Josef Marek trained at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. He has taught for several years in Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Japan.

Recently he has worked as a freelance sculptor and glassmaker in his studio in Liberec, Czech Republic. His works are in public and private collections and he has shown his sculptures throughout the United States, Japan and Europe.

His inspirations are natural aesthetics, forces and energies. An important aspect of his sculptures are their playfulness with natural light, which he utilizes to create a feeling of illusive space. His sculptures are made by the interaction of natural light and glass sometimes combined with other sculptural materials.

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Born 1963,Czech Republic
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EDUCATION

1978-1982
Bachelor of Arts, School of Glass Art in Kamenicky Senov,Czech Republic

1990-1996
Academy of Applied Arts in Prague,Czech Republic

1990-1996
Studio Glass in Architecture, Professor Marian Karel

1994-1995
Alfred University, New York, United States

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982-1986
Glass Cutter , Crystalex , Novy Bor

1986-1989
Teacher, SOU Sklaoske, Kamenicky Senov

1989-1990
Designer, Umelecka Remesla, Praha

1997-2000
Visiting Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Japan

LECTURES

University of Sunderland

Contemporary Glass Society

Staffordshire University United Kingdom


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1999 Josef Marek, Glass Sculptures, Kaki Gallery, Toyama, Japan

2002 Give and Take, The Studio Glass Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2003 Josef Marek-sklenen plastiky,Galerie Languv dum,Frydek, Czech Republic


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1991 Galerie Vclava Spaly, Praha, Czech Republic

1991 Old Water Reservoir, Barcelona, Spain

1993 Hrad Sovinec,Czech Republic

1994 Holsten Gallery, United States

1994-1996 Rob Van Den Doel Gallery, Holandsko, Netherlands

1995 Umelecko-prumyslov Muzeum, Praha, Czech Republic

1995-1996 Galerie Languv Dum, Frydek, Czech Republic

1996 Nrodn Technick Muzeum, Praha, Czech Republic

1998 Chappell Gallery, United States

1998 DAY.I.Can, Toyama, Japan

1998 Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan

1998 Museum of Modern Art, Takaoka, Japan

1998 Enomoto Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro 98, Italy

1998 Auction in aid of Sue Ryder Foundation, The Studio Glass Gallery, London, United Kingdom

1998 Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Nemecko

1999 The second contemporary glass exhibition in Satsuma, Japan

2000 Japanese Connections, The Studio Glass Gallery,London, United Kingdom

2002 Stone and glass, Czech Embassy, Tokyo, Japan

2011-2012 Laisee-10 Years of Koru Contemporary Art in Hong Kong, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong