MILAN HANDL
is czech glass artist born in 1952 in Pribram, Czech republic and currently living and working in Polevsko
Education and Career
1968 - 1972 Glass School of Applied Arts, Železný Brod
1972 - 1978 Academy of Decorative Arts and Architecture, Prague (under Prof. Stanislav Libenský)
Since 1980 free-lance glass artist
1985 Teaching assistent of Prof. Stanislav Libenský at the Academy of Decorative Arts and Architecture, Prague
2001 Instructor at the Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA, USA
2001 Instructor at the Glass School in La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain
2002 Instructor at the workshop in Sunne, Sweden
2003 Instructor at the Glass School in La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain
2010 - 2023 Teacher at The Glasss School, Novy Bor
Represented in public collections
National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne (CH)
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (CZ)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen (F)
Glass Museum, Paracin (YU)
Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft (DK)
Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki (FIN)
Ulster Museum, Belfast (UK)
Moravian Gallery, Brno (CZ)
Arts and Crafts Museum, Hamburg (D)
Historical Museum, Bamberg (D)
Northern Bohemian Museum, Liberec (CZ)
Eastern Bohemian Museum, Pardubice (CZ)
Toyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Toyama (JP)
Glass Gallery, Castle Bezdružice (CZ)
Awards
1987 The Sybren Valkema Honorary Prize, Ebeltoft, Danmark
2004 The Atsushi Takeda Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004
Selected exhibitions
1979 Prague (CZ), Mánes Gallery: The Exhibition of the Young Generation Berlin (D), The Exhibition of the Young Generation
1980 Luzern (CH), Central-Suisse Glass Prize
1984 Copenhagen (DK), Galerie den Permanent Prague (CZ), Wallenstein Palace Boca Raton, FL (USA), Habatat Gallery Indianapolis (USA), Walker Art Centre Chicago (USA), Museum of Contemporary Glass Coburg (D), Veste Coburg: The 2nd Coburg Glass Prize
1985 Rouen (F), Musée des Beaux-Arts Madrid (E), Town Hall Jablonec nad Nisou (CZ), Museum of Glass and Jewellery: The Results of the First International Glass Symposium in Nový Bor 1986 Tokyo (JP), Yamaha Gallery: Glass Now ´86 Swansea (USA), Glyn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum: Contemporary Czech Glass in Architecture Cleveland (USA), Billingham Art Gallery: Contemporary Czech Glass in Architecture Barcelona (E), Municipal Park
1987 Tokyo (JP), Yamaha Gallery: Glass Now ´87 Ebeltoft (DK), Glass Museum Ebeltoft: Young Glass
1988 Riihimäki (FIN), Finnish Glass Museum: New Czech Glass Flensburg (D), Town Museum: Czech Glass Art Bruxelles (B), Gallery Transparence: Czech Glass Art
1989 Liège (B), Banque Générale: Crystal and Glass Sculpture Paris (F), Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Czech Glass Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: New Glass of Milan Handl and Jan Fišar Moisburg (D), Town Hall: Czech Glass Art Saarbrücken (D), Gallery Glass Art: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
1990 Kanazawa (JP), The International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa ´90 Immenhausen (D), Glass Museum: Contemporary Czech Glass Hamburg (D): Contemporary Czech Glass Hamburg (D), The Fair - Lebens Art ´90 Hamburg (D), The Fair - Art Hamburg
1991 Sapporo (JP), Hokaido Museum of Modern Glass Toronto (CAN), Glass Gallery: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar Munich (D), Exempla I – Geometrie Stuttgart (D), European Art Craft Cologne (D), Kunsthaus am Museum: The 3rd International Studio Glass Prague (CZ), Mánes Gallery: Prague Glass Prize ´91
1992 Tokyo (JP), Azabu Museum: Czech and Japanese Glass Art
Hamburg (D), Museum of Applied Arts
Stockholm (S), Glass Gallery 1: Contemporary Czech Glass Art
Seevetal (D), Glass gallery Hittfeld: New Glass of Milan Handl
Cologne (D), Kunsthaus am Museum: Little Sculpture
1993 Segovia (E), Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja: Bohemia Crystal
New York (USA), Miller Gallery: Milan Handl and Jan Fišar
Millville (USA), Creative Glass Centre: Glass Weekend
Winterthur (CH), Craft Museum: Fascinating Glass
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Czech and Swedish Glass Art
Chicago (USA), Navy Pier: New Art Forms Exposition
Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Milan Handl, Ilja Bílek, Jan Fišar
1994 Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Czech and American Glass Art
London (GB), The Economist: Czech Glass
1995 Takasai (JP), Museum of Modern Art
Strasbourg (F), Premier Salon International d´Art Contemporain à Strasbourg
Jablonec nad Nisou (CZ), Museum of Glass and Jewellery: Melted Glass Seevetal (D), Glass Gallery Hittfeld: Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebeníčková
Immenhausen (D), Glass Museum: The Couple - Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl
