Works
- 01Can You Still Play?→
2026–present — participatory installation / performance / play / social behaviour
A developing participatory installation exploring whether adults can temporarily abandon self-consciousness, social expectations and seriousness in order to play again.
- 02Josephin — Born to the Plastic Age→
photography / performance / body / environment
A staged photographic project exploring the body, synthetic material, landscape and the tension between human presence and the artificial environment.
- 03Children & Participation→
participatory practice / play / collective creation
Participatory projects exploring children's visual spontaneity, play and collective authorship.
- 04Linen — Slow Fashion→
2016–2019 — research / material / cultivation / textile
An artistic research project tracing flax from cultivation to textile and reflecting on the time, labour and knowledge hidden behind material production.
- 05Early Practice — Fashion & Body→
fashion / body / material / identity
Selected early works exploring silhouette, textile, body and constructed identity.
- 06Self-Portrait→
ongoing, 2012–present — photography / identity / self-observation
An ongoing visual diary exploring identity, visibility and self-observation.
In development
- 07
The Second Image
Coming soon
perception / eye tracking / data / visual art
A developing research-based project exploring how the act of looking can become artistic material.
- 08
The Gaze as Material
Coming soon
research / perception / eye tracking / audience
An interdisciplinary artistic research direction exploring gaze, visual perception, data and audience participation.
- 09
Who's Next?
Coming soon
photography / moving image / body / power
A developing project examining female agency, desire, power and the reversal of traditional structures of objectification.
- 10
Me and Your Family
Coming soon
photography / identity / community / difference
A developing photographic project examining difference, belonging and the encounter with unfamiliar social and cultural environments.
- GazeLooking is not passive. It produces its own invisible image.
- FutureThe work asks what technological and scientific transformation means for the human condition.
- ScienceScientific knowledge, data and research become artistic material.
- BodyThe body is both subject and instrument: vulnerable, political, sensory and physical.
- AudienceThe viewer is not simply an observer. Participation can become part of the production of the artwork.
Five recurring territories connect projects that may otherwise appear formally different.
About
Kristina Polakovic is a Czech visual artist whose practice moves between installation, photography, moving image, performance, participatory art and artistic research.
Her work explores the relationship between the human body, perception, scientific knowledge and future technologies.
She studied graphic art, book and packaging design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Ostrava, and previously studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
Her earlier project Linen — Slow Fashion combined field research, traditional knowledge, cultivation and material experimentation, anticipating her later interest in research-driven artistic practice.
Her practice also includes long-term work with children and participatory situations, reflecting an ongoing interest in visual spontaneity, play, perception and collective authorship.
Her current artistic research increasingly focuses on the relationship between human perception, the body, technology and audience participation.
Full bio + CV →Selected context
- Education
MgA. — Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Ostrava. Graphic art / book and packaging design
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava. Architecture
- Selected presentations
Czech Centre Brussels — artistic / fashion work, twice
Colours of Ostrava 2023 — participatory project
Colours of Ostrava 2024 — participatory project
- Recognition
Two Toy of the Year placements, Outdoor category
- Publications
Author — Český hobby horsing
- Initiatives
Founder and creative lead — My Hobby Horse / Czech Hobby Horsing
Contact
For exhibitions, curatorial projects, research collaborations and institutional enquiries:
studio@kristinapolakovic.comBased in Czech Republic / working internationally