Dita Pepe

Dita Pepe (born 5 September 1973 in Ostrava) is a Czech photographer known for her self-portrait staged photography. She takes photos of herself as part of other men's, women's and families' lives. Majority of her photographs were taken in the Czech Republic, but also in Italy, Germany and South Africa. She is also a lecturer at the Institute of Creative Photography.

Biography

She graduated in Creative Photography from the Silesian University in Opava in 2003. Her final university thesis was called "Photography as a form of therapy".

She published photographic and literary documentary books “Slečny” (Misses) and “Měj ráda sama sebe” (Love Yourself) and the two have been working on their project “Intimita” (Intimacy).[1] For her book Autoportréty (Self-portraits) she won the Personality of Czech Photography 2012 award.

She lives with her husband and two daughters in the Beskydy Mountains.

Solo exhibitions

Exhibitions[2]

2002
  • Galerie Velryba, Prague, curator Vladimír Birgus
  • Altonaer Museum, Hamburg (Germany), curator Denis Brudna
  • Galerie Profil, Bratislava (Slovakia), curator Václav Macek
  • Dům umění, Opava (Czech Republic), curator Martin Klimeš
  • Galerie Žlutá ponorka, Znojmo (Czech Republic), curator Josef Plotzer
2003
  • Mesiac fotografie Month of Photography, České centrum, Bratislava (Slovakia), curator Vladimír Birgus
2004
  • Encontros da Imagem, Braga (Portugal), curator Rui Prata
  • Fotobiennale, Češskij centr, Moscow (Russia), curator Vladimír Birgus
2005
  • Malá galerie České spořitelny, Kladno (Czech Republic), curator Jiří Hanke
2006
  • Dita Pepe - Petr Hrubeš: Módní fotografie, Galerie Opera, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
2007
  • Autopotraits de Dita Pepe, Centre cultureltché ue, Paris (France), curator Vladimír Birgus
  • ZAK Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2008
  • Dita Pepe – Jiří Křenek, Fotobild, Czechpoint, Berlin (Germany), curator Vladimír Birgus
  • Musee de Bibracte, Saint Leger (France), curator Vladimír Birgus
  • Funkeho Kolín, Městské divadlo, Kolín (Czech Republic) – curator Vladimír Birgus
  • Gd4art Bologna, Photography Meets Industry, Bologna (Italy), curatorka Giovanna Calvenzi
2009
  • Dita Pepe, Petr Hrubeš, Transphotographi ues, Lille (France), curator Vladimír Birgus
  • Reportage Arti Festival, Arti (Italy), curatorka Giovanna Calvenzi
2010
  • Galerie Nova, Košice (Slovakia), curator Gabriel Balog
2011
  • Dita Pepe, Petr Hrubeš: Výstavka, Galerie Fiducia, Ostrava (Czech Republic), curators: Roman Polášek, Martin Popelář
  • Self-portraits from Ostrava, Sächsisches Staatsministerium, Dresden (Germany), curator Simona Mehnert
2012
  • Indigo conceptspace, fotografie z knihy "Slečny", Prague (Czech Republic)
2013
  • Prague Photo, Indigo conceptspace "Měj ráda sama sebe", Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Galerie Komorní scény Arena, "Slečny", Ostrava (Czech Republic)
2014
  • Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě - Dům umění "Dita Pepe", Ostrava (Czech Republic)
2015
  • DEPO 2015 "Současné Japonsko evropskýma očima", Plzeň (Czech Republic)

References

  1. ↑ Dita Pepe. "Dita Pepe". LensCulture. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. ↑ "DITA PEPE PHOTOGRAPHY". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  • "", Dita Pepe website.
  • "", Dita Pepe Facebook page.
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