Painter of Czech origin, born Irena Dědičová on 12 February 1932 in Prague, died in 1990 in Paris.
Life
Irena Dedicova belonged to the orbit of Surrealism and of the Phases movement led by Édouard Jaguer, in which she took part notably at the Phases exhibition in Ixelles (Belgium) in 1974. She appears in the review Arsenal and in several group exhibitions devoted to Surrealism and the fantastic, among them “Surrealismus in Europa” and “Le Fantastique contemporain”.
In 1977 the Maison de la culture et des loisirs in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray devoted the exhibition “Irena Dedicova: peintures 1967-1977” to her (7 April to 8 May), with a catalogue. It included Les Vases communicants II (1974), Le Crépuscule des dieux and Machine à ombres (1975), Deux soleils, Rêve d’un paysage and New York III (1976).
Exhibitions
- Phases exhibition, Ixelles, 1974
- “Irena Dedicova: peintures 1967-1977”, Maison de la culture et des loisirs, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, 1977
- Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles: “Surrealist Prelude”, 7 June to 6 July 2024
Looking back at their exhibitions
- Surrealist Prelude 2024