About 

Sona Smedkova is a Czech multidisciplinary artist based in Galway, Ireland. Identity, in-between spaces, and models of disruption are investigated through a nexus of cultural displacement and spatial reasoning within abstract paintings. A variety of media is arranged in installations and augmented in overlapping systems of digital and physical artefacts to create a sense of entanglement. Her research and creative processes are an interplay between migration studies and the political regimes of Eastern Europe. 

Smedkova gained First-class Honours from a Master’s in Creative Practice, at the School of Design and Creative Arts, ATU, Galway in 2021. In the fourth year of her undergrad studies, she was an Integral member of the student-led curating team for an exhibition for GMIT contemporary art graduates Not a Degree Show, Printworks, funded by Galway City Art Council. She was awarded an Agility Award by Arts Council Ireland in 2021. Most recently, her work was exhibited in a group show DÉAD in Transmediale, Berlin under the Creative Pathways Programme, funded by Irish Embassy Berlin and Goethe Institute Ireland.