Eva Švankmajerová (September 25, 1940 – October 20, 2005) was a Czech surrealist artist. She was born Eva Dvořáková. A native of the Czech town of Kostelec nad Černými lesy, she moved to Prague in 1958 to study at the Prague School of Interior Design and later the Academy of Performing Arts (Theater Department). From 1970, she was an active member of the Czech and Slovak Surrealist Group. She was a painter and ceramicist, and her poetry and prose regularly appeared in the journal Analogon. Most recently, her work has appeared in English in Surrealist Women: an International Anthology (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998) and Baradla Cave (Twisted Spoon Press, 2001). Švankmajerová was married to the Surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer, with whom she collaborated on such films as Alice, Faust, and Conspirators of Pleasure. They had two children, Veronika and Václav, and lived in Prague until her death from breast cancer in 2005. Filmography 1964 – The Last Trick (orig. Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara) – production assistant, director: Jan Švankmajer 1967 – The Garden (org. Zahrada) – costume designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 1971 – Jsouc na řece mlynář jeden – designer, director: J. Brdečka 1976 – Laterna magika: Ztracená pohádka – designer, director: Jaromil Jireš 1978 – The Ninth Hearth (orig. Deváté srdce) – visual effects, director: Juraj Herz 1983 – The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope (orig. Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje) – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 1986 – Jost Burgi – Demystifikace času a prostoru – animator, director: M. Havas 1987 – Laterna magika: Odysseus – animator, director: E. Schorm 1987 – Alice (orig. Něco z Alenky) – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 1994 – Lesson Faust (orig. Lekce Faust) – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 1996 – Conspirators of Pleasure (orig. Spiklenci slasti) – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 2000 – Little Otík (orig. Otesánek) – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer 2005 – Šílení – designer, director: Jan Švankmajer Books Baradla Cave (Jeskyně Baradla) (1995, Edice Analogon) – Original Czech edition Baradla Cave (2001, Twisted Spoon Press: ) – English translation Anima Animus Animation (1998, Slovart Publishers/Arbor Vitae) – Text in English See also Surrealism Jan Švankmajer Women Surrealists External links In English Obituary in The Independent (UK) by Marcus Williamson Obituary in The Guardian (UK) by Christopher Masters In Czech Zemřela výtvarnice Eva Švankmajerová BBC Czech Eva Švankmajerová (25. 9. 1940—20. 10. 2005) Nekrolog.cz Galerie online In