Name
Rony Plesl
Born
January 31, 1965 in Jablonec, Czech Republic
Education
- 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
- 2004
- Recidency at studio Franco Raggi and Daniela Puppa, Milano, Italy
Work Experience
- 2009
- Head designer for Sans Souci
- 2009
- Head designer for Sahm, Germany
- 2008
- Head of glass department of Applied Arts in Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague
- 2007
- Designer for Preciosa, Czech Republic
- 2006-2007
- Designer for Denizli by Pasabahce, Turkey
- 2006
- Designer for Jablonex Group, Czech Republic
- 2005
- Designer for Glassworks Květná, Klára, Czech Republic
- 2005
- Designer for Sahm, Germany
- 2005
- Studio Rony Plesl founded
- 2003-2007
- 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),
- Ornela Desná (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
- Céleste
- restaurant in the Dancing house, Prague
- LS Club
- member´s club, Prague
- V Zátiší
- restaurant, Prague
- Zoom
- restaurant, Prague
- Sushipoint
- sushi restaurant, Prague
- Bellevue
- restaurant, Prague
- Sahm
- showroom
- 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
- 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
- With Tomas Plesl, Jablonec, Czech Republic
Castle Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Gallery Pecka, Prague, Czech Republic - 1999
- Design Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
Gallery Sklo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Glass Gallery Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany
Town gallery, Weiz, Austria
Literature Institute, Insbruck, Austria
Gallery Art Temporis, Klagenfurt, Austria
Private gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic - 1998
- Town gallery, Weiden, Germany
Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec, Czech Republic - 1997
- Gallery Art Temporis, Klagenfurt, Austria
- 1996
- Gallery Fred Backer, Borne, Holland
Glassworks Vsetin, Czech Republic - 1995
- North Bohemian Gallery, Liberec, Czech Republic
- 1994
- Gallery Hulka, Liberec, Czech Republic
- 1990
- Convent, Milevsko, Czech Republic
Town gallery, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2009
- Gallery Vessel - London
- 2009
- My Europe - Brussels
- 2009
- Connections – Mánes, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2008
- Modernist Exibition – New York
- 2007
- Design Basel - Miami
- 2006
- European Design, Italy
- 2006
- 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
- 1999
- Modern Glass Objects, Castle Zdar, Czech Republic
- 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
- 1994
- Museum of Glass, Jablonec, Czech Republic
Design for Barovier & Tosso, Vsetín, Czech Republic - 1993
- Town gallery, Jablonec, Czech Republic
- 1992
- Czech glass objects, Brno, Czech Republic
Anna Chevalley Gallery, Montreaux, Switzerland - 1991
- Gallery Arti et Gaudiae, Haag, Holland
North Bohemian Gallery, Liberec, Czech Republic
Installation, Liberec, Czech Republic - 1990
- Academy of Applied Arts, Nice, France
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, Japan
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