Jitka Hanzlová
Jitka Hanzlová is a Czech photographer, mostly known for her portraiture.Biography
Hanzlová was born in 1958 in Nachod, Czechoslovakia. She claimed asylum in Germany in 1982 and settled in Essen. She studied photography and communication technology at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She lives and works in Germany.Work
Hanzlová's first series Rokytnik, which documents the village inhabitants of the photographer's homeland, was made between 1990 and 1994.Publications
Awards
- 1993: Otto Steinert Prize, German Society for Photography, Germany
- 1995: Scholarship DG BANK Frankfurt, Germany
- 1995: European Photography Award 1995, Germany
- 1998: Scholarship, Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1999: Shortlisted for The Citibank Photography Prize 2000, London
- 2002: Shortlisted for The Citibank Photography Prize 2003, London
- 2003: Grand Prix Award – Project Grant 2003, Arles, France
- 2007: Paris Photo Prize for Contemporary Photography, France
Solo exhibitions
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 2012.
- Between Continuum. Photography and film since 1990,, Braunschweig, Germany, 2018.
Collections
Hanzlová's work is held in the following permanent collections:
