Silvia Vaculíková is Slovak photographer and traveler. She mainly photographs simple people in their natural environment, recording local customs, religion and culture. Her photos, won her many awards.
Life
Vaculíková was born in Trnava. She is the great-granddaughter of the inventor of the parachute, Štefan Banič, and the granddaughter of the discoverer of the Driny cave in Smolenice. After finishing her studies, she worked in a travel agency and subsequently founded her own travel agency focusing on destinations. She lives and works in Bratislava and has traveled through five continents, visiting ninety-seven countries.
1st prize at the Czecho-Slovak competition of travel photography AMADEUS – Prague, Czech Republic in 2003
2nd place at the regional round of AMFO and DIAFOTO 2004 – Pezinok
1st place at the HORY a MESTO festival, the People and Culture category, 2004 – Bratislava
5th place in a WATT 2004 photo competition, in the "Story" category – Bratislava
Main prize at the HORY a MESTO festival for a set of portraits in 2006
1st place at the HORY a MESTO festival, the People and Culture category, 2008 – Bratislava
Honourable mention of the Association of Slovak Photographers for Digital Macrophotography – detail, Ružomberok 2011
Award for documentary photo "Documentary Award of The Humanity Photo Awards 2011" on the occasion of the opening of exhibition "Memories of Mankind VII" for portfolio "Voodoo in Benin" in Kunming, China, under the auspices of UNESCO, held in 2011.
Gold Medal in the photograph competition 12th Special Themes Circuit Trierenberg in Emotions – Human Relations Theme in Austria in 2013
2 prizes for 2 series of documentary photography " Performance Award of The Humanity Photo Awards 2015" for portfolio "Bungee jumping of Pentecost Island" and "Small and Big Nambas Tribe" in Beijing, China, under the auspices of UNESCO in 2015
The prize of the Association of Slovak Photographers in the category Colours of the Earth – Ružomberok 2016
2007: Photograph of the year 2007 in the Slovak Republic.
2009: EFIAP – Excellence de la Fédération Internationale de l´Art Photographique.
In 2015 she was awarded the title 'Personality of Bratislava – Ruzinov borough' by its mayor Dusan Pekar to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the city district existence.
Collections
Vaculíková´s EFIAP and AZSF photographs can be found in the collections of The International Photography Museum in Cerdanyol, Spain, the World Folklore Photo Museum, Beijing, China, Photoforum Ružomberok, Slovakia, Golden Foundation of the ASPRužomberok, Slovakia and in the collection of the gallery FotoGaléria Nova in Košice.
Solo exhibitions
1999 Vietnam and Cambodia in the eyes of women, Hotel Kyjev, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000 People from faraway countries, Atrium Poštova banka, Bratislava, Slovakia
2001 People from faraway countries, The House of Art, Pieštany, Slovakia
2002 People from faraway countries, Hotel Kyjev, Bratislava, Slovakia
2005 People from faraway countries, Hotel Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 The World of People, Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 The World of People, The House of Art, Pieštany, Slovakia
2008 The World of People, Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 The World of People, FotoGalery Nova, Košice, Slovakia
2008 The World of People, Vuotalo Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland
