art works

Risoprint from the Memory Lane series follows on from the Drops and Fallen Petals series. The author presents contemporary free graphic work, which is based on her everyday experiences, memories from travels, but also on the things that surround her. Each graphic is signed and numbered by the author.

Risoprint from the Memory Lane series follows on from the Drops and Fallen Petals series. The author presents contemporary free graphic work, which is based on her everyday experiences, memories from travels, but also on the things that surround her. Each graphic is signed and numbered by the author.

An original work on canvas by the painter Dominika Žáková from a personal series called The Theory of Coziness. The collection was initially predestined by the chosen material – a rougher linen canvas, an admitted pencil mark, quick watercolours, earthy tones tinged with blues and pinks and light acrylic ink.

An original work on canvas by the painter Dominika Žáková from a personal series called The Theory of Coziness. The collection was initially predestined by the chosen material – a rougher linen canvas, an admitted pencil mark, quick watercolours, earthy tones tinged with blues and pinks and light acrylic ink.

An original work on canvas by the painter Dominika Žáková from a personal series called The Theory of Coziness. The collection was initially predestined by the chosen material – a rougher linen canvas, an admitted pencil mark, quick watercolours, earthy tones tinged with blues and pinks and light acrylic ink.

"As someone who literally makes a living designing words and writing, I jumped at this verse without thinking. Para's lyrics seem abstract, but at the same time they are full of meaning, open to interpretation. That is why I decided not to illustrate this verse in my graphics and I only rendered it in the form of a typographic sampler, where the words simply exist." (Ondrej Jób)

Ondrej Jób is a typeface designer currently living in Bratislava. He studied visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and Type and Media typeface design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in the Netherlands. His main activities include the creation of commercial fonts as well as custom fonts, branding and lettering. He is also involved in research projects and software development in the field of typeface design and typography.

Daniela Olejníková is participating in the PARAgraphics project for the second time. Daniela focuses on graphics and book illustration. Although she often works digitally, she draws on her experience with analog printing – especially with linocut and screen printing. She is interested in various imperfections, rasters, layering and shifts of colour surfaces – and likes to leave room for them in her graphics. She has illustrated almost 20 books for domestic and foreign publishers, has worked for, for example, Denník N, KPMG, the Presidential Office, Usbek&Rica, the Czech Philharmonic, and has been collaborating with Čierne Diery for a long time.

“We need to help each other and think about the last one standing too,” says Erik about the choice of text, to which he gave his original visual form. Erik Šille drew attention to himself during his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, when a strong “acrylic generation” of painters was emerging. Šille, although he belongs to its prominent representatives, has his typical distinct handwriting and style that is continuously cultivated, developed and enriched with new elements and characters. Perhaps the most typical is the elaborate characterisation, which uses the form, charm and ambiguity of the animated world and comic book characters.

"The Para band and their music have been with me since high school and I associate them with every summer festival. The verse from this song seemed strong and poetic to me and I immediately started visualizing it. I draw what I hear. :) I recommend hanging the graphics above the bed and get carried away." (Miša Chmelíčková)

Michaela is a graphic designer and illustrator. She graduated from the Department of Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. She works in various forms of graphic design - visual identity for brands, events and festivals or advertising illustration. Her approach is characterized by strong stylization, she likes minimalism and geometry. She also works as an author and transforms her illustrations into prints and T-shirts under the brand Planet 220.

A unique small drawing by Slavomíra Ondrušová captures everything around us, the themes of (self) love, discovering life's joys and oneself. Great expression on a small surface, with the author's typical lightness and kind humor. Each drawing is a unique original.

A unique small drawing by Slavomíra Ondrušová captures everything around us, the themes of (self) love, discovering life's joys and oneself. Great expression on a small surface, with the author's typical lightness and kind humor. Each drawing is a unique original.

A unique small drawing by Slavomíra Ondrušová captures everything around us, the themes of (self) love, discovering life's joys and oneself. Great expression on a small surface, with the author's typical lightness and kind humor. Each drawing is a unique original.