Kateřina Šedá (1977) is a Czech artist whose work is close to social architecture. In 1999–2005 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio of Professor Vladimír Kokolia. She focuses on socially oriented experiments aimed at diverting their participants from entrenched stereotypes or social isolation. Using their own (provoked) activity and a novel use of everyday means, she attempts to generate a permanent change in their behaviour.
She is the author of a number of public projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. She has exhibited, for example, in SF MoMA in San Francisco (2014), the Venice Biennale (2013), Kunstmuzeum Luzern (2012), the Tate Modern in London (2011), Mori Museum in Tokyo (2010), New Museum in New York (2009), Manifesta 7 in Bolzano (2008), the 5th Berlin Biennale (2008), Renaissance Society in Chicago (2008) and Documenta 12 in Kassel (2007).
Several books and publications have been published detailing her individual projects. Her work has received a number of awards (Jindřich Chalupecký Award, Essl Award, Most Beautiful Book of 2012, Contemporary Art Society Award, Fluxus Award etc.)
She is the author of a number of public projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. She has exhibited, for example, in SF MoMA in San Francisco (2014), the Venice Biennale (2013), Kunstmuzeum Luzern (2012), the Tate Modern in London (2011), Mori Museum in Tokyo (2010), New Museum in New York (2009), Manifesta 7 in Bolzano (2008), the 5th Berlin Biennale (2008), Renaissance Society in Chicago (2008) and Documenta 12 in Kassel (2007).
Several books and publications have been published detailing her individual projects. Her work has received a number of awards (Jindřich Chalupecký Award, Essl Award, Most Beautiful Book of 2012, Contemporary Art Society Award, Fluxus Award etc.)