1996 Madrid (E), ARCO 1996
Frauenau (D), Glass Museum
Ebeltoft (DK), Glass Museum Ebeltoft
1997 Pontiac, Michigan (USA), Habatat Galleries: 25th Annual International Glass Invitational
Weiden (D), 6th Bavarian – Czech Cultural Days (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková, Christiane Sellner)
Prague (CZ), Galerie U Mozarta: Glass Sculptures of Milan Handl
1998 Kanazawa (JP), Ishikawa Industrial Centre: The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa ´98
1999 London (GB), The Studio Glass Gallery: The Passage of Light (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková)
Beijing (CHINA), Beijing Arts and Crafts Central Store: Czech Glass
2000 Shenzhen (CHINA), Guanshanyue Art Museum: Czech Glass
Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebeníčková
Takayama (JP), Hida Takayama Museum: Czech Glass
Pontiac, Michigan (USA), Habatat Galleries
Weiden (D), 9th Bavarian – Czech Cultural Days (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková, Renato Santarossa)
2001 Taipei (Taiwan), National Museum of History: Czech Glass
Nieuwegein (NL), Zwolsche Algemeene: "Reflecties"
Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Czech Glass Art
Hiroshima (JP), Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Light: Transfigured - Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture Tokyo (JP), Odakyu Museum: Light Transfigured Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
New York, NY, (USA), Heller Gallery, Collective show
Kyusyu (JP), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum: Light Transfigured - Contemporary Czech Glass Sculpture
Prague (CZ), Museum of Decorative Arts: IGS - International Glass Symposium 2000, Nový Bor
Prague (CZ), Technical Museum: Stanislav Libenský & His School
Takasaki (JP), Takasaki City Gallery, Contemporary Czech glass sculpture
2002 Salzburg (A), Prager Kabinett Gallery: Stanislav Libenský & His School
Taipei (Taiwan), Grand Crystal Museum: Stanislav Libenský and His School Osaka (JP), Enomoto Gallery: Impulse and Reflection Chicago (USA), SOFA 2002
2003 New York (USA), Museum of Arts and Design: Stanislav Libenský & His School
2004 Ceská Lípa (CZ), Town Museum and Gallery: Milan Handl - The Ways of Light Kanazawa (JP), Daiwa Department Store Exhibition Hall, Korimbo: The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004 Soul (Korea), Soul Art Center: Bohemia Crystal
2005 Nový Bor (CZ), Glass Museum: Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl Glass Sculptures & Brooche Příbram (CZ), Galerie Františka Drtikola: …hmotou, plochou, prostorem…(together with Stanislava Grebeníčková)
2006 Pardubice (CZ), Eastern Bohemian Museum: Glass, Jewel, Drawings, Paintings (together with Stanislava Grebeníčková)
Madrid (E), Museo de Arte en Vidrio, Alcorcón: Milan Handl and Stanislava Grebenickova
2008 Leerdam (NL), Glass Gallery Broft: Milan and Katia Handl
2009 Prague (CZ), Manes Gallery: Connections Ebeltoft (DK), Glass Museum Ebeltoft: Crossing borders
2010 Pilsen (CZ), West Bohemian Museum: Through Surface and Space
2011 Düsseldorf (D), Welti Gallery / Glasshouse
2012 Düsseldorf (D), Welti Gallery: S. Grebeníčková / M. Handl Nový Bor (CZ): Glass muzeum: XI. Glass sympozium Znojmo/Znaim (CZ), House of Arts: ...through Substance, Surface, Space...
2013 Degendorf (D), Regional Museum: Glass Sculpture and Jewel
2016 Sofia (Bulgaria), National Gallery: NO LIMITS Lomnice n/Popelkou (CZ): Castle Gallery: "Together with glass"
2017 Madrid (E), Museo de Arts en Vidrio, Alcorón: NO LIMITS La Granja de san Ildefonso (E): NO LIMITS Bamberg (D),XXXXXXXXXXX: NO LIMITS Jablonec n/Nisou (CZ), Church of st. Anna: NO LIMITS Shanghai(China), Levant Art, iglass2017_ international contemporary glass exhibition
Symposia
1982 Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
1986 Paracin (YUG), International Glass Symposium
2000 Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
2009 Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
2011 Nový Bor (CZ), International Glass Symposium
Articles
Ricke, Helmut: New Glass in Europe. In: New Glass 4/87 (D)
Petrová, Sylva: Czech Glass Art near Hamburg. In: Nordmagazin 2/90 (D)
Ricke, Helmut: Exhibition Art Museum Düsseldorf. In: New Glass 4/90 (D)
Friedrich-K. Bass: Modern Czech Glass Art. In: Glass 10/91 (D)
Glasforum 1/91 (Article about Architecture at Nennig Casino) (D)
Nikola, Karl-Günter: Glass in Erfurt and Stuttgart. In: New Glass 3/91 (D)
Münder, Peter: Fascination Coming from Fire. In: Hanse-Art 6/92 (D)
Petrová, Sylva: Three from Polevsko In: New Glass 2/92 (D)
Smrček, Antonín / Rozsypal, Ivo: Stanislava Grebeníčková and Milan Handl – Glass
Sculptures and Breastpins In: Sklář a keramik 7-8/2005/str.186-188 (CZ)
Heyd, Eva: Skleněné objekty In: Atelier 21/2005/str.5 (CZ)
Books
Langhamer, Antonin: The Legend about Czech Glass (Prague, 1999)
Petrová, Sylva: Czech Glass (Prague, 2001)
