Marian Karel

Marian Karel studied at the Central School of Applied Arts in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Repulic from 1959 to 1963. In the years 1965 to 1972 he studied at the studio of glass master Stanislav Libenský at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

In 1992 Karel became Head of the Studio Glass in Architecture department at the University of Applied Arts in Prague, and in 1995 he was appointed Professor and the Head of the department of fine arts there. His other teaching activities have included posts in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, Finland, France, Ireland and Bulgaria. Since 2009 he has been a professor on the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University, where he heads the Department of Industrial Design.

The artist's website:

http://www.mariankarel.cz/ [in Czech]