Yan ZORITCHAK
Born the 13th in 1944 in Zdiar, Slovakia. He studied at the Higher School of Applied Glass in Zelezny Brod (1959 - 1963) and at the Higher School of Applied Arts in Prague (1963 - 1969). His years of study allowed him to learn from the tradition of Czech and Slovak glassmaking, but also from the modern advances of current design. At that time, Bohemian glass was one of the most important and renowned in the world. The 1960s in Czechoslovakia were free and inventive. Glass design was booming and innovative in all its forms, whether in applied art, industrial production, free design or architecture. Yann's work bears the characteristic signs of the majestic aesthetics of the sixties, which today take on the character of a style. The artist exploits the optical and technological qualities of glass, using non-traditional processes for handling the material. He gradually discovered a new artistic significance in the technique with the possibility of intensifying the expression through structures and their light effects. He completed his studies with Professor Stanislav Libensky.
The young artist shows a particular interest in space and the genesis of the cosmos, which will become the leitmotiv of his creation, in a decade full of important space discoveries (it begins with the first flight of the first man into space and ends shortly after the first moon landing in history). Since 1970, Yann Zoritchak has lived and worked in Talloires, France, and has played an important role as a mediator in the world of glass art in Europe. His creations can be found in numerous public and private collections throughout the world.
This artist has exhibited his work in major exhibitions of contemporary art and glass art. He is the recipient of prestigious international awards. In parallel to his work, he has participated in numerous symposiums, and in particular in the foundation of the International Research Centre for Glass and Art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Aix en Provence. Yan Zoritchak was also awarded with medal of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres from French Republic.
Yan ZORITCHAK
Born the 13th in 1944 in Zdiar, Slovakia. He studied at the Higher School of Applied Glass in Zelezny Brod (1959 - 1963) and at the Higher School of Applied Arts in Prague (1963 - 1969). His years of study allowed him to learn from the tradition of Czech and Slovak glassmaking, but also from the modern advances of current design. At that time, Bohemian glass was one of the most important and renowned in the world. The 1960s in Czechoslovakia were free and inventive. Glass design was booming and innovative in all its forms, whether in applied art, industrial production, free design or architecture. Yann's work bears the characteristic signs of the majestic aesthetics of the sixties, which today take on the character of a style. The artist exploits the optical and technological qualities of glass, using non-traditional processes for handling the material. He gradually discovered a new artistic significance in the technique with the possibility of intensifying the expression through structures and their light effects. He completed his studies with Professor Stanislav Libensky.
The young artist shows a particular interest in space and the genesis of the cosmos, which will become the leitmotiv of his creation, in a decade full of important space discoveries (it begins with the first flight of the first man into space and ends shortly after the first moon landing in history). Since 1970, Yann Zoritchak has lived and worked in Talloires, France, and has played an important role as a mediator in the world of glass art in Europe. His creations can be found in numerous public and private collections throughout the world.
This artist has exhibited his work in major exhibitions of contemporary art and glass art. He is the recipient of prestigious international awards. In parallel to his work, he has participated in numerous symposiums, and in particular in the foundation of the International Research Centre for Glass and Art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Aix en Provence. Yan Zoritchak was also awarded with medal of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres from French Republic.
Yan Zoritchak takes us on a journey through space and time in search of the origin of life and man's place in the universe. A way of reminding us with humility that we are only stardust that emerged about 14 billion years ago, and that the mysteries of life will undoubtedly remain a subject that will continue to question us and dream for a long time.
Zoritchak takes us on a whirlwind tour of astronomy, biology (the cells in the human body are surprisingly close to the cosmos) and contemporary art.
In a hymn to beauty, the artist Zoritchak immerses us in the mystery of this firmament and translates it into the language of art, thus creating a unique work. He bases his abstract works on the solid results of human research.
We witness the Big Bang - Mystery of Life as an amazed spectator.
