Eva Koťátková (born in Prague, 1982) lives and works in Prague. With her project The Heart of a Giraffe in Captivity is Twelve Kilos Lighter, she is representing the Czech Republic at this year’s Venice Biennale.

Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary (2023); Arter (Istanbul, 2023); National Gallery Prague and CAPC Bordeaux (both 2022); Kestnergesellschaft (Hanover); Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, both 2019); Kunstverein Hamburg; Pirelli Hangar Bicocca (Milan, both 2018); 21er Haus – Museum for contemporary Art (Wien, 2017); Museum Haus Esters (Krefeld); Centre d’art contemporain (Pougues-les-Eaux, both 2016); Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2014) and Wroclaw Museum of Contemporary Art (2013).

Significant group exhibitions include those at Gropius Bau (Berlin, 2022); Fotogalerie Wien (2020); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2018); Migros Museum (Zurich, 2016); MASP (São Paulo, 2016); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2015); Kunsthalle Wien (2013) and Budapest and Mucsarnok Kunsthalle (2008). Koťátková’s works have additionally been presented at Ruhrtriennale (Duisburg, 2023); documenta fifteen (2022); the 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019); the Venice Biennale (2013); the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012) and the Liverpool Biennial (2010). Her work is present in numerous public collections such as Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, MIT Boston, Guggenheim New York, Migros Museum Zurich, MoMA New York, Ludwig Museum Köln, Reina Sofia Madrid and Centre Pompidou Paris.