Jiří Tesař | Czech republic

* 14. 4. 1960 (Česká Kamenice)

Profile (Curriculum):

1975 - 1979	Secondary School of Applied Arts Železný Brod, dept. Glass Engraving
1979 - 1980	ŽBS Železný Brod glass engraver
1982 - 1994	Crystalex - EXBOR - glass engraver
1994	beginning of the independent engraving business
1997	registration of the trade marks ATJ and TJ at the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
1997	since the year an engraving teacher at the Higher and Secondary Glass School Nový Bor
2002 - 2003	pedagogical studies PF UK Prague
2009	since the year co-operation with a master glassmaker J. Pačinek

Participation in exhibitions:

1985	"Czechoslovakia 40", Moscow (RUS)
1987	Helsinki (FIN)
1990	Tokyo, Fukuoka (JPN)
1996	"1st International Engraving Symposium" (Second prize for the artisan implementation of the work), Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (CZE)
2005	"Teachers of the Glass School", Glass Museum Nový Bor (CZE)
2008	"5th International Engraving Symposium", Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (CZE)
2009	"Craft and Art in Glass" (Karel Rybáček's Prize), Glass Museum Nový Bor (CZE)
2010	"The Meeting" (individual exhibition), Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (CZE)
2011	"Subtle Beauty of Czech Glass" (common exhibition), Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi (IND)
	"The Meeting" (individual exhibition), Glass Museum Weißwasser (DE)
	exhibition in Jiří Pačinek's gallery Nový Bor (CZE)
	"Nový Bor Currently" (common exhibition - students and teachers of the Glass Scholl in Nový Bor), New Town Hall Prague (CZE)

Representation in Collections:

• Museums in Vatican (VAT)
• National Heritage Institute (CZE)
• Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (CZE)
• Glass Museum Nový Bor (CZE)
• Glass Museum Weißwasser (DE)

Jiří Tesař
Zátiší 758
473 01 Nový Bor
Czech Republic

phone: +420 487 523 729
mobil: +420 731 767 675
atjtesarjiri@seznam.cz