I am spatial designer and scenographer, educated at Konstfack Stockholm and HFBK Hamburg.

At the intersection of art, architecture and scenography, I explore how space shapes thought, behavior and memory. My practice engages with the social, cultural and political codes embedded in environments - whether built, staged or imagined. Each project begins with what already exists: objects, histories and tensions inherent to a context. Through acts of reconfiguration and reinterpretation, I seek to challenge the familiar and open up new ways of seeing, interacting and relating.

Contact: frida.navratil@gmail.com

EDUCATION

since 2023 Master of Fine Arts

Scenography, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg (GER)

2018 - 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts

Interior architecture and Furniture design, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm (SWE)

2017-2018 Woodwork & Design

Nyckelviksskolan, School of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm (SWE)

2015 - 2017 Bachelor of Science

Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf (GER)

PROJECTS

02/25 WISHING WELL

Sculptural installation shown at the Annual Exhibition of the HFBK Hamburg (GER)

07/24 KINSHIP

Set and Costume design for the performance Kinship by Janine Jop, shown at the HfMT Forum Hamburg (GER)

07/23 CARING FOR COMMON GROUND

Performative intervention together with Levin Lehmann and Vinzent Müller, shown as part of the Transformale 2023 curated by Rechenzentrum E.v. Potsdam (GER)

06/23 LA CABANE

Architectural installation in cooperation with Levin Lehmann and the inhabitants of Sarzeau, shown as part of the six month residency and exhibition project APTUS curated by Indira Béraud, Sarzeau (FRA)

06/23 LE COCOON

Textile installation in cooperation with Levin Lehmann, shown as part of the six month residency and exhibition project APTUS curated by Indira Béraud, Sarzeau (FRA)

06/22 INLAND x DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN

Exhibition design and pavilion architecture in cooperation with INLAND, shown as part of the Documenta 15 curated by Ruangrupa, Kassel (GER)

10/21 MEMORIAL TO WOUNDED NATURE

Conceptual design of a temporary installation, shown as part of the group exhibition Klimatgalleriet curated by Outerspace Arkitekter, Sergelstorg Stockholm (SWE)

06/21 MEMORIAL TO WOUNDED NATURE

Conceptual design of a temporary installation shown at the Annual Exhibition at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm (SWE)

11/20 THIRD LANDSCAPE

Conceptual design of a temporary light installation shown as part of the group exhibition Utredningsarkitektur at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm (SWE)

02/20 THIRD LANDSCAPE

Conceptual design of a temporary light installation shown as part of the exhibition Prisad Färg at the Furniture Fair Stockholm (SWE)

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS

04/2023 Travel Scholarship

Sponsorship by Konstnärsnämnden (SWE)

03/2022 Josef Frank Scholarship

Sponsorship by Sveriges Arkitekter (SWE)

02/2021 First Prize in Prisad Färg 2021

With the Project “Dedicated by Color”, handed out by Svenskt Färgcentrum (SWE)

02/2020 Third Prize in Prisad Färg 2020

With the Project “Third Landscape”, handed out by Svenskt Färgcentrum (SWE)

LECTURES

04/2025 Lecture at the seminar “Monuments, Documents, Moments”

Topic of the lecture: Temporary intervention at the two-tube bunker in Tarpenbekstraße (collaboration with Gerd Stange), multidisciplinary seminar lead by Nora Sternfeld, HFBK Hamburg (GER)

09/2024 Lecture at the seminar “Building culture education and monument mediation”

Topic of the lecture: Scenographic approaches in the mediation of monuments, 5-day interdisciplinary seminar, Gut Siggen (GER)

04/2022 Guest lecture at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design

Topic of the lecture: Artistic interim use of urban spaces, for the bachelor program Interior architecture and Furniture design, Stockholm (SWE)

02/2022 Guest lecture at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design

Topic of the lecture: Development of artistic practices after graduating, together with Stina Larsson and Inca Leijonborg for the bachelor program Interior architecture and Furniture design, Stockholm (SWE)

11/2021 Guest lecture at Svenskt Färgcentrum

Topic of the lecture: Artistic interim use of urban spaces, Stockholm (SWE)