Pavlína Kvita has been conveying with her sculptures for several years a specific connection between personal and collectively shared mythological-psychological archetypes. She has arrived at an emblematic morphology in which she allows abstracted forms of human, animal or imaginary mythical beings to permeate. The symbolic aspect of the reciprocity of the polar psychological qualities animus–anima, day–night, reality–dream, good–evil is stimulating for her. She has recently been intensively involved, for example, with the archetype of the guardian or warrior, creating masks of a ritual character as shields defining boundaries.

By sculpting, she generally transforms the subconscious contents of her own inner world, and dream scenes can also be a source of inspirational meanings for her. She perceives the creative process as subliminally slowly emerging possibilities, working inventively with the organic composition of forms. She enlivens the sculptural material with pigment colouring. The effect of the whole work is strongly co-determined by the artistically conceived pedestals created in collaboration with Roman Kvita. For the exhibition in the Broumov monastery garden, she has created several new sculptures on the themes of the archetypes of animus, anima and fallen angel. 

Pavlína Kvita (*1988) studied from 2009-2015 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (sculpture studio - J. Róna, L. Rittstein); in 2012 she completed an internship in the studio of a visiting teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (N. Wermers) and in 2013 at the HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht. She has won numerous awards in competitions for sculpture realizations, e.g. Sculptures for Prague 3 (1st place - Oltars placed in the park on the Vítkov hill), 2014; Sculpture for Nový Bor (2nd place - Sculpture for Nový Bor), 2014. prize), 2017; monument to the victims of WWI in Klatovy (3rd prize), 2018; artwork for the Modřanský cukrovar residential area in Prague (1st prize), 2023 (collaboration with R. Kvita). Since 2010, she has had a number of solo exhibitions, most recently Anima, Galerie Cifra, Doubice, 2021; Myth Game (with J. Tytykal), The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, 2021; Josef Jíra Gallery, Malá Skála, 2022; The Instability of Eternity, EPO1 Centre for Contemporary Art, Trutnov, 2022; The Noise Between Us (with R. Kvita), Studio Prám, Prague, 2023; Posture and Rhythm, Interpretations AXA, Prague, 2024; Golden Calf, Winternitz Villa, Prague, 2024; The Red Earth, Galerie Pekelné sáně, 2025.

curator: Iva Mladičová