Štepán Pala
Štěpán Pala’s work is based on the consistent application of mathematics. Geometry is not the target, but just a means of revealing the hidden space of the universe. Glass objects make it possible to unveil the complexity of geometrical shapes; they discover the aesthetics of mathematics. He exhausts all possibilities of symmetrical and asymmetrical composition and the dynamics of stability.
1944 Zlín, CZ
Secondary School of Applied Arts of Glass, Kamenický Šenov
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Department of Glass in Architecture (V.Cigler)
1999 - 2002 Visiting Professor, University of Sunderland, UK
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2004 Gallery Komart, Bratislava
Monuments, Zora Palova and Štěpán Pala, Luxemburg
2003 Harmony in Glass, (together with Z. Palova), Zelený dom, Bratislava
2002 Possibilities of Space, Gallery Z, Bratislava
2001 Possibilities of Space, Gallery Pokorná, Prague, CZ
1999 Spaces, Galler at Jánsky Hill, Prague, CZ
Štěpán Pala, Glass, Habatat Galleries, Florida, USA
1998 Zora Palová and Štěpán Pala, Gallery Art du Verre, Luxemburg
1996 Synergy, The Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK
Group exhibitions (selection):
2007 Berengo Studio, Murano, Venice, I
Masterworks, Habatat Galleries, Michigan, USA
2006 European neo-constructivism 1930-2000, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Moscow, R
Coburger Glass Award, Coburg
2005 Thinking in Glass, Valentine Zaremba and Sam Jonker Collection,
Museum of Contemporary Glass, Den Haag, NL
2003 Václav Cigler and his Alumni 1965-1979, Mánes, Prague; Bratislava
2001 Club of Concretizes SK (Homage to Alojz Klimo), Gallery Z, Bratislava
2000 The 20.th Century, SNG, Bratislava
Representation in public collections (selection):
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
Museum of Applied Arts, Prague, CZ
Museum of Fine Arts, Kanazawa, Japan
Collection of Queen of Holland, NL
ING, Rotterdam, NL
V&A Museum, London, UK
