Curriculum Vitae
1966 Born in Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic
Before Alena Matějková, from 2011 uses family name Matějka
Studies:
2000–2005 Ph.D. study at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
1989–1997 M.A., Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic Glass Department led by Prof. Vladimír Kopecký
1995 2-month study in Glasgow School of Art, Ceramic Department, UK
1981–1985 Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
Awards:
2014 Special Jury Award - Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Germany
2005 Award for dignified representation of the Czech Republic at the World Exhibition EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan
2000 František Wolf Annual Award of the Czech Fund of Fine Arts, Czech Republic
1997 First Prize at the Young Glass (Michael Bang Award), Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1996 First Prize at the exhibition of art colleges “Venezia Aperto Vetro ’96”, MuseoVetrario, Murano, Venice, Italy
Teaching:
2018 Workshop in Shanghai Polytechnic University, school of Applied Arts Design, Shanghai, China
2018 Creative Hands, workshop in Toyama City Institute of Glass Art (TIGA), Toyama, Japan
2009 Instructor in Pilchuck Glass School, course “Aestetics of Pattern”, USA
2003 3-month teaching as visiting artist in The University of Sunderland, UK
Scolarship:
2003 5-month fellowship at The National Glass Centre and The University of Sunderland with support of the Arts Council North East and Visiting Arts/British Council in London, UK
Jury member:
2020-2021 GCVC Glass Cutting World Cup 2020, Světlá nad Sázavou, Czech Republic
2014 Stanislav Libenský Award, Praha, Czech Republic
Auctions:
2018 Arthouse Hejtmánek, Prague, Czech Republic
Commission:
2019 Glass wings for First soloist of Ballet of National Theatre in Prague Michal Štípa and Nikola Márová
2019 Hotel & Museum Royal Clasic Osaka Namba, Osaka, Japan, glass sculpture “Between Heaven and Earth”
2009 ICArt Royal Caribbean Cruises, Glass Sculptures on the board of cruising boat Oasis of the Seas
2007 Magic Carpet, Realization in architecture, private house in Barcelona, Spain
2007 Gift – sculpture of the town Kamenice nad Lipou for president of The Czech Republic
2007 Award for Zentiva partners, org. HMS Design, Praha
2006 Alfa and Omega, stone sculptures in Falun, Sweden
2005 Andrej Nikolaj Stankovič´s Prize for The Czech Cinematography
2003 LCA Royal Caribbean Cruises, Glass Sculptures on the board of cruising boat Serenade of the Seas
2002 The Boat – stone sculpture in Orsa, Sweden
2000 Annual prizes for Škofin dealers
2000 Realization in architecture for the Senate of the Czech Republic, Wallenstein Palace
1996–2021 Prize for the Best Athlet of Czech Republic (cena udělovaná každoročně od roku 1996)
1994-1997 Prize of the newspaper Lidové Noviny for the hockey coach of the year of Czech Republic
Represented in Collections:
Museums
Collection of Glass, City Council Toyama,
Japan
Glas Museet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Lette, Ernstimg Foundation,
Coesfeld, Germany
Horácká galerie, Nové Město na Moravě, Czech
Republic
Landesmuseum, Kassel, Germany
Municipal Museum, Langenfeld, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech
Republic
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, castle
Kamenice nad Lipou, Czech Republic
East Bohemian Museum, Pardubice, Czech
Republic
Collections
Institute for International Research in
Glass, Sunderland, U.K.
Public places
Eide, Sculpture park, granite sculpture,
Norway
Emaar Collection, marble sculpture, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Falun Sculpture Park, Falun, granite
sculpture Sweden
Pisek, town park, granite sculpture, Czech
Republic
Orsa, sendstone sculpture, Sweden
Vlasenice, Magic Garden, 3 granite
sculptures, Czech Republic
Private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad
Art fairs:
2017 Exempla ‘Material - Values in the Crafts’, Galerie Handwerk, International Trade Fair, München, Germany
2014 Ambiente, Messe Frankfurt, Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005 EXPO Aichi, Czech Studio Glass – Bound by Light and Space / V zajetí světla a prostoru, Aichi, Japan
2000 ST-ART 2000, Contemporary Art Fair of Strasbourg, France
1996 Exempla , Talente ´96, Galerie Handwerk, International Trade Fair, München, Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2020-2021 Omnia Mea, Portheimka Glass Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
2020-2021 Cabinet of Curiosities, Galerie Kuzebauch, Prague, Czech Republic
2019-2020 Dreams, Glasgalerie Stölting, with Lars Widenfalk, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Journey to the mystic world, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2015 Between Heaven and Earth, Glasgalerie Stölting, Hamburg, Germany
2015 Heartbeat, Galerie Welti, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013 3 x 1, City Museum in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic
2011 Gallery ARP, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 The Sixth Floor Gallery, Koerich, Luxembourg
2008 The Sea Between Us, Galerie Nová Síň, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 Das geklonte Mariechen, Glasgalerie Hittfeld near Hamburg, Germany
2005 Cloned Máňa, Gallery Nová Síň, Prague, Czech Republic
2004 The Path / Magic Carpets, Museum of Decorative Arts, Kamenice nad Lipou Castle, Czech Republic
2004 W/M Sculptures, (together with Lars Widenfalk), Falun, Sweden
2004 Magic Carpets, The National Glass Centre in Sunderland U.K.
2002 Artlantis, Gorlice, subterranean halls of Vyšehrad, (together with Lars Widenfalk), Prague, Czech Republic
2002 Art from the Czech Republic, Gallery ARTRA, (together with Zdeněk Lhotský) Amsterdam, Holland
2001 Neue Generation von Böhmischem Glas, Helason Design, Wiena, Austria
2001 Leichtigkeit & Finsternis, Gallery Ars Temporis, Klagenfurt, Austria
2000 Gallery ARTRA, Amsterdam, Holland
1999 Gallery SKLO, Atlanta, USA
1998 Glass in the Church, Zwiesel, Germany
1998 Investment and Post Bank, (together with Joska Skalník), Prague, Czech Republic
1998 Four, The Church of All Saints, Kamenice nad Lipou, Czech Republic
1997 The Path, Gorlice, Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
1994 Stone and Glass, quarry, Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
1994 Alena Matějková – Sklo, Central Europe Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Group Exhibitions:
2021/22 Struck by Storm and Serenity: School of Vladimir Kopecky 1990 - 2008, Museum Kampa, Museum of glass Portheimka, Prague, Czech Republic
2021 Lette Glass Museum. Exhibitions and Collection 2016-2020, Coesfeld, Germany
2021 Element Glass - Materia of imagination, Oblastní galerie Vysočiny v Jihlavě, Jihlava, Czech Republic
2020 Vyso ina sklářská 2020, Muzeum of Vyso ina Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
2019 Beauty and his Beast, Legnica, Poland
2019 Beauty and his Beast, Wroclaw, Poland
2019 Glas Begegnungen, St. Pölten, Austria
2019 Pleiad of Glass 1946 - 2019, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 International Glass Symposium 2018 Novy Bor, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 ‘NGC 21’, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
2019 Le Verre en Mouvement, Sars-Poteries, France
2018 project Portheimka, Museum Kampa - Foundation of Jan and Meda Mládek, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Dots, circles and spheres, Galerie Handwerk Exhibition, Munich, Germany
2018-2019 Egeskov castle exhibition, Odense, Denmark
2017 Glass Dialogs, Museum of Photography and Modern Visual Media, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic
2017 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Zaha Hadid building “Diamond Vessel” in Antwerp, Holland
2017 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, School of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Summerhall’s Church, Galleries in Hope Park Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
2016 Glass now! Galerie Handwerk München, Germany
2016 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, U.K.
