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IGS 2018: 11

Datum narození/Birthdate: *26. 1. 1966

Země původu/Country of origin: Československo / Czechoslovakia
Země současného pobytu/Country of present residence: Česká republika / Czech Republic

Mezi nebem a zemí / Between Heaven and Earth,
melted glass, goose wings, 110 x 70 x 20 cm
foto: Ondřej Kocourek

Kukaččí hnízdo / Cuckoo´s nest
Mold melted glass, birds nest, stuffed bird, ostrich egg, 49 x 40 x 116 cm
foto: Gabriel Urbánek

Růže z Edenu / Eden Rose
Mold melted glass, ø 35 cm
foto: Gabriel Urbánek

Vzdělání/Education

2000–2005	PhD. Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová v Praze, Ateliér skla, Prof. Vladimír Kopecký / Ph.D. study at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
2003	5ti měsíční stipendium / 5-month fellowship, The National Glass Centre and The University of Sunderland, s podporou / with support of the Arts Council North East and Visiting Arts, British Council in London, UK
1995	2-month study in Glasgow School of Art, Ateliér keramiky a porcelánu / Ceramic Department, Prof. Archie McCall, UK
1989–1997	Mgr. A. Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová v Praze, Ateliér skla, Prof. Vladimír Kopecký / M.A., Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic Glass Department led by Prof. Vladimír Kopecký
1981–1985	Střední umělecko-průmyslová škola v Kamenickém Šenově / Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic

Samostatné výstavy/Solo exhibitions

2015	Between Heaven and Earth, Glasgalerie Stölting, Hamburg, Germany
2015	Heartbeat, Galerie Welti, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013	3 x 1, Vlastivědné muzeum Česká Lípa / City Museum in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic
2011	Gallery ARP, Prague, Czech Republic
2011	The Sixth Floor Gallery, Koerich, Luxembourg
2008	The Sea Between Us, Galerie Nová Síň, Praha, Czech Republic
2007	Das geklonte Mariechen, Glasgalerie Hittfeld near Hamburg, Germany
2005	Klonovaná Máňa / Cloned Máňa, Gallery Nová Síň, Prague, Czech Republic
2004	Cesta-Létající koberce / The Path - Magic Carpets, Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum, zámek Kamenice nad Lipou / Museum of Decorative Arts, Kamenice nad Lipou Castle, Czech Republic
2004	W/M Sculptures, (together with Lars Widenfalk), Falun, Sweden
2004	Magic Carpets, The National Glass Centre in Sunderland U.K.
2002	Artlantis, Gorlice, subterranean halls of Vyšehrad, (together with Lars Widenfalk), Prague, Czech Republic
2002	Art from the Czech Republic, Gallery ARTRA, (together with Zdeněk Lhotský) Amsterdam, Holland
2001	Neue Generation von Böhmischem Glas, Helason Design, Wiena, Austria
2001	Leichtigkeit & Finsternis, Gallery Ars Temporis, Klagenfurt, Austria
2000	Gallery ARTRA, Amsterdam, Holland
1999	Gallery SKLO, Atlanta, USA
1998	Glass in the Church, Zwiesel, Germany
1998	Investment and Post Bank, (together with Joska Skalník), Prague, Czech Republic
1998	Four, The Church of All Saints, Kamenice nad Lipou, Czech Republic
1997	Cesta / The Path, Gorlice, Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
1994	Stone and Glass, quarry, Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
1994	Alena Matějková – Sklo, Central Europe Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

Společné výstavy (výběr)/Collective exhibitions (selection)

