Julie Hrnčířová
visual artist * Oslo
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EDUCATION
2015–2018
École nationale supérieure de la photographie (ENSP), Master's degree, Arles, France
2016–2017
Erasmus, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Germany
2011–2015
Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Multimedia, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2014
Erasmus, École nationale supérieure d’art (ENSA), Nancy, France
2007–2011
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Graphic Design, Prague, Czech Republic
1998–2004
Schooling in France (Strasbourg, Paris)
RESIDENCIES
2025
Bocca di Valle, Italy (October)
Olden residency, Norway, curated by Agatha Wara and Bjørnar Pedersen (August)
Centre photographique Rouen Normandie: «Chute libre» at the Lycée des métiers du bois,
Envermeu, France, at the Centre’s invitation, within the European platform FUTURES (March)
2023
Pražírna AB3, Prague, Czech Republic (September)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PRESENTATIONS
2028
(upcoming) Exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
(upcoming) «Grønland Neighborhood», exhibition in public space, Sørligata backyard, Grønland, Oslo
2025
DOK festival, presentation and artist talk, Fredrikstad, Norway
«The Secret Lives of Birds», Petrohradská Kolektiv, Jedna, Dva, Tři Gallery, Prague
2024
Exhibition at the Berlin Cirkus festival with «Mortensrud Sirkusskole», Berlin, Germany
Exhibition in public space, Moody Moon Noize festival, Chomutov, Czech Republic
2023
«This Might Be Useful One Day», solo exhibition, Josef Sudek Studio, Prague
2022
«Oslo Negativ», photo festival, Deichman, Oslo
«Urban Poetism», solo exhibition, Fotografiens Hus, Oslo
2021
«The Pigeon House», photographs in the window of Ooo&ñ Studio, Oslo
«Invisible Workers», solo exhibition, Industra Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2018
«Everyday Sculptures I», diploma exhibition, Arena gallery, Arles, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2027
(upcoming) Installation of the series «Jewels From The Sea» on board the research vessel REV Ocean, Norway
2026
«Return to Sender», TERMINALEN, Haugesund, Norway
«Camouflage», The House gallery, Prague
«Oslo Open», Bjørka Studio, Oslo
2025
«Juleutstillingen», Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
«Biennale of Tangible Image», Espace Julio, Paris, France
«Empwrng Voices», Gamle Munch, Oslo
«Kunstkammer», C12 gallery, Prague
2024
«Woman’s View of the Sea», Noatun, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
«Off The Wall», Kösk Gallery, Oslo
«Iso 36», Page Five Gallery, Prague
«Forbundet Frie Fotografer 50-årsjubileum», salon exhibition, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2023
«Camouflage», Ankali space, Prague (supported by OCA)
«Equilibrium», PhotoSaintGermain festival, Czech Centre, Paris, France
«Oslo Open», Ila pensjonat, Oslo
«Echo of the Depth in Space», group exhibition, Pragovka Gallery, Prague
2022
PechaKucha Night vol. 55, Oslo
«Futures in Oslo», artist talk, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
«Nordic Light Festival», photo festival, Kristiansund, Norway
«Off The Wall», group exhibition, Kösk Gallery, Oslo
«The Oslo Big Book», Fotobok Festival «Get Out», Fotogalleriet, Oslo
«Photo Slam – A New Generation», artist talk, Rencontres de la photographie, Arles, France
2021
«Vårutstillingen», group exhibition, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
«DETTE ÅRET», group exhibition and book launch, Fotografihuset, Oslo
2020
«Le Book Club», project ZINES OF THE ZONE and presentation of the book «Coffee To Go», Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2019
«100», group exhibition, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
Foto Book Festival Oslo (FFF), presentation of the book «Coffee To Go», Oslo
Temple Books Arles, presentation of the book «Coffee To Go», Rencontres de la photographie, Arles
«Group Hug n° 3», group exhibition, Low Standards gallery, Oslo
2018
Exposition des diplômés 2018, Palais de l’Archevêché, Arles
«Work in Progress», group exhibition, Maison des Peintres, Rencontres de la photographie, Arles
Prix du livre 2018: books shown at the Rencontres de la photographie, Arles
