Vladimír Kopecký

Glass | Paintings | Sculpture | Curriculum Vitae

Born: 26 November 1931 in Svojanov

Education and teaching

1949 — 1956: Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
1990 — 2008: Professor at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, head of the Glass Studio

Awards

1958: Gold Medal at EXPO ’58 World’s Fair in Brussels, BE
1984: The Bridgestone Museum Prize at Glass ’84 in Japan, Tokyo, JP

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2007: Aspekt Gallery, Brno, CZ
2004: Veletržní Palace, National Gallery in Prague, CZ
1999: Retrospective, City Gallery Prague–Municipal Library, Prague, CZ
1994: Galerie Groeneveld, Almelo, NL
1990: The Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo, JP
1989: Essen Glass Gallery (with Ivan Mareš), Essen, DE
1970: Václav Špála Gallery (exhibition curated by Jindřich Chalupecký), Prague, CZ

Group exhibitions (selection)

2011: Freedom to Create: Beyond the Glass Curtain, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2011: Fundaments & Sediments / Toys´ Mutiny 2011, City Gallery Prague–Municipal Library, Prague, CZ
2010: Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2006: 1+2+8, The School of Professor Kopecký, Deset Gallery, Prague, CZ
2005: Kopecky’s Sphere, Chapell Gallery, New York City, US
2005: Personal Ties (with Vladimír Kokolia and Jan Hísek), Havelka Gallery, Prague, CZ
2005: Global Art Glass, Borgholm, SE
1998: Art Strasbourg ’98 international art fair, Strasbourg, FR
1998: Glass and Space, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, House at the Black Madonna, Prague, CZ
1996: Form – Light – Glass, American Craft Museum, New York City, US
1992: Situations, Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, CZ
1992: Universal Exposition of Seville (EXPO ’92), Seville, ES
1991: Nomades del Vidre, Barcelona, ES
1989: Bohemian Glass 1400–1989, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, FR
1989: Art 89 – Art Fair, Basel, CH
1989: Surface–Space, Nová síň (New Hall Gallery), Prague, CZ
1988: World Glass Now, Hokkaido MOMA, Sapporo, JP
1984: Glass ’84 in Japan, Tokyo, JP
1967: International and Universal Exposition (EXPO 67), Montreal, CA
1964: Glass – Czechoslovakia and Italy, Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craft Council (now the Museum of Art and Design), New York City, US; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, US
1958: EXPO 58 World’s Fair, Brussels, BE
1957: 11^th Milan Triennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Architecture, Milan, IT

Collections

Moravian Gallery in Brno, CZ
Art Collections of the Veste Coburg, Coburg, DE
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning , New York, US
Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, JP
Klatovy / Klenová Gallery, Klatovy, CZ
Museum of Decorative Art, Laussane, CH
North Bohemian Museum in Liberec, CZ
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB
Benedikt Rejt Gallery, Louny, CZ
Glassmaking Museum, Nový Bor, CZ
Museum of Art in Olomouc, CZ
Lannan Foundation of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida, US
East Bohemian Gallery in Pardubice, CZ
East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice, CZ
Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague
City Gallery Prague, Prague, CZ
National Gallery in Prague, CZ
Prague Castle Administration, Prague, CZ
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ
Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem, CZ
Museum of Glass, Sars-Poteries, FR
Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, Dudley, GB

Glass in architecture (selection)

1963: Havířov Railway Station, Havířov, CZ
1968 — 1975: Kavalier Glassworks, Sázava, CZ
1969 — 1970: Electrotecnical Testing Institute, Prague, CZ
1971: Water Treatment Plant, Želivka, CZ
1974: Television Transmission Tower, Prague, CZ
1974: Mourning Hall, Děčín, CZ
1978: Czech Television Studio, Prague, CZ
1979: ČKD Building, Prague, CZ
1984: Zwolsche Algmeene Insurance Company, Nieuewegein, NL
1988: Hotel Slávie, Brno, CZ
1988 — 1989: Konica House, Tokyo, JP
1989: General Štefánik’s House, Prague, CZ
1992: Leonard Dobbs’ private house, Long Island, New York, US
1994: Technology Centre, Coburg, DE
1998: Czech Savings Bank, Na Perštýně Street, Prague, CZ