Martina Matlovičová

Martina Matlovičová was born in 1975 in Bratislava, Slovakia. She finished her studies in 1999 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she specialized in Film Animation. She currently lives and works in the village of Doľany where she creates paintings on wood combined with the use of textile and collage. She illustrates children’s books and designs sets for the theater. She is also active as a graphic designer.

She won several awards for book illustration such as ‘The Most beautiful Books for Children’ in the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Culture SR Award, and the Gold Apple at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB). In the Czech Republic she won the Gold Ribbon Award. Her works have been exhibited in the Czeck Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Japan and Italy.