BIO
Barbora Kachlíková (*b.1988, Czech Republic) is a visual artist based in Ratula, Finland.
For Kachlíková, old relics from the Finnish countryside, farming neighborhoods and forest industry embody narratives which she translates through abstract paintings.
Kachlíková received her MA degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, Czech Republic, in 2016.
She studied at Tartu Kõrgem Kunstikool (Estonia, 2013) and at Lahti University of Fine Arts (Finland, 2015).
Her works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Finland (Cable Factory), the Czech Republic (Art Gallery Brno), Slovakia (Gallery PARTER BSC), Germany (GEDOK Gallery), China (Kurume Friendship Museum, Future Land Center, Megafield Gallery), Japan (Czech Centre Tokyo, MONONOAharewo Gallery), Estonia and India.
She participated in artist residencies at Gedok (Germany, 2016), Artist’s Point (India, 2018), Banska Stanica Contemporary (Slovakia, 2023 and 2022), Tao Hua Tan (China, 2023), Megafield 339 (China, 2024, 2025), Studio Kura (Japan, 2024), Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival (Japan, 2025). Kachlíková’s work has been awarded artist working grants by the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee (2025), Finnish Cultural Foundation (2024, 2022), Scandinavia - Japan Sasakawa Foundation (2024), Arts Promotion Center Finland (2025, 2021), and Luc Art Fund, Czech Republic (2021).
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born 1988, Vyškov, Czech Republic
lives and works in the village Ratula, Finland
EDUCATION /
2016 / M.A. / Faculty of Fine Arts Brno / Painting department / CZ
2015 / Lahti University of Fine Arts / Erasmus working internship / FI
2014 / B.A. / Faculty of Fine Arts Brno / Painting & Intermedia department / CZ
2013 / Tartu Kõrgem Kunstikool / Erasmus / Painting department / EST
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS /
2025 / “I am Where I Stand” / with Yoh Yasuda / Czech Centre Tokyo / Tokyo / JP
2025 / “Beyond Words” / Megafield Gallery / Beijing / CN
2025 / “Time Is A Mirror”/ Art Gallery Brno / CZ
2024 / “Resonance”/ Studio Kura / Itoshima / JP
2024 / “Parenica” / Black Thistle Gallery / Helsinki / FI
2023 / “Solitude”/ Gallery Cerma / Helsinki / FI
2023 / “Happiness is not There. It’s in You!”/ Gallery PARTER BSC / Banská Štiavnica / SK
2022 / “AutoMoto” / pop up Gulf gas station / Ruotsinkylä / FI
2022 / “FIN ENTRY”/ Karel Dvořáček Library / Vyškov / CZ
2022 / “Anonymous Man” / Taidetila Ruuma / Vellamo / Kotka / FI
2021 / “Shaman Wears Nike” / Vapaakaupungin Olohuone / Helsinki / FI
2021 / “Life, Love, Loss” / Tahmelan Huvila / Tampere / FI
2018 / “The Three Generations of the Kachlikova Family” / Vyškov / CZ
2018 / “From The Forest” / with Anssi Uusnäkki / Kuusankoski / FI
2017 / “Dead man’s paintings” / Embassy Gallery / Helsinki / FI
2017 / “Existention” / with Anssi Uusnäkki / Monastery of Kapucíni / Mikulov / CZ
2016 / “This Would Be Your Colour” / Gedok / Stuttgart / DE
2016 / “No sect. They are artists.” / with Anssi Uusnäkki / Cemetery church / Vyškov / CZ
2015 / “Flea Market” / with Anssi Uusnäkki / Galleria Theodor / Loviisa / FI
2014 / “An Age of Limited Form” / Fellmannia Library Gallery / Lahti / FI
2013 / “We Miss Each Other In Our Dreams” / Genialistide klubi / Tartu / EST
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / selected
2025 / “Art Nova 100 “ / Future Land Center / Beijing / CN
2025 / Kaakon taide 10 vuotta / Pato galleria / Kuusankoski / FI
2025 / “Emotions” / MONONOAharewo Gallery / Fukuoka / JP
2024 / 2021 / 2020 / The Finnish Painters’ Union Teosvälitys / Cable Factory/ Helsinki / FI
2023 / “Pain. Rebirth”/ Kurume Friendship Museum / Hefei / CN
2023 / “Artsua 23”/ Helsinki / FI
2023 / “Créme De La Cerma” / Cerma Gallery / Helsinki / FI
2023 / “Häppi shuu” / Yö Gallery / Helsinki / FI
2019 / Residents of Gedok / Stuttgart / DE
2018 / “Peh - Khaw” / Shillong / IND
2014 / “Tress Have The Power” / Local marketplace / Bratislava / SK
2014 / BA degree exhibition / Richard Adam Gallery / Brno / CZ
2013 / “Stockfors Art Fair” / FI
ARTIST RESIDENCY /
2025 / Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival / Nagano / Japan
2024 / Studio Kura / Itoshima / Japan
2024 / Backlight Studio / Beijing / China
2023 / Tao Hua Tan / Anhui / China
2023 / 2022 / Banska Stanica Contemporary / Banská Štiavnica / Slovakia
2022 / Painting journey / Cambodia
2018 / Artist’s Point / Meghalaya / India
2016 / Gedok / Stuttgart / Germany
SUPPORT WORK /
2019 - 2017 / curator / Embassy Gallery Helsinki / FI
2018 / assistant of residency manager / working internship / HIAP / FI
2017 / volunteer, production / Supermarket Art Fair / Stockholm / SWE
PROJECTS /
2019 / curator / international exhibition “Swimmers” FI / SWE / UA / HR / Bulgarian Embassy Helsinki / FI
2016 / curator, production / International art symposium ” SKLEPY 2016″ / CZ / FI / SK / EST / CHL / / Olbramovice / CZ
2013 / Book illustration / “Znamení doby”/ author Josef Špidla / CZ /
2012 / Theatre installation / Federico García Lorca “Yerma” / Divadlo Haná / CZ
MEMBERSHIP /
Globe Art Point / Yö ry / Finnish Painters’ Union / Helsinki Artists’ Association
MEDIA /
2025 / Nikkei Newspaper 日経新聞 / Tokyo / JP
2025 / MF Dnes / CZ Brněnský deník / CZ
2023 / The Visit Podcast/ FI / SME / SK
2022 / Vyškovský deník / CZ
2018 / Kouvolan Sanomat / FI
GRANTS & AWARDS /
2025 / EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee / JP
2025 / Arts Promotion Center Finland / FI
2024 / Scandinavia - Japan Sasakawa Foundation / FI
2024 / The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kymenlaakso / FI
2022 / The Finnish Cultural Foundation / FI
2021 / Arts Promotion Center Finland / FI
2021 / Luc Art Fund / CZ
2018 / 2016 / Vyškov / CZ