Klara Hobza

Klara Hobza was born in Plzen, Czech Republic. She received her education and artistic training in Germany, England, and the United States. Klara moved to New York City as a DAAD fellow in 2003, and lived and worked there until she moved to Berlin, Germany in October 2009. Klara earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from Columbia University in 2005.

In New York, Klara worked with institutions such as the SculptureCenter (Make It Now, 2005) and the Socrates Sculpture Park (EAF, 2005), and the Public Art Fund (In the Public Realm, 2008 - 2009).

Klara was awarded the SculptureCenter Prize in 2005, the Fellowship in Cross-Disciplinary/Performative Work from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2007, the 2009 DIVA residency stipend in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the 2010 "ars viva" grant, by "Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft des BDI", Germany.

Klara's first art book, The New Millennium Paper Airplane Book, was published by the Public Art Fund in 2009, and its second edition is currently distributed by D.A.P.

In the last few years, Klara has also been included in several international art projects, such as Subject Index, Malmo Art Museum, Sweden (2008), writing in light, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst , Eindhoven, Netherlands (2007), the book World's Best New Art-The Unreal Project (2006), and German Romance, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery , Dublin, Ireland (2005).

Klara Hobza's first solo show took place at Galerie fuer Landschaftskunst in Hamburg, Germany (2009) who she's been working with since: www.gflk.de

Klara Hobza - Statement

Historical research and narratives inspire my ideas. I then give myself tasks that are almost impossible to fulfill. It is important, however, that there is a slim chance of success.
As I'm trying to fulfill these tasks, performances, videos, drawings and texts emerge. They represent the stage that I'm in while trying several strategies to achieve my aims. I regard such products as symptoms. They are visual representations that orbit around the theme and the pursuit of the task, and may stand on their own.
However, fulfilling the task--actually realizing it--is at the core of everything, and this is essential.