2016	Femme Fatale, Muzeum skla a bižuterie in Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ
2016	20 Years Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, Německo
2015	Sklo. Vladimír Kopecký a z jeho školy / Glass. Vladimír Kopecký and from his School, Gallery Minea, Karlovy Vary, CZ
2015	10 Jahre Glas im Glashaus, Galerie Welti, Düsseldorf, Germany Sklo. Vladimír Kopecký a z jeho školy / Glass. Vladimír Kopecký and from his School, MA’MA Club Gallery, Ostrava, CZ
2014	Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Industrial Art Space - Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulharsko Skleněná Republika /Glass Republic, Nosticův palác / Nostic palace, Praha, CZ Tavená skleněná plastika, Železný Brod, CZ Homo Faber/Mindcraft, Complesso di S. Agostino e MUSA Pietrasanta, Italy Skleněná Republika / Glass Republic, Muzeum skla a bižuterie, kostel sv. Anny /Museum of Glass and Jewellery, St. Anna church, Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, National Museum of the Romanian, Bucharest, Rumunsko Glass Republic, Fair Ambiente, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tavená skleněná plastika / Mold-melted Glass, Železný Brod, CZ Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Lisboa, Portugal Coburg Glass Prize, Coburg, Germany
2013	Gallery Nova Prize, Bratislava, Slovakia 25 Jahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld und Neueröffnung Glasgalerie Stölting, Hamburg, Germany Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Art Foundation (Silk Road) Tsinandali Museum, Georgia Špičky: Glass as Concept, GASK, Galerie Středočeského kraje, Kutná Hora, CZ Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Museum of Art Tallinn, Tallin, Estonia
2012	Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Zhongshan Art Museum, Dalian, Liaoning Province, Čína Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Fujian Art Museum, Fujian, China Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Fuzhou Art Museum, Fushou, China Glass Symposium Vysočina, Horácká galerie, Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Changchun Sculpture Museum and Park, Changchun, China Sculpture Exhibition, Het Depot Sculpture Gallery, Holland Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Hubei Museum of Art, Hubei, China Glass Symposium Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny, Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
2012	Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Ningbo Art Museum, Zhejiang, China Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Suzhou Art Museum, Jiangsu Province, China Interesting Times, University of Leicester Annual Sculpture Show, Harold Martin Botanic Garden, Leicester, UK Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Heilongjiang Art Museum, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China
2011	Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi'an, China Villa Borghese, Roma, Italy Glass Festival, Luxembourg 7 Artists in Collonata, Collonata, Italy Contemporary Sculptures, Embassy of Sweden, Roma, Italy
2010	Lughnasadh 2010, Museum Beroun, CZ Galerie Pokorná, Praha, CZ Prague Festival 2010, Gorlice, subterranean halls of Vyšehrad, Prague, CZ
2009 - 2010	Glas Link: Stockholm - Prague. Swedish glass of 20th century, CZ
2009	Crossing Borders, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Anima Mundi, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium Connections, Contemporary European Glass Sculpture, Manes, Prague, CZ Biennale Kijkduin, Den Haag, Holland 9th Festival of Art Glass, Minea Gallery, Karlovy Vary, CZ
2008	20 Jahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany Zdeněk Lhotský & studio Pelechov, The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, CZ 8th Festival of Art Glass, Minea Gallery, Karlovy Vary, CZ
2007	Crystalex 1967-2007, 40 years anniversary of glass factory Crystalex Nový Bor, Glass Museum, Nový Bor, CZ LCA Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway Bridge for Peace, Material Matters Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada Pilane Sculptur 2007 / Contemporary Sculptures in Ancient Landscape, Tony Cragg, Claes Hake, Kristian Blystad, Hagbart Solløs, Viktor Korneev etc., Pilane, Sweden Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí, Berlin, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2006	20 years on, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark X Years of Studio of Casting Lhotský Pelechov, Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts University of Brighton, Brighton, U.K. Coburger Glaspreis 2006, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany Glass and Light, 150 Years of the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ Mikael Kihlman / Alena Matejkova / Lars Widenfalk, Galleri Blå, Gärsnäs, Sweden
