Background
Hanzlová was born in 1958 in Nachod, Czechoslovakia.
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Jitka Hanzlova
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She studied photography and communication technology at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.
Career
She claimed asylum in Germany in 1982 and settled in Essen. She lives and works in Germany.
Achievements
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Hanzlová has received a number of awards: 1993 Otto Steinert Preis, Germany 1995 Scholarship Directorate General BANK Frankfurt, Germany 1995 European Photography Award 1995, Germany 1998 Scholarship, Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur des Landes North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany 1999 Shortlisted for The Citibank Photography Prize 2000, London, United Kingdom 2002 Shortlisted for The Citibank Photography Prize 2003, London, United Kingdom 2003 Grand Prix Award – Project Grant 2003, Arles, France 2007 Paris Photo Prize for Contemporary Photography, France Her work is held in permanent collections of several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum and the Fotomuseum Winterthur, among many others lieutenant has been shown in group exhibitions at the Barbican Centre in London, at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She also had a solo show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2012.
