František Skála

František Skála (born 1956 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer.

He was part of one of the earliest post-modern Czech art groups, known as Tvrdohlaví (The Stubborn Ones) formed in 1987.

[2] His initial career was as an illustrator of children's books, and he won a number of awards in this field.

[1] He is also a member of a number of other art collectives, including: Bude konec světa (BKS; The End of the World is Coming),[3] he is Commander of the Order of the Green Ladybird (Řád zelené berušky), and a member of the music groups Malý taneční orchestr Universal (the Universal small dance band), which performs popular music from the communist era of Czechoslovakia in a humorous fashion,[4] and Finský barok (Finnish Baroque).

[7] The prize awards a three-month residential fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco in the United States.