2016 Femme Fatale, Muzeum skla a bižuterie in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2016 20 Years Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, Německo
2015 Glass. Vladimír Kopecký and from his School, Gallery Minea, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2015 10 Jahre Glas im Glashaus, Galerie Welti, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015 Glass. Vladimír Kopecký and from his School, MA’MA Club Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2014 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Industrial Art Space - Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulharsko
2014 Glass Republic, Nostic palace, Praha, Czech Republic
2014 Tavená skleněná plastika, Železný Brod
2014 Homo Faber/Mindcraft, Complesso di S. Agostino e MUSA Pietrasanta, Italy
2014 Glass Republic, Museum of Glass and Jewellery, St. Anna church, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
2014 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, National Museum of the Romanian, Bucharest, Rumunsko
2014 Glass Republic, Fair Ambiente, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2014 Tavená skleněná plastika, Mold-melted Glass, Železný Brod, Czech Republic
2014 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Lisboa, Portugal
2014 Coburg Glass Prize, Coburg, Germany
2013 Gallery Nova Prize, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 25 Jahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld und Neueröffnung Glasgalerie Stölting, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Art Foundation (Silk Road) Tsinandali Museum, Georgia
2013 Špičky: Glass as Concept, GASK, Galerie Středočeského kraje, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
2013 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Museum of Art Tallinn, Tallin, Estonia
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Zhongshan Art Museum, Dalian, Liaoning Province, Čína
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show, Fujian Art Museum, Fujian, China
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Fuzhou Art Museum, Fushou, China
2012 Glass Symposium Vysočina, Horácká galerie, Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Changchun Sculpture Museum and Park, Changchun, China
2012 Sculpture Exhibition, Het Depot Sculpture Gallery, Holland
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Hubei Museum of Art, Hubei, China
2012 Glass Symposium Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny, Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Ningbo Art Museum, Zhejiang, China
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Suzhou Art Museum, Jiangsu Province, China
2012 Interesting Times, University of Leicester Annual Sculpture Show, Harold Martin Botanic Garden, Leicester, UK
2012 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Heilongjiang Art Museum, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China
2011 Dialogue With Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi'an, China
2011 Villa Borghese, Roma, Italy
2011 Glass Festival, Luxembourg
2011 7 Artists in Collonata, Collonata, Italy
2011 Contemporary Sculptures, Embassy of Sweden, Roma, Italy
2010 Lughnasadh 2010, Museum Beroun, Czech Republic
2010 Galerie Pokorná, Praha
2010 Prague Festival 2010, Gorlice, subterranean halls of Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
2009-2010 Glas Link: Stockholm - Prague. Swedish glass of 20th century, Czech Republic
2009 Crossing Borders, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
2009 Anima Mundi, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
2009 Connections, Contemporary European Glass Sculpture, Manes, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 Biennale Kijkduin, Den Haag, Holland
2009 9th Festival of Art Glass, Minea Gallery, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2008 20 Jahre Glasgalerie Hittfeld, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2008 Zdeněk Lhotský & studio Pelechov, The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 8th Festival of Art Glass, Minea Gallery, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2007 Crystalex 1967-2007, 40 years anniversary of glass factory Crystalex Nový Bor, Glass Museum, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2007 LCA Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
2007 Bridge for Peace, Material Matters Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Pilane Sculptur 2007 / Contemporary Sculptures in Ancient Landscape, Tony Cragg, Claes Hake, Kristian Blystad, Hagbart Solløs, Viktor Korneev etc., Pilane, Sweden
2007 Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí, Berlin, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany.
2006 20 years on, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
2006 X Years of Studio of Casting Lhotský Pelechov, Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts University of Brighton, Brighton, U.K.
2006 Coburger Glaspreis 2006, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
2006 Glass and Light, 150 Years of the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Mikael Kihlman / Alena Matejkova / Lars Widenfalk, Galleri Blå, Gärsnäs, Sweden
2005 Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Art and Crafts Museum, Hamburg, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2005 Lhotský Glass - X let tavené plastiky, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia
2005 Czech Glass from the Reinessance to the Present, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Finland
2005 Prof. Vladimír Kopecký und sein Glasatelier, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany
2005 Kleppesommeren 2005, Kleppe, Norway
2005 Global Glass Art, International Glass Trienial, Borgholm Castle, Sweden
2005 Vladimir Kopecký and His Sphere, Chappell Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Skulptur Skien, Skien, Norway
2005 Vetri. Nel Mondo. Oggi, Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy
2005 EXPO Aichi, Czech Studio Glass – Bound by Light and Space, Aichi, Japan
2005 Skulptur 2003 Aker Bryge, Oslo, Norway
2005 Lhotský Glass - X Years of mold melted glass, Moravien Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2004-2005 Zeit genössische tschechische Glaskunst“, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, org.: Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 Zeit genössische tschechische Glaskunst in historischen Räumen, Burgkloster, Lübeck, org.:Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 In Glut geformt – Moderne Glas aus Tschechien, Kulturelle Forum, Lagenfeld, org.:Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 In Glut geformt – Moderne Glas aus Tschechien, Papierfabrik, Neumünster, org.:Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 Czech Studio Glass – Bound by Light and Space, Nostitz Palace, Prague
2004 Kleppesommeren 2004, Kleppe, Norway
2004 Formed Into Embers / Modern Glass from Czech Republic, Papermill, Neuműnster, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 Boulevard des Sculptures 2004, Kijkduin, Holland
2004 Formed Into Embers / Modern Glass from Czech Republic, Municipal Museum, Langenfeld, Germany, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Germany
2004 Instead of Snow, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
2003 Czech Glass from the Renaissance to the Present, Museum of Decorative Applied Arts, Riga, Latvia
2003 Querschnitt, Glassgallerie Hitfeld, Hamburg, Germany
2003 Our Daily Companion - Contemporary Czech Design, Municipal House, Prague Czech Republic
2003 Addition to the Collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague in years 1992 - 2002, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 Kopecký’s School, Ostrava towns Gallery, Czech Republic
