The exhibition On the wall at home at the Prostora gallery presents the private art collection of the artist duo Tomáš Císařovský and Erika Bornová. The opening will take place on Wednesday, September 17, at 6 pm.

From September 17 to the end of October, Galerie Prostora will host the exhibition On the wall at home, showcasing the private collection of painter Tomáš Císařovský and his life partner, sculptor and painter Erika Bornová. Guided tours will also be part of the program.

This personal collection has been assembled spontaneously over several decades and highlights connections between kindred artists, as well as offering an unconventional perspective on the Czech visual arts scene. “We surround ourselves with the work of colleagues, friends, and even more distant artists, mostly because we don't want to bring our own work home. Each of us has one painting on the wall that we truly care about, partly to make sure it does not get sold. The drawings and paintings came to us for different reasons. A small portion comes from our families, but most of the collection came through exchanging our artwork for artwork from someone else. Some we purchased directly, and with those occasional purchases, we try to support the youngest generation of artists,” says Tomáš Císařovský.

The exhibition will feature works by Viktor Pivovarov, Jan Merta, Antonín Střížek, Stanislav Diviš, Vladimír Boudník, Emil Holárek, František Tichý, Martina Staňková, Filip Dvořák, and others.

Tomáš Císařovský (b. 1962) is a Czech painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where he developed as a painter of figures and portraits. In the 1980s, he participated in underground art shows called Confrontations, showcasing emerging young artists. He has exhibited solo at institutions such as the Rudolfinum Gallery and the National Gallery in Prague’s Trade Fair Palace. He primarily works in oil, and his series are known for their vivid colour schemes. His mostly calm, narrative-free paintings subtly and ambiguously depict stories from Czech history and their social impact. “In my paintings, I try to convey a story through a visual fragment, which the figures express through gestures, posture, and mutual relationships… Before each new painting, I look forward to being taken somewhere I have not been before.” Recently, in addition to figural work, he has also been exploring landscape painting. He draws inspiration from early Byzantine mosaics, Giotto’s frescoes, the Master Theodoric’s series, Renaissance painters, and the work of Alex Katz.

Erika Bornová (b. 1964) is a Czech painter, sculptor, and illustrator. She also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Her works are part of the collections of the National Gallery Prague, the Prague City Gallery (GHMP), the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, and other institutions, as well as private collections. For many years, she worked mainly in sculpture, with polystyrene being one of her favourite materials. She used it to create figurative sculptures and often intentionally left the material visible. Today, she primarily focuses on painting, working in thematic cycles (e.g., Plants, Water Creatures, Fragile Death). During a period of partial vision loss, she created a wide series of self-portraits. Her distinctive style incorporates elements of nostalgia, magic, and inspiration from nature.

On the wall at home – Tomáš Císařovský a Erika Bornová
The exhibition opening will take place on Wednesday, September 17, at 6 p.m.
The exhibition will be on display from September 17 until the end of October 2025.

Galerie Prostora
Blanická 9 (první patro)
Praha 2, Vinohrady
120 00

Opening hours
Wednesday–Friday: 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
by prior arrangement, also Saturday: 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
or upon request (closed on public holidays)

Recommended admission fee: CZK 80, reduced admission fee: CZK 50. For more information, visit www.prostora.org.

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