Tadeáš Podracký

Tadeáš Podracký (b. 1989, lives and works in Prague) is a sculptor whose practice explores the intersection of material experimentation, speculative design, and narrative form. Working primarily in intricately carved wood, Podracký creates sculptural objects that evoke fictional artifacts – vestiges of alternative histories or imagined futures. Rooted in an early language of raw, gestural expression, his work has evolved into refined, organic forms. Through a rigorous commitment to making, he merges intuitive handcraft, digital technologies, and symbolic construction to question how form can embody meaning beyond utility. Podracký’s objects inhabit the space between fiction and function, appearing to have grown over time or emerged through ritual. His practice offers glimpses into parallel realities – where the boundaries between the natural and the invented, the past and the speculative, dissolve. He holds an MA in Contextual Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven and an MA from the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague. He has also studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

Education:
Design Academy Eindhoven - MA
UMPRUM - Academy of Art Architecture and Design in Prague - MgA

Study internships:
AVU - Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
School of Visual Arts, New York

Teaching:
Head of department K.O.V. at Academy of Art Architecture and Design in Prague (from 2023)

Residencies / Workshops:
Schloss Hollenegg for design, Residency, Austria
Venice Design Biennial, residency, Italy
Fellowship in Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts, Millville, USA
From Yuhang Rong Design Library - Residency, China
Glass is Tomorrow, workshop, Finland

Selected Exhibitions

2026 - Polansky Gallery, Prague
2025 - Creative Dialogues, HKBU Gallery, Hong Kong
2025 - Přímý přenos, Museum umění a designu, Benešov
2025 - Intersection, Sarah Myerscough gallery, PAD, Paris
2025 - Landmarks, Sarah Myerscough gallery, Tefaf, Maastricht
2024 - Dreamscape, Sarah Myerscough gallery, DesignMiami, Miami
2024 - Shades of Light, Sarah Myerscough gallery, Galerie 56, New York
2024 - This is not a Memoir, Polansky gallery, Prague
2024 - Bark and Veins, Fingallery, Thema, Milan
2024 - Boundaries of Ambiguity, Meet factory, Prague
2024 - Cosmos - designblok, Liberec
2024 - Cosmos, Designblok, Brussel design days, Brussels
2024 - Cosmos, Designblok, Superdesign show, Milan Design Week
2024 - Attirede Courage, Berlinskej Model, Prague
2024 - Monolith, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Tefaf Fair, Maastricht
2024 - Gone to the Beach, Fin Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2024 - NEW ERA: Czech Contemporary Art and Collectable Design, Fin Gallery,Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canberra
2024 - CANOPY, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, FOG fair, San Francisco
2023 - Global Vision, Side Gallery, Design Miami
2023 - Forest, Sarah Myerscough gallery, DesignMiami Paris
2023 - The Bloom of Bones, Kuzebauch gallery, solo exhibition
2023 - Global Tools, Side Gallery, Barcelona
2023 - Autoexotic, Venice Design Biennial, Venice
2023 - Foreign dialog, Fin Gallery, Melbourne
2023 - Paraitre, Chateau de Luneville, France
2023 - Sand and Ashes, Schloss Hollenegg, Austria
2023 - Made by fire, Triennale Di Milano
2023 - Blurring the Timeline, Superhouse, New York
2022 - Mise en Place, The Fiend Art Space, Arlington
2022 - FOKUS: ORNAMENT, Vienna
2022 - Family members, Fir gallery, Beijing, China
2022 - East to West, Schloss Hollenegg, Austria
2022 - The Invisibles, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Lithuania
2021 - The Metamorphosis, Solo presentation, Design Miami
2021 - Moving in Stasis, Het Nieuwe Instituut, The Netherlands
2021 - Venice design Biennial, Venice
2021 - Side Gallery, Exhibition Zero, Spain