Švankmajerová Eva

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, Katalog nábytku - Seznámení

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus

Eva Švankmajerová, Klesla hvězda z nebes výše

Eva Švankmajerová, Hrušky v posteli

Eva Švankmajerová, Ruka

Eva Švankmajerová, Je to chatrný dům

Eva Švankmajerová, Rády bychom se seznámily

Eva Švankmajerová, Jdu za H. sedí a má lesklý oči bez bělma

Eva Švankmajerová, Césarienne Peintures

Eva Švankmajerová, Rebus 1.

Eva Švankmajerová, Katalog nábytku - Pokrok II.

Eva Švankmajerová, Vysvlékání

Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Otesánek

Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Šílení

Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Něco z Alenky

Eva Švankmajerová: Plakát Alice

Eva Švankmajerová: Medium drawing

Eva Švankmajerová: K želvlíře a od želvíry

Eva Švankmajerová – Jsem malířka

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 3.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 1.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 4.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 2.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus I.

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - What we were all sitting on?

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Table

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Hermaphrodite

Eva Švankmajerová, Striptease

Eva Švankmajerová, Cleaner

Eva Švankmajerová, Neither seen nor heard III.

Eva Švankmajerová, The Amazons owe me bows

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus

Eva Švankmajerová, Commerce

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 286

Eva Švankmajerová, Bandaska

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 318

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus Paní v kožichu

Eva Švankmajerová, Migréna, 1996

Eva Švankmajerová, Lavička, na které se loučí celá provozovna, 1996

Eva Švankmajerová, Agrese, vůle, únava, 1994

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.