Lenka Stepankova

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Austria, Czech Republic (residence), Czech Republic (citizenship) °-1990
research interests: artistic identity, depresentation, infrastructures of solidarity, post-studio, portraits, relational filmmaking, studio space
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Lenka Štěpánková (1990), an interdisciplinary artist specializing in video and painting, is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. Her doctoral research explores the historical contexts and contemporary representations of women artists in the Czech Republic and Austria, with a particular focus on the gender perspective within artistic studios. Lenka has received international scholarships, including Aktion Österreich and CEEPUS mobility, allowing her to study at Austrian institutions such as the Academy of Fine Arts (2023) and Die Angewandte at Zentrum Fokus Forschung (2024) in Vienna. 

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  • The Identity of the Studio as Portrait of Artists The Artist Studio from a Gendered Perspective (last edited: 2025) author(s): Lenka Stepankova This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
    This artistic research uses relational filmmaking to explore how artistic identities are represented and negotiated within studio spaces today. Focusing on gendered dynamics in the Czech and Austrian contexts, it examines the studio not only as a site of artistic production, but also as a space where identity is constructed, mediated, and contested. Drawing on feminist theory, gender studies, and artistic research, it engages with strategies of representation and depresentation. Reflecting on the post-studio situation, it further considers how hidden infrastructures of solidarity—understood through Ewa Majewska’s concept of weak resistance—shape artistic identities and their modes of representation today.
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