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Ivan Mareš (b. Dĕčín, 1956)

1971-1975 trained at the Technical School for Glass Design in Kamenický Šenov; 1977-1983 studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM) under Prof. Stanislav Libenský; several exhibitions around the world; works in numerous public collections and galleries, e.g. in Boston, Canberra, Charlotte (NC), Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Sapporo. Internationally acclaimed freelance glass artist and designer of the older generation; also active in film and theatre productions; several exhibitions around the world; famous for his large-scale and unconventional, extremely complicated and detailed sculptures, which constantly transcend the material boundaries of glass; with rough opaque as well as translucent polished forms of fascinating luminosity and expressiveness, often the result of lengthy successions of technical experiments.

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