VHRSTI (*1975)

  • Freelance illustrator, writer, author of comics and cartoons
  • Artist of TV animation series for Czech Television “The White Lady Baby Sitter”
  • Member of the unofficial new wave of Czech and Slovak comics Generation Zero and presidium of The Czech Cartoonists‘ Union

Telefon: +420 775 033 106

E-mail: vrabec@vhrsti.cz


Awards 

  • Silver medal in the competition BESA (The Best European Schoolbook Awards) – 2013
  • Price of Czech Teachers for contribution to children’s literature – I’m Not Afraid of the Darkness Any More – 2007
  • The Best Comics Website in the Czech Republic – 2006
  • Certificate of Excellence from National Press Club of Canada, Ottawa – 2006
  • Special jury award at the 1st International Shop of Young Comics, Belgrade – 2003

Books

  • The White Lady Baby Sitter (with Petr Friedl and Pavel Brycz) – 2013
  • I Want to Be an Adult – 2013
  • Mirek & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2012
  • A Handful of Fairy Tales from Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2012
  • Legends of the Central Brdy Region (Tomas Makaj) – 2012
  • Learning to Read and Write. Czech Language 1 – Genetic Method – 2012
  • Now We Can Read and Write. Czech Language 2 – Genetic Method – 2012
  • The Secret of Snowflakes – 2011
  • Pilsen Calendar 2012 – 2011
  • The Worst Class & Co.The Battle in the Dragon’s Cave – 2011
  • Summer School for the 2nd Grade – 2011
  • Half a Bunch to a Bunch of Fairy Tales and Stories from the Whole of Bohemia (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2010
  • The Worst Class & Co. The Magnetic Mobile (Vojtech Steklac) – 2010
  • Let’s Save Johanka! – audiobook (Katerina Richterova, Krystof Hadek) – 2010
  • Ales & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2010
  • The Worst Class & Co. The Golden Credit Card (Vojtech Steklac) – 2009
  • Pilsen’s Ghosts Cookbook (Miroslava Kuntzmannova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2009
  • Bohousek & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2009
  • Holiday in Heaven – 2008
  • Half a Bunch of Pilsen Fairy Tales and Stories (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2007
  • Pilsen Calendar 2008 – 2007
  • I’m Not Afraid of the Dark Any More – 2007 – Price of Czech Teachers for contribution to children’s literature
  • Two Dozen Pilsen Fairy Tales and Stories (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2006

Anthologies, catalogues

  • New Czech Comics (2000-2012) – 2012
  • We Are Still at War – Life Stories of the 20th Century – 2011
  • Generation Zero: Czech Comics 2000-2010 – 2010
  • 2cet – 2010
  • Cartoon Meeting Point – 2010
  • KomiksFEST! 2007 – 2007
  • Q International (Italy) – 2006
  • CZekomiks – 2006
  • Warburger (Slovenia) – 2003

Magazines

  • Aargh!, Bedeman, Daily Fresh (Fresh Films Fest), Denik, K8 (the Ukraine), KomiksFEST! Revue, Labyrint Revue, LINK (People in Need), MF Dnes, Moje 1. noviny (My 1st Newspaper), Novy prostor (streetpaper), Pravo, Q International (Italy), Revue Rozrazil, Slunicko, Stripburger (Slovenia), Via Nostra Revue, Zkrat, company magazines (Skoda Steel, TNT Post, Schneider Bohemia) etc.

Other Interesting Publications and Projects

  • Blogs of Czech personalities at Aktualne.cz – plenty of Vhrsti’s articles on various topics (in Czech only) – from 2007
  • Comics exhibition Endless Tram in regular line tram in Brno – 2007 – 2008
  • National competition Let’s Finish Vhrsti’s Comics – 2007
  • The Museum of Ghosts and Fairy Tales in Pilsen – art collaboration from 2007
  • Fairy Tales from the Pocket – 2007
  • Ghostly Game – 2007
  • Magic Coloring Book – 2007
  • Motanice (Tangle) – 2007
  • Official booklet of the 1th historic mp3 CD of the famous Czech songster Jaromir Nohavica The Prague Burned – 2006
  • Comics The Fisherman was published in special issue Q International dedicated to XX Olympic Winter Games TORINO 2006 – 2006
  • Daily comic strip Endless Bus in newspaper Deník – 2006
  • Comics Peace was published in the Warburger – world anthology of anti-war comics – 2003

Collective and One-man Exhibitions

  • Barcelona, Berlin, Belgrade, Bratislava, Brno, Hranice, Knokke-Heist, Kozuchow, Litvinov, Ljubljana, Lysa nad Labem, Most, Olomouc, Ottawa, Pancevo, Pisek, Porto, Prague, Uhersky Brod, Zadar etc.

Collaboration with Companies

  • Albi, KomiksFEST!, People in Need, Pilsen City Library, RLA Stallion, SEQENCE o.s., Skoda Steel, Speaker Agency, Theatre V Boude, TNT post, Transport Company of the City of Pilsen etc.

 

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