Ivan Mareš

Czech glass sculptor Ivan Mareš received his training at the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov, Czechoslovakia, and the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he was a student of the legendary professor, Stanislav Libenský. It is thus no surprise that monumental molten glass objects are dominant in his work. Ivan completes astonishingly few pieces, due to the long periods he dedicates to thought and nature study, as well as his utter perfectionism. The glass artist renders common perishable materials – feathers, hay, rope – in a heavy lead glass, breaking the technological limits of mould melting with each new piece. Ivan’s sculptures are owned by numerous public collections internationally, including the Los Angeles Museum of Art, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, among others.

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