Mourning and farewell. The beauty of what is coming to an end. An awareness of transience. Perhaps those who remember the deceased will clear the leaves from their memories and restore the golden letters that time has faded.

Hedvika Ocásková (*2000) is a artist, teacher and jewellery designer from the Silesian town of Nový Jičín. She studied at the Painting 4 studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Petr Dub and Marek Meduna. In her own work, she draws delicate, minimalist still lifes. The silence and tranquillity in her drawings are often disrupted by a shadow in the foreground or the instability of the objects. Hedvika has long been exploring the aesthetics of mourning, as well as the poetry of everyday life. She works with historical artistic techniques, such as drawing with oak gall ink. Currently, she lives and works in Prague. 

Michal Rejzek (*1996) is a visual artist, comic book creator and teacher from a small village near Náchod. He studied at the Painting 1 studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Robert Šalanda and Lukáš Machalický. In his own work, he explores social issues, work, relationships and mental health. He expresses himself primarily through drawings in black and white. He runs the website ‘Nástěnka’, which features open calls, and ‘Půjdeto’, a ‘cookbook for artists’. He is currently also working with Argišt Alaverdyan on the computer game ‘Luka’. He lives and works in Prague.