Bára Jíchová Tyson is a Czech-American artist and filmmaker whose work blends documentary, collage, performance, and social inquiry. She is currently directing and co-producing Playtopia, a Czech-Romanian-U.S. feature documentary that transforms a vast white studio into a playground for children’s imagination. The project has participated in Cannes Docs, IDFA Academy, East Doc Forum, Ex Oriente Film Workshop, and Producers on the Move.
Her debut feature, Talking About Adultery (2019), premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest, where it was nominated for the New Talent Award, and screened at Ji.hlava IDFF and DOC NYC. Jíchová Tyson co-wrote and co-edited Organ Player (dir. Narcissister, Sundance 2018), edited Instructions on Parting (dir. Amy Jenkins, MoMA Doc Fortnight 2018), and directed the short documentary The Hatch House, which combines documentary and stop-motion animation.
Alongside filmmaking, she maintains a visual art practice rooted in collage and mixed media. Her work has been exhibited in New York and San Francisco, and she is represented by Municipal Bonds gallery. Jíchová Tyson is a MacDowell Fellow (2016, 2026) and was an artist-in-residence at Yaddo in 2025.
Bára Jíchová Tyson
Studios
Mixter
Bára Jíchová Tyson worked in the Mixter studio.
Built in 1927–1930, the Florence Kilpatrick Mixter Studio was funded by its namesake and designed by the architect F. Winsor, Jr., who also designed MacDowell's original Savidge Library in 1925. Mixter Studio, solidly built of yellow and grey-hued granite, once had sweeping views of Pack Monadnock to the east. The…