Jaroslava Tomanova

Jaroslava Tomanová (*1989) grew up in the Czech Republic. Following her PhD studies in the UK, she has been working in curatorial and organisational roles in diverse realms of contemporary art since 2009. Her interests are centred around alternatives to dominant socio-economic models that emerge within socially relevant artistic practices. Tomanová worked as an assistant curator at documenta fifteen and TBA21, amongst other roles, and as an editor of Sumac Space, a platform supporting artists from the Middle East. Diverse publications in contemporary art and political media such as Corridor8, RUTH, This Is Tomorrow, and Freedom News. Her current practice explores gender in institutional power relations, the social and political aspects of care work, and emotional labour and the moral dilemmas associated with it. Since 2022, she has been co-organising cultural events in her home village near the south-western Czech-German border and working as an independent curator based in Prague.

Recommended by the KEX board 2023.