Glass Artists

Vlastislav Janáček

Vlastislav  Janáček

Biography

Vlastimil Janáček was born in Havlíčkův Brod on October 18, 1960.

In the years 1975–1978 he completed an apprenticeship as a glass cutter in the glass Factory in Světlá nad Sázavou and from 1978–1981 the School of Art and Design in Kamenický Šenov with Professor Vladimír Klein. From 1982-1984 he worked as a glass grinder in the Nový Bor glassworks. In the years 1984-1999 he worked as a teacher of glass grinding.

Since 1999 he has lived and worked as a freelance artist in Kamenický Šenov.

Sculptures & Glass

Exhibitions

Selected

1992 – Galerie  L  Hamburg

1993 - Stutgarter Glass Galerie

1994 - Galerie  Hertogenbosch -  Holland

1995 - Glasgalerie Hertogenbosch / GOOIJER Fine ART – Holland

1996 - Galerie CHAPELOTTE  - Luxembourg

1997 - Kunst RAI – Amsterdam

1998 - Galerie Hertogenbosch – Holland

1999 - Galerie  CHAPELOTTE  - Luxembourg

2002 – 2004 -  SANDRA AINSLEY GALLERY – Toronto /Glass Gallery BROFT – Holland

2004 - Gallery CHICORY  - Holland

2006 - MOSTLY  GLASS  GALLERY -  New Jersey

2009 - AACG – Artist of The Month / January

2010 - SOFA  New York / SOFA  Chicago

2011 - SOFA  New York / Glassfest Karlovy Vary

2012 - PISMO Fine Art Glass  Denver – Colorado / Glassgalerie HERRMANN – Germany, Broft Van der Horst Galleries  Den Haag Glassfest  Karlovy Vary