Ms Katarina Vavrová
Information about the artist

Katarina Vavrová is a very talented painter and graphic artist from Slovakia. Her work is highly poetical, imaginative, dreamlike and very suggestive. The quality of detail and draughtsmanship is extraordinarily well visible. The motives have their roots in literature and arts, historical events and persons. One can see traces from biblical events and from the time of the great discoveries, but also something from the outer world and something from the inner parts of the human soul. In her work the world of fantasy melds with reality, dream with actuality, and desire with experience.
Typical elements in her work are people, animals, men with wings, some hats or headgear and something in red colour. In many of her pictures we see a lady with a sad contemplating expression on her face.

The many prizes and awards received by Katarina Vavrová and the number of private an group exhibitions she has had, do prove that her art is of the highest quality.

Vavrová is born in 1964 in Bratislava, Slovakia, and today she lives and works in Pezinok which is nearby native town.

Now the small size original art prints of Katarina Vavrová are internationally sold also by BestNetArt Artgallery. 

Education:
1984-1990 Academy of Art in Bratislava
1989 Scholarship - Academy Delle Belle Arti - Perugia, Italy.

 Private exhibitions (a selection):
1993 Bulgarian culture center, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
1994 Gallerie De Twee Pauven, Den Haag, Holland.
1995 Gallerie De Twee Pauven, Den Haag, Holland.
1996 Gallery Contrast, Brussels, Belgium.
1997 Galeria No 1. Michalský dvor, Bratislava, Slovakia.
         Emlak Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey.
1998 British Congress Centre, Ankara, Turkey.
         Gallery Magna, Seattle, USA.
1999 Eprevue d´Artiste Grafikgalerie, Antverpen, Belgium.
         Gallery Simona, Ostrava, Czech republic.
2000 Gallery No 1. Michalský dvor, Bratislava, Slovakia.
         Zapadoceská energetika Plzen, Czech republic.
         Gallery Trencin- "Tajomstva"-graphik, Slovakia.
         Hotel Don Giovanni, Prag, Czech republic.
2001 Hoechst Biotika Martin, Martin, Slovakia.
         Turcianska Galeria Martin, Slovakia.
2002 Galerie u Jakoba, Opava, Czech republic.
2003 Schriftkunst Museum Bartl, Pettenbach, Austria.
         Artgraph gallery, Nagoya, Japan.
2004 Galeria Michalský dvor, Bratislava, Slovakia.
         Art and communications, Mini exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
2005 Galeria Salla Terena, Bratislava, Slovakia
         Krizova chodby Nove radnice Brno

Group exhibitions:
Katarina Vavrová has participated in numerous group exhibition since the start of her career in many different countries such as; Holland, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Rumania, Belgium, Japan, Italy, Franc, Turkey, Great Britain, Switzerland and Canada in addition to Czech republic and her home country Slovakia.

Here are examples of the fantastic art of Katarina Vavrová
These and other art prints are for sale at our gallery 24 hours a day and 7 days a week at the address www.Bestnetart.com
     Vavrová - Ex Libris "Elena Bergomi"         Vavrová - Ex Libris "A.M. Hart"               Vavrová - Ex Libris "E.M.Wimmer"
 

Distinctions - Awards - Prizes
1988 Prize SFVU for illustration. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
1999 Prize gallery young. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
         Premio speziale della giuria grafika. Tolentino, Italy.
1990 Prize MARTIN BENKA. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
         Grand prix International cartoon festival. Budapest, Hungary.
1991 Prize for grafik, International cartoon festival. Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
         Prize jury, International cartoon festival Simavi. Ankara, Turkey.
1996 XVI- International Bienale Ex Libris - Malbork ´96 - Honor Medal. Poland.
         International Bienal Raciborz ´96 - drawing - Honour prize. Poland.
1997 Prize from Slovak government for good representation in abroad.
         International Postage Stamp Design Contest, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Japan - Merit prize.
         Cluj Ex Libris Competition,Rumania - Honorary mention.
         Glivice Ex Libris Competition - Honor Medal. Poland.
         International exhibition of miniature Art - Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada - 1. prize in drawing category.
1998 XVI- International Bienal modern Ex Libris - Malbork ´98 Honor Medal. Poland.
         2nd International Ex Libris Triennal, Bratislava, Slovakia - The Ex Libris Society Prize. Slovakia.
         Bienal International De Grabad, Spain, Engraving - Uorence, Spain - 3. Prize Caixa Ourence.
1999 Wielkopolsky Ex Libris contest - Honor Medal. Poland.
2000 XVII - International Biennale modern Ex Libris - Malbork- 2000 - Honor Medal. Poland.
         Mini graphic & painting world wide show Pisa 2000, Italy. Honor prize.
         XVI Biennal Ibiza graphic 2000, honour prize from Art museum Ibiza. Spain.
2001 Gliwice - IV International Ex Libris graphics contest Honor medal.
2002 International exhibition of modern Ex Libris - Malbork 2002 - Honor medal. Poland.
         International Mini print triennale 2002 - Tokyo Japan Art museum awards.
         Erotic on Art - Ex Libris International exhibition of miniature Art - Erotic on Art Havirov, Czech republic.
         Prize Vratislava Jandy - president "Spolku zberafelov Ex Libris Praha", Czech republic.
         VII Bienal International De Grabad - Spain - Engraving - Ourence. Spain Mención honorifica for graphics.
         International Ex Libris competition " Bibliophilism or The Book of Love". Prize of Varese Museum, Italy.
2003 Honorable Mention, The 1st International Ex Libris Competition - Ankara 2003, Turkey.
         Grand Prize - The International Print and Drawing Exhibition on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary
         celebration of Silpakorn  University - Thailand.
         2nd Prize - 5. International Ex Libris Graphical Competition, Gliwice, Poland.
2005 Grand Prix (first prize) at Tokio International Mini Print Triennal 2005, Japan
2005 ....and more will certainly come....