Originally from Prague, I am a Czech-Australian Designer and Artist with a twenty-five-year practice informed by design anthropology. My work brings traditional knowledge into dialogue with contemporary frameworks, creating transformative and participatory experiences across disciplines and contexts.

My academic and professional training includes special education and art therapy, fashion design, scenography and visual arts. I hold a Master of Arts from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic, and a Master of Fine Arts from QUT, Brisbane (High Distinction). I am currently pursuing PhD research investigating Scenography as Public Infrastructure.

Additional studies in silversmithing at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, together with earlier training in blacksmithing, organic form, joinery and pattern welding, have shaped my enduring interest in structure, materiality and fabrication. Professional experience as an art finisher for film and screen productions further developed an understanding of how materials communicate through surface, texture, wear and transformation.

European classical influences and the ancient, rugged landscapes of Australia form a foundation of my practice. Deeper cultural principles that connect us across places and traditions continue to inform my approach to design, making and creative expression.

I believe objects—touch—body—experience and visual storytelling can transcend languages.

You can learn more about my production design (set and costume) and art practice here.

Living and working in Queensland, Australia, Sharka Bosakova acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which she creates and pays respect to Elders past and present.