The PLATOconstitution defines our mission, operating principles, and team values. The full version of the Constitution is available on the dedicated PLATOconstitution website.

The following section summarizes its key points.

PLATO is an open space for art, dialogue, education, and the shared exploration of the contemporary world. It operates on the principles of participation, cooperation, trust, and shared responsibility. The team respects the obligations arising from its status as a public institution funded by the city, while striving for the highest possible degree of self-organisation and horizontal decision-making. PLATO’s mission is not only to present art but also to foster social reflection and care for relationships, the environment, and sustainable forms of coexistence. Our core values – openness, togetherness, sensitivity and balance – are reflected in our everyday work, communication, and strategic direction. The team’s operating principles are inspired by permaculture-centred thinking, respect for diversity, learning from mistakes, and the search for long-term sustainable solutions.

PLATOconstitution

Director
Marek Pokorný
marek.pokorny@plato-ostrava.cz

Assistant
Michaela Durajová
+420 724 881 583
michaela.durajova@plato-ostrava.cz

Deputy Director and Head of the Communications Department
Dita Eibenová
+420 739 678 915
dita.eibenova@plato-ostrava.cz

Director of Operations
Magda Luňáčková
+420 602 201 857
magda.lunackova@plato-ostrava.cz

Project Manager
Pavlína Spurná
+420 721 318 254
pavlina.spurna@plato-ostrava.cz

Curatorial Team

Jakub Adamec
+420 739 675 582
jakub.adamec@plato-ostrava.cz

Daniela Dostálková
dostalkovadaniela@gmail.com

Linda Dostálková
dostalkovalinda@gmail.com

Edith Jeřábková
+420 736 699 600
edith.jerabkova@plato-ostrava.cz

Marek Pokorný
marek.pokorny@plato-ostrava.cz

Education and Programme

Head of Department, Gallery Educator
Alice Sovadinová
+420 739 676 343
alice.sovadinova@plato-ostrava.cz

Gallery Educator
Iveta Horáková
+420 737 855 798
iveta.horakova@plato-ostrava.cz

Gallery Educator
Gabriela Pilařová
gabriela.pilarova@plato-ostrava.cz

Gallery Educator
Jana Adamec Tkáčová
+420 727 952 712
jana.adamectkacova@plato-ostrava.cz

Programme Dramaturg
Jakub Adamec
+420 739 675 582
jakub.adamec@plato-ostrava.cz

Production

Head of Department, Exhibition and Programme Production
Tereza Měsícová
+420 720 955 726
tereza.mesicova@plato-ostrava.cz

Exhibition and Programme Production
Lucia Devečková
+420 705 939 976
lucia.deveckova@plato-ostrava.cz

Coordination of the Program of Partners
Lívie Škutová
+420 737 856 981
livie.skutova@plato-ostrava.cz

Residency Production
Nela Benhartová
+420 702 239 731
nela.benhartova@plato-ostrava.cz

Garden Production
Lenka Preinová
+420 702 121 101
lenka.preinova@plato-ostrava.cz

Communication

Deputy Director and Head of Department
Dita Eibenová
+420 739 678 915
dita.eibenova@plato-ostrava.cz

Graphic Design and Marketing Manager
Michaela Ondroušková
+420 737 834 512
michaela.ondrouskova@plato-ostrava.cz

Content Editor
Kristýna Dosoudilová
redakce@plato-ostrava.cz

Social Media
Klára Froulík Šebestová
komunikace@plato-ostrava.cz

Finance Department

Head of Department, Economist
Aneta Skulinová
+420 739 679 429
aneta.skulinova@plato-ostrava.cz

Accountant
Ivana Studená
+420 605 287 326
iva.studena@plato-ostrava.cz

Economic Administration Officer
Michaela Durajová
+420 724 881 583
michaela.durajova@plato-ostrava.cz

Visitor services

Head of Department
Tereza Hendrychová
+420 702 093 950
tereza.hendrychova@plato-ostrava.cz

