Monika Železná

A young painter (Bachelor’s degree from the Art Design Institute in Prague, 2019–2022; currently studying at the Faculty of Arts and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem). Oil paintings full of imagination, symbols, nature, and dreamlike motifs: butterflies, bats, glaciers, aquariums, and intimate scenes. Explore her lyrical and color-rich work at the Original Gallery.

A Czech painter who works primarily with oil on canvas. Her paintings combine lyrical imagination with a sensitive perception of nature, symbols, and the human soul. Her works feature dreamlike landscapes, mystical beings, intimate moments, and more abstract structures—all rendered with a gentle melancholy, vibrant colors, and a poetic atmosphere.

Typical themes include nature in its various forms (butterflies, bats, glaciers, aquariums, the silence of Christmas), human figures in magical situations, and details that hint at a story, often with a touch of mystery, loneliness, or tranquility. Color plays a key role: from rich contrasts to muted shades to luminous blues and greens that create a sense of depth and space.

She studied from 2019 to 2022 at the Art Design Institute in Prague, in the painting studio led by Roman Franta and Lukáš Miffek, and in the printmaking studio led by Jiří Lindovský and Martin Velíšek.

Her work is intimate and introspective; her paintings are not merely a visual experience but also an invitation to pause, to listen to one’s own feelings, and to experience the moment hidden within them. Welcome to the gallery.