2003 Skulptur 2003 Aker Bryge, Oslo, Norway
2003 Kopecký’s School, Sovinec Castle, Czech Republic
2003 Czechmania, Young Czech Designers, The National Glass Centre Sunderland,U.K.
2003 Design of Czech Glass, National Gallery, Trade-fair Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 Seeberg 2002, Museum of the City of Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic
2002 Instead of Snow, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
2001 Kulturbro – Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg, Sweden
2001 Kulturbro – Rödasten, Göteborg, Sweden
2000 Living Space, Míčovna, Prague’s Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
2000 5th Auction Saloon of Artists – humanitarian auction for the Barriers Account, Prague, Czech Republic
2000 St’art 2000, Strasbourg, France
2000 De Kunst van Škoda, Holland
2000 Koganezaki Crystal Park, Koganezaki, Japan
2000 Handwerksform, Hanover, Germany
1999 Contemporary Czech Glass Art, Czech Centre Berlin, org. Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany
1999 Professor Kopecký and His Sphere, Sogetsu Hall, Tokio, Japan
1999 Wessels, Sklo Gallery, Atlanta, USA
1999 Centre of Czech Culture, Wiena, Austria
1998 Zeitgenossische Tschechische Glaskunst, Czech Centre in Berlin, org.: Glasgalerie Hittfeld,Germany
1998 Beloved Country, Sklo Gallery, Atlanta, USA
1998 10 Years Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany
1998 Lughdnasadh, Gorlice, Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
1998 Verres & Papiers, Liége, Belgium
1997 Edition ’97, Kassel, Germany
1997 Young Czech Glass, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany
1997 Young Glass ’97, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1997 Czech and German Glass Art, Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Seevetal near Hamburg, Germany
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro ’96, Murano, Italy
1996 Talente ’96, Munich, Germany
1996 Four Glass Schools, Schalkwijk, Holland
1995 Ars Temporis Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria
1994 Czech Cultural Centre, London, UK
1994 Synagogue, Synagogue in Libeň, Prague, Czech Republic
1994 Abu Dabhi, United Arab Emirates
1993 Vetro Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1993 Sovinec, Sovinec Castle, Czech Republic
1992 Vojan Park, Vojan Park, Prague, Czech Republic
1991 Vyšehrad Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Participated in Symposiums:
2020 Glass workshop Vyso ina 2020, Uměleckoprůmyslová akademie in Světlá nad Sázavou, Cyech Republic
2018 IGS, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2018 International Sculpture Symposium, New York, Long Island, USA
2016 International Sculpture Symposium ,Vlásenice, Czech Republic
2015 International Sculpture Symposium ,Vlásenice, Czech Republic
2014 International Sculpture Symposium ,Vlásenice, Czech Republic
2013 LSD - Letní sklářská dílna, Železný Brod, Czech Republic
2012 Glass Symposium Vysočina, Glass factory Svoboda, Karlov by Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic
2012 International Sculptural Symposium, Eide, Norway
2011 7 artists in Colonnata, Colonnata, Cava Querciola, Italy
2007 Emaar International Art Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2006 IX. International Glass Symposium IGS 2006, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2005 International Granit Symposium, Falun, Sweden
2004 Luleå Winter Biennial, Luleå, Sweden
2003 International Symposium of the Teapot, Thun Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2002 International Swedish / Czech Sculpture Symposium, Písek, Czech Republic
2002 Stensymposium i Orsa, Orsa, Sweden
2002 Luleå Winter Biennial, Luleå, Sweden
2001 Svenskt – Tjeckiskt Stenskulptur Symposium, Gerlesborg, Sweden
1999 International Symposium of Engraved Glass, Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
1994 Symposium at the Jílek brothers Glassworks, Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
1994 Glass Goblet Symposium, Varnsdorf, Czech Republic