| |
|
| 1948 |
Born Dec. 21,1948 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia |
| 1965-69 |
Earned undergraduate degree in off-hand shaped hot glass at the Secondary |
| |
School of Glassmaking in Železný Brod |
| 1969-75 |
Graduate studies at Glass Studio with Prof. Stanislav Libenský, Academy of |
| |
Applied Arts (VŠUP), Prague |
| 1975-92 |
Glass designer of mould-melted sculpture and designs of hot-formed glass, |
| |
Železnobrodské sklo glassworks |
| 1992-95 |
Freelance artist |
| 1995 – 96 |
Instructor in Costume Jewelry, School of Art and Industry (SUPŠ) |
| |
in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic |
| Since 1996 |
Head of Glass Studio, Department (Faculty) of Art and Design, |
| |
J. E. Purkyně University (UJEP) in Ústí nad Labem |
| 2004 |
Received Associate Professor status at the Academy of Art, Architecture |
| |
and Design in Prague |
| 2010 |
Granted the Chancellor of the University Prize for his artwork |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
One-man shows |
| |
|
| 1977 |
Prague, Karolina Gallery |
| 1987 |
Liberec, Czech Republic, Malá výstavní síň (Small Gallery) |
| 1989 |
Seevetal, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld – New Glass Ilja Bílek |
| |
and Pavel Ježek |
| 1992 |
Seevetal, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld – New Glass |
| 1996 |
Bratislava, Slovakia, Glass Art Gallery Simone, together with Ivana Houserová |
| 1998 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Galerie na Jánském vršku |
| 1999 |
London, Great Britain, Glass Studio Gallery, together with Ivana Houserová |
| 2000 |
Liberec, Czech Republic, North Bohemian Museum in Liberec |
| |
(together with Miroslava Krausová) |
| 2000 |
Seevetal, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, New Glass Ilja Bílek |
| 2001 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Galerie na Jánském vršku (catalogue) |
| 2003 |
Berlin, Germany, Czech Centre Gallery (CzechPoint) – Durchdringung |
| 2003 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Beseda Community Gallery, Poločas/Half Time, |
| |
(together with Miroslava Krausová) |
| 2004 |
London, Great Britain, The Studio Glass Gallery (together with Anna Kopecká), |
| |
The Studio Glass Gallery |
| 2005 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Poločas/Half Time (together with Mirkou Krausovou), |
| |
Beseda Gallery |
| 2006 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Prodloužená/Extended, Galerie Pokorná |
| 2007 |
Znojmo, Czech Republic, Vzájemná přítomnost/Mutual Presence |
| |
(together with Miroslava Krausová), South Moravian Museum in Znojmo |
| 2008 |
Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, Transfúze/Transfusion |
| |
(together with T. Chaloupková, J. Maturová and J. Surýnek), Museum of Glass |
| |
and Jewellery (catalogue) |
| 2009 |
Paris, France, Verre Tchèque, Galerie Hélene Porée |
| |
(together with Alena Matoušková and Anna Polanská), (catalogue) |
| 2009 |
Turnov, Czech Republic, Miroslava Krausová, Ilja Bílek |
| |
and Jan Surýnek, Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov, |
| |
(together with Miroslava Krausová and Jan Surýnek) |
| 2009 |
Ostrava, Czech Republic, Glass, Painting and Graphic Art, Ostrava Museum |
| |
(together with L. Sokolová and Luba Bakičová) |
| 2010 |
Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, St. Anne’s Church, Na cestě /En Route |
| |
(together with L. Sokolová) |
| 2010 |
Prague, Czech Republic, New Town Hall, Construction-Destruction |
| |
(together with Luba Bakičová) |
| 2010 |
Seevetal, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Latest Works – Ilja Bílek |
| 2011 |
Czech Republic, Prague Festival of Glass 2011 – The Slovak |
| |
Institute in Prague, Glass, Concrete, Iron (together with Luba |
| |
Bakičová and Ivan Illovský) |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Participation in collective exhibitions |
