I Would Name My House the Swallow's Nest

Kateřina Šedá's exhibition 'I Would Name My House the Swallow's Nest' at Bosse & Baum presents models of houses originally realised for the garden of a home for the elderly in Lower Austria, and presents a view of the project 'Herzlich Willkommen', realised in Austria between 2019-2021.

Kateřina Šedá (1977) is a Czech artist whose work is close to social architecture. In 1999–2005 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague with Professor Vladimír Kokolia.

In her work, Kateřina Šedá focuses on socially-conceived events, often employing dozens or hundreds of people who have nothing to do with art. The event...

Kateřina Šedá (1977) is a Czech artist whose work is close to social architecture. In 1999–2005 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague with Professor Vladimír Kokolia.

In her work, Kateřina Šedá focuses on socially-conceived events, often employing dozens or hundreds of people who have nothing to do with art. The events mostly take place right in villages or city streets. The purpose of experimenting with interpersonal relationships is to bring those involved out of their stereotypes or social isolation. She tries to induce a lasting change in their behaviour by means of their own (provoked) activity and a new usage of everyday resources.

She is the author of a number of socially conceived projects that she realised in the Czech Republic and abroad. She was invited to make individual projects for example by Artpark Buffalo Niagara in USA (2022–2024), Milton Keynes Art Centre in UK (2022–2023), LIAF in Norway (2019), IHME, Helsinki (2016), SF Moma, San Francisco (2013–2014), Tate Modern, London (2011), and many others. She exhibited at 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2018), the MMOMA, Moscow (2016), the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan, he Venice Biennale (2013), Kunstmuseum Luzern (2012), the Mori Museum, Tokyo (2010), the New Museum, New York (2009), Manifesta 7, Bolzano (2008), the 5th Berlin Biennale (2008), the Renaissance Society, Chicago (2008) and Documenta 12, Kassel (2007), among others.