BIOGRAPHY OF RUDOLF BURDA


* 1973

Rudolf Burda studied at the School of Applied Arts in Turnov (Czech Republic) major of artistic blacksmithing. From 1992 to 1993 Rudolf absolved an internship in California, USA, after his return the Rudolf Burda Studio was established in the Czech Republic.

Nowadays Rudolf primarily works with glass and designs stainless steel sculptures. His works are represented in various art collections in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Holland, Great Britain, United States of America, and the Middle East. From 2012 Rudolf participated at various exhibitions and art fairs Netherlands, UAE, Singapore, China and USA.

In 2016 Rolls-Royce bought a whole collection of RR & RB and the chairman of Leica Company had contacted Rudolf and ordered a 5-meters-high commission for brand new Leica’s World in Wetzlar, Germany.

At the end of 2018 Rudolf Burda will participate in the most prestigious art events for emerging artists: The Jiangsu Art Fair and the Scope Miami Art Basel Miami, Art Bab 2018, Kingdom Of Bahrain, which will be followed by a personal large exhibition in the capital of Oman Muscat.

Artist’s statement:
“The greatest inspiration for me is the universe that is fulfilling my life’s credo of being the energy of the big bang, which has neither beginning nor ending. In my work I’m following minimalistic legacy and I am searching for the ideal and pure form. My aim is to contribute to the preservation of the old tradition of hand-blown glass together with developing and perfecting it.”

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

„9“ RUDOLF BURDA & TUGENDHAT, Brno, Czech Republic

RUDOLF BURDA „∞“ Smetanova Litomyšl, 2023

2022

Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur / Singapur, 2022
COLUMN / NEBESSLOUP, Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART, Prague, Czech Republic
SPACE SