Katarína Ševellová-Šuteková

Katarína Ševellová-Šuteková was born on the 9^th of January 1948 in the town of Nitra. In 1963-1967 she studied at the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, the Department of Printmaking, under the supervision of the artist Gabriel Štrba. In 1974 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, the Department of Printmaking and Book Illustration headed by Professor Albín  Brunovský.

The artist was awarded a Plaque for her illustrations for the book Riekanky (Rhymes) at the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava. Her illustrations are both poetic and pragmatic, in figurative compositions artist's imaginative side is obvious and adequately communicating with the child psyche. The artist is characteristic with refined, sober colouring, especially in her earlier illustrations, poetic shortcuts, a bit monotonous typology of figures, whose faces resemble each other, and the stylization of shapes respecting reality. Her illustrations often have a painterly quality. They do not underestimate the child, but they are rather sincere and abide in the imaginary-poetic domain thanks to their compositional structures wherein dreams are intertwined with reality and expressive emotions. The flat passivity of some of her pictures, producing melancholy impressions, contrasts with the playful optimism, outpouring of colour and lyricism of recent years. The artist's techniques include watercolour and combined techniques.

Author of the text: Mgr. Barbara Brathová, art historian

Rozprávky pani Husi (Ch. Perrault, Mladé letá 1974, 1977, 1982, 1983); Lietajúci mlyn (A. Afanasjew, Mladé letá 1978, 1979); Keď bola Mašenka malá (S. Mogilevská, Mladé letá 1978); Prstom po glóbuse (J. Šimulčíková, Mladé letá 1980); Posledný lev (A. Tordon, Mladé letá 1981); Šrófikove dobrodružstvá (G. Parca, Mladé letá 1981); Adelka Zvončeková (J. Uličiansky, Mladé letá 1981, 1987); Deťom (V. V. Majakovskij, Mladé letá 1982); Padišahova nevesta (Východoslovenské vydavateľstvo 1983); Krokodíl Gena a jeho priatelia (E. Nikolajevič Uspenskij, Mladé letá 1983); Puf a Muf (N. Tanská, Mladé letá 1983, 1984, Buvik 2000); Niečo som našiel (N. Tanská, Mladé letá 1985); Lampášiky (J. Navrátil, Mladé letá 1986); O dvanástich mesiačikoch (Božena Němcová, Mladé letá 1986); Kráľovná Jahôdka (Friedrich R. Kreuzwald, Východoslovenské vydavateľstvo 1987); Emčo (M. Ďuríčková, Bratislava 1988); Lucia a zázraky (O. Hofman, Východoslovenské vydavateľstvo 1988); Riekanky (J. Navrátil, Mladé letá 1988); Od jari do zimy (M, Rázusová–Martáková, Mladé letá 1989, 2000); Zázračný strom (Mladé letá 1990); Martinko Kinkaš (B. Němcová, Mladé letá 1991, 1992); Nebeská sláva (P. Dobšinský, Fatrin Books 1993); Zámok na horúcom mori (K. Plicka, Osveta 1994); Nezábudko (J. Motulko, Nové mesto 1996); Rozprávky pre dobré deti (K. Pém, Mladé letá 1997); Zajkovia Majko a Kajko (J. Pavlovič, Ikar 2001, 2013); Divé labute (H. Ch. Andersen, Ikar 2002).

Umenie pre deti. Edit. Mária Števková. Bratislava : Buvik, 1999. [88] l. ISBN 80-85507-87-0.

Slovník českých a slovenských výtvarných umělců 1950 - 2006. XVI. Šan - Šta. Ostrava : Výtvarné centrum Chagall, 2006, s. 99. ISBN 80-86171-25-6.
BRATHOVÁ, Barbara: Slovak United Imagi Nations. Bratislava : Literárne informačné centrum, 2009, s. 157-161. ISBN 978-80-89222-75-9.

ŠVEC, Andrej: Prelínanie sna a skutočnosti. In Revue Bibiana. 1995, roč. 3,  č. 4, s. 60-61. Dostupné na internete:

http://www.bibiana.sk/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/digital_archive/rocnikiii_4_1995.pdf ISSN 1335-7263. 

1989 Plaque BIB ’89 for illustrations for the book Riekanky (Rhymes)
1993 Award of the Ministry of Culture of the SR for illustrations in the competition the Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia 1992 for the book Martinko Kinkaš (Rumpelstiltskin)
1994 IBBY Honour List for the book Martinko Kinkaš
1995 Ľudovít Full Award for illustrations for children and youth

1996 The Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia 1995 for the book Zámok na horúcom mori (The Castle on the Hot Sea)