Education and practice
Education:
- 1966—67
- OU of Bohemia Světlá nad Sázavou glassworks, field grinder — glass ball
- 1967—71
- GLASS SCHOOL Kamenický Šenov, Glass Grinding Department under Professor Pavel Werner
- 1975—81
- UMPRUM Prague, special studio of Professor Stanislav Libenský
Practice:
- 1985—88
- ÚBOK Praha, designer, works for leading Czech glass companies
- 1993—95
- LINEA ÚBOK Prague, designer, works for leading Czech glass companies
- 1995-97
- Toyama Glass Institute - TIGA Tojama, Japan, Visiting Professor, Head of the Department of Cut and Engraved Glass
- 1998-00
- SUPŠ glasřská Kamenický Šenov, head of the department of cut glass, teaching of art objects and art history
- 2000-01
- Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT, USA, Visiting Professor at the School for American Crafts
- 2003—06
- SUPŠ glasřská Kamenický Šenov, head of the department of cut glass, teaching of art objects
- 2006—10
- SUPŠ glasřská Kamenický Šenov, director, pedagogue, teaching art objects and modern history of glass
- 2010-12
- SUPŠ glasřská Kamenický Šenov, deputy director in charge, pedagogue, teaching of art objects, fonts and modern history of glass
- 2014
- Centre for Glass Art, Huť František Sázava, art manager
- As of 2014
awards
Awards in the field of free creation:
- 1981
- Rector's Award of UMPrumv University in Prague
- 1982
- Diploma of Urkunde Jugendgestaltet in Munich, Germany
- 1985
- Special price on 2. Coburger Glaspreis in Coburguv Germany
- 1986
- 1st prize on 4. Quarterly in Erfurt, Germany
- 1988
- Diploma at the European Exhibition of Artistic Crafts (WCCEurope) in Stuttgart, Germany
- 1995
- Pavel Hlava Award at the International Glass Exhibition in Kanazawa, Japan
- 2000
- Honorable Mention at the Millennium Glass Exhibition at GalerieMustly Glass in the USA
František Janák also won a number of prizes in the field of industrial glass design, for example in 1987 the Best Product of the Industry award, he also received the award Selected for CID - Crystal Pyramid of the Institute of Industrial Design in Brno and a diploma in the Golden Crystal competition at the SiBo trade fair in 1995
In 2022, František Janák was a member of the international jury in the Stanislav Libenský award competition.
Exhibitions
Participation in exhibitions — selection:
- 1982
- Jugendgestaltet, Munich, Germany
- 1983
- Three Centuries of Bohemian Glass, Tokyo, Sapporo, Kofu, Japan
- 1984
- Czechoslovak glass 84, Prague
- 1985
- Second Coburg Glass Award, Coburg, Germany
- 1986
- Contemporary Czechoslovak glass in architecture, London, Swansea, Billingham, United Kingdom
- 1987
- Czechoslovak glass sculpture, Brno
- 1988
- Art Craft Exhibition '88 (WCC Europe), Stuttgart, Germany
- New Czech Glass — Pupils of Professor Libenský, Glass Museum Riihimäki, Finland
- 1989
- Bohemian glass, Paris, France
- 1990
- New Glass in Europe, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1991
- Konfigura I. — Art in Europe, Erfurt, Germany
- 1992
- Czech and Japanese Glass Festival, Prague, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagano, Japan
- 1993
- Bohemian Crystal, Segovia, Spain
- 1994
- 10. Triennial of Cut and Engraved Glass, Brno
- 1995
- International Glass Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan
- 1996
- 1997
- World of Glass, Hadeland, Norway
- 1998
- Moser 1857 - 1997, Karlovy Vary, Prague
- 1999
- World Art Glass Exhibition in Steninge Slott, Märsta, Sweden
- 2000
- Glas im Kontext - International Glass Symposium Frauenau, Germany 2000-01
- Light transfigured— contemporary Czech glass sculpture, Takayma, Toyama, Hiroshima, Kanazu, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001
- GlassenChantment 2001 — Exhibition of Contemporary American Art Glass, Baush & Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA
- 2002
- Stanislav Libenský and his school, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- 2003
- Stanislav Libenský and his school, Museum of Artsand Design, New York, USA
- 2004
- International Glass Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan
- 2005
- Arch — Exhibition of Czech and German Artists, Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany
- 2006
- 3. Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany
- 2008
- Glastec Dusseldorf, Germany
- 2009
- Connections, exhibition hall Mánes, Prague
- 2010
- Glas im Glashaus, Galerie Welti, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2011
- 10x10x10, Hodge Gallery, Pittsburgh, United States
- 2012
- All the best! Czech Glass Art, UPM Prague
- Fun, Joke, Surprise, BB Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2013
- Dozet, exhibition of teachers of the Finnish School of Glass in Kamenický Šenov and their guests, Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov
- 2014
- 4. Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany
- Molten glass sculpture II., City Gallery Vlastimila Rady and Detesk, Železný Brod
- Freezing Attitude - First Glass Art Biennale, Shanghai, China
- 2015
- Flow Grow, Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Qingdao, China
- Bohemian Glass Art Collection, Bao Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2016
- NoLimits, Contemporary Art Glass from the Czech Republic, Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
- Craft and Art in Glass, Glass Museum, Nový Bor
- Tianyuan Glass Festival, Colission and Fission, Tianyuan, China
- 2017
- ConcertoGlassico, Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- IV. International Biennial, Denizli, Turkey
- No Limits, contemporary art glass from the Czech Republic, International Triennial of Glass and Costume Jewellery, Church of St. Anny, Jablonec nad Nisou
- 2018
- Exhibition of contemporary art glass, Letohrádek Portheimka, Prague
- 2019
- Pleiades of Glass 1946-2019, UP museum, Prague
- International Biennial of Glass, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Beloslav, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- 2020
- Glass speaks through the centuries, Chateau Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2021
- Element Glass/Matter of Fantasy, Regional Gallery Vysočina, Jihlava
- Greetings from Toyama — 30 years of Czech glass in Japan, Museum of Glass, Portheimka, Prague
- International Biennial of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2022
- Hot Hot Hot, Technical Museum Prague.
