Blanka Adensamová

Blanka Adensamová

Queen of Glass: Blanka says that she is a heavy romantic. But heavy is mainly the glass that she works with, as well as the technique she uses. Still, the work by Blanka Adensamová, a glass artist, makes a light impression. She can do miracles: to capture the transformation of fervent glass material into crystal ice in a fleeting moment.

Studies

    • 1967–70 The High School of Glass Art at Železný Brod

    • 1970–76 The Academy of Applied Arts, Studio for Glass, prof. St. Libenský

Awards

    • 1996 The Prize of Masaryk´s Academy of Arts, Prague
    • 1984 Promotion Award, Glass ’84, Tokyo, Japonsko
    • 1978 The Honour Prize, II. Quadrienale, Erfurt, Německo
    • 1982 The Honour Prize , III Quadrienale, Erfurt, Německo

Collections:

  • Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
  • Museum of Glass, Ebeltoft, Denmark
  • Museum of Glass, Frauenau, Germany
  • National Museum of WA, Washington D.C., USA
  • Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
  • Museum of Rheinbach, Rheinbach, Germany
  • Galerie Lobmayer, Vienna, Austria
  • Sasaki Glass, Tokyo, Japan
  • Essener Glas Galerie, Essen, Germany
  • Karuziawa Bohemian Glass Museum, Kita-sakugun, Japan
  • Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama City, Japan
  • Silica, Kita-Ibaraki City, Japan
  • Koganezaki Glass Museum, Kamo-gun, Japan
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • R. D. Abramson, Washington D.C., USA
  • B. Ginsburg, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • K. Danderfer, Vancouver, Canada
  • Umělecko-průmyslové muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Severočeské muzeum, Liberec, Czech Republic
  • Východočeské muzeum, Pardubice, Czech Republic
  • Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Oblastní galerie, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Czech Television, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Castle Lemberk, collection IGS, Nový Bor, Czech Republic