Leona Bažant Telínová (Telona)
born 1979 in Czech Republic
born 1979 in Czech Republic
Multimedia artist. Currently focuses mainly on converting digital technologies into analog outputs and alternative puppet theater. She studied photography at J.E. Purkyně University in the studio of Prof. Pavel Baňka at the Faculty of Arts and Design in Ústí nad Labem. Her main working method is sketching the surrounding space with various types of cameras and then creating "Analog Diaries" using the cyanotype technique.
She is a member of the Hura Collective association of visual artists, with whom she collaborates on various exhibition and theater projects. Her work is represented internationally in gallery and private collections. She works as a freelance artist and teaches alternative photography courses for adults and university students.
Selected exhibitions:
2025 - Paper Photo Festival / Paper Photo Dummy Award (group exhibition), Katowice
2025 - Translux Photo Festival (group exhibition), Prague
2024 - Šest pohlednic (group exhibition), Archive Library, DOX Contemporary Art Centre, Prague
2024 - Laboratoř Veleslavín (group exhibition), Veleslavín Castle, Prague
2024 - Piano Nobile (Hura collective exhibition), Koulka, Prague
2022 - LES OS DE L‘OBSCURITÉ (together with Hza Bažant), Czech Center, Paris
2021 - Kosti tmy (together with Hza Bažant), Naive Theater, Liberec
2021 - Výlet (group exhibition), Bold Gallery, Prague
2021 - Kořeny (group exhibition), Finnish Cultural Center Stella Polaris, Žihobce
2021 - Město kam se ztrácí hračky a jiné příběhy (solo exhibition), Art Library of the MLP, Prague
2020 - Šest pohlednic (group exhibition), House of Arts of the City of Brno
2020 - Malý les (solo exhibition), Leica Gallery Prague
2019 - Malý les (solo exhibition), Blatná Municipal Museum
2018 - Noční motýl (solo exhibition), burgrave of Klenová castle, Klenová / Klatovy gallery
2015 - HURA VIII (group exhibition), gallery Sýpka, Klenová, Klatovy
2010 - HURA VII (group exhibition), Trafačka Gallery, Prague
2009 - Bruch-Zonen. Das Prinzip Osten (group exhibition), Galerie Runde Ecke, Dresden
2009 - Diplomky 09 (group exhibition), Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2009 - Horror Monster Show (group exhibition), Hygienická Stanice Gallery, Prague
2008 - Popo Popular (group exhibition), Hygienická Stanice Gallery, Prague
2008 - Hygiena (group exhibition), Hygienická Stanice Gallery, Prague
2007 - Ústí Noir (solo exhibition), Drama Studio, Ústí nad Labem
2007 - HURA VI (group exhibition), Kulturní centrum Zahrada, Prague
2007 - HURA V (group exhibition), Drama Studio, Ústí nad Labem
2006 - Výstava diplomových prací (group exhibition), Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem
2006 - HURA IV (group show), Cross Club, Prague
2005 - Periferie (group exhibition), VŠUP Gallery, Prague
2005 - HURA III (group exhibition), Photo Gallery Coffee shop, Prague
2005 - Niemandsland (group exhibition), Galerie Motorenhalle, Dresden
2005 - Muzejní noc (group exhibition), National Memorial in Vítkov, Prague
2004 - 18 + 2 (group exhibition), Museum Ústí nad Labem
2004 - Trpaslík a současnost (group exhibition), Ústí nad Labem Museum
2004 - Muzejní noc (group exhibition), National Memorial in Vítkov, Prague
2003 - Realita banální i magická (group exhibition), Avant-Garde Gallery, Wroclaw
2003 - Fresh (group exhibition), Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem Museum
2003 - HURA II (group exhibition), Café Ideál, Prague
2003 - Nová média Cheb (group exhibition), Cheb
2003 - Pokojíčky (solo exhibition) Café Ideál, Prague