Erika Vrdoljak
painting, prints
www.opensea.io
Erika is a graphic designer. She is engaged in producing both commercial and artistic output, such as advertising, graphic design, web-design, pattern design, product design, as well as painting, graphic art, photography. Erika Vrdoljak has won a worldwide competition declared by Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with her design of a logo for the particular UNHCR initiative.
In the author’s artistic creation, prevails abstract expressive painting, full of rich neon colors. Erika Vrdoljak’s paintings, often includes various foreign elements – adhesive tape, textiles, plastic, bringing the straightforwardness into abstraction. Erika’s inspiration comes from her roots in the village of Ptenin in the south of the Pilsen region. The images express the sincerity of life, which is often missing in modern society. From Ptenin comes also the passion for the adhesive tape, which she remembers from the childhood as the embodiment of necessary recycling of the things, in thoose harder times.
In her paintings one should look for a direct, authentic side of one’s own personality. One’s own Ptenin.
Erika's interview with Karel Oujezdský from Vltava radio station is available here (in Czech, from 40.39 min. of the recording).
Exhibitions
2023
- #NFTNYC2023, Výstava na NFT.NYC, 12. – 14. / 4 / 2023, Hudson Yards a Times Square / New York
2022
- Czech Design Week, Výstava 22 Hz, Galerie Mánes 2. – 4. / 9 / 2022, Masarykovo nábř. 250, Praha 1
2021
- Czech Design Week, International Design Festival, Palác U Stýblů — Praha — Václavské náměstí, 10. — 12. září 2021
2019
- Art & Design Pop-Up Shop, VNITROBLOCK by Obejvák, 30/11 – 22/12 / Tusarova 31, Praha 7
- Art Prague Fair, 14 – 19 / 5 / nám. Republiky 7, Praha 1
2018
- Art Prague, Clam Gallas Palace, Prague 1
2017
- Solo Exhibition “#MyNameIsLucy”, Gallery Nativ, Prague 6
2016
- Exhibition of digital art, Gallery Nativ, Prague 6
2010
- Exhibition of digital art, OC Kotva, Prague 1
