The story of Adéla Janská is an example of how systematic work, a clearly formulated authorial language and long-term cooperation with galleries and institutions can lead from the local art scene to the international level. The artist, originally from Olomouc, is now one of the artists whose work resonates strongly in the global context of figurative painting and contemporary art. From the beginning of her work, Janská has focused on figuration, the body and everyday experience, which she manages to capture with an unusual degree of sensitivity. It was this that became the key to her gradual assertion beyond the borders of the Czech context. In Olomouc and the wider region, she was perceived as a distinctive artist from the very beginning of her artistic career, and her work gradually began to find its way into exhibition projects, which made her an integral part of the Czech scene, but then also an artist of European and international stature.
Janská has presented herself in the context of contemporary Czech art in a number of exhibitions across the country, Notable solo exhibition Fusion at the Caesar Gallery in Olomouc (2016), group exhibition The Story of the Day(s) at the Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové (2017), the exhibition Dancing People Are Never Wrong at The Chemistry Gallery in Prague (2018), a joint exhibition with painter Jakub Čuška, which she prepared in collaboration with the current chief curator of Telegraph Gallery Mira Macík, at the Gallery of Contemporary Art Prostějov (2019), and a solo exhibition Deconstruction of Presence at the Vyšehrad Gallery (2020). In addition to her own work, Janská has also worked as a teacher - she was the head of the painting studio at the Secondary School of Design and Fashion in Prostějov. However, as her activities related to exhibition activities increased, she began to focus exclusively on her artistic practice. Gradually, she began to establish herself on the art scene abroad. She presented herself in several exhibitions in Poland: a group exhibition MORA ZMORA at the Artist House Kadenówka in Rabka, curated by Paulina Olowska (2021), or a solo exhibition OPAQUE HER at the Ewa Opałka Gallery in Warsaw (2023). Notable media outputs include an interview published in the French magazine Purple in 2024. Key moments in her career include establishing collaborations with New York galleries The Something Machine, where Janská presented two solo exhibitions in 2021 and 2023, and Half Gallery, where she presented her exhibition in 2024. Janská then followed this stage with ongoing collaborations with two international galleries - Adrian Sutton Gallery in London and Rolando Anselmi Gallery in Rome, where she is preparing a solo exhibition for late spring 2026.
Exhibition Za Pultem (Behind the Counter) at Telegraph Gallery, she returns professionally to Olomouc, but already in the context of women artists of European and world scale. Together with Paulina Olowska from Poland and Caroline Walker from the UK, the exhibition explored the themes of women's position in society and their presence in public space in both historical and contemporary contexts. Today, Adéla Janská is one of the prominent personalities who prove that the way to the international scene does not have to be through radical gestures or adaptation to trends, but through consistent work, a sense of the medium and the ability to create images that both conceptually and technically stand up to contemporary international discourse.
The exhibition will conclude with a guided tour and catalogue launch on 19 February 2026, which will be attended by all three artists - Paulina Olowska, Adéla Janská and Caroline Walker.
