Vera Krumphanzlova
Academic paintress
Was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1970 studied in Železný Brod High school of glass-work and in Prague University of art industry. Also studied calligraphy (teaching about lettering) and teaching about Japanese flourish painting in Japanese embassy and Japanese company in Prague.
Participated on making the Czech-French coproduction animated movie „La planete sauvage“. Worked for radio broadcasting, TV, as an art specialist for several newspapers and magazines. Made illustrations for over 30 books and school-books, projected over 100 wrappings of CD and MC, logos, posters.
In 1996 – 2000 worked as head manager of „Chodovská tvrz“ gallery in Prague. In that time, there were around 80 exibitions of significant artists from both Czech and abroad. Inspired and organized a lot of culture projects.
In 1999 awarded by international evaluation for graphic production and passed a month residency in France.
In 2000 – 2008 worked as architect manager and author of a lot of exibition projects for municipal authorities of Prague, Ministry of education (for example Schola Pragensis), House of national minorities (Ethnics in culture), Portheimka (Diffusion 1, Diffusion 2), KK Poštovka (around 40 exibitions of present art).
At the end of 2009 received a foundation grant and passed a month residency in atelier of French painter Jean Miotte in Provence (Pignans).
Realized over 150 individual exibitions.
Galeries, muzeums and private collections contains her graphic arts (litography, dry needle, serigraphy) and painter production (oil painting, pastel, acryl): (the most important*)
*(Germany) Berlin, Munich, Cham, Furth im Wald, Regensburg
*(Czech republic) Prague – National Gallery, Komerční banka, a lot of muzeums in Czech
*(Netherlands) Amsterodam, Haarlem
*(USA) New York
*(Great Britain) Oxford
*(Japan) Nagasaki, Tokio
*(France) Nancy, Paris
*(Italy) Arezzo
*(Switzerland) Geneva
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Awards: 1980 – Czechoslovak author Prague – special award for ilustrations (Jakub Arbes – Romaneto), 1988 – Ex libris – Nancy France – special award, 1998 2nd price Arezzo Italy – bijou graphics, Nagasaki Japan – word-wide graphics, 1999 Dorothea gallery SNR – graphics, 1999-2009 Best graphics of the year – regulary participating
Lives and works in Prague.
