Czech painter, sculptor, illustrator and writer. In 1948–1952 he finished the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Brno, in 1952–1958 he completed his studies (monumental painting) in professor Ján Želibský’s studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. He lives and works in Brno.$ Besides free creations of a painter and sculptor (including the realisation of many wooden and stone sculptures for public grounds in connection with architecture, especially in the buildings of kindergartens) Mikulka wrote and illustrated more than 30 books, mainly for children and youth, and illustrated tens of books of their authors. He publishes his fairy tales, short stories, poems and essays also in magazines and dailies (//Mateřídouška//,// Sedmička//, //Sluníčko//, //Rovnost//, //Zornička// etc.), on the radio and TV. His inventive stories, original views of human experience and his original language found many admirers among children and grown-ups. He also wrote dramas and participated as an artist in the staging of theatre and TV performances. He manifested his affinity to the academic environment of Masaryk University and the Universitas (Masarykiana) Foundation in Brno as well; he contributed, for example to the three volumes of //O tvořivosti ve vědě, politice a umění// (On Creativity in Science, Politics and Art) with the essay “Zákonitosti vývoje slohů v kulturní společenské epoše” (“The Principles of the Development of Styles in Cultural Social Epoch”) (1993); in the book of Jaroslav Malina and Pavel Pavel //Jak vznikly největší monumenty dávnověku// (How the Biggest Monuments of Primeval Times Arose) (1994) he used his experience of a stone-cutter in his reflections on the construction of monumental Inca fortresses in Peru or on the formation of the gigantic stone balls in Central America; his texts also appear in the periodical //Univerzitní noviny – List Masarykovy university// a //Nadace Universitas Masarykiana// (University Newspaper of Masaryk University and the Universitas Masarykiana Foundation), he also illustrated the scientific-instructive book of Vojtěch Mornstein //Utopený Archimedés: Malý alternativní výkladový slovník// (The Drowned Archimedes: A Concise Alternative One-Language Dictionary) (1999), he created the logo of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University (2000), the emblem of the Edition Scintilla of the Universitas Masarykiana Foundation (2001), illustration on cover of an international peer-reviewed journal //Anthropologia integra// (2010) and graphic logo of the //Encyclopaedia of Anthropology: First Interactive International Encyclopaedia of Anthropology// (2010). The largest Mikulka’s work related to these institutions is nowadays linked with his participation as a painter and sculptor in the project //Kruh prstenu: Světové dějiny sexuality, erotiky a lásky od počátků do současnosti v reálném životě, krásné literatuře, výtvarném umění a dílech českých malířů a sochařů inspirovaných obsahem této knihy// (A Circle of a Ring: The World History of Sexuality, Erotics and Love from the Beginnings up to the Present Day in Real Life, Belle-Lettres, Visual Art and in the Works of Czech Painters and Sculptors Inspired by the Content of this Book). Since 2011 Alois Mikulka participates with his painting and sculptural artefacts in scientific art project //Man–Car / Car–Man: Life – Science – Art//.$ His pictures, drawings and sculptures were presented at tens of individual and collective exhibitions of arts and book illustrations in the Czech Republic and abroad (Belgrade, Bologna, Frankfurt, London, Ciudad de México, Plovdiv, Stockholm etc.). Mikulka’s artefacts are present in the Brno City Museum and in private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad. The artist was awarded several Czech and foreign prizes, e.g. in 1997 he was enrolled in the Golden Fund of the Czech Literature for Youth and in 1997 he was awarded the Prize of the City of Brno for 1977 for art and sculpture for his lifelong work and for a significant contribution to the development of the culture in Brno by The Board of Representatives of the City of Brno.$ Though every field of his activity would be quite enough for the whole life, he – thanks to his inventiveness, creative energy and self-discipline – proved to be on the level of this wideness, and out of his enclave – //State Louis// (that is a sovereign territory of the grotesque imagination and plus surrealism) has been steadily – in a significant way – enriching the Czech culture in all the above-mentioned spheres of activity more than five decades.$ **Literatura**$ Malina, Jaroslav (2001): Alois Mikulka. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM – Nakladatelství a vydavatelství NAUMA.$ Malina, Jaroslav, ed. (2012): Alois Mikulka – Zátiší (Alois Mikulka –Still Lifes). Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM.$ (Jaroslav Malina)