Ivana Masitova

Ivana Mašitová is a Czech glass artist. She creates mainly cast glass sculptures. Her works are included in many major modern art collections, such as the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, United Kingdom), Corning Museum of Glass (New York, USA), National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan), National Gallery Prague (the Czech Republic), and many others.

She was a student of Stanislav Libenský in Prague, Czech Republic.

Education 1980–1988: Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) Atelier of Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová 1976–1980: , Kamenický Šenov, Czechoslovakia

Public collections

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan Museum voor Sierkunst, Gent, Belgium Schloss Rosenau, Coburg- Museum Of Modern Glass(Europäisches Museum für modernes Glas, Coburg, Germany National Gallery Prague, Prague, the Czech Republic Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, the Czech Republic Regional museum in Zdar nad Sazavou, Žďár nad Sázavou, the Czech Republic Moravian Gallery, Brno, the Czech Republic Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec nad Nisou, the Czech Republic East Bohemian Museum, Pardubice, the Czech Republic

Awards 2021 Artist of the Month | December 2021, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Dallas, Texas, USA 2021 Bronze Medal "Lorenzo il Magnifico"- International Award Winner for Sculpture ROYAL (Collection Mysterious Fans), Florence Biennale, XIII.International Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design, Florence, Italy 1989 1st Prize - Glass Sculpture, Jugend-Gestaltet-Prize, Munich, Germany

Exhibitions

2023 The Old Royal Palace - Theresian Wing, Prague Castle, Prague, the Czech Republic 2023 Glasgalerie Stölting, Hamburg, Germany 2023 The Gallery at Four India St., Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA 2023 Habatat Galleries, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 2023 Red Moon Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Design Week 2023 Broft Galleries, Lerdamm, the Netherlands 2023 Contemporary Glass Society UK, United Kingdom - Expanding Boundaries 2022 Red Moon Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, Melbourne, Australia - Europe Contemporary Art Glass Exhibition 2022 Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA - Glass Art Fair 2022 - Habatat's 50th Glass International Exhibition - UN International Year of Glass 2022 2021 Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 2021 International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria 2021 Florence Biennale XIII.International Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design, Florence, Italy 2021 Broft Galleries, Lerdamm, the Netherlands - SOLO EXHIBITION 2019 The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan 2017 Tyler Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2015 Glass Gallery, Rouen, France 2014 Gallery of Art, Hamburg, Germany 2013 Czech Glass, Köln Am Rhein, Germany 2012 Gallery Transparence, Bruxelles, Belgium 2012 Festival of Glass, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2011 Art Glass Gallery, Villach, Austria 2009 Czech Glass, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2008 Czech Glass, Bangkok, Thailand 2007 Glass Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan 2006 Art Museum, Taipei, Tchaj-wan 2005 Glass Gallery, Schalkwijk, the Netherlands 2004 Gallery Clara Scremini, Paris, France 2003 Prof. Libenský and his students, Chicago, USA 2002 Stanislav Libenský and his School, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Tchaj-wan 2000 Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC, USA 2000 Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture, Takayama Museum, Japan 1999 Nakama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1998 Czech Glass, Heilbronn, Germany 1998 Glass in Architecture, Beijing, China 1997 Plaza Art Gallery, Toyama, Japan 1996 Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK 1996 Art Temporis, Paris, France 1995 Gallery Groeneveld, Almeo, the Netherlands 1995 BGallery, Baden Baden, Germany 1995 Gallery Prager Cabinet, Salzburg, Austria 1994 Gallery Sanske, Zürich, Switzerland 1994 World Glass Now, Sapporo, Japan 1994 World Glass Now, Hiroshima | Tokyo | Osaka, Japan 1993 Days of Czech Culture, Munich, Germany 1993 Center of Art Glass, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1993 Art Glass Centre, Schalkwijk, the Netherlands 1993 Glass Prague Prize, Prague, the Czech Republic 1993 Heller Gallery, New York, USA 1992 Miller Gallery, New York, USA 1992 Glass Gallery, Grabenhof, Austria 1992 The Azabu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Japan 1991 OB ART, Paris, France 1991 Glass Gallery Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany 1991 Exposition Internationale Glass, Rouen, France 1991 Configura 1, Fine Art in Europe, Erfurt, Germany 1990 Essener Glass Gallery, Essen, Germany 1990 Congress House, Munich, Germany 1990 Trade Fair of Arts, Barcelona, Spain 1989 Jugend-Gestaltet-Preis, Munich, Germany 1989 Gallery Transparence, Bruxelles, Belgium 1989 Czechoslovak Glass Art, Chartres, France