The sculptures are pure with spaces of light, enriched with movement, dynamic circulation, bright colours, cloudiness.
Yan Zoritchak: « It is up to the public to see the mysteries of life, to guess them and eventually to accompany me on my journey, to wonder about this magic of life, its conception, protection, development and end ».
The fundamental question that has not yet been answered concerns humanity's position in the universe : are we alone or are there other civilisations besides ours ? Can we coexist and communicate on the scale of the universe ?
This sculptor reacts in his own way to these burning questions by creating vast cycles of work: spaces, signals, celestial flowers, the mystery of life...
Extensive cycles inspired by the universe, philosophical thought and human knowledge. Scientific explorations provided him with a solid base, the foundation on which he laid his cycles.
To transpose this fantastic universe, the artist uses glass, which is the first synthetic material created by man 3,000 years before Christ. Glass allows the materialization of space and emptiness. By developing his own techniques for fusing, abrading, cutting and polishing glass, Yan Zoritchak has managed to include metallic, gold, silver and copper leaf in the crystal.
In this way he creates fascinating microcosms and seems to imprison a piece of the cosmos, he simply offers us an odyssey into space. His sculptures are dreamlike, majestic, philosophical stones, the spectator enters a world of wonder and poetry.
Germany
Kustmuseum, Düsseldorf
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt
Kunstsammlungen der West, Coburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Belgium
Musée du Verre, Liège
Musées Royaux de Belgique, Bruxelles
Musée du Verre, Charleroi
China
Hsinchu Museum, Taipeh
Denmark
Glassmunseum, Ebeltoft
France
General Council of Savoie, Chambéry
Decorative Art Museum, Paris
Glass Museum, Sars-Poteries
National Funds of Contemporary Art, Paris
National Funds of Contemporary Art, Languedoc-Roussillon
Regional Funds of Contemporary Art, Haute-Normandie Conseil Régional de Haute-Normandie
Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
Castle of Annecy Museum
Bonlieu Library, Annecy
Contemporary Art Museum and Modern Art of Nice and Castle Museum of Boulogne sur Mer
Beaux-Arts Museum, Nancy
Art Modern Museum, Troyes
Hôtel de Région, Languedoc-Roussillon
La Maison du verre, Puy Guillaume
City Hall, Châteauneuf de Galaure
Hungary
Decorative Art Museum, Budapest
Japan
Yokohama Museum of art, Yokohama
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Tokyo
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Tokyo
Kurokabe Museum, Kurokabe
Koganezaki Crystal Park Glass Museum, Kamo-Mura Kanasawa City Museum, Kanasawa
Poland
National Museum, Wroclaw
Slovakia
Slovakian National Gallery, Bratislava
Slovakian Ministry department Collection of Slovakian Republic, Bratislava
Switzerland
Decorative Art Museum, Lausanne
Bellerive Museum, Zurich
Cantonal Decorative Arts Fund, Geneva
Czech Republic
Decorative Art Museum, Prague
Morave Gallery, Brno
Nord Bohemian Museum, Liberec
Art Center, Olomouc
Ukraina
National Museum, Iviv
USA
Museum of art, Collegeville
Toledo Museum of Art, Tolède
1973. Musée-Château d’Annecy, France
1974. Rosenthal Studio Haus, Genève, Switzerland
1975. Camp Santo Gallery, Orléans, France
1975. FECS Gallery, Tours, France
1975. Point W Gallery, Annemasse, France
1976. Prisme Gallery, Paris, France
1976. Société Générale Gallery, Annemass, France
1981. Monique Billot Gallery, Annecy, France
1981. SM Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1983. Saint-Sébastien Gallery, Biot, France
1984. La Main Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
1984. Inart Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1986. Trois Gallery, Genève, Switzerland
1987. Braggiotti Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1988. HabatAT Galleries, Bay Harbor, Floride, USA
