Born 1954, Rychnov nad Kneznou, Czech Republic

Education

1969 – 1973 B.A. School of Glass Art, Zelezny Brod, Czechoslovakia
1974 – 1981 M.F.A. Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Studied under Professor Stanislav Libensky

Awards & Grants

1991 New England Artist Foundation Fellowship
Massachusetts Artist Foundation Fellowship
1997 Pollock – Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 Corning Museum Award Winner

Selected Collections

Museum of Art, Liberec, Czech Republic
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, Florida
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
American Arts and Craft Museum, New York, New York
North Bohemian Museum, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin

Selected Exhibitions

2009 Rhythm and Lines, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2008 “Flux: Reflections of Contemporary Glass”, New Mexico Museum of Art, New Mexico
2003 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2001 Group Exhibition at Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
1997 Sculpture and Drawings Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Vermont
1992 Gallery Society of the Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Artist Foundation Award Recipients Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1988 International New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
1984 Gallery Gotchalk-Banz, Frankfurt, Germany
Czechoslovakian Glass, Umprum Museum, Prague
1983 The Glass Sculpture, Brno, Czech Republic
Karolina Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
1982 Mezinarodni Sklarske Symposium, Umprum Museum, Prague
Czech Glass, Erfurt, Germany
Exempla, Munich, Germany

Bibliography

Michael Boylen, “Sculptures and Drawings”, Review, Glass, Spring 1998
Chuck Meyer, “Sculptor Creates Drama in Glass”, The Recorder, Greenfield, Ma., Jan. 15 1993
Sue Scott, “Exhibition Canal Gallery”, Review, Glass, Winter 1993
The Springfield Advocate, Review, November 25, 1993