Ivana Mašitová is a czech contemporary glass artist who creates mainly cast glass sculptures since 1988. Her works are included in many major museum’s modern art collections, such as the Victoria & Albert Museum London United Kingdom, Corning Museum of Glass New York USA, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Japan, National Gallery Prague the Czech Republic and many others.

“Ivana Mašitová was a student of professor Stanislav Libenský in Prague, the Czech Republic. He, a world-known modern glass art icon, and his wife and collaborator, Jaroslava Brychtová, are considered leading 20th century glass artist worldwide. Thanks to her talent and creativity, Ivana Mašitová has been considered one of his best students since the very beginning of her artistic career creating extraordinary glass sculptures, objects and architectural works using manifold technologies. After many years in this art field, in addition to talent and creativity, she has extensive experience and ability to master any project with unique results and this is reason why she is a renamed artist both in her own country and abroad. And this is the reason why she is considered the follower of professor´s highly professional creativity principles and his enormous success.”

Education

1980-1988: UMPRUM | Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, the Czech Republic

Atelier of Professor Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová

1976-1980: Střední uměleckoprůmyslová škola sklářská (Czech Glass High School), Kamenický Šenov, the Czech Republic (The oldest glass school in the world since 1856, under UNESCO protection)

Public Collections

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Museum voor Sierkunst, Gent, Belgium

Schloss Rosenau, Coburg– Museum Of Modern Glass(Europäisches Museum für modernes Glas, Coburg, Germany

National Gallery Prague, the Czech Republic

Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Czech Republic

Regional museum in Zdar nad Sazavou, the Czech Republic

Moravian Gallery, Brno, the Czech Republic

Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec nad Nisou, the Czech Republic

East Bohemian Museum, Pardubice, the Czech Republic

Awards

2021 AACG – Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Dallas, Texas, USA

Artist of the Month December 2021

2021 Florence Biennale, XIII.International Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design, Florence, Italy

3rd Prize Medal “Lorenzo il Magnifico”- Sculpture

1989 Jugend-Gestaltet-Preis, Munich, Germany

1st Prize

Exhibitions

2022 Red Moon Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne, Australia

Europe and Czech Republic Contemporary Art Glass Exhibition (17July – 09 October 2022)

2022 Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Habatat’s 50th Glass International Exhibition – International Year of Glass 2022 (30April – 29July 2022)

2021 Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition – Introduction into the Gallery (December 2021)

2021 International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria

2021 Florence Biennale XIII.International Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design, Florence, Italy

2021 Broft Galleries, Lerdamm, the Netherlands – Solo exhibition

2019 The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan

2017 Tyler Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2015 Glass Gallery, Rouen, France

2014 Gallery of Art, Hamburg, Germany

2013 Czech Glass, Köln Am Rhein, Germany

2012 Gallery Transparence, Bruxelles, Belgium

2012 Festival of Glass, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2011 Art Glass Gallery, Villach, Austria

2009 Czech Glass, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2008 Czech Glass, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 Glass Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan

2006 Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2005 Glass Gallery, Schalkwijk, the Netherlands

2004 Gallery Clara Scremini, Paris, France

2003 Prof. Libenský and his students, Chicago, USA

2002 Stanislav Libensky and his School, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Japan

2000 Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC, USA

2000 Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture, Takayama Museum, Japan

1999 Nakama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1998 Czech Glass, Heilbronn, Germany

1998 Glass in Architecture, Beijing, China

1997 Plaza Art Gallery, Toyama, Japan

1996 Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK

1996 Art Temporis, Paris, France

1995 Gallery Groeneveld, Almeo, the Netherlands

1995 BGallery, Baden Baden, Germany

1995 Gallery Prager Cabinet, Salzburg, Austria

1994 Gallery Sanske, Zurich, Switzerland

1994 World Glass Now, Sapporo, Japan

1994 World Glass Now, Hiroshima | Tokyo | Osaka, Japan

1993 Days of Czech Culture, Munich, Germany

1993 Center of Art Glass, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1993 Art Glass Centre, Schalkwijk, the Netherlands

1993 Glass Prague Prize, Prague, the Czech Republic

1993 Heller Gallery, New York, USA

1992 Miller Gallery, New York, USA

1992 Glass Gallery, Grabenhof, Austria

1992 The Azabu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Japan

1991 OB ART, Paris, France

1991 Glass Gallery, Hittfeld, Germany

1991 Exposition Internationale Glass, Rouen, France

1991 Configura 1, Fine Art in Europe, Erfurt, Germany

1990 Essener Glass Gallery, Essen, Germany

1990 Congress House, Munich, Germany

1990 Trade Fair of Arts, Barcelona, Spain

1989 Jugend-Gestaltet-Preis, Munich, Germany

1989 Gallery Transparence, Bruxelles, Belgium

1989 Czechoslovak Glass Art, Chartres, France