Visitor Services Team
+420 702 206 099
info@plato-ostrava.cz

Facility and Technical Management

Facility Manager
Radim Tomašovský
+420 737 859 781
radim.tomasovsky@plato-ostrava.cz

Technician / Facility Manager
Dalibor Ondrůšek
+420 723 806 365
dalibor.ondrusek@plato-ostrava.cz

Technician
Roland Nemčok
+420 777 000 605
roland.nemcok@plato-ostrava.cz

Visual identity of PLATO, Octopus Press and website
Radim Peško & Tomáš Celizna Tomáš Celizna & Radim Peško

In 2022, the renovated heritage site of the municipal slaughterhouse in the centre of Ostrava has become the permanent seat of PLATO. The exhibition space spanning over five halls covers an area of 1,370 m². The author of the reconstruction, architect Robert Konieczny and his studio KWK Promes, offered a solution that makes it possible to rotate six walls and open the building from all sides. The interior also features a hydroponic lettuce farm in the café area, emphasising the importance of ecology and local (plant) production. The interior was designed by architect Yvette Vašourková. The slaughterhouse building served its original purpose from 1881 to 1965; abandoned in the 1970s, it kept dilapidating and was declared a cultural monument in 1987.

Architectural design of the slaughterhouse conversion: Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes Studio
Interior design: Yvette Vašourková
Investor: City of Ostrava
Total usable area: 2,840 m²
Exhibition area: 1,370 m²
Café: 250 m²
Storage area and depository: 70 m²
Total area of the gallery and the lot: 11,100 m²
Conversion of slaughterhouse to gallery finished in: 2022

Public space surrounding PLATO:

The openness of the institution and the building will also be reflected in the green space of almost 9,000 m², designed for PLATO by permaculture designer Denisa Tomášková, which is being built on the site. The result will be a garden and park founded in autumn 2022. Caring for the green spaces and developing them further has become an important theme for PLATO.

Investor: City of Ostrava
Authors: Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes Studio, MS-projekce s.r.o.
Vegetation adjustments: Denisa Tomášková
Cooperation: PLATO and Městský ateliér prostorového plánování a architektury (MAPPA)
Paved areas surrounding the building: 8,976 m²
Park and garden founded in: 2022

PLATO, a city-funded organisation of the City of Ostrava, was established in 2016 as a successor to a grant project (2013–2016), which used the gallery of the Gong Hall in Dolní Vítkovice and the premises of Trojhalí Karolina. After a year of activity as Office for the Arts in a small temporary space on Českobratrská Street (2017), we moved to the former hobby market (2018–2024). Since 2022, our headquarters is the building of the reconstructed historical slaughterhouse.

Between 2018 and 2024, PLATO operated in the former Bauhaus home improvement store in the center of Ostrava, where it had nearly 5000 m² at its disposal for exhibitions, programs, and educational activities. This was a temporary location until the surrounding historical slaughterhouse from the late 19th century was renovated, which became its permanent residence in the fall of 2022. From the same year, 2022, when we moved our main activities to the new headquarters in the historical slaughterhouse, the space was primarily used by other institutions, schools, platforms, communities, and individuals until the end of June 2024. More than 200 artists, over 60 institutions, platforms, and communities, hundreds of schools, and thousands of visitors passed through the space. The owner of the building, the City of Ostrava, has long-term plans for new construction here.

Opening and closing: 11/4/2018–30/6/2024
Concept of the space and its usage: Marek Pokorný, Linda and Daniela Dostálkovy, Michal Novotný, Jakub Adamec, Edith Jeřábková
Visual identity: Tomáš Celizna and Radim Peško
Exhibition space: 5,400 m²
Total usable area: 6,160 m²

More at page dedicated to PLATO Bauhaus

The premises of PLATO is rented in exceptional cases only.

PLATO Ostrava
city-funded institution
Porážková 3395/26
702 00 Ostrava CZ
ID NO: 71294538
Data mailbox ID: c953qqh
posta@plato-ostrava.cz

Bank account: 115-2926620237/0100
Transparent bank account for donations: 123-0032140227/0100