Born on 29 January in Prague, since 2002 I live in Senohraby;

• 1963 – 1968 – ČVUT, Faculty of Civil Engineering;
• 1965 – champion of Prague decathlon;
• playing basketball recreationally for 35 years;
• I started with drawing humour in 1978. I have published circa 1200 drawings – eg. In Stadión, Svobodné slovo, Lidová demokracie, KUK, Škrt;

I worked as project architect, construction manager, Building Operating Manager and civil servant. I went to retirement in 2007 after I had vainly tried to organise the construction of weirs on Elbe water road under the city of Ústí nad Labem and Děčín.

Exhibitions: 1980 – Malostranská beseda, individually 1990 – Malostranská beseda, with my son, Paul 1992 – Galerie K, with my friend Kája Saudek 2005 – Jindřišská věž – Zrušme komunisty (Disband communists), with Jindřich Strašnov 2006 – Jindřichův Hradec – Zrušme komunisty (Disband communists), with Jindřich Strašnov 2006 – Praha – Modřany – Zrušme komunisty (Disband communists), with Jindřich Strašnov 2006 – Pražský magistrát – Zrušme komunisty (Disband communists), with Jindřich Strašnov 2011 – Rataje nad Sázavou, Klub Čtrnáctka, individually 2012 – Plzeň, VISIO ART GALERY, individually 2012 – Nový Bor Participation on many mutual exhibitions of caricaturists.

Participant in domestic and international caricaturist contests. Awards in Emil Stadión contest. Most often themes – earlier – sport, water, art-noveau friendship of Alfons Mucha and Kája Saduek; now – portraits of celebrities, illustrations to Jan Born poetry.

Besides others, I like František Skála, Otokar březina, Josef Váchal, Jakub Deml, Josef Hlávka, Leonides Andrejev, Kája Saudek (particularly this one), Ivan Martin Jirous, Jáchym Topol, Quentin Tarantino, Jerry Lee Lewise (I visited both his Prague concerts), Tros Sketos and Eva Turnová. I like to go to Carpathian Ruthenia occasionally.

EMIL ŠOUREK emil.sourek (at) centrum.cz