Vladimír Zbyňovský
He uses the basic combination of glass and stone in an apparently elementary sculptural program. This lends his works unexpected visual variations of the natural and of the cultural that stand in complete harmony with the laws of nature observing them in humble obedience.
1964, Bratislava
1980-1984 Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava
1985-1991 Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Department of Glass
1991 Oliver de Serres School of Applied Arts, Paris, FR
He has lived in France since 1993.
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2005 - Etienne & van den Doel gallery, Oisterwijk, NL
- Rafaël Goldchain & Vladimir Zbynovsky, “About memory”, Galleria Rossella
Junck, Berlin, D
2004 Plateaux Gallery, London, UK
2003 Magic, Galerie Terra Viva, St. Quentin la Poterie, F
2000 Galerie Rob van der Doel, Haag, NL
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2007 Collect, Victoria & Albert museum, Plateaux gallery, London, GB
Verriales, Contraste, Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, FR
Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ
2006 SOFA New York & Chicago
Glas Coburg, exposition internationale, Coburg, D
2005 Galerie Internationale du Verre-Serge Lechaczynski –Biot, FR
PAN Amsterdam, Etienne & van den Doel gallery- Den Haag, NL
2004 Eternal light, Spertus Museum, Chicago, USA
2003 Exposition collective de sculptures, Casino du Palm Beach, Cannes, FR
2002 Venezia Vetro 2002, Galerie Rossella Junck, Venice, I
Representation in public collections (selection):
Banka de San Paolo, Luxembourg
National Bank of Slovakia, Bratislava, SK
Museum de Meisenthal, FR
Museum of Modern Art, Kanazawa, JAP
Spertus Museum, Chicago, USA
Mairie d’Oisterwijk, les Pays-Bas
Musée du Verre, Sars-Poterie, FR
