Michaela Perdochova
“I don’t remember the first time I picked up a paintbrush.
But I do remember the first time I realised I couldn’t put it down.”
“I don’t remember the first time
I picked up a paintbrush.
But I do remember the first time
I realised I couldn’t put it down.”
986 Photos | 24 Courses | 18 Nominations
Born in Slovakia, Michaela has spent the last decade in Dublin, trading one kind of history for another. Her journey into art wasn’t the result of some grand revelation.
It happened somewhere between studying fashion and realising she cared more about colour spilling onto a canvas than fabric draping off a mannequin. Her work is playful, layered, and deeply personal. Blending colours like memories, each piece telling its own story.
Since 2014, her work has found a home in exhibitions across Ireland, starting with “The Birth of a Mischievous Painter”, a collection of 22 paintings that debuted at Malahide Library.
From Filmbase in Temple Bar to Studio 10 Gallery on Wicklow Street, her paintings have made their rounds. In 2018, her work landed in the Dublin Simon Community Calendar, raising awareness for homelessness. In 2019, her work took centre stage at the People’s Art Exhibition in St. Stephen’s Green.
Then the world hit pause. The pandemic left its mark, reshaping conversations and emotions along with Michaela’s artistic lens. By 2023, her vision had evolved into “2 Galaxies”, a striking collection of 44 paintings exhibited at Cabra Library, exploring the weight of isolation, urban landscapes, and the stark realities of war in her haunting piece, “That Man”.
April 2025 will bring Michaela’s next solo exhibition to Cabra Library. As anticipation builds, her canvases wait to be unveiled, each one ready to command attention.