2005	Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Art and Crafts Museum, Hamburg, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany Lhotský Glass - X let tavené plastiky, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia Czech Glass from the Reinessance to the Present, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Finland
2005	Prof. Vladimír Kopecký und sein Glasatelier, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany Kleppesommeren 2005, Kleppe, Norway Global Glass Art, International Glass Trienial, Borgholm Castle, Sweden Vladimir Kopecký and His Sphere, Chappell Gallery, New York, USA Skulptur Skien, Skien, Norway Vetri. Nel Mondo. Oggi, Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy EXPO Aichi, Czech Studio Glass – Bound by Light and Space, Aichi, Japan Skulptur 2003 Aker Bryge, Oslo, Norway Lhotský Glass - X Years of mold melted glass, Moravien Gallery, Brno, CZ
2004 - 2005	Zeit genössische tschechische Glaskunst“, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, org.: Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004	Zeit genössische tschechische Glaskunst in historischen Räumen, Burgkloster, Lübeck, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany In Glut geformt – Moderne Glas aus Tschechien, Kulturelle Forum, Lagenfeld, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany In Glut geformt – Moderne Glas aus Tschechien, Papierfabrik, Neumünster, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany České studiové sklo – V zajetí světla a prostoru / Czech Studio Glass – Bound by Light and Space, Nosticův palác / Nostitz Palace, Prague, CZ Kleppesommeren 2004, Kleppe, Norway Formed Into Embers / Modern Glass from Czech Republic, Papermill, Neuműnster, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany Boulevard des Sculptures 2004, Kijkduin, Holland Formed Into Embers / Modern Glass from Czech Republic, Municipal Museum, Langenfeld, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany Instead of Snow, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
2003	Czech Glass from the Renaissance to the Present, Museum of Decorative Applied Arts, Riga, Latvia Querschnitt, Glassgallerie Hitfeld, Hamburg, Germany Our Daily Companion - Contemporary Czech Design, Municipal House, Prague, CZ Přírůstky do sbírek Uměleckoprůmyslového musea v Praze v letech 1992 – 2002 / Addition to the Collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague in years 1992 - 2002, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ Kopeckého škola / Kopecký’s School, Galerie města Ostrava / Ostrava towns Gallery Skulptur 2003 Aker Bryge, Oslo, Norway Kopeckého škola / Kopecký’s School, Hrad Sovinec / Sovinec Castle, Czech Republic Czechmania, Young Czech Designers, The National Glass Centre Sunderland,U.K.
2002	Design českého skla / Design of Czech Glass, Národní galerie – Veletržní palác / National Gallery, Trade-fair Palace, Prague, CZ Seeberg 2002, Městské muzeum / Museum of the City, Františkovy Lázně, CZ Instead of Snow, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
2001	Kulturbro – Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg, Sweden Kulturbro – Rödasten, Göteborg, Sweden
2000	Living Space, Míčovna, Prague’s Castle, Prague, CZ 5th Auction Saloon of Artists – humanitarian auction for the Barriers Account, Prague, CZ St’art 2000, Strasbourg, France
2000	De Kunst van Škoda, Holland Koganezaki Crystal Park, Koganezaki, Japan Handwerksform, Hanover, Germany
1999	Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Czech Centre Berlin, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany Professor Kopecký and His Sphere, Sogetsu Hall, Tokio, Japan Wessels, Sklo Gallery, Atlanta, USA Centre of Czech Culture, Wiena, Austria
1998	Zeitgenossische Tschechische Glaskunst, Czech Centre in Berlin, org.: Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany Beloved Country, Sklo Gallery, Atlanta, USA 10 Years Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany Lughdnasadh, Gorlice, Vyšehrad, Prague, CZ Verres & Papiers, Liége, Belgium
1997	Edition ’97, Kassel, Germany Young Czech Glass, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany Young Glass ’97, Ebeltoft, Denmark Czech and German Glass Art, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany Venezia Aperto Vetro ’96, Murano, Italy
1996	Talente ’96, Munich, Germany Four Glass Schools, Schalkwijk, Holland
1995	Ars Temporis Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria
1994	Czech Cultural Centre, London, UK Synagogue, Synagogue in Libeň, Prague, CZ Abu Dabhi, United Arab Emirates
1993	Vetro Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Sovinec, Sovinec Castle, CZ
1992	Vojanovy sady / Vojan Park, Vojan Park, Prague, CZ
1991	Galerie Vyšehrad / Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague, CZ