- 2022 The Year of Glass, Bright Design and Friends, Svatoš Gallery, Kostelec nad Černý lesy
- Czech glass, Černín Palace in Prague
- Craft and Art in Glass, Glass Museum Novy Bor
- Podblanice Plener Vlašim
- Glass exhibition, Chateau Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2023
- Stanislav Libenský Prize, Theresian Wing at Prague Castle
- International Glass Biennale, Gallery kvadrat 500 Sofia Bulgaria
- Masters of Czech Glass, Gallery 20-21 Prague
- Art glass from studios, Gallery 20-21 Prague
- 2024
- Contemporary Czech glass, Health+ Clinic Prague
Solo exhibitions — selection:
- 1985
- Museum of Ales Hrdlicka, Humpolec
- 1988
- 1989
- Galerie Gottschalk-Betz, Frankfurt, Germany
- 1990
- Glass Museum Riihimäki, Finland
- 1991
- Art Center, Stavanger, Norway
- 1993
- Gallery Malinův Dům, Havlíčkův Brod
- Horácká galeriev Nové Město na Moravě
- 1992
- 1994
- Gallery “L” Hamburg, Germany
- 1997
- Nakama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- U Mozarta Gallery, Prague
- 2000
- Gallery of the Slovak Museum in Uherské Hradiště
- 2001
- Glasmuseum Rheinbach, Germany
- Kunst und FormGallery, Arnbruck, Germany
- 2007
- Neuen Rathaus Weiden, Germany together with Jens Gussek
- 2011
- Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov
- 2013
- Museum of Vysočina Havlickův Brod
- 2015
- F + F, exhibition of paintings with František Matula, Kulturhus Dolní Kralovice
- 2017
- Glass, Horácká Gallery in Nové Město na Moravě, together with Martina Janáková
- 2018
- Glass, Na Sodou Gallery, Světlá N.s., together with Martina Janáková
- 2019
- Head of Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov, together with Martina Janáková
Participation in symposia — selection:
- 1988, 88, 91
- 1986
- Chamber symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1988
- 1993
- Inter glass symposium Bárdudvarnok, Hungary
- 1996
- Inter glass symposium Niijima, Japan
- 1997
- Glass Net '97, Venice, Italy
- 1998
- Meeting of glass artists, Dobronín glassworks
- 1999
- Inter glass symposium Tokod, Hungary
- 2000
- Interglass symposium, Frauenau, Germany
- 2001
- GAS conference, Corning, United States
- 2002
- GlassWeekend, Wheaton Village, United States
- 2003
- Toast to Europe, Keszthely, Hungary
- 2004
- BECON, Portland, United States
- 2005
- GAS conference, St. Louis, United States
- 2012
- European Glass Festival Wroclaw, Poland
- 2015
- Symposium of cut glass, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2016
- Tianyuan Glass and Ice Festival, China
- Symposium of cut glass, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2017
- IV. International Biennial, Denizli, Turkey
- Symposium of cut glass, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2018
- 9. Biennale, Academy of Arts and Crafts Světlá nad Sázavou
- Symposium of cut glass, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2019
- Symposium of cut glass, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2020
- GCWC — Glass Cutting World Cup, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2021
- GCWC — Glass Cutting World Cup, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
- 2022
- GCWC — Glass Cutting World Cup, Chairman of the Jury, Rückel Nižbor Glassworks
- 2023
- GCWC — Glass Cutting World Cup, jury member, Bohemia Machine Světlá nad Sázavou
Realization
Implementation in architecture — selection:
- 1986
- Three stained glass windows for the parish church in Svatoborice - Mistříně
- 1992
- Stained glass and mobile fountain for the House of Technology and Agrobanka in Pardubice
- 1995
- Glass object “Waterfall” for Hotel Orfeus in Poděbrady
- 1996
- Glass object “Messenger” for the Aubade hall opera building in Toyama, Japan
Representation in collections
Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague
Moravian Gallery Brno
North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
Museum of Glass and Costume Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou
West Bohemian Museum Pilsen
East Bohemian Museum Pardubice
Silesian Museum Opava
Gallery Vysočina Jihlava
Art Galleries in Cheb
Horace Gallery in Nové Město na Moravě
IGS Crystalex Collection, František Huť, Sázava
Slovak National Gallery Bratislava
Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Finnish Glass Museum Riihimäki
Rippl Rónai Museum Káposvár, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art in Düsseldorf, Germany
Koganezaki CrystalPark Kamo Mura, Japan
Glass Museum in Rheinbach, Germany
Toyama Glass Museum, Japan
Frauenau Glass Museum, Germany
Glass Museum in Tacoma, USA
Glass Museum in Corning, USA
Glass Museum in Coesfeld, Germany
Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov
Barbara Achilles Collection - Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Vysočina Havlickův Brod
Glass Museum Ajeto Novy Bor
Museum of the City of Prague
With his wife Martina Janáková, František Janák founded the studio Vedvou, where they work together.
