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Milan Handl | Czech Republic | web

* 1952, Czech Republic


photo: Gabriela Svobodová


photo: Jiří Koudelka

Education

1968-72Glass School of Applied Arts, Železný Brod
1972-78Academy of Decorative Arts and Architecture, Prague (under Prof. Stanislav Libenský)

Teaching career

1984-85Teaching assistent of Prof. Stanislav Libenský at the Academy of Decorative Arts and Architecture, Prague
2001Instructor at the Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA, USA
Instructor at the Glass School in La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain
2002Instructor at the workshop in Sunne, Sweden
2003Instructor at the Glass School in La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain
Since 1980 free-lance glass artist

Selected exhibitions

1979Prague (CZ), Mánes Gallery: The Exhibition of the Young Generation
Berlin (D), The Exhibition of the Young Generation
1980 Luzern (CH), Central-Suisse Glass Prize
1984 Copenhagen (DK), Galerie den Permanente
Prague (CZ), Wallenstein Palace
Boca Raton, FL (USA), Habatat Galleries
Indianapolis (USA), Walker Art Centre
Chicago (USA), Museum of Contemporary Glass
Coburg (D), Veste Coburg: The 2nd Coburg Glass Prize
1985 Rouen (F), Musée des Beaux-Arts
Madrid (E), Town Hall
Jablonec nad Nisou (CZ), Museum of Glass and Jewellery: The Results of the First International Glass Symposium in Nový Bor
1986 Tokyo (JP), Yamaha Gallery: Glass Now ´86
Swansea (USA), Glyn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum: Contemporary Czech Glass in Architecture
Cleveland (USA), Billingham Art Gallery: Contemporary Czech Glass in Architecture
Barcelona (E), Municipal Park
1987 Tokyo (JP), Yamaha Gallery: Glass Now ´87
Ebeltoft (DK), Glass Museum Ebeltoft: Young Glass
1988 Riihimäki (FIN), Finnish Glass Museum: New Czech Glass
Flensburg (D), Town Museum: Czech Glass Art
Bruxelles (B), Gallery Transparence: Czech Glass Art
1989 Liège (B), Banque Générale: Crystal and Glass Sculpture
Paris (F), Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Czech Glass
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: New Glass of Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
Moisburg (D), Town Hall: Czech Glass Art
Saarbrücken (D), Gallery Glass Art: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
1990 Kanazawa (JP), The International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa ´90
Immenhausen (D), Glass Museum: Contemporary Czech Glass
Hamburg (D): Contemporary Czech Glass
Hamburg (D), The Fair - Lebens Art ´90
Hamburg (D), The Fair - Art Hamburg
1991 Sapporo (JP), Hokaido Museum of Modern Glass
Toronto (CAN), Glass Gallery: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
Munich (D), Exempla I – Geometrie
Stuttgart (D), European Art Craft
Cologne (D), Kunsthaus am Museum: The 3rd International Studio Glass Art
Prague (CZ), Mánes Gallery: Prague Glass Prize ´91
1992 Tokyo (JP), Azabu Museum: Czech and Japanese Glass Art
Hamburg (D), Museum of Applied Arts
Stockholm (S), Glass Gallery 1: Contemporary Czech Glass Art
Seevetal (D), Glass gallery Hittfeld: New Glass of Milan Handl
Cologne (D), Kunsthaus am Museum: Little Sculpture
1993 Segovia (E), Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja: Bohemia Crystal
New York (USA), Miller Gallery: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
Millville (USA), Creative Glass Centre: Glass Weekend
Winterthur (CH), Craft Museum: Fascinating Glass
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Czech and Swedish Glass Art
Chicago (USA), Navy Pier: New Art Forms Exposition
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Milan Handl, Ilja Bílek, Jan Fišar
1994 Seeveta l (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Czech and American Glass Art
London (GB), The Economist: Czech Glass
1995 Takasai (JP), Museum of Modern Art
Strasbourg (F), Premier Salon International d´Art Contemporain à Strasbourg
Jablonec nad Nisou (CZ), Museum of Glass and Jewellery: Melted Glass
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebeníčková
Immenhausen (D), Glass Museum: The Couple - Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl
1996 Madrid (E), ARCO 1996
Frauenau (D), Glass Museum
Ebeltoft (DK), Glass Museum Ebeltoft
1997 Pontiac, Michigan (USA), Habatat Galleries: 25th Annual International Glass Invitational
Weiden (D), 6th Bavarian – Czech Cultural Days (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková, Christiane Sellner)
Prague (CZ), Galerie U Mozarta: Glass Sculptures of Milan Handl
1998 Kanazawa (JP), Ishikawa Industrial Centre: The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa ´98
1999 London (GB), The Studio Glass Gallery: The Passage of Light (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková)
Beijing (CHINA), Beijing Arts and Crafts Central Store: Czech Glass
2000 Shenzhen (CHINA), Guanshanyue Art Museum: Czech Glass
Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebeníčková
Takayama (JP), Hida Takayama Museum: Czech Glass
Pontiac, Michigan (USA), Habatat Galleries
Weiden (D), 9th Bavarian – Czech Cultural Days (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková, Renato Santarossa)
2001 Taipei (Taiwan), National Museum of History: Czech Glass
Nieuwegein (NL), Zwolsche Algemeene: "Reflecties"
Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Czech Glass Art
Hiroshima (JP), Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Light: Transfigured - Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
Tokyo (JP), Odakyu Museum: Light Transfigured Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
Kyusyu (JP), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum: Light Transfigured - - Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
Prague (CZ), Museum of Decorative Arts: IGS - International Glass Symposium 2000, Nový Bor
Prague (CZ), Technical Museum: Stanislav Libenský & His School
Takasaki (JP), Takasaki City Gallery, Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
2002 Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Stanislav Libenský & His School
Taipei (Taiwan), Grand Crystal Museum: Stanislav Libenský & His School
Osaka (JP), Enomoto Gallery: Impulse and Reflection
Chicago (USA), SOFA 2002
2003 New York (USA), Museum of Arts and Design: Stanislav Libenský & His School
2004 Česká Lípa (CZ), Town Museum and Gallery: Milan Handl - The Ways of Light
Kanazawa (JP), Daiwa Department Store Exhibition Hall, Korimbo: The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004
Soul (Korea), Soul Art Center: Bohemia Crystal
2005 Nový Bor (CZ), Glass Museum: Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl - Glass Sculptures & Brooches
Příbram (CZ), Galerie Františka Drtikola: …through substance, surface, space… (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková)
2006 Pardubice (CZ), Eastern Bohemian Museum: Handl + Grebeníčková
Madrid-Alcorcón (E), Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón-MAVA: Milan Handl, Stanislava Grebeníčková
Luxembourg (L), Jean-Claude Chapelotte Gallery:“C’est mon droit“ /collective show
2008 Leerdam (NL), Glass Gallery Broft: Milan Handl, Katya Handl
2009 Ebeltoft (DK), Museum Ebeltof: Crossing Borders
Prague (CZ), Mánes Gallery: Connections 2009_European Glass Sculpture
2010 Pilsen (CZ), West Bohemian museum, Light, Optics, Illusion, Space (together with Stanislava Grebenickova)
Lommel (B), Glazen Huis: Tsjechisch glas
2011 Deggendorf (D), Kunsthandwerkmuseum: Hoch Dosiert
Düsseldorf (D), Welti Gallery: Grebenickova / Handl

