Rony Plesl

Rony Plesl, who lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic, ranks among top internationally acknowledged artists in the field of glass sculpture. His unique oeuvre emerges from his deep knowledge of quality glassmaking and the technologies he employs in his original designs and primarily in his artistic work.

The monumentality of his work is enhanced by his sculptural technique of cast glass completely unique in the world which allows the creation of practically any shape. This unique process consists in casting glass as if it were bronze, and Rony was the first professional artist to use this technique on a large scale. can be pushed.

In 2018, the ground-breaking technology of cast glass was presented for the first time at the Fire Walk with Me exhibition at the Renaissance space of Queen Anne's Summer Palace in Prague. A turning point in Plesl's work came with the exhibition of a large glass installation called Sacred Geometry at Santa Chiara, an Italian Renaissance chapel in London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2019.

Since 2008, Plesl acts as Head of the Studio of Glass at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 2017, he was appointed Professor of Design and Architecture.

Rony Plesl has received multiple awards for his work: Good Design Award (2019, 2013, 2010), Red Dot Award (2019, 2007), Czech Grand Design (2011) and others.