I was born in 1962.
1985-graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Art, the workshop of Profesor Ferdinand Kulmer.
1988-scholarship for Cite International des arts in Paris, scholarship for Rome given by Italian Centre for Culture.

I have had 10 individual exhibitions in Croatia and throughout the world(Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Munich...) and participated in over a hundred group exhibitions(Bologna, New York, Moscov, Zagreb, Zadar...)

After my two daughters were born I started talking an interest in children's art.

1994-started working in the area of children artistic creation, organised and ran art workshops for children in museums and galleries.

1998-started illustrating a German magazine for children and adults "Vorhang auf".
I wrote about children's creations for the Croatian children's magazine "Radost".

Using my illustrations and educational experience I started both writing and illustrating picture books.

I live with my family in Zagreb, Croatia and work as a free lancer.

Contact address:

MANUELA VLADIĆ MAŠTRUKO
Gorenščak 19
10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Tel: 00 385 1 3737 364 / 00 385 23 334 850
Fax: 00 385 1 3737 587
e-mail: me_la@hotmail.com