VLADIMÍRA KLUMPAR

Vladimíra Klumpar was born in the Czech Republic in 1954 and began her studies at the Specialized School of Glassmaking High School in Zelezny Brod. She completes her studies nearly a decade later at the renowned Academy of Applied Arts in Prague under the tutorship of renowned artist Professor Stanislav Libensky.  Klumpar is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her work has been widely exhibited in Europe and the Americas and is represented in public and private collections on both continents.

EDUCATION

• 1969-1973 Specialized School of Glassmaking, Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic
• 1974-1981 Academy of Applied Arts, Prague,

Czech Republic, Prof. Stanislav Libensky

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
American Arts and Craft Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Liberec, Czech Republic
North Bohemian Museum, Jablonec and Nisou, Czech Republic  

AWARDS and GRANTS

1991 New England Artist Foundation Fellowship
1991 Massachusetts Artist Foundation Fellowship
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Mikulově, Mikulov, Czech Republic
Glass Museum, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
North Bohemian Museum of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
Museum of Glass and Jewelry, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Racine Art Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
American Arts and Craft Museum, New York, NY
Cafesjian Museum Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia