Alma Lily Rayner
B.1984, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic
rayneralma(at)gmail(dot)com
Education
2016-2018- MgA., Studio of New Media 2, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
2015-2016- Studio of Photography, Department of Fine Arts, Academy of Arts Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic
2012- BcA, Center of Audiovisual Studies, Film and TV School, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
2008- Scholarship, Department of Video and New Media, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Residencies and Prizes
2019/2020- Residency, Nová Cvernovka, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019- Q21 Artist-in-Residence, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
2019- Finalist of Jindřich Chalupecký Award (postponed to 2020)
2018- Cena Františky Plamínkové Feministka 2018 (shortlisted)
2018- New Media studio award AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
2016- Internship, Alpha Nova & Galerie futura, Berlin, Germany
2015- Residency for collaborative artists, Agora, Berlin, Germany
2015- Residency, Atelier Síň, Telč, Czech Republic
2015- The Birth Rites collection bi-annual award, University of Salford and The Women’s Art Library, United kingdom (shortlisted)
2007- Dagmar Táborské prize for best female student film, Czech Republic
Public discussions
Rape culture: An evening of sharing. Nová Cvernovka, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2020
De/institutionalization: An evening of sharing. Organised with Institute of Anxiety (IU), tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
Your Life is Waiting: A panel discussion on the psychiatric ethos. Organised with IU, Goethe institut, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
What did you expect? A panel discussion on rape culture. tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Why didn’t you report it? A panel discussion on state institutions & political structures. tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Why didn’t you fight back? A panel discussion on the concept of 'expert by experience’. tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Why didn’t you say something? An evening of sharing. tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Silence: A panel discussion on sexual abuse. Gallery Oko uragánu, Czech Republic, Prague, 2016
Dirty Laundry: a discussion with Yael Sherer. Gallery Oko uragánu, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
Solo exhibitions
Some things my father put inside my vagina (Co mi otec strkal do vagíny), Gallery ArtWall, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
NOBODY LIKES DIRTY GIRLS, Gallery Oko uragánu, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
We walk/We fall: An exercise in absence, Atelier Síň, Telč, Czech Republic, 2015
We walk/We fall: An exercise in absence, Gallery NF, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, 2014
N-E-V-E-R-L-A-N-D:Part one, Ukradená Galerie, Dresden, Germany, 2013
N-E-V-E-R-L-A-N-D:Part two, Ukradená Galerie, Písek , Czech Republic, 2013
N-E-V-E-R-L-A-N-D:Part three, (A)VOID Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 2013
N-E-V-E-R-L-A-N-D:Part four, Ukradená Galerie, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic, 2013
OUTSID(H)ER, WerkStadt Kulturverein, Berlin, Germany, 2012
OUTSID(H)ER, Gallery Kabinet, TIC, Brno, Czech Republic, 2012
OUTSID(H)ER, Gallery Divus Prager Kabarett, Prague, Czech Republic, 2011
OUTSID(H)ER, Gallery Kostka, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010
Uteria, Kunštatská trojka, Brno, Czech Republic, 2007
Group exhibitions/collaborative projects (selection)
Lukáš Paleček: Romo Washing Machine Washes Cucumbers, Jeleni Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019
The Restless Image: Right to an Image, Etc. Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019
After new media, Gallery NTK, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019
Other visions, PAF – Festival of Film Animation, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2018
ARTAGON.IV, Magasins généraux, Paris, France, 2018
EMINENT DOMAIN, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA, 2018
Jiné místo / Another place, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
WOUNDERLAND/Moran Sandervoich, Alpha Nova & Galerie futura, Berlin, Germany, 2015
The Birth Rites Collection, MediaCityUK, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2015
Simanim, Social Art Gallery, The David Yellin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem, 2015
Future Identities, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, Italy, 2014
Where were you when it happened, Gallery ZEZEZE, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014
NUS- international festival of contemporary art, Split, Croatia, 2013
CAS. What is it?, Gallery Futura, Prague, Czech Republic, 2013
Untitled exhibition, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic, 2010
Utopie moderny, Zlín, Czech Republic, 2009
NONSTOPWORKSHOP, Letovice castle, Letovice, Czech Republic, 2008
Screenings and festivals (selection)
Uteria, Fast Forwards Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, 2009
Dirty, RESET Festival, CIANT Gallery , Prague, Czech Republic, 2008
Unwrap Me Hand and Foot, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 2008
Uteria 0.7, World One Minutes Festival, Today's Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2008
Uteria 0.7, OneMinute Film & Video Festival, Aararu, Switzerland, 2008
Oral History, UCHOKO Festival, Zlín, Czech Republic, 2007
Uteria 0.7, UCHOKO Festival, Zlín, Czech Republic, 2007
Oral History, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 2007
Uteria 0.7, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 2007
