MAKKEMAKY
BIO
Markéta Dlouhá is a Czech artist who focuses on personal stories and ecology through bookmaking, printmaking, poetry, drawing, embroidery, and light installations. Her strong connection to nature and interest in sociology manifests itself in semi-surrealist imagery akin to natural shapes, landscapes, animals, and water.Her ecological approach to art involves upcycling and recycling materials to create her own materials, including making paper from old clothes, plant fibers, and old paper to create light installations from old and shaved linoleums. Closing the waste loop in her art and using sustainable natural materials is an ongoing challenge and goal for her practice.Markéta exhibited her work in various group shows and solo exhibitions in Japan, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Her ecological printmaking techniques and natural pigments resulted in several collaborations with artists and eco-friendly fashion brands.Curator Zeren Oruc
PORTFOLIO
BOOK OF STONES- recycled handmade art book. In a project I contemplate mortality as a feature of life. In my mother tongue, stones are referred to as unliving nature, which has never resonated with me. The texts in the book are research for empathy.
LAND OF OACLA- this book is a combination of lithography, text, and handmade paper made partially from grapefruit waste.The Land of Oacla is an art book project that delves into human fascination with other worlds.
AHAMKARA-"Ahamkara acts as a conscious entity within reality, separate from its own consciousness." Ahamkara is embroidery book with text both in English and Czech language.
LINOCUT PACKAGE- linoleum package for handmade paper recycled diaries and notebooks. Linoleum is alternative material and can be used instead of leather covers.
LITOGRAPHY - collection of illustrations depicting dreams and unconscious images. It is printed using the lithography method on handmade, recycled papers, and the symbolism primarily focuses on the theme of water, water creatures, seas, and rivers.
WATER LANDSCAPES- big size linocuts, landscapes with water roads, creatures, plants, and hidden objects.
WE BECOME ISLANDS- is a deeply personal series of graphic prints. These prints are also a reflection of my commitment to sustainability and the environment, as they are printed with eco-friendly printing ink.
UNSEEING AND UNSEEABLE- music video made by linocut prints. Animation: Vítek Ureš, music: leeb0rn
HANDMADE BOOKS- Collection of four handmade books of poetry. The papers are made from recycled old drawings, and the illustrations and texts are created using linocut. Three of the texts are written by me, and the fourth is from Haiku author Basho.”
CLOSE UNKNOWN is a personal work about members of my family and friends who, although close to me, were also very much unknown to me. The work consists of three cubes made of wood and linoleum, which are illuminated from the inside.
ARCHITECTS CUPS -ceramic cups are an exploration of the typical shape of a house and its components, transformed into cups for small amounts of tea, coffee, or for planting flowers.
THEIR ROADS BECAME RIVERS As well as lack of water is a problem now in times of global warming, the problem can be also water itself, in concrete city jungles, when the storms and big rains come, they are not welcomed and nourished as they could.
HANDMADE BOOK of poetry, printed by linocut on handmade papers. It is collection of my favorite poetry.
Hey hey:) this is just a small example of the works I create, there is much more, if you are interested look at my links. If you are interested in some handmade paper products or graphics, look up to my shop.Thank you for your visit! ♥