“What does it mean to be home? I met Lyric, a 9-year-old girl living in a school bus in an RV park in Arizona, and Marion, who sleeps in her car near a day shelter for marginalized genders in Portland. We talked about the realities and complexities of growing up on the road and how social and economic forces shape our ideas of home and community.”
TONY DOČEKAL (Amsterdam, she/her) is a visual artist driven by the fluid nature of identity and the quest for belonging. Drawing inspiration from personal encounters, Dočekal’s work expresses a place where imagination and reality meet.
Her artistic approach allows her to explore the trials and triumphs of nomadic existence and unconventional structures while encouraging deeper consideration of contemporary social issues.
With a BA in Fine Arts from ArtEZ University of the Arts, Dočekal has received recognition including winning the Olympus Young Talent Award in 2018 and the Zilveren Camera Portrait in 2021.
Selected works are available as limited-edition fine art prints.
Her artistic approach allows her to explore the trials and triumphs of nomadic existence and unconventional structures while encouraging deeper consideration of contemporary social issues.
With a BA in Fine Arts from ArtEZ University of the Arts, Dočekal has received recognition including winning the Olympus Young Talent Award in 2018 and the Zilveren Camera Portrait in 2021.
Selected works are available as limited-edition fine art prints.
Based in The Netherlands/Paris – available for projects globally.
2018 Olympus Young Talent Award
2015 Menzis Jong Talent – runner up
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Shout Out Arizona - Voyage Group of Magazines
2021 Unsheltered Moments - Magazine #1
2021 Ain't Bad - longer ways to go
2021 Classics Magazine - longer ways to go
2021 Unsheltered Moments
2020 Vogue US – for Sheltersuit
2020 Plain Magazine – social distancing
2019 Plain Magazine – brace for impact
2019 Aint-Bad – brace for impact
2019 Kiekie Tabloid N25 – interview
2018 Kiekie Talent Issue 2018 – online & print interview
2018 Plain Magazine – sometimes the light
EXHIBITIONS
2024 UPCOMING: Museum Arnhem
2023 UPCOMING: Burgemeester de Bruin Prijs
2022 Praxis Gallery (group) - Minneapolis MN
2022 Museum Hilversum (group) - Zilveren Camera 2021
2020 Seventeen Seconds (group) – Galerie Plaatsmaken, Arnhem
2020 The Print Swap (group) – Foley Galery, New York City
2020 Scheltema (Let's Do This) – Scheltema, Amsterdam
2019 Murf/Murf-group – Pand P, Eindhoven
2019 Silent Alarm (solo) – Galerie Objektief, Enschede
2018 Olympus Young Talent (group) – FOAM Café, Amsterdam
2016 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (group) – Darmstadt, Germany
2016 New Dutch Photography Talent (group) – The Art’Otel, Amsterdam
2015 Where Will We Be When Summer’s Gone (solo) – B93, Enschede
2015 Jong Talent, Menzis (group) – Menzis, Groningen
“Known for her contemplative compositions that refreshingly go against the aggressive barrage of imagery that overwhelms our screens and lives, Tony Dočekal reflects on the world’s current struggles."
- Kala Barba-Court, PLAIN Magazine, 2021
- Clien Wintzen, McTypeface Publishing, 2020