Ceny/Awards

2014	Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Special Jury Award, Germany
2005	Ocenění za důstojnou reprezentaci České republiky na Světové výstavě EXPO 2005 / Award for dignified representation of the Czech Republic at the World Exhibition EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan
2000	Výroční cena Františka Wolfa Českého fondu výtvarných umění / František Wolf Annual Award of the Czech Fund of Fine Arts, Czech Republic
1997	První cena / First Prize at the Young Glass (Michael Bang Award), Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1996	První cena / First Prize at the exhibition of art colleges “Venezia Aperto Vetro ’96”, MuseoVetrario, Murano, Venice, Italy

Veřejné sbírky/Public Collection

Východočeské muzeum / East Bohemian Museum, Pardubice, CZ
Glas Museet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Landesmuseum, Kassel, Germany
Municipal Museum, Langenfeld, Germany
Uměleckoprůmyslové museum / Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Kamenice nad Lipou Castle, CZ
Museum of Modern Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Collection of Glass, City Council Toyama, Japan
Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, Germany
Institute for International Research in Glass, Sunderland, U.K.

Public places

Eide, Norway
Emaar sculpture Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Falun Sculpture Park, Falun, Sweden
Městský park v Písku / Municipal Park in Písek, CZ
Orsa, Sweden
Vlásenice, park Magická zahrada / park Magic Garden, CZ

Pedagogické zkušenosti/Select Teaching

2016	Creative Hands, workshop in Toyama City Institute of Glass Art (TIGA), Toyama, Japan
2009	Instructor in Pilchuck Glass School, course “Aestetics of Pattern”, USA
2003	3-month teaching as visiting artist in The University of Sunderland, UK

Sympozia/Symposiums

2015	International Sculpture Symposium, Vlásenice, CZ
2014	International Sculpture Symposium, Vlásenice, CZ
2013	LSD - Letní sklářská dílna, Železný Brod, CZ
2012	Glass Symposium Vysočina, Glass factory Svoboda, Karlov by Žďár nad Sázavou, CZ
2012	International Sculptural Symposium, Eide, Norway
2011	7 artists in Colonnata, Colonnata, Cava Querciola, Italy
2007	Emaar International Art Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2006	IX. International Glass Symposium IGS 2006, Nový Bor, CZ
2005	International Granit Symposium, Falun, Sweden
2004	Luleå Winter Biennial, Luleå, Sweden
2003	Mezinárodní sympozium Čajová konvice, Thun / International Symposium of the Teapot, Thun Karlovy Vary, CZ
2002	International Swedish / Czech Sculpture Symposium, Písek, CZ
2002	Stensymposium i Orsa, Orsa, Sweden
2002	Luleå Winter Biennial, Luleå, Sweden
2001	Svenskt – Tjeckiskt Stenskulptur Symposium, Gerlesborg, Sweden
1999	Mezinárodní sympozium rytého skla / International Symposium of Engraved Glass, Kamenický Šenov, CZ
1994	Sympozium ve sklárně bratří Jílků / Symposium at the Jílek brothers Glassworks, Kamenický Šenov, CZ
1994	Glass Goblet Symposium, Varnsdorf, CZ

Vybraní klienti/Selected clients

2009	ICArt Royal Caribbean Cruises, skleněná socha na zámořské lodi / Glass Sculptures on the board of cruising boat Oasis of the Seas
2007	Létající koberec / Magic Carpet, realizace v architektuře pro soukromý dům / Realization in architecture, private house, Barcelona, Spain
2007	Dar – socha pro prezidenta České republiky od města Kamenice nad Lipou / Gift – sculpture of the town Kamenice nad Lipou for president of The Czech Republic
2007	Ocenění pro partnery Zentiva / Award for Zentiva partners, org. HMS Design, Praha
2006	Alfa and Omega, kamenné sochy / stone sculptures, Falun, Sweden
2005	Cena Andreje Nikolaje Stankoviče za českou konematografii / Andrej Nikolaj Stankovič´s Prize for The Czech Cinematography
2003	LCA Royal Caribbean Cruises, Skleněná plastika na palubě záoceáncké lodi / Glass Sculptures on the board of cruising boat Serenade of the Seas
2003	Okno / The Window, kamenná socha / stone sculpture in a park in Písek, Czech Republic
2002	The Boat, kamenná socha / stone sculpture in Orsa, Sweden
2000	Výroční cena pro prodejce společnosti Škofin / Annual prizes for Škofin dealers
2000	Realizace v architektuře / Realization in architecture, Senát české republiky/ Senate of the Czech Republic, Valdštejnský palác / Wallenstein Palace
1996 – 2007	Cena pro sportovce roku / Prize for the Best Athlet of Czech Republic
1994 - 1997	Cena Lidových novin pro hokejistu roku ČR / Prize of the newspaper Lidové Noviny for the hockey coach of the year of Czech Republic