EVA Lapka rca
sculptures & ceramics sculptures
Eva Lapka, RCA
Sculptor, ceramist
EDUCATION:
Diploma in ceramic, sculpture & design; College of arts and crafts, Brno, Czechoslovakia
EXPERIENCE:
Since 1999 until 2013 Head of the ceramics department at Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Since 1991 Professor of ceramics at VAC, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Since 1970 Self-employed artist (sculptor, ceramist)
MEMBERSHIP:
Since 2013 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
SAMPLED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Water, 2011 Selected sculptures, 2009 Caprice, 2006 Traces at Studio 21, Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2018 Unisson, 2015 Songes, 2012 Expressions, 2010 Water, 2006 Latest from studio, 2004 Ara Pacis, 2000 Ombres et lumieres at Galerie Bernard, Montreal, QC, Canada
2009 Paradise, 1970 From my studio at Canadian Guilde of Craft, Montreal, QC, Canada
2009 Walls and Whispers at Bilton Contemporary Art Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
2004 Ara Pacis at maison de la culture NDG, Montreal, QC, Canada
2004 Man - Time - Space at Musee des maitre et artisans du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
2002 Eurhythmics of the soul at Galeria de Arte, Porto, Portugal
2013 Eva Lapka 10 years, 1999 Shadow and light at McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
1999 Souvenirs at Telc Castle Gallery, Telc, Czech Republic
1998 Parallaxes at Trebon Castle Gallery, Trebon, Czech Republic
1997 Signes, Echo, Silence at Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, Canada
1996 Cercle, Etoiles et Cendre at Galerie du Conseil des metiers d'arts du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
1994 L'espaces des trajectoires at Outremont Art Gallery, City of Outremont, QC, Canada
1993 New Expectations at Eureka Gallery, Syracuse, NY, USA
1992 Ius Imaginum - retrospective 1987-92 at City Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
1990 In Infinitum/Antithesis at Lachine Museum, Lachine, QC, Canada
1998 AAncestral Memory at Design Gallery, Quebec, QC, Canada
1988 Terra Incognita at Gallery Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QC, Canada
1989 et 1975 Terre Imaginaire at Galerie dela Centrale du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
SAMPLED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Unis Vert l'Intemporel, Montreal, Qc, Canada
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2002, 2000, 1999 SOFA New York, NewYork, NY, USA
2008 3rd Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Jingdezhen Sanbao Museum, China
2006 Clay, Rock, Iron (group of three) at McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
2006, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000 Les Femmeuses at Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, QC, Canada
and many others
COLLECTIONS:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Montreal Contemporary Museum of Arts; Loto-Quebec, Montreal; Everson Museum of Fine Arts-Syracuse, NY, USA; Brno Museum, Czech Republic; Teleglobe Canada; Pratt & Whitney Canada; Bank of Commerce, Brno, Czech Republic; Claridge Inc., Canada; Technologiiecentrum, Stuttgart, Germany; Stone Quarry Hill Art ParkCazenovia, NY, USA; Mutual Life Insurance Company, Montreal; Collection Peter Molson, Montreal and many other private collectors.