1988. Maya Behn Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1989. Gottschalk Gallery – Beytz, Frankfurt, Germany
1989. Château de Vascoeuil, France (avec : Vasarely, Yvaral)
1989. Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chigago, USA
1989. Trois Gallery, Genève, Switzerland
1989. Art and Creations Gallery, Lyon, France
1990. Braggiotti Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1990. Latona Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1990. Suzel Berna Gallery, Antibes, France
1990. Debras Bical Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
1990. Capazza Gallery, New ART Forms3, Chicago Art Fair, USA
1990. Nadir Gallery, contemporary art exhibition of Rouen, France (catalog)
1990. Nielsen Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
1990. Place des Arts Gallery, Toulouse, France
1991. Invetro Gallery, Hannover, Germany (with Matei Négréanu)
1991. Klute Gallery, Wien, Austria (with : Matei Négréanu)
1991. Place des Arts Gallery, Montpellier, France (catalog)
1991. Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada (with : Clifford Rainey)
1991. Suzel Berna Gallery, Paris, France (catalog)
1991. Art du verre Gallery, Luxembourg (catalog)
1992. Capazza Gallery, Nancy, France
1993. Glas Now 93, Tokyo, Japan
1993. Live Gallery, Luxembourg
1993. “Vila Flora”, Stary Smokovek, Slovakia
1994. L Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1994. Place des Arts Gallery, Montpellier, France (catalog)
1994. Mirbach Palace, Bratislava Gallery, Slovakia (catalog)
1995. Saris Presov Gallery, Slovakia
1995. Contemporary art exhibition, Espace 54 Gallery, Strasbourg, France (catalog)
1995. M. A. Brazovsky Gallery, Trencin, Slovakia
1995. Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark (catalog)
1995. Art Modern Museum, Troyes, France (catalog)
1995. Beaux Arts Museum, Nancy, France (catalog)
1995. Tatras Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia
1995. National Museum, Lviv, Ukraina
1996. Palais de la Découverte, Grand Palais, Paris, France (catalog)
1996. L’Arsenal, Basilique Saint-Pierre aux Nonnais, Metz, France (catalog)
1996. « Venezia Aperto Vetro », Palazzo Ducale, Venezia, Italy
1997. Slovakian National Gallery, Bratislava
1998. SPP Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia (catalog)
1998. St’ART, Strasbourg, France
1999. ST’ART, Strasbourg, France
2000. Châteauneuf de Galaure City hall, France (catalog)
2000. Eclat du Verre Gallery, Paris, France (catalog)
2000. St’ART, Strasbourg, France
2000. Rob van den Doel Gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
2001. Glasspyramid Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (with P. Macho a F. Csandal) (catalog)
2001. Castillo de San José de Valderas, Madrid, Spain (catalog)
2001. St’ART, Strasbourg, France
2001. Daniel Guidat Gallery, Cannes, France
2001. Place des Arts Gallery, Montpellier, France (catalog)
2001. SOFA, Chicago, USA
2001. Nadir Gallery, Lyon, France (catalog)
2002. St’ART, Strasbourg, France
2002. Steninge Slott, Stockholm, Sweden
2002. SOFA, Chicago, USA
2003. Art and History Conservatory, Annecy, France
2003. SOFA, Chicago, USA
2003. St’ART, Strasbourg, France
2003. Bratislava Gallery, Slovakia (catalog)
2010. La Mals, Sochaux, France
1972. « Exemple 72 », bronze medal, München, Germany
1980. « Zentralschweizerischer Glaspreis » Luzern, Switzerland
1983. « Vicointer », honorary prize, Valencia, Spain
1984. « Biennale de Bratislava » sculpture prize, Slovakia
1985. « World Glass Now 85 », Grand prix, Musée d'art moderne d'Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japon
1987. Awarded with the medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, France
1988. Excellence Award, Glass Contest 88, Kanazawa, Japan
1990. Gold medal, International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
1995. Gold medal, International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
works
Energies
Exoplanets
Mysteries of life
Celestial Flowers
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