The Most Beautiful Czech Books (NČKR, 2021)
Tereza Šiklová - Giant (text and image.)
Andrei Platonov - Šťastná Moskva (illustration by Juraj Horváth, gd: Čumlivski&Horváth)
Timothée de Fombelle - Gloria (illustration: Stanislav Setinský, gd: Juraj Horváth)
12 Comic Pilgrims - (illustrations: collective of authors, gd: Čumlivski&Horváth)
Tabook Baedekr - (illustrations by Magdalena Rutová, gd: Čumlivski&Horváth)
Marka Míková - Monkey Rhymes (illustration by Chrudoš Valoušek, gd: Juraj Horváth)
Alžběta Skálová, studied animated film at the Prague School of Applied Arts under Jiří Barta and later illustration and graphics with Juraj Horváth. She further enriched her artistic experience with internships in Paris and Baltimore. Skálová's artistic repertoire spans painting, with a focus on watercolor, graphic arts, and object art. Renowned as an illustrator and author, she self-published her works with small publishers like Kopr and NaPOLI. At NaPOLI, alongside M. Kupsová and A. Zemanová, she delved into her own creative projects – particularly books, posters, and paper games – making a mark in exhibitions for small publishers and contemporary design both in the Czech Republic and internationally, including Japan. She played a pivotal artistic role in K. Karhánková's acclaimed animated film "Fruits of Clouds" (2017), which garnered multiple awards, including Best European Short Film for Children at the Berlinale.
Skálová has a longstanding collaboration with Baobab Publishing and has published with Labyrint, Albatros, Brod, and the French publisher MeMo. Her illustrations and books have earned her prestigious recognitions like the Most Beautiful Czech Book and Magnesia Litera awards.
Her work is exhibited widely, both domestically and abroad, with her most comprehensive exhibition, "Walking in Twilight," held at the Villa Pellé Gallery in 2019. Skálová lives and works in Prague and the countryside.
Eva Volfová, born in 1979 in Teplice, is a versatile artist focusing on drawing, printmaking, collage, textile collage, embroidery, and mixed media. She also runs art workshops for children and adults and teaches art education. Eva studied textiles at VŠUP in Prague and completed internships in Jiří Lindovský's graphics studio at AVU, Juraj Horváth's studio of illustration and graphics at VŠUP, and the Textile Department at the University of Ljubljana. She has authored several illustrated and picture books for children and regularly exhibits her work.
Tereza Horváthová is a publisher, editor, translator, writer, and organizer. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, with a degree in French language and literature. In 2000, she and her husband Juraj Horváth founded Baobab, a publishing house for children's books. In 2011, she conceived and organized the first edition of the Tabook festival, an international event for small quality publishers. Beyond her publishing work, she writes children’s books, prose, and poetry, occasionally translates, and writes screenplays. She initiates nonprofit cultural events and engages in mild political-cultural activism. For her book Modrý tygr (The Blue Tiger), she received the Golden Ribbon award for 2005. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Petr Oukropec. She lives in Tábor, where she and her husband are raising eight children.