| |
|
| 1999 |
London (Great Britain) Czech & British, Contemporary Glass Sculpture, |
| |
The Studio Glass Gallery (Catalogue) |
| 1999 |
New York (USA), SOFA 2000 |
| 1999-2000 |
Beijing (China), Exhibition of Czech Glass |
| 2001 |
New York (USA), SOFA – 2001 |
| 2001 |
Boca Raton (USA), Habatat Galleries – Florida, Contemporary |
| |
Glass 2001 (Catalogue) |
| 2001 |
Prague (Czech Republic), Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, |
| |
IGS 1982 – 2000 (catalogue ) |
| 2001 |
Prague (Czech Republic), National Technical Museum in Prague, |
| |
Stanislav Libenský and His School (catalogue ) |
| 2001 |
Chicago (USA), SOFA – 2001 |
| 2001 |
Salzburg (Austria), Galerie Prager Kabinett Salzburg, Stanislav Libenský |
| |
und seine schule (catalogue) |
| 2002 |
New York (USA), SOFA – 2002 |
| 2002 |
Taipei (Taiwan), Fain Arts Museum Gallery 1A, Stanislav Libenský |
| |
and His School (catalogue) |
| 2002 |
Seevetal bei Hamburg (Germany), Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Ilja Bílek |
| |
und sein Atelier |
| 2003 |
Immenhausen (Germany), Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Ilja Bílek und sein Atelier |
| 2003 |
New York City (USA), Museum of Arts and Design (Craft Museum), |
| |
Libenský and His Students |
| 2003 |
Seevetal bei Hamburg, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, |
| |
15 Jahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld |
| 2004 |
Langenfeld (Germany), Glaskunst Stadtmuseum, |
| |
Zeitgenössiche Tschechische Glaskunst |
| 2004 |
Neumünster (Germany), Zeitgenössiche Tschechische Glaskunst |
| 2004 |
Lübeck (Germany), Zeitgenössiche Tschechische |
| |
Glaskunst in Historichen Räumen |
| 2004 |
Hamburg (Germany), Zeitgenössiche Tschechische Glaskunst in Museum |
| |
für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
| 2004 |
Jablonec nand Nisou, Czech Republic, Setkání/Encounters, Galerie N |
| 2005 |
München (Germany), 57. Internationalen Handwerksmesse |
| |
München – Meister der Moderne 2005 |
| 2006 |
Coburg, Germany, Glassprize 2006, Glaskunst Museum (catalogue) |
| 2006 |
Chicago, USA, SOFA |
| 2006 |
Beijing, China, Czech Republic – European Crossroads |
| 2007 |
Berlin, Germany, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Contemporary Czech Glass, |
| |
Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin |
| 2008 |
Hamburg, Germany, 20 Yahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Galerie Hittfeld |
| 2008 |
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 8th Art Glass Festival, Galerie Minea |
| 2009 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Connections 2009 – Contemporary European |
| |
Glass Sculpture, Mánes (catalogue) |
| 2010 |
Prague, Czech Republic, Prague Festival – Galerie Pokorná, |
| |
Vyšehrad-Gorlice (catalogue) |
| 2011 |
Litoměřice, Czech Republic, The North Bohemian Gallery of Fine |
| |
Art in Litoměřice-The Former Jesuit Church, Matter, Colour, Light |
| 2011 |
Strasbourg, France,Conseil Général du Bas-RhinPlace du Quartier Blanc |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Represented in the following collections |
| |
|
| |
Prague (Czech Republic), Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Liberec (Czech Republic), North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
Poznań (Poland), National Museum in Poznań
Belfast (Ireland), Ulster Museum
Hamburg (Germany), Museum of Art and Industry
Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Republic), Museum of Glass and Jewellery
Brno (Czech Republic), Moravian Gallery in Brno
Nový Bor, Czech Republic, Crystalex – Glass Symposia Collection (chateau Lemberk)
Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Savings Bank, Czech Glass Collection
Coesfeld, Germany, Ernsting Stiftung Glasmuseum, Coesfeld
Corning, USA, The Corning Museum of Glass
London, Great Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum
|
