MARTIN JANECKY Born: Czech Republic Resides: California  At the age of thirteen, Martin Janecky began blowing glass in the Czech Republic. During his four years of study at the glass school in the town of Novy Bor, he demonstrated his technique in several different countries across Europe, including Holland, Sweden and France. Upon graduation, Martin began working in South Africa, Sweden and India. In 2003, he decided to come to the US, where he taught and demonstrated across the country at Pilchuck, Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts and Pratt Fine Arts Center.
Martin joined William Morris' glass team in Seattle, WA, and worked with artists Karen Willenbrink, Tony Craig and Preston Singletary. He received the Pilchuck Kaiser Foundation Award and the Salvador Dali Award from the President of European Union of Art in Brussels. Martin is currently traveling the US, teaching the unique glassblower skill of inside sculpting. EDUCATION | 1994-1998 Secondary Glass Art School, Novy Bor, Czech Republic | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | | 1999 | Harmonia Glass Factory, Czech Republic | 1999 | Gaffer for academic sculptor Milan Vobruba, Sweden | 2000 | Gaffer for David Reade, The Barn Glass Studio, Cape Town, South Africa | 2000 | Gaffer for designer Liz Lacey, Johannesburg, South Africa | 2000 | Gaffer for academic sculptor, Milan Vobruba, Sweden | 2000 | Gaffer for Milan Vobruba, International Symposium 2000, Novy Bor, Czech Republic | 2001 | Gaffer for Liz Lacey, Johannesburg, South Africa | 2001 | Gaffer for Sahaj Glass Studio, NY | 2002 | Gaffer for Bernard Hessen, Leerdam, Holland | 2002 | Gaffer for Tony Craig, Leerdam Holland | 2002 | Demonstrating Artist, with Petr Novotny and Borek Sipek, GAS Conference, Amsterdam | 2002-03 | Gaffer for Petr Novotny, Ajeto Glassworks, Lindava, Czech Republic | 2003 | Demonstrating Artist, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY | 2004 | Visiting Artist, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH | 2005 | Visiting Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC | 2005 | Demonstrating Artist, Miami Art University, Miami, FL | 2005 | Demonstrating Artist, with Petr Novotny, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA | 2005 | Visiting Artist and Gaffer for Pike Powers, Therman Statom, and Randy Walker, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2005 | Demonstrating Artist, Czech Glass Exhibitions, Corning Museum of Glass, NY | 2005 | Artist in Residence, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX | 2006 | Gaffer with Karen Willenbrink, Session 2, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2006 | Demonstrating Artist, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH | 2006 | Gaffer for Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA | 2006 | Assistant to William Morris and Karen Willenbrink, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2007 | Assistant to William Morris and Karen Willenbrink, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | TEACHING EXPERIENCE | | 1999 | Faculty, Technicon Pretoria, South Africa | 2002 | With Petr Novotny, Glass Centrum-Firozabad, India | 2005 | TA for Petr Novotny, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2006 | The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY | 2006 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC | 2007 | The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY | 2007 | Public Glass, San Francisco, CA | 2007 | Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA | 2007 | Penland School of Crafts, Spring Concentration, Penland, NC | AWARDS | | 2001 | Art and Craft in Glass, Novy Bor, Czech Republic | 2005 | Nominated for the SAXE Award for the best TA, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2006 | Kaiser Foundation Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA | 2006 | Salvador Dali Award, Presented by Miroslav Klivar, PhD. President of European Union of Art in Brussels. |
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