Judy Horacek was born on 12 November 1961 and is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children's book creator.
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Judy Horacek has been a regular cartoonist for newspapers including The Age newspaper, The Canberra Times, The Australian or The Australia Institute Newsletter.
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Judy Horacek graduated with a BA from the University of Melbourne in 1991, majoring in Fine Arts and English.
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Judy Horacek then studied for a Diploma in Museum Studies at Victoria University.
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Judy Horacek started her career as a writer, and was a member of a community writing group in North Melbourne.
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Judy Horacek's stories have appeared in a number of anthologies.
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Judy Horacek's cartoons have been described as whimsical and quirky.
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Judy Horacek's first commissioned work for The Age newspaper was published on International Women's Day 1995, next to the obituary of Senator Olive Zakharov.
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Additionally, the Royal Australian Mint produced a commemorative 20 cent coin with a Judy Horacek illustration derived from the original book.
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Judy Horacek has regularly shown her prints and watercolour painting in commercial galleries in solo and group exhibitions.
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Judy Horacek has had retrospectives at the National Gallery of Victoria, Laughter, the Universe and Everything, which toured regional Victoria, and at the National Museum of Australia, the exhibition I am woman hear me draw in 2002.