Vladimíra Klumpar
Vladimíra Klumpar graduated from the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1981 after studying at the SUPŠ glass school in Železný Brod. She studied under Prof. Stanislav Libenskywho, together with Jaroslav Brychtová is synonymous with fused glass sculpture. He has inspired many of his students to use it artistically, but only a few have been able to make a lasting name for themselves abroad. Vladimíra Klumpar lives and works in the US (1985-1998), Mexico (since 1989), and the Czech Republic (since 2000). Her glass objects, often using bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement. They are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communicating inherent on Earth and within man. That is why Vladimíra Klumpar is one of the most outstanding artists of her generation. She doesn't treat glass as an ordinary material, but as a unique natural phenomenon, a fifth element.
Education
1969-1973 Specialized School of Glassmaking, Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic
1974-1981 Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, Prof. Stanislav Libensky
Awards
1981 School Award of the Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1991 New England Artist Foundation Fellowship 1991 Massachusetts Artist Foundation Fellowship
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 Corning Museum Award Winners, Invitational Habatat Galleries, MI
2010 Conrning Museum Award Winners, Invitational Habatat Galleries, MI
2013 Award winners 41st Annual International Glass Invitational Habatat Galleries, MI
Individual exhibitions
2019 Vibration, Kuzebauch Gallery
2013 Broft / Van der Horst Galleries, Hague, Netherlands
2012 Mystery of Light, East Bohemia Gallery, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2011 Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
2009 Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2008 Habatat Gallery, Tysons Corner, VA
2007 Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 SOFA Chicago - with Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, ILGalerie Pokorná, Prague, Czech Republic
2004 SOFA Chicago - Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (with Michael Pavlik)
2003 Vladimira Klumpar - Works from 1986 to 1998", Chappel Gallery, New York City, NY Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA (with Michael Pavlik)
2002 Galerie Pokorná, Prague, Czech Republic (with Michael Pavlik)
2001 Heller Gallery, New York City, NY (with Michael Pavlik)
2000 SOFA Chicago - with Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL (with Michael Pavlik)Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (with Michael Pavlik)
1999 Gallery Bershad, Somerville, MA 1998 Bohemian Gallery, Astoria-Queens, NY
1997 Sculpture and Drawings", Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
1993 Winds, Channels and Drops", Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA
1991 Heller Gallery, New York City, NYHolsten Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 1990 Sanske Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1989 Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Holsten Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1984 Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
Group exhibitions (selection)
2013 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Prag Festival, Galerie Pokorná, Prague, Czech Republic
Art in Hainan 2013 , Levant art gallery, Shanghai, China
Shantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MI
2012 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Shantz Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Glass 2012, Shanghai, China
2011 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Prague Festival 2010, US Cultural Center, Prague, Czech Republic
SOFA Chicago (with Heller Gallery, New York City), Chicago, IL
Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Shantz Gallery, Stockbirdge, MA
2009 Prague Festival 2009, Mexican Embassy, Prague, Czech Republic
Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Connections, Prague, Czech Republic
Shantz Gallery, Stockbirdge, MA
Galerie Pokorná, Prague, Czech Republic
Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia
2008 Reflections of Contemporary Glass, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
České a slovenské sklo v exilu /Czech and Slovak Glass in exile/, The Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
České a slovenské sklo v exilu / Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile, Moravská galerie v Brně, Brno, Czech Republic
Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
2006 Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Czech Glass, the Corning Museum of Glass, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Harvest, Regional Museum, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2005 Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
SOFA New York, New York City, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Group Exhibition at Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
The Power of Woman, Bayer&Bayer Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
SOFA New York, New York City, NY
2002 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOFA New York, New York City, NY
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2001 Group Exhibition at Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2000 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995 Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
Group Exhibition at Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1994 Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
Group Exhibition at Sandra Ansley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibition at Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1993 Group Exhibition at Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
Composition Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Collections
Cafesjian Museum Foundation / Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Corning Museum of Glass / Corning, NY
Museum of Glass / Nový Bor, Czech Republic
Lannan Foundation / Palm Beach, FL
Mint Museum of Art / Charlotte, NC
Museum of Arts & Design / New York, NY
Museum of Art and Industry / Prague, Czech Republic
Museum of Glass and Jewellery / Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Museum of North Bohemia/ Liberec, Czech Republic
Racine Art Museum / Racine, WI
Regional Museum in Mikulov / Mikulovĕ, Czech Republic
Seven Bridges Foundation / Greenwich, CT
Kuzebauch Gallery / Prague, Czech Republic
Publications
1998 Michael Boylen / "Sculptures and Drawings," Review, Glass, Spring
2007 Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile / Sylva Petrova
2004 Karen S. Chambers / "Works from 1986 to 1998," Review, Glass, Spring Sila Zeny / Bayer & Baye
1993 Chuck Meyer / "Sculptor Creates Drama in Glass," The Recorder, January 15 / Greenfield, MA Sue Scott / "Exhibition Canal Gallery," Review, Glass, Winter The Springfield Advocate, Review, November 25
Vladimíra Klumpar - Swash
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Sunset
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Sofia
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Sailing in Yellow
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Sail
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Inner Energy
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Frida
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Current
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Contemplation Series 3
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Contemplation Series 2
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Contemplation Series 1
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.
Vladimíra Klumpar - Contemplation
Vladimir's glass objects, often in bright dominant colours, are dynamic and vital. Even in their contemplative form, they contain the energy of movement, they are a captured image of a moment, an unrepeatable snapshot, a blink of the eye. They have an inner trembling, restlessness, vibration, a way of communication inherent on Earth and within man.