Zuzana Pustaiová is young Slovak photographer and artist mostly devoted to staged and portrait photography. Her first more significant project, called Trivial Stories (2012), won several national and international awards. She works mostly with family topics (Faces of Family, 2017), well-known area (Untitled (Interpretation?, 2013), everyday banalities and develops stories based on memories (Family Album, 2013), daily routine, relationships, fantasy (Trivial Stories 2012) and Slovak folklore history (Čiľ-ej!, 2013; Each Country - Its Customs, 2015). She also works with narration what bring to her new surroundings and people who met (Disturbing Beauty, 2016/2018; Gardeners, 2016). She exhibited her work in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia and Canada.

Awards:
2018 1st prize, Rovinj Photodays, Rovinj, Croatia
2017 finalist, Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Los Angeles, USA
2015 finalist, FOTO ROKA 2015, Bratislava, SR
2014 3rd prize, Politics, Photography and Present, Bratislava, SR
2014 1st prize, Portfolio Review, Month of Photography, Bratislava, SR
2014 3rd prize, Just For Laughs 2014 International Visual Arts Competition Montreal, Canada
2013 1st prize, FOTO ROKA 2013, Bratislava, SR
2012 3rd prize, FRAME O12, Prague, CZ