Summary
CONTESTS:
I won several places in Charles University's Science is Beautiful contest in the Scientific Illustration category:
- 1st and 3rd place in 2012
- 3rd place in 2013
- 1st and 2nd place in 2014
- 1st and 2nd place in 2015
- Winner of the public "Discover" category in 2016
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FREELANCING EXPERIENCE:
- Illustrations for the upcoming European Breeding Bird Atlas 2, 2018
- Illustrations for history magazines (Živá Historie, Tajemství české minulosti, Historické války, Časostroj, 100+1): covers, posters, inside illustrations (Extra Publishing); 2013-2016
- Cover art for Ray Reedman's book: Lapwings, Loons and Lousy Jacks: The How and Why of Bird Names; Pelagic Publishing, 2016
- Illustration for Prague ZOO for the project Return of the Wild Horses 2017
- Illustration for the cover of the International Wader Study Group Annual Conference' book of abstracts, 2017
- Inside illustration in the Birdwatch magazine, 9/2016
- Illustrations for IAMS Naturally products, 2015-16: http://www.iams.eu/iams-naturally http://www.cocoon.cz/en/work/aims-naturally
- Scientific illustrations for research concerning percieved beauty of animals - mammals, reptiles and other (Charles University, Department of Zoology); 2014-2015
- Illustrations of North American birds and marine animals for commercial use (brassreminders.com); 2015
- CD cover for Ethos of Nemesis, 2015, and a T-shirt design, 2018
- Shorebird scientific illustrations for Vanellus (= bulletin of the Czech Wader Study Group); 2011-2016
- Politician portraits for Evropské Hodnoty; 2020
- Private commissions (fantasy and bird paintings)
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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
- After my first success in Science is Beautiful in 2012 I was interviewed for the Charles University online magazine iForum: here (in Czech).
- An article about me and my art was published in a new section about Czech bird artists in an ornithological bulletin Sluka 9 (2014).
- Interview with me and other bird illustrator for Avifauna.cz.
https://avifauna.cz/leona-kutkova-martina-nachazelova-kam-kraci-ceska-vedecka-ilustrace-ptaku/
- Life interview about scientific illustration with me and a botanical illustrator Anna Skoumalová for Radio Wave (2019).
https://wave.rozhlas.cz/ilustratorka-anna-skoumalova-rada-zachycuji-rostliny-ktere-jeste-nikdy-nebyly-8126200?fbclid=IwAR2eaxaoAp4qQf4CGCYFsJuEsge8xmfeuJqJ9bTCwR8D2WTdT-ynHIaCt7U
- Interview translated for a German radio (2020): https://deutsch.radio.cz/mit-dem-digitalen-stift-den-voegeln-hinterher-8111613?fbclid=IwAR2q24u86HcnYjEq8RfV2zZlyv0ZukoaT0x14rC0ne1uVMpO8DBeWWZkpdE
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EDUCATION:
Bachelor degree in Ecological and Evolutionary biology (Charles University in Prague), 2013
- bachelor thesis: "Mechanisms of relationship between melanin-based colouration and behavioural syndromes in birds"
Master's degree: Ecology and Ethology at the department of Zoology, Charles University
- diploma thesis: "Epigamic behaviour in male Northern Lapwings: variability of acoustic and visual attributes of song-flight and their relationships with other reproductive traits"
JOBS:
Illustrator at Brass Reminders since 2016
Skills
Software proficiency
