ATRAMÉ

Atramé is a curated platform dedicated to limited prints, artist editions, and selected releases by Czech contemporary artist Milan Sodoma.

While his original paintings are situated primarily within a gallery context, Atramé operates as an extended layer of the artist’s practice — presenting editions, studio projects, and works developed in parallel with ongoing series and exhibitions, all connected through the continuity of his visual language.

The name Atramé is derived from the Latin word atramentum — the term for ink. It is a direct reference to the medium that, over the years, has become Milan’s essential tool of expression. The root atra also means black — a color that runs through his entire work as a vital visual and symbolic element.

In traditional Chinese philosophy, black represents the yin principle — the feminine, calm, and inward force of reality. It symbolizes silence, depth, water, night, and the potential of birth.

It is associated with introspection, protection, and acceptance — it absorbs, but does not attack. It is not dark in a negative sense, but rather a fertile ground for transformation, maturity, and return to essence.

Milan Sodoma

Contemporary Czech artist Milan Sodoma (*1985) whose practice is rooted in the exploration of the feminine form and presence. Working primarily in monochrome, he reduces the figure to silhouettes and gestures that transcend individuality, becoming archetypes of intimacy, beauty, memory, and resilience. His visual language is minimalist yet emotionally charged, balancing absence and presence through restraint, repetition, and reduction.

At the core of his work lies an ongoing reflection on feminine energy — a quality he perceives as increasingly absent within the structures and visual culture of contemporary society. Through simplified forms and quiet compositions, Sodoma seeks to create spaces of stillness and emotional sensitivity, where softness, vulnerability, harmony, and inner strength are not diminished but amplified.

His practice moves between drawing and painting, often existing in a space between figuration and abstraction. Rather than portraying specific individuals, his figures inhabit an undefined psychological and symbolic realm, inviting projection, contemplation, and emotional resonance.

Art Prints from The Permanent Edition

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