Anastasia Stročkova

Anastasia Stročkova is a Czech illustrator collaborating with prominent publishers, magazines and graphic studios. She explores the conversion of illustration into different media, namely 3D printing, objects, mural painting, or characters for brands. Stročkova studied at the Academy of Art, […]

Biography / Anastasia Stročkova

Anastasia Stročkova is a Czech illustrator collaborating with prominent publishers, magazines and graphic studios. She explores the conversion of illustration into different media, namely 3D printing, objects, mural painting, or characters for brands. Stročkova studied at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague and attended the Erasmus program at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle at Georg Barber’s (Atak) studio.

Selected at the Bologna Children Book Fair for the illustrations to her first book “The Elephant Who Was Afraid of Heights”, she published many children books since. The last one “Unforgettable Events” was awarded at the Bologna Ragazzi Amazing Bookshelf, nominated for a Golden Ribbon award and translated into 4 languages. Today, her focus is on books for children from the age of 6, full of characters and little stories, with love of action, kindness and humour.

She creates conceptual illustrations intended for a wide range of projects in collaboration with leading publishers, science laboratories, graphic and package designers, or visual styles for festivals and events.

About the project

Her project for Fresh A.I.R. is a visual exploration of communication aspects in the era of the new ethics and digital technologies expressed through the means of illustration. The experimental communication design aims to scrutinize the topics like tone of voice, non-verbal communication, ecological communication or intergenerational dialogue. The challenge lies in the research of 12 different topics (one per month during one year), relating to the current communication environment, and expressing them without words, only visually. The outcome of the project will be a set of illustrations for a prospective book, a collection of illustrated 3D objects, and the creation of an experimental area for visual language enhancement.

Photos: Christian Rückert

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  • October 10, 2023
Fresh A.I.R. #8 | LINGUISTIC XPEDITION
On October 27, 2023, we celebrate the opening of our exhibition of the Fresh A.I.R. scholars. Twelve artists from eight European countries have dedicated themselves for ten months to this year's theme LINGUISTIC XPEDITION. They investigated the act of speaking as a constitutive element of human perception and communication. The artistic exploration ranges from aspects of everyday language use, verbal language actions, language thinking and language action to the structural power of language.