About
Lilian Ptáček is a visual artist and educator based in Rotterdam who graduated from the Master Fine Art program at Piet Zwart Institute. Her work spans sculpture, installation, printmaking and sound, exploring ideas of inward and outward, of public and private in relation to the human body and urban environments. Crafted ceramic and metal forms are combined in her work with found objects and prosaic materials including cardboard, wax and concrete. The resultant works underline the strangeness of the everyday and speaks to the daily demands of city-living.
Lilian has a process and material-driven approach to teaching, fostering learning environments which encourage collaborative making and collective discoveries. She has worked as an educator for numerous organisations including Glasgow Print Studio, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and The University of Edinburgh’s Access to Creative Education in Scotland.
Lilian Ptáček
b. 1992 London, U.K.
EDUCATION
2022/2024 MFA (Cum laude), Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2011/2015 BA (Hons), The Glasgow School of Art, Fine Art Painting & Printmaking, UK
2014 Erasmus exchange, Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design, Prague, CZ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Vertebrae, VLAK, Rotterdam, NL
2024 Anatomical [an approximation], Glasgow Project Room, UK
2024 Pavement Hiccup, Graduate Showcase, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2020 Without Tide, Glasgow Print Studio, UK
2019 Warp Tool, Hidden Lane Studios, Glasgow, UK
2016 Sawn into equal parts, Garrison, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Limburg Biënnale, Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
2023 KAMOULUX, Rib Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2022 Folly, The Store, Dulwich College, London, UK
2021 Prestwick, New Glasgow Society East, UK
2019 Graven Images, group exhibition, New Glasgow Society West, UK
2018 Say What I Am Called, Glasgow International, Caledonia Church, Glasgow, UK
2017 Fort Bravo, Waveparticle, Caledonia Church, Glasgow, UK
2017 Good Fortune, Bart Waltz & Babaloose, Glasgow Open House Festival, UK
2017 The Law of Materials, The Glasgow Print Studio, UK
2017 Bart Waltz performance, Paraphernalia, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, UK
2016 GLOMA: MONO, Urg3l Gallery, Madrid, ES
2016 Bartholomew’s Waltz, Gayfield Gallery, Edinburgh Art Festival, UK
2016 Bartholomew’s Waltz, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2015 Glasgow > Leeds, Blip Blip Blip, Leeds, UK
2015 The Only Way To Do It Is To Do It, The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2015 All You Can Eat, The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
RESIDENCIES
2019 Apprentice Training Programme, Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia, USA
2017 Interdisciplinary Residency, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, UK
2017 Artist Resident in Schools, Lyceum Theatre, Braidburn School, Edinburgh, UK
2016 Fellowship Residency, The Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, New York, USA
AWARDS / GRANTS
2024 Hope Scott Trust Grant for ‘Anatomical [an approximation]’ exhibition
2024 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award for MFA studies
2023 The Holland Scholarship for MFA studies
2023 The Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust Education Grant for MFA studies
2023 Thomas Arno Award, The Haberdashers’ Foundation for MFA studies
2019 Kirsten Scott Memorial Trust Grant for FWM Apprentice Training Programme
2019 Thomas Arno Award, The Haberdashers’ Foundation for FWM Training
2018 Visual Arts and Craft Award, Glasgow Life for ‘Say What I am Called’ exhibition
2017 The Eaton Artist Grant for ‘Say What I am Called’ exhibition
2016 Thomas Arno Award, The Haberdashers’ Foundation for Lighthouse Works
COMISSIONS
2025 Young Makers Studio, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL
Invited to design and create an interactive educational environment for young children to conduct their own research and experiment creatively with materials.
2019 Public Art commission, Boghall Drop-in Centre, West Lothian, UK
A public art commission with collaborator Poppy Nash to create artworks for Boghall Drop in Centre. We delivered a year-long engagement program of workshops with the local community. The results of which informed the final artworks which took the form of a digitally printed textile piece and wallpaper installation.
2018 Scottish Artist Union Commission, Bart Waltz performance, Inverness, UK
An invitation to make a collaborative participatory performance for the Scottish Artist Union’s ‘Bread and Roses’ event.
2018 Make Do & Mend, Stellar Quines Theatre Company, UK
Seed funding for artist development with collaborator Poppy Nash and commission to research activist clothing & costume.
2014 The Courtauld Institute of Art Commission, Interact, London, UK
Selected by BA Curating students at The Courtauld Institute of Art to create an installation for the group exhibition Interact.
TALKS
2024 On Memory, Reading session with Johannes Hugo Stoll, SEA Foundation
2019 Artist Talks, Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, USA
2016 Show & Tell, The Glasgow Print Studios, Glasgow
2016 Fellowship Artist Talks, The Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, New York, USA
TEACHING / EMPLOYMENT
2023 Visiting Tutor, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
2023 Art teacher, ISSOS Summer School, St Andrews University, UK
2022 Spring Workshop Series, Outspoken Arts, Paisley, UK
2021 Project Artist, Summer of Play, Glasgow Print Studio, Hamilton, UK
2020 Distant Spaces, digital workshop series, CAMPLELINE Gallery, Dumfriesshire, UK
2020 Project Artist, Quaranteen, Scottish Youth Theatre, UK
2019/22 Art Development Officer, ACES, The University of Edinburgh, UK
2019 Workshop Leader, BBC Get Creative Workshop, East Renfrewshire, UK
2018/19 Art Tutor (screen print), East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure, UK
2016/18 Creative Art Educator, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK
2016/18 Creative Art Educator in Schools, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
2017 Project Artist, Ebb & Flow, Heritage Lottery Funded Project, UK
2016 Project Artist in schools, The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
2016 Project Artist, Making your Mark, Glasgow Print Studios, UK
2016 Human Print Machine, Print Workshop, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
2016 Schools Programme Assistant, The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK
2016 Bart Waltz Print Workshop, Gayfield Gallery, Edinburgh Art Festival, UK
2016 Bart Waltz Print Workshop with Quarriers Charity, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2016 Visiting Tutor, Creative Careers Day, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
PROJECTS
2019-20 Scottish Artist Union Committee Member
2015-19 Member of Bart Waltz, a group of artists and musicians that stage performances and participatory events.