About

Dr Tereza Violet Stehlikova (also known as Tereza Stehlíková) is a Czech/British artist, researcher and educator. Her practice spans moving image, installation and participatory performance and is driven by cross-disciplinary collaboration. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art, London, where she researched, through theory and practice, the tactile language of moving image. She has been a senior lecturer at University of Westminster for 15 years, a research co-ordinator and PhD supervisor at the RCA and University of Westminster, as well as an external examiner at Norwich University of the Arts and has taught at a number of other institutions. Having moved from London to Prague in 2021, she became the head of visual arts department at Vysoká Škola Kreativní Komunikace, Prague and now also teaches artistic research methods to PhD students at AMU (Academy of Performing Arts), FAMU (Film Academy), Prague, as well as to MA international students at UMPRUM.

Tereza is engaged in artistic research, focused on investigating the role our senses and embodiment play in conveying meaning through artistic practice. She collaborates with scientists, in particular experimental psychologists and neurologists investigating cross-modal interactions and embodiment. Her book ‘Exiled From Our Bodies – How to Come Back to Our Senses’ about her artistic research journey, is published by Routledge (2025). She is the editor of an online arts journal/platform Tangible Territory, featuring essays and articles by established artists/authors from the world of arts, science, philosophy, all centred around the role our senses play in creating meaning in art and life. Stehlikova regularly presents her research at international conferences and her films and performances have been shown at a variety of film and art festivals around the world. She is also a co-founder of Ecstatic Truth symposium, an annual international symposium that explores issues arising from the interface between animation (in all its expanded forms) and documentary, now in its 10^th year. Her research practice can be explored here: https://cinestheticfeasts.com/ . Her PhD thesis on role of tactility on informing our experience of film, can be found HERE.

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