PHOTOBOOKS
2029/2030
(upcoming) «Grønland Neighborhood», artist book, with Parabol Studio, Oslo
2028
(upcoming) «Urban Poetism», artist book
2026
«Why Did They Do This to Us», Albatros Nakladatelství, Prague
2025
«Mortensrud Sirkusskole», published with the City of Oslo, 200 copies, supported by Oslo Sør-satsingen and Bydel Søndre Nordstrand
2023
«Camouflage», self-published, made for the exhibition, 70 copies
2021
«Invisible Workers», self-published, about Polish workers in Norway, 18 copies
2019
«Coffee To Go», self-published, about a journey through Macedonia, Arles, 20 copies
GRANTS AND SUPPORT
2026/2027
Kulturstipend, Bydel Gamle Oslo, for the documentary project on Grønland
2025
Fond for lyd og bilde, project support, Kulturdirektoratet (Norway)
Oslo Sør-satsingen and Bydel Søndre Nordstrand, for «Mortensrud Sirkusskole»
2024
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway, for the exhibition «The Secret Lives of Birds» (series «Fragments of the City»)
2023
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway, for the exhibition «Camouflage» (Prague)
2022
Studio granted by the City of Oslo (Kulturetaten), Ila pensjonat, Oslo, for two years
2021
Fritt Ord, for the second part of the project «Invisible Workers»
2020
Kulturrådet, temporary grant (midlertidig stipend)
Fritt Ord, for the project «Somewhere Else»
Fritt Ord, for the first part of the project «Invisible Workers»
PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS
2025
Shortlisted, Fotografis Portfolio Prize 2025, Fotografi Magasinet and Preus Museum (Norway)
Finalist, Photographer of the Year, Czech Grand Design, Prague (also in 2023 and 2022)
2022
Personality of Young Czech Photography (under 30), Association of Professional Photographers of the Czech Republic
PRESS
2024
Brad Feuerhelm, «Nearest Truth» podcast, episode 429
2023
«In my work I like variety», interview, ArtCafé, Czech Radio Vltava, Prague
2022
Étienne Hatt, «Being Discarded, Being Banished», Fotograf Magazine no. 43, Prague
2021
Finley Cutts, «Collectionner le vulgaire, ou comment Julie Hrnčířová révolutionne le beau», Fisheye Magazine
MEMBERSHIPS
since 2018
FFF – Forbundet Frie Fotografer, Norway
since 2022
Futures Photography, European photography platform
Julie Hrnčířová is a Czech photographer and visual artist based in Oslo. She graduated from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles in 2018.
Her work starts on the street. On her walks she collects and photographs what cities throw away: packaging, glass, scraps of plastic and metal, objects left behind by strangers. In parallel, she makes camera-less colour photograms in the darkroom, placing found materials directly on photographic paper. Later, in her installations she combines prints with found materials, wood, metal and ceramics, and more recently with sound and field recordings. Her recurring subjects are public space, the gentrification of European cities, and the traces that time and people leave behind.
Alongside this, she works on long-term documentary projects. Grønland Neighborhood follows a neighbourhood in transition in Oslo. In 2025 she published Mortensrud Sirkusskole, a photobook about a circus school for children in Oslo, combining her portraits with the children’s own texts. It was supported by Oslo Sør-satsingen and Bydel Søndre Nordstrand.
Why Did They Do This to Us, made with journalist Anna Košlerová, is a book about women who were sterilised without their consent, published by Albatros in 2026.
Her work has been shown at Fotogalleriet, Fotografiens Hus and Gamle Munch in Oslo, at the Josef Sudek Studio and Pragovka Gallery in Prague, and at PhotoSaintGermain in Paris. She has also presented it at the Rencontres de la photographie in Arles. In 2025 she was shortlisted for the Fotografis Portfolio Prize by Fotografi Magasinet and Preus Museum. She has been a finalist for Photographer of the Year at Czech Grand Design, and in 2022 she was named Personality of Young Czech Photography. She is a member of Forbundet Frie Fotografer and of the European platform Futures Photography.
She also works as an editorial photographer, making portraits of architects, designers, musicians and artists for magazines and newspapers in Norway and the Czech Republic.