beachdel
(Art historian at City University of New York, Hostos), The Print Center, Philadeplphia, USA
Photography Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2018
The Six-Minute Challenge, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, New York, USA
2017
Panelist, Sexual Self: Censorship and Social Media, Panel discussion lead by Alexandra Marzella as a part of NSFW: Female Gaze
exhibition at Museum of Sex, presented at VICE headquarters, NY, USA
2015
CYBERFEMINISM, Round table discussion on 4th wave feminism lead by Gabriella Shypula, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES
2021
28th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2020
27th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Chateau Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2019
OSMOS Station Residency, project by Cay-Sophie Rabinowitz (OSMOS Magazine) and Christian Rattemeyer (MoMA), Stamford, NY
PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2022
Photo Saint Germain festival, exh. cat., La distance qui nous lie, Curated by Sonia Voss, Centre tchèque de Paris, Paris, France
2021
Rencontres d’Arles 2021, exh. cat., Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Curated by Sonia Voss, Rencontres d’Arles 2021, Arles, France
28th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Mikulovské Sympozium Dílna, residency & exh. cat., curated by Martina Pachmanová and Jiří Černický, Czech Republic
2020
European Month of Photography Berlin, biennial cat., Published by Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, Germany
27th Annual Symposium “Dílna”, Mikulovské Sympozium Dílna, residency & exh. cat., curated by Petr Vaňous and Tomáš Tichý, Czech Republic
2019
Tělo - Výraz - Obraz - Koncept, Hana Stehlíková Babyrádová a kol., MUNI Press, Czech Republic
2018
CURRENTS, curated by Barbara Zucker, exh. cat., Published by A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
2017
Na Tělo, Galerie G99, exh. cat., Published by Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
Pics or It Didn't Happen, book by Arvida Bystrom and Molly Soda, Prestel Publishing, UK
2016
Who's Afraid of Feminism, exh. cat., Curated by Catherine Morris, Published by A.I.R. Gallery and Women’s
Caucus for Art, Brooklyn, NY OPEN15, exh. cat., Published by Front Art Space, New York, NY
AWARDS
2023
Nominated for Photographer of the Year by Czech Grand Design Awards - Finalist
Nominated for Elle Women Awards
2021
THE LOUIS ROEDERER DISCOVERY AWARD 2021 - Shortlisted / Exhibiting at Rencontres d’Arles 2021
Nominated for Photographer of the Year by Czech Grand Design Awards - Finalist
2020
Nominated for Photographer of the Year by Czech Grand Design Awards - Finalist
2019
Nominated for Photographer of the Year by Czech Grand Design Awards - Finalist
Nominated for Photographer of the Year by the Association of Professional Photographers of the Czech Republic
Nominated for Book of the Year by the Association of Professional Photographers of the Czech Republic
2018
Gomma Grant 2018 - Best Rising Talent
2018 Winner of the PDN’s Faces Competition