Ivana Houserová

Ivana Houserová is an Czech glass artist and glass designer.

Education

• 1972 - 1976 The High School of Applied Arts for Glassmaking, Železný Brod, Czech Republic
• 1976 - 1982 Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prof. Stanislav Libenský, Czech Republic
• 1988 – Pilchuck Glass School, Prof. Jiří Harcuba and Ronald Pennell, United States
• 1995 - Museé du Verre de Sars-Poteries – artist in résidence, France

Awards

• 1982 School Award of The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic
• 1984 Jugend Gestaltet, Internationale Handwerksmesse, München, Germany
• 1985 Bavarian Stateprize with Gold Medal, IHM, Munich, Germany
• 1987 Gold Star for Quality, BID - Business Initiative Direction, San Antonio, United States
• 1989 NAC Business Excellence Award - National Academy of Commerce, San Antonio, United States
• 1995 Swarovski Award the 2nd Prize – Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
• 1996 Grand Prix, II. Internationalen Glaskunst Triennale Nuremberg, Germany
• 1997 Excellent Design 1996 - Design Centre of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
• 1999 Prize of Rudolf II - Masaryk′s Academy of Art, Prague, Czech Republic

Collections

• The New Bedford Museum of Glass, New Bedford, United States
• Cultural Center For The Arts & Education, Ocean Springs, United States
• The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning N.Y. United States
• Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Danmark
• Museé du Verre de Sars-Poteries, France
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States
• Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
• The Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic
• North Bohemian Museum, Liberec, Czech Republic
• Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
• IGS Crystalex, Lemberk Castle, Czech Republic
• Regionalbibliothek, Weiden, Germany
• Glassmuseum Coesfeld, Germany

There are more than 100 glass objects made by Ivana Houserova in private collections and she participated in more than 200 exhibitions all over the world.

Bibliography

• Petrová Sylva: Czech Glass. Gallery Prague, 2001, ISBN 80-86010-44-9, S. 61, 75, 79, 116, 123, 144, 215, 225, 244, 264, 275, 276, 277, 279.
• Langhamer Antonín: The Legend of Bohemian Glass. Tigris Publishing House, 1999, ISBN 80-86062-02-3, S. 242, 254, 290.
• Petr Nový, Havlíčková Dagmar: „Miraculous springs “.Museum of Glass and Jewellery, 2009, ISBN 978-80-86397-09-2, S. 143–147, 220.
• Susanne Frantz: Contemporary Glass. The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1989, ISBN 0-87290-120-3, S. 116.
• Mergl Jan, Pánková Lenka: Moser 1857-1997. Moser, Karlovy Vary 1997, S. 288, 306, 310, 341, 348, 351.
• Langhamer Antonín: The World of Glass Ivana Houserova. In:Ceramic and Glass.'' 5/2004, Prague, S. 3, 20–23.
• Rossini Pavla: Connections'09 Evropean Glass Sculpture. In: New Glass. 1/2009, New York, S. 21.
• Langhamer Antonín: The World of Glass Ivana Houserova. In: Glassmaker and Ceramic. 9-10/2012, Jablonec nad Nisou, S. 243, 262, 263.

External links

• http://www.moser-glass.com/en/pages/houserova-ivana/
• http://www.supss.cz/ucitele/ivana_houserova.html
• http://www.IvanaHouserova.com
• http://www.prazskagalerie.cz/umelci&id=76
• http://www.czech-glassart.com/artists/ivana-houserova-bio/
• http://www.habatat.com/bio_popup.asp?ArtistID=104
• http://www.glassrevue.com/news.asp@nid=6445.html
• http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2011/09/european_art_sculptures_coming.html
• http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2011/09/ocean_springs_event_celebrates.html