Oliver Leššo
BORN
April 20th 1973 in Bratislava, Slovakia
EDUCATION
In the years 1987-1993 he studied at the School of Art Industry in Bratislava and in the years 1993-1999 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava at the Department of Glass (doc. J. Gavula). He specializes in loose glass sculpture.
2012 Awards: European glass context – winner category glass artist, Bornholm, Danmark
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):
2000 – Gallery Plateaux, London, UK; Gallery Groll, Naarden, NL
2001 – Etienne & Van Den Doel, The Hague, NL
2003 – J.C.Chapelotte Gallery, Luxembourg; SPP Gallery, Bratislava
2005 – Oliver Leššo, NOVA Gallery, Bratislava
2008 – Etienne gallery, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2000 – Metamorphoses, M.A.Bazovského Gallery, Trenčín, Orava Gallery, Dolný Kubín
2000 Galerie Groll, Nardeen, NL
2001 – Galeria Via Large, Florence, IT
2002 – Maison du Verre, Puy-Guiliamme, FR
2004 – Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Slovak Glass, Gallery Plateaux, London, UK
2006 – SOFA Chicago, Plateaux Gallery, USA
2007 – NOVA Glass Gallery Award 2007, Z Gallery, Bratislava
2009 – NOVA Glass Gallery Award 2009, ViaGaléria, Bratislava
2010 – Prism Scottsdate, Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, USA
2013 – I – glass , Slovak contemporary glass, Shanghai, China
2014 – Coburg Glass Prize, Germany
2015 – Quingdao Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Quingdao, China
2016 – Palm Springs Fine and Fair ,USA
2016 – Sarasota glass art weekend, USA
2016 – Verre contemporain Slovaque, Claret, France
2016 – Glass now ! ,Munchen, Germany
2016 – Decorex , London, United Kingdom
2016 – Luxury made , London, United Kingdom
2018 – Hofburg Vienna art fair, Wien, Austria
2019 – Great Glass Getaway 2019 , St. Petersburg and Sarasota
2019 – Sofa Chicago, USA
2020 – Verre contemporain slovaque- Musee de Conches – Ouche, France
IN COLLECTIONS
Imagine Museum , Florida, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London , UK
Shanghai museum of glass, China
Achilles-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Ernsting – Stiftung ,Coesfeld, Germany