Renata Machýčková - Torso

Renata Machýčková (1988) is a Czech artist based in Bergamo, Italy. She works primarily with painting and works on paper, often incorporating wax as a key material. A distinctive element of her practice is the use of a scalpel to carve relief structures into paper, evoking tactile associations and exploring physical contact and materiality as essential components of her work.

She approaches the body as a multilayered symbol. Through painterly gestures, she depicts female figures that evoke film heroines, muses, or monstrous beings. Fragmentation, torsos, and unfinished forms introduce tension between narrative and its disruption. Without passing judgment, she lets each figure resonate as an unsettling image of desire, pain, or power.

"I have been dealing with the issue of femininity for long  based on my personal experience, that I look at from a distance and with a certain degree of self-criticism. The painting is about a young girl loss of innocence, beauty, and also inner fragility. The painting is created with an airbrushed acrylic overlapping and washing out the layers. In this way the painting seems almost transparent."

Print Specifications

• Time-limited edition print run.
• 100% of profits go to the artist.
• The edition is available for 30 days.
• Worldwide shipping
• Includes certificate of authenticity  
• A3 size - 29 x 42 cm / 11.7" x 16.5"
• Includes a small white border for easy framing
• Archival Giclée print with an archival lifespan of up to 200 years
• Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art paper
• Printed in London and Düsseldorf by theprintspace
• Carbon neutral 🌱

Delphian Gallery’s Open Call is an annual free-to-enter online competition with the intention of discovering the most captivating and challenging work by emerging and early-career artists. This year's judging was incredibly hard, but we have managed to choose works by these 36 incredibly exciting artists for the 2025 winners exhibition.

These are available as prints for a limited time only. We don't take a commission from our open-call prints, with 100% of the profits going directly to the artist.