Represented in public collections

  • National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
  • Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne (CH)
  • Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (CZ)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen (F)
  • Glass Museum, Paracin (YU)
  • Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft (DK)
  • Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki (FIN)
  • Ulster Museum, Belfast (UK)
  • Arts and Crafts Museum, Hamburg (D)
  • Historical Museum, Bamberg (D)
  • Toyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Toyama (JP)
  • Northern Bohemian Museum, Liberec (CZ)
  • Eastern Bohemian Museum, Pardubice (CZ)
  • Moravian Gallery, Brno (CZ)
  • Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón-MAVA, Madrid (E)
  • Fundación Centro National del Vidrio, La Granja de San Ildefonso, (E)
  • Regional Bibliothek, Weiden (D)
  • Pribram’s Town Collection (CZ)

Represented in private collections

  • In, among others, Austria, France, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, United States

Symposia

1982Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
1986Paracin (YUG), International Glass Symposium
2000Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
2006Nový Bor (CZ), 9th International Glass Symposium

Articles

  • Ricke, Helmut: New Glass in Europe. In: New Glass 4/87 (D)
  • Petrová, Sylva: Czech Glass Art near Hamburg. In: Nordmagazin 2/90 (D)
  • Ricke, Helmut: Exhibition Art Museum Düsseldorf. In: New Glass 4/90 (D)
  • Friedrich-K. Bass: Modern Czech Glass Art. In: Glass 10/91 (D)
  • Glasforum 1/91 (Article about Architecture at Nennig Casino) (D)
  • Nikola, Karl-Günter: Glass in Erfurt and Stuttgart. In: New Glass 3/91 (D)
  • Münder, Peter: Fascination Coming from Fire. In: Hanse-Art 6/92 (D)
  • Petrová, Sylva: Three from Polevsko In: New Glass 2/92 (D)
  • Smrček, Antonín / Rozsypal, Ivo: Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl – Glass Sculptures and Breastpins In: Sklář a keramik 7-8/2005/page 186-188 (CZ)
  • Heyd, Eva: Glass Objects (Sjkleněné objekty) In: Atelier 21/2005/page 5 (CZ)
  • Křen, Ivo: Glass Creation of Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebeníčková ; In: Keramika a sklo 4/2006/page 12-15 (CZ)

Books

  • Langhamer, Antonin: The Legend about Czech Glass (Prague, 1999)
  • Petrová, Sylva: Czech Glass (Prague, 2001)

Milan Handl
Polevsko 99
Polevsko
471 16

milan.handl@gmail.com