Oliver Leššo
1973, Bratislava
Leššo draws his inspiration form the example of older artists and their use of simple basic forms. Frequent elements in his work are hemispheres, prisms, and discs. He only sporadically disturbs the outer surface of the object, for what he really cares about is its internal inner structure, which is conceived during the very process of creation. Small glass segments are baked into the final mass of the whole creating a grid or net structure.
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Department of Glass (J. Gavula).
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2005 Oliver Leššo, Gallery NOVA, Bratislava
2003 J.C.Chapelotte Gallery, Luxemburg
Gallery SPP, Bratislava
2001 Etienne & Van Den Doel Gallery, Haag, NL
2000 Gallery Plateaux, London, UK
Gallery Groll, Naarden, NL
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2007 Gallery NOVA Glass Award, Gallery Z, Bratislava
2006 SOFA Chicago, Plateaux Gallery, USA
2004 Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Slovak Glass, Gallery Plateaux, London, UK
2002 Maison du Verre, Puy-Guiliamme, FR
2001 Galeria Via Large, Florenc, I
2000 Metamorphosis, Gallery of M.A.Bazovský, Trenčín, Orava Gallery, Dolný Kubín
Galerie Groll, Nardeen, NL
Representation in public collections (selection):
Gallery NOVA, Bratislava
Private collections in Slovakia and abroad
