Emila Medková

*1928-1985 / Czech Republic

Works

Solo exhibitions

Fotografien 1928-1985

Museum Bad Arolsen, Bad Arolsen (DE)
25 Sep 2004 – 21 Nov 2004
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Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Hofheim a.T. (DE)
4 Jul 2004 – 12 Sep 2004
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Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen (DE)
30 Apr 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

Group

Power of Mystery: 100 Years

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
17 Sep 2026 – 28 Nov 2026

with John Albok, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Holly Andres, Ljubodrag Andric, Trent Davis Bailey, Roger Ballen, Ruth Bernhard, Vladimir Birgus, Matt Black, Hugh Brown, Frantisek Drtikol, …
What They Saw

Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
8 Apr 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Anna Atkins, Tina Barney, Martine Barrat, Ruth Bernhard, Eva Besnyoe, Aenne Biermann, Margaret Bourke-White …
FOTOGAGA. Max Ernst and Photography

A Visit from the Würth Collection

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
18 Oct 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Hans Bellmer, Aenne Biermann, Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Josef Breitenbach, Josef Breitenbach, Claude Cahun, Denise Colomb, Alfred Ehrhardt …
Surrealism in Photography: 1920s - 1980s

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
9 Jan 2025 – 25 Apr 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Josef Bartuska, Ruth Bernhard, Bill Brandt, Josef Ehm, Jaromir Funke, Oliver Gagliani, Ferenc Haár, Miroslav Hak, Philippe Halsman, Florence Henri, Tibor Honty …
Zwischen Avantgarde und Repression

Tschechische Fotografie 1948 – 1968

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz (DE)
20 Nov 2022 – 26 Feb 2023

with Josef Koudelka, Vilém Reichmann, Josef Sudek, Jan Svoboda
POETRY OF EVERYDAY

CZECH POST- WAR AVANTGARDE PHOTOGRAPHY

photon, Ljubljana (SI)
3 Sep 2020 – 23 Oct 2020

with Jan Hajn, Bela Kolárova, Rupert Kytka, Ladislav Postupa, Vilém Reichmann, Jaroslav Vávra
CZECH FUNDAMENTAL

Czech avant-garde and contemporary photography 1920 - present

Museo Trastevere, Roma (IT)
27 May 2015 – 19 Jul 2015

with Pavel Banka, Eliska Bartek, Ladislav E. Berka, Frantisek Drtikol, Jaromir Funke, Stepan Grygar, Miroslav Hak, Milos Korecek, Ales Kunes, Suzanne Pastor, Ivan Pinkava, Jaroslav Roessler …
Collective Restraint: Four Decades of Czech Photography

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
11 Oct 2014 – 8 Feb 2015

with Jaroslav Roessler, Vilém Reichmann, Josef Sudek
Gegen jede Vernunft

Surrealismus Paris – Prag

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen (DE)
14 Nov 2009 – 14 Feb 2010

with Hans Bellmer, Brassai, Claude Cahun, Dora Maar, Man Ray , Jindrich Styrsky, Karel Teige
Angels of Anarchy

Woman Artists and Surrealism

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
26 Sep 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Eileen Agar, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Claude Cahun, Nusch Eluard, Jacqueline Lamba, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Edith Rimmington, Francesca Woodman
Das Leben der Dinge

Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE)
10 Oct 2008 – 15 Mar 2009

with Herbert Bayer, Hans Bellmer, Walker Evans, Juergen Klauke, Les Krims, Man Ray , Oskar Nerlinger, Alois Nozicka, Roger Parry, Walter Peterhans, Tomas Svoboda, Václav Zykmund
Das Leben der Dinge

Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE)
10 Oct 2008 – 1 Feb 2009

with Eugene Atget, Herbert Bayer, Hans Bellmer, Erwin Blumenfeld, Frantisek Drtikol, Walker Evans, Hans Finsler, Franz Hanfstaengl, Raoul Hausmann, Lewis Hine, David Hockney, Juergen Klauke …
The Life of Things

The Idea of Still Life in Photography 1840–1985 - The Siegert Collection

City Prague Gallery at The Stone Bell Ho, Praha (CZ)
28 Oct 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with Charles Hippolyte Aubry, Herbert Bayer, Hans Bellmer, Baron Adolphe De Meyer, Frantisek Drtikol, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, David Hockney, Juergen Klauke, August Kotzsch, Les Krims, Herbert List …
Czech Photography of the 20th Century

Museum of Decorative Arts, Praha (CZ)
22 Jun 2005 – 25 Sep 2005

with Pavel Banka, Vladimir Birgus, Veronika Bromová, Veronika Bromová, Jiri David, Milena Dopitova, Frantisek Dostal, Tom Drahos, Frantisek Drtikol, Josef Ehm, Jaromir Funke, Jaromir Funke …
Czech Photography of the 20th Century

Museum of Decorative Arts, Praha (CZ)
22 Jun 2005 – 25 Sep 2005

with Pavel Banka, Vladimir Birgus, Veronika Bromová, Veronika Bromová, Jiri David, Milena Dopitova, Frantisek Dostal, Tom Drahos, Frantisek Drtikol, Josef Ehm, Jaromir Funke, Jaromir Funke …

Events

ADAA: The Art Show 2023

Art Dealers (ADAA), New York (US)
2 Nov 2023 – 5 Nov 2023

with Frantisek Drtikol, Jaromir Funke, Kiki Smith, Alec Soth, Josef Sudek, Stephanie Syjuco
28TH MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY

House of Photography, Bratislava (SK)
1 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018

with Weronika Gesicka, Douglas Gordon, Jolana Havelkova, Sylwia Kowalczyk, Martin Marencin, Sergey Melnitchenko, Stefanie Moshammer, Aida Muluneh, Simon Norfolk, Ruben Ochoa, Orlan, Philippe Parreno …