“I reduce what has been around for ever, I seek the essence of shape …“
Martin Hlubuček graduated from the Applied Glass Arts High School in Železný Brod, the Institute of Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem (art glass studio, prof. Ilja Bílek) and the School of Design in Brno (figure sculpture studio, prof. Michal Gabriel). His art is typical for its preciseness, focus on detail, minimalism and universal geometric shape. Be it mold glass sculptures or blown glass, his masterpieces have their sense of order verging on antic harmony of spheres. His art is popular with both private collectors and public galleries. Hlubuček´s melted and blown glass art recites a mantra of shape – his objects are unpretentious, minimalistic in their expression, precise in their rhythm and pleasing with their aesthetics.
Interview:
Glassmaker Martin Hlubuček: I´m interested in the story of shape
Solo exhibitions (selection):
2016 Galerie Clara Scremini, Martin Hlubuček, Paříž, F
2016 Galerie Kuzebauch, Muranesi, Praha, CZ
2015 DOX by Qubus, Teritorium, Prague, CZ
2015 Galéria NOVA, Teritorium, Bratislava, SK
2013 Galerie Kuzebauch, Ingredience, Prague, CZ
2013 Galerie Clara Scremini, Martin Hlubuček, Paris, F
2011 Galéria NOVA, Červený&čierný, Bratislava, SK
Collective exhibitions (selection):
2016 PAD London, Berkeley Square W1, London, GB
2015 Ambiente, Galerie Kuzebauch, Slow! Glass!, Frankfurt am Main, D
2015 XII. International Glass symposium
2015, Museum of glass, Nový Bor, CZ
2015 Galerie N, Nahoře–Dole (with O. Plíva), Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ
2013 Městská galerie Vlastimila Rady, 70 let tavené skleněné plastiky, Železný Brod, CZ
2014 ST-ART, Foire Européenne d’art Contemporain, Strasbourg, F
2012 International Glass Prize 2012, Lommel, B
2012 Bornholms Kunstmuseums, European Glass Context, Bornholm, DK
2010 Galerie My, “Naše sklo” (with T. Košťál), Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ
2011 The glass museum Glazen Huiz, České sklo – between tradition and inovation, Lommel, B
2009 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Crossing Borders, DK
Awards:
2016 Honorable mention, Art and craft in glass
2014 PAD Prize 2014, Cena Moët Hennessy
2012 Art and craft in glass 2012
2011 Cena Galérie NOVA: Sklo 2011
Public Collection:
Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris, Paris
Happy Materials, Prague
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding-Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette
Museum of decorative arts, Prague
Severočeské muzeum v Liberci, Liberec
Městské muzeum v Železném Brodě, Železný Brod
Východočeské muzeum v Pardubicích, Pardubice
Private collections – Czech Republic, Canada, Spain, Great Britain, Slovakia, France, Singapur, Switzerland, Germany…