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ČESKÁ A SLOVENSKA FEDERATIVNÍ REPUBLIKA

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Vladimír Soukenka

Additional information: Born 1953 in Prague. Until 1990 he lecturers at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

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• Miroslav Melena

* 1937, Louny
Specialization: architect, set designer, costume designer


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Exhibiting works

• J. Schmid - J. Etlík - Z. Mahler - M. Kořínek: (Mozart in Prague), Studio Y 1991
  

  
  
  
• Daniel Dvořák

Additional information: Born in 1954 in Prague. He graduated from the Academy for Applied Arts in Prague. Currently operates as a freelance stage designer and architect and since 1998 as intendant of the State Opera Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1991 and 1995.

Exhibiting works

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (Figaro? Figaro!), Opera Mozart - Mozart Furore 1991
  
  
  
• Josef Svoboda

Additional information: Born in 1920 at Čáslav. Graduated from the Arts and Crafts College in Prague. In 1947, already during his college days, he was appointed décor chief at the Grand Opera of 5th May in Prague and in 1951 art director of the Prague National Theatre. Up to this day he has brought into effect more than 300 stage sets for theatres at home and abroad. He has scored his greatest successes by his contribution to the performances of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, of The Seagull by A. P. Chekhov, of The Last Ones by M. Gorky, and among olhers also to the opera Intolleranza by L. Nono at the theatre La Fenice in Venice and in Boston. He is the author of Laterna Magica and of numerous polyecran scene variants. II is entirely owing to him that the workshops of the National Theatre have developed into a modernly equipped forge being capable of solving even the most pretentious technical problems. Apart from stage design concerns he engages intensively in an exhibition activity. His participation in the Czechoslovak exposition at the Brussels EXPO 58, at the World Exhibition in Montreal, Moscow, Turin etc. belong to his most prominent successes in this field of activities. In 1954 he was awarded the title Laureate of State Prize, in 1966 the titel of The Artist of Merit, in 1968 the titel of the National Artist. At the 3rd Theatre Biennial in Sao Paulo he was awarded the Gold Medal being destined for the best stage designer from abroad. In 1969 he was awarded the Nederlandse Sikkensprijs and the Honorary Doctor's Degree at the Royal College of Art in London

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Exhibiting works

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (Idomeneo), National Arts Centre 1981
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (The Magic Flute), Staasoper 1970
  

  
  
  
• Helena Bezáková

Additional information: Born in 1936 at Oponice. Studied at tne School of Industrial Art and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava under prof. L. Vychodil, L. Purkyňová and prof. J. Mudroch. Since 1962 she was at work for the State Theatre in Košice, and since 1966 she has been working for the Slovák National Theatre in Bratislava as costume designer. Her most important works are costume designs to Hamlet and to Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, to Atlantis by V. Nezval, to Dances and Tears by Zvon, to The Tragedy of Man by I. Madách, to Lady Macbeth and Aida by G. Verdi, to Norma by V. Bellini and to Svatopluk by E. Suchoň. She has collaborated also with the National Theatre in Prague, the Opera of the State Theatre in Brno, with the theatres in Ostrava, Olomouc, Košice, Banská Bystrica and in Prešov; abroad with the theatres in Sofia, Novi Sad, Rzeszów. She co-operated with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. With her costume designs she took part in a number of scenographic exhibitions at home and abroad.

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• Vladimír Šrámek

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. Graduated from the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts, the scenographic class of prof. Fr. Tröster. Since 1950 he acts as décor chief of the State Theatre in Ostrava. He realized there sets for dramas, opéras, operettas and also for ballets, collaborating within the recent years predominantly with the stage directors R. Koval, M. Nekvasil and V. Hamšík. To his most important designs belong the stage sets for Richard III, After the Fall, Médea, Saint Joan, Julius Caesar, The Seagull and The Shrewd. He took part in a number of exhibitions at home and abroad. As co-author he has participated in the publication Richard III, an analysis of the staging at the State Theatre in Ostrava. He is a permanent collaborator of the Czechoslovak Television.

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• Alena Hoblová

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Prague. She has been working as a costume designer for the Czechoslovak State Ensemble of Songs and Dances. She participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Josef JELÍNEK

Additional information: Born in 1949 in Prague. He has been working as a costume designer at the National Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979. 1981 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad his costume designs were part of the exposition which was awarded a Gold Medal.

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Exhibiting works

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (The Marriage of Figaro), Národní divadlo 1988
  

  

  
  
  
• Hana CIGÁNOVÁ

Additional information: Born 1944 in Martin. She has been working as a stage designer at the State Puppet Theatre in Bratislava. She exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (Lucio Silla ), Komorná opera 1981
  

  
  
  
• Dana SVOBODOVA

Additional information: Born 1960 in Písek. Since 1985 a stage and costume designer at the State Theatre in Ústí n. Labem.

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Exhibiting works

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (Don Giovanni), Státní divadlo 1988
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Aleš  Votava

* 1962 - 2001
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He studied scenography at VŠMU Bratislava. He has held residencies in Paris and Rome, participated in several scenography workshops and 11 individual and 23 collective exhibitions. As a stage and costume designer he co-oper-ated on nearly a hundred drama, ballet and opera stagings. He regularly co-operated with a number of Czech and Slovak stage directors, e.g. Petr Lébl, Jiň Pokorný, Vladimír Morávek. Since 1998 he was Assistant Professor at the VŠUM Bratis-lava. He was awarded Slovak annual Doska Award in 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001 as an appreciation of his work, as well as the Alfréd Radok Award 2000 and the Slovenský literární fond Award. He received Silver Medal at the International Scenography Triennial, Novi Sad 2001 He participated in the PQ in 1991 and 1995. Text from the PQ03 Catalogue: He studied at the High School of Applied Art in Bratislava, prof. Rudolf Fila, and graduated from the VŠMU, Depart-ment of Set Design, prof. Ladislav Vychodil. During 1988-1992 he worked as a set designer at the Jozef Tajovský Theatre in Bánská Bystrica. Since 1992 he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Set Design at the Faculty of Puppet Theatre and Drama of VŠMU. He worked for different theatres in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and he also designed graphic art and jewellery. He published essays, studies and critics in various theatrical and cultural magazines in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic.