Tereza Horacek

Characterised by a combination of evocative colours, textured brushstrokes, fluorescent-orange backgrounds and loose washes, Tereza Horáček reworks and layers paint to combine painting techniques reminiscent of the Old Masters with gestural brushstrokes. Her pastoral scenes draw inspiration from Dutch seventeenth-century paintings and English eighteenth-century landscape painting. Broad meadows, swaying trees and expansive skies are recurring motifs within her work.

‘I look at paintings by Dutch seventeenth-century and English eighteenth-century landscape painters. These paintings, that I visit in galleries or view in books and online, act as a starting point in the making of my own paintings. I might be drawn to a particular leaning tree, lively clouds, a field. I then rework, layer and scratch into the paint, working on top of a fluorescent orange ground. When I paint, I am often thinking about Jacob van Ruisdael’s trees: moody, modest, grand, oppressive and hopeful. I am painting imagined landscapes that are familiar, yet timeless.’

Tereza Horáček studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (2016–2020). Recent exhibitions include ‘Afterlight', Irving Gallery, Oxford, March-April 2026; 'Small Plates', Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford, September 2025; 'Back To My Trees' curated by Kate Shooter, Terrace Gallery, London, August–September 2025; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025, London; and the Irving Open 2025, March–April 2025. She lives and works in Oxford, UK.