Švankmajerová Eva
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Eva Švankmajerová (1940) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, poet and novelist. She studied at the Theater Faculty of Puppetry at AMU. From 1964 to 1968 she was a member of the group May, and since 1970 a member of the Surrealist group. She is known for her surreal paintings, books and films at home and abroad. She has collaborated on filmmaking with her husband Jan Švankmajer, as well as other directors (including Evald Schorm, Jaromil Jireš and Juraj Herz).
She illustrated the books Solomon's Rag (2002) and Wolves (2010) by František Dryje.
For her work on the films Lessons of Faust and Otesánek, she received the prestigious award Czech Lion ( Český Lev) in the category of artistic achievement, and for the film Otesánek also the award for the best film poster.
Collections: Her works are owned by the Museum of Art in Olomouc and the National Gallery in Prague.
Selected exhibitons: She has exhibited since the 1960s in Prague (Mánes, Václav Špála Gallery, New Hall), Olomouc, Hamburg, Berlin.
![Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Otesánek](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/1/e/1e319a012de23872ee9bd6a386703e7c-img-6659-1.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Otesánek
![Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Šílení](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/6/b/6be8806289089579a37b45af5d17b8ac-img-6658-1.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Šílení
![Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Něco z Alenky](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/7/2/725e5f8a7311825861d4333422d3d5b9-img-6657-1.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Něco z Alenky
![Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Alice](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/1/4/140f74b2be2392b42e34bb9d8ee28a34-img-6655-1.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Alice
![Eva Švankmajerová: Medium drawing](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/d/5/d5cee887e1a35e871fd8f5161740f0f4-umelecke-produkty-3.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: Medium drawing
![Eva Švankmajerová: K želvlíře a od želvíry](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/9/7/97723b4ab6f92e19432f0d8c2f03f645-umelecke-produkty-2.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová: K želvlíře a od želvíry
![Eva Švankmajerová – Jsem malířka](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/f/b/fb02af54a56f007c388a0a6093689ffb-obalka-es.jpeg)
Eva Švankmajerová – Jsem malířka
![Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 3.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/6/9/69383ce2a874c6c46c92377c218ad6da-img-0642.jpg)
Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 3.
![Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 1.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/6/f/6f7988fde2d4ca93bf7f357052a207d9-img-0644.jpg)
Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 1.
![Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 4.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/5/9/595793a205b027b223b5b09afafc08c8-img-0646.jpg)
Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 4.
![Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 2.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/2/2/22d820ebaf34269b6caf4e281ced9604-img-0648.jpg)
Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 2.
![Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/4/8/4898478eef536755a0333157b9ea6c39-img-0651.jpg)
Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis
![Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus I.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/1/2/12e77ea6e6033e94ae6bb83a3280754d-dscf9477.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus I.
![Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - What we were all sitting on?](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/1/1/11fc2deeda78ffb6de3f50fabc9ff2ab-dscf9461.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - What we were all sitting on?
![Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Table](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/b/f/bf282cbf9ca6d2511d1bf42bda63b5c1-dscf9459.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Table
![Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Hermaphrodite](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/b/e/beefd36f0b620c9124c43cd7c07ad7aa-dscf9457.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Hermaphrodite
![Eva Švankmajerová, Striptease](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/9/4/94fb4f221740881047bb496b8e2eb93a-dscf9455.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Striptease
![Eva Švankmajerová, Cleaner](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/d/f/dfe394e9b4fbaf8c1b0c37ba75e8a6c4-dscf9453.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Cleaner
![Eva Švankmajerová, Neither seen nor heard III.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/3/d/3d1224fc9ca1afbde9d1c40fb72f3381-dscf9450.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Neither seen nor heard III.
![Eva Švankmajerová, The Amazons owe me bows](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/4/9/4963c6302113568e1df2b2ad02084e5c-dscf9448.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, The Amazons owe me bows
![Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/7/9/796d0d09ff669bf200432d6820e953f4-dscf9446.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus
![Eva Švankmajerová, Commerce](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/3/0/30aa659023a2b443f5108ba95d7a93d5-dscf9444.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Commerce
![Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 286](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/7/d/7deaa50637abb229f48ff8bc09d5c057-dscf9440.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 286
![Eva Švankmajerová, Bandaska](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/e/0/e0a570c278e130af50f61a6daf1fab1f-dscf9438.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Bandaska
![Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 318](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/4/3/430dc9991f979d9104f4a534b1d37310-dscf9436.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 318
![Eva Švankmajerová, The rooster scares death II.](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/9/3/93aa2a36943eb2bdaffcc60ad88287ff-dscf9434.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, The rooster scares death II.
![Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus Paní v kožichu](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/d/9/d957ed4b7dd71e8650764deddfd95c98-dscf9431.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus Paní v kožichu
![Eva Švankmajerová, Migréna, 1996](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/d/3/d3c914ae3e1402cc3d0f7cdff95e2d56-4cd115e8-0032-4581-94fa-92e6e145347e-eva-svankmajerova-migrena.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Migréna, 1996
![Eva Švankmajerová, Lavička, na které se loučí celá provozovna, 1996](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/b/0/b02b76dbe7dcdd526d0c65adffd97aba-90290f81-9a1a-471e-afe5-3ce6926a464c-eva-svankmajerova-lavick-na-ktere-se-louci-cela-provozovna.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Lavička, na které se loučí celá provozovna, 1996
![Eva Švankmajerová, Agrese, vůle, únava, 1994](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/c/b/cbb161f8e21fa48cd3adb4378bb7f6a0-f8cb3df1-2150-41c9-8b2b-59f6e4508609-agrese-vule-unava.jpg)
Eva Švankmajerová, Agrese, vůle, únava, 1994
![Photogallery_Eva Švankmajerová: Jsem malířka 18/1](https://kavkaartbooks.s3.cdn-upgates.com/_cache/b/5/b551c8342a4860f6224bc8f8e2f91ecd-kavka-svankmajerova-12.jpg)
Photogallery_Eva Švankmajerová: Jsem malířka 18/1
To welcome the new monograph of the important Czech artist, we were joined by distinguished guests: almost all the authors and editors, and also Jan Švankmajer. Take a look at the photos from the evening.