Rony Plesl
Bio
Rony Plesl (1965) is a leading Czech artist, sculptor, designer and professor who has garnered international acclaim in the field of glass sculpture. His unique oeuvre emerges from his deep knowledge of quality glassmaking and the technologies used in his original designs and artworks."
The sense of detail and precision grinding, trademarks of the Czech glassmaking school, are paramount in Plesl’s work, yet they never overpower the conceptual ideas behind his art. The monumentality of his sculpture is enhanced by the globally unique glass casting technology. He takes yet another step towards the emancipation of the medium of glass sculpture, towards a unique definition of how far the limits of contemporary art can be pushed. Since 2008, Rony Plesl is Head of the Studio of Glass at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 2017, he was appointed Professor of Design and Architecture. Plesl’s artworks are represented in public and private collections in the Czech Republic and internationally. He received multiple awards for his work: Good Design Award (2019, 2013, 2010), Red Dot Award (2019, 2007), Czech Grand Design (2011) and others
Works
Exhibitions
- 2024 / To Be Or Not To be (with Martin Janecký), Savarin, Prague
- 2024 / Heavy Weights by SIN, DSC Gallery, Prague
- 2023 / Trees Grow from the Sky, Museum Kampa, Prague
- 2022 / Group Exhibition: Geometria naturalis, Kvalitář Gallery, Prague
- 2022 / Trees Grow from the Sky, Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
- 2021 / Incarnation (with Richard Stipl), DSC Gallery, Prague
- 2019 / Sacred Geometry, V&A Museum, as a part of London Design Festival 2019, London
- 2016 / Retrospective Exhibition, Belvedere, Prague
- 2012 / Ernsting Stiftung (with Ilja Bílek and Petr Stanický), Coesfeld-Lette
- 2009 / Vessel Gallery, London
- 2007 / Design Basel, Miami
- 1997 / Group exhibition: Habatat Galleries, Chicago