Zora Palová

 

She abandoned the geometry of optical glass, gradually turning towards expressive melted sculpture. The basic building element of her sculptures is color, which becomes the determining means of expression and semantic carrier. Palová prefers intense colors that produce an immediate impression on the spectator. Color fills forms inspired in both nature and man, giving origin to symbols and totems of color and light. 

 

1947, Bratislava

 

Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Department of Glass in Architecture (V.Cigler)

Since 1996 she was active as research professor at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Since 2003 she is visiting professor at the University of Sunderland, UK.

 

Solo Exhibitions (selection):

 

2005    Sunderland’s Inspirations, Gallery NOVA, Bratislava

2004    Monumentales, Zora Palova and Stepan Pala, Gallery Jean-Claude Chappelotte,

            Luxemburg

2003     Harmony in Glass, (together with Š. Pala), Zelený dom, Bratislava

2002     I am here, Gallery Pokorná, Prague, CZ

2000     Glass Sculptures, Gallery J.-C. Chappelotte, Luxemburg

1999    Amygdale, Gallery at Jánsky Hill, Prague, CZ

            Amygdale, Habatat Galleries, Florida, USA

1997    Zora Palová and Štepán Pala, Gallery Art du Verre, Luxemburg

 

 

Group Exhibitions (výber):

 

2007      Berengo Studio, Murano, Venice, I

              Masterworks, Habatat Galleries, Michigan, USA 

              Modern Masters, 59.Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich, D

2006      Gallery NOVA, Bratislava

        Reflections, a Decade of North Lands Creative Glass, Royal Museum

        of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

        Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe, Coburg, D

2005      Thinking in Glass, Valentina Zaremba and Sam Jonker Collection,

        Museum of Contemporary Glass, Haag, NL

2003      Vaclav Cigler and his Alumni 1965-1979, Mánes, Prague, CZ

2002      Thinking Big, Sculpture at Goodwood, Peggy Gugenheim Collection, Venice, I

2001      Glass Connections, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK

 

Representation in public collections (selection):

 

Museum of Applied Arts, Prague, CZ

Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Nationale Netherlanden, Rotterdam, NL

Shimonoseki Museum of Modern Art, Japan

Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Kunst Sammlungen der Veste Coburg, D