Zdeněk Lhotský | Czech Republic | web

* 1956, Prague

photo: Gabriela Svobodová

photo: Jiří Koudelka

Zdeněk Lhotský, a founding member of the art group Tvrdohlaví (Hard Headed), graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Prague at Prof. Stanislav Libenský (1978-1984). Since 1994, he has been the owner of the Mould Melted Glass Studio in Pelechov at Železný Brod, Czech Republic.

He is the author of design of all vessels (cast bowls, fused slumped plates and sinks) produced by the firm Lhotský. In 1997, he was awarded the Bavarian National Award for Design for this collection.

His art works are focused on glass design, mould melted glass sculptures, window-panes, drawings, graphics, metal plastic pieces and realizations for architecture. He was also involved in dozens of interior realizations.

Representation in Collections

Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Moravian Gallery in Brno
Museum of Glass and Costume Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou
North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
... and a number of private domestic and foreign art collection

Co-operation with Artists and Architects

Karen LaMonte
Howard Ben Tré
Stanislav Libenský - Jaroslava Brychtová
Anna Kopecká
Kevin Berlin
Peter Bremers
Čestmír Suška
Jaroslav Róna
Michal Gabriel
... and others

1986	4.Quadriennale des Kunsthandwerks, Jugend Gestaltet, Erfurt, Cena ministra kultury NDR
1989	Cena časopisu Mladý svět "Bílá vrána" (skupina "Tvrdohlaví")
1997	Bavorská státní cena za design
2010	Grand Prix veletrhu „For habitat“
2010	Grand prix veletrhu „For decor“

Zdeněk Lhotský
Pelechov 17
468 22 Železný Brod

phone: 428 389 334
phone/fax: 428 389 292
mobil: 603 235 983