Zuzana Bočkayová Bruncková is a Slovak illustrator based in Bratislava. She graduated from Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (Dept. of Printmaking and Book Illustration). Her work is exclusively based on a painterly style, where colour figures most importantly, subjects are massive and heavy, and figures/objects fill a space which seems too tight for them. She uses perspective and dynamic brush strokes to move the scene and inject it with disturbance and excitement. Her expression is often stylized to provide the figures with character and hint at a deeper message.

Awards: 

Slovak National Library Award for a student work "Nox et Solitudo" (Bibliophily, 2001) in the "Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia" competition
Award of Ministry of Culture SR for excellent illustrations for the book "To be a Dragonet is terrific! (Matica Slovenská Publishers, 2007)  in the "Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia" competition

Books:

Giuseppe Verdi (Prisa Innova, 2010)
Friends from under the Banana Tree (Pro Solutions Publishers, 2009) 
Grimm´s Fairy Tales (Petit Press Publishers, 2008)
To be a Dragonet is terrific! (Matica Slovenská Publishers, 2007)
My Best Beloved Fairy Tales (Perfekt Publishers, 2006)
Slovak Traditional Fairy Tales (Belimex Publishers, 2006)
About Invisible Thomas (Matica Slovenská Publishers, 2006)
Johannes from the Miraculous Bush (Matica Slovenská Publishers, 2006)