Pavol Hlôška
1953, Banská Štiavnica
He uses optical glass and its properties, polished or matt outer surfaces, and vacuum plated segments that are eventually caked together. Sober geometrical forms, gently curved prisms that refute simplicity and lenses are his favorite shapes. He splits their inner space into countless variations by means of plated facets whose reflection waits for the spectator to move in order to surprise them with virtual motion or color changes within.
1969 - 1973 Secondary School of Applied Arts, Department of Ceramic
1973 - 1979 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Department of Glass in
Architecture, (V.Cigler)
active as president of Slovak Glass Artists Association
1999 active as president of Slovak Glass Artists Association
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2006 Gallery NOVA, Bratislava
2002 Etienne & van den Doel Gallery, Haag, NL
Plateaux Gallery, London, UK
2000 Etienne & van den Doel Gallery, Haag, NL
1998 Galerie Rob van den Doel Gallery, Haag, NL
Group exhibitions (selection):
2007 Contemporary Slovak Glass, Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Coburg Glass Price, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, D
2005 Thinking in Glass. Václav Cigler and His School, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Haag, NL
Optical bedroog, Groll Gallery, Naarden, NL
2004 Slovak Glass, Plateaux Gallery, London, UK
Boulvard des Sculptures, Kijkduin, Haag, NL
2003 Václav Cigler and his Alumni 1965-1979, Mánes, Prague; MK
SR Bratislava
PAN Amsterdam, Etienne & van den Doel, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Fasets of Slovak Abstraktion, GALERIE MONTCALM, VilleHull, CAN
Dialogo con la luce, Galleria “Via Larga”, Florence, Roma, IT
Representation in public collections (selection):
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
Nationale Nederlanden, Rotterdam, NL
Museum Jan van den Togt, Amstelveen, NL
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, D
Gallery NOVA, Bratislava
