Name
Rony Plesl
Born
January 31, 1965 in Jablonec, Czech Republic
Education
- 2004
- Recidency at studio Franco Raggi and Daniela Puppa, Milano, Italy
- 1997
- Residency at Tittot, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1990
- Residency at La Villa Arson. Nice, France
- 1984-1990
- Academy of Applied Arts, Prague
- 1980-1984
- Specialised College for Glass. Železný Brod, Czech Republic
Work Experience
- From 2008
- Head of glass department of Applied Arts in Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague
- From 2007
- Designer for Preciosa, Czech Republic
- From 2006
- Designer for Denizli by Pasabahce, Turkey
- From 2005
- Studio Rony Plesl founded
- From 2003
- Head designer for Sahm, Czech Republic
- 2001-2005
- Designer for Barovier & Tosso, Murano, Italy
- 1995-2000
- Designer for B.A.G., Vsetin, Czech Republic
- 1999
- Designer for glassworks Ajeto, Czech Republic
- 1991-1999
- Design professor, Specialised College for Glass, Železný Brod, Czech Republic
- 1990-1991
- Design professor, College of Glass Art and Jewelry, Jablonec, Czech Republic
Cooperation with the following glassworks
- Barovier and Toso (Italy),
- Sans Souci (Czech Republic),
- Moser (Czech Republic),
- Crystalex Nový Bor (Czech Republic),
- Ajeto (Czech Republic),
- Schott Zwiesel (Germany).
Selected Architectural Works
- Glass wall object
- Sushi Point, Prague, Czech Republic
- Glass chandelier
- Mlýnec, Prague, Czech Republic
- Glass tower
- Glassgallery, Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany
- Granite object
- Milevsko Abbey, Czech Republic
- Glass sculptures
- Hotel Disney World, Florida, USA
- Stone column
- Zwickau, Germany
- Glass tower
- Hamburg, Germany
- Glass sculptures
- Hotel Břízky, Jablonec, Czech Republic
- Glass chandelier
- Dance house, Praque, Czech Republic
- Glass chandelier
- LS club, Prague, Czech Republic
Objects in interior
- Zoom
- restaurant, Prague
- Sushipoint
- sushi restaurant, Prague
- Bellevue
- restaurant, Prague
- Red Bull
- offices
Awards & Honors
- 2007
- Winner of RED DOT design award for “Cleveland” glass (design for SAHM)
- 2006
- Best Czech Design of 2006, automated brand design glass
- 2005
- The vase “Translucent” selected among the 100 best Czech designs of the twentieth century
- 2003
- Best Czech Design of 2003, the collection of cut decorative glass “Vernum”, the whiskey glasses
- 2000
- Best Design SIBO, Czech Republic
- 1999
- Best Czech Design of 1999, the vase “Twiggy”
Solo Exhibitions
- 2009
- Gallery Hittfeld, Germany
Castle Gallery Vsetín, Czech Republic - 2007
- Urban Gallery MY, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
- 2006
- Gallery Hittfeld, Germany
- 2005
- Gallery Chagall, Karvina, Czech Republic
- 2004
- Gallery Seifert, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2003
- Gallery 4in, Liberec, Czech Republic
- 2002
- Glass Gallery Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany
- 2001
- Gallery Pecka, Prague, Czech Republic
- 1999
- Gallery Sklo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Glass Gallery Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany
Town gallery, Weiz, Austria
Literature Institute, Insbruck, Austria
Gallery Art Temporis, Klagenfurt, Austria
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2009
- Gallery Vessel - London
My Europe - Brussels
Connections – Mánes, Prague, Czech Republic - 2008
- Modernist Exibition – New York
Fragile exhibition – New York, Milano - 2007
- Design Basel - Miami
- 2006
- European Design, Italy
Czech Art, Brusel - 2005
- Czech Design, Essen, London, Milan
Interiors of 2005, Prague, Budapest, Berlin - 2004
- Czech Design, Vienna, Austria
- 2003
- 400 Years of Czech Glass, Amersfoort, Netherlands
Contemporary Czech Design, Prague - 2001
- Heller Gallery at Tunel Gallery, Prague
Heller gallery at Fragner Gallery, Prague - 2000
- National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Prague
- 1998
- Aperto Vetro, Pallazzo Ducale, Venezia, Italy
- 1997
- Habatat Galleries, Chicago, USA
Glass Gallery Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany - 1996
- Haarlem and Amsterdam, Holland
- 1995
- World Glass Now, Japan
Public Collections
- Umprum Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
- North Bohemian Museum, Liberec, Czech Republic
- North Bohemian Gallery Liberec, Czech Republic
- Museum of Glass, Jablonec, Czech Republic
- Corning Museum of Glass, USA Glass
- Museum Coesfeld, Germany Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich, Germany Van Der Togt
- Museum, Amsstelveen, Holland
- Private collections in the Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Austria, Holland and Japan
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