Biography

Caricaturist, illustrator and painter Lubomír Vaněk was born in 1961 in Brno. His Zodiac sign is Cancer.
He finished School of Artistic Crafts in Brno and private study of portrait at acknowledged painter professor Věra Frydrychová. He has lived and worked in Brno city all his life. Mr. Vaněk is married and has two daughters. Earlier he used to work as a promotion designer, since 1989 he has been focusing on caricatures and cartoon humour. Lubomír Vaněk cooperates with numerous Czech and Slovak magazines (Rovnost, Dikobraz, Stadion, Český deník, Týdeník televize, Puls, Křížem krážem, Listy, Květy, Lidové noviny, Trnky brnky and many others) and with all Czech TV stations. He has published one book (Od revoluce po rozvod - "From Revolution to Divorce") and to sixteen other publications contributed with his illustrations. Lubomír Vaněk is the author of numerous CD covers (e.g. Šíp a Uhlíř v Šarádě), calendars, company logos and mascots, cartoons, drawings for advertisement purposes and website animations. Mr. Vaněk also deals with computer graphics, free painting and children's illustration. He published several sketches (e.g. cycle Slepice nebo vejce - "Hen or Egg" for Moment magazine or travel stories in Rovnost daily). He has exhibited his own works twenty times, took part in many collective exhibitions and international festivals of cartoon humour where he obtained three awards (Italy, England, Czech Republic). He is a member of "Scotland's Friends Club", "Czech Union of Caricaturists" and "Enemies of Grief and Friends of Jazz Alliance". Apart from drawing, Mr. Vaněk loves travelling especially in northern Europe countries and Scottish Highland. 
In last years Lubomír Vaněk has been focusing on quick-drawing of caricatures. He performs at corporate promotion parties locally and abroad where he is able to draw a high number of guests in a short period of time. He is also signed in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest caricaturist in the world, his personal best being 382 profile caricatures in 3 hours (June 2002 in Pelhřimov) and 175 caricatures in 1 hour (June 2006).
If you have an upcoming event where you want to entertain your guests and provide them with a unique memento of the experience, you can contact Mr. Vaněk! Apart form English, Mr. Vaněk also speaks German and Russian.