* 1990 - Prague, Czech Republic
Nikola Emma Ryšavá is a Czech sculptor based in Prague. Her work explores the space between the familiar and the uncanny through hybrid, anthropomorphic figures that move between vulnerability, grotesque humour, and unease.
Working with sculpture and installation, she draws on the body, imagination, literature, and the subconscious to create fictional beings and situations that are both intimate and strange. Her practice is interested in the tension between attraction and discomfort, tenderness and threat.
Ryšavá graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and has exhibited internationally in the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Italy, Australia, and Hong Kong
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