Works

 

ARTIST

 

Lukáš Mjartan

The major interest of Lukáš Mjartan (1975) lies in kiln-formed glass, especially in cast glass. After his apprenticeship with renowned Slovakian glass artists Zora and Stephan Pala, he began his own artistic way. Since he has developed a distinctive sculptural language. He draws his inspiration from various architectural forms transforming them into contrasting rigid geometric shapes with structural, sometimes even rough gestural textures and elements. The light and the varying thickness of the glass mass play with the intensity of each color he chooses for his works, thus creating expressive sculptural forms.

Education & Teaching (Selected)

1994-2000Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava 
1998University of Sunderland, UK
1997University of Fine Arts Krakow, Poland


Exhibitions (Selected)

2012Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011SOFA Chicago, USA, 
ArtPalmBeach, Florida, USA 
2010SOFA Santa Fe, USA
2008Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, USA 
Visser Gallery, Netherlands
2007Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York, USA 
Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, New York, USA
2006Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe, Coburg, Germany 
Glass in Space - Space in Glass, Gallery NOVA, Bratislava, Slovakia 
2003Lukas Mjartan & Oliver Lesso: The youngest generation, JCC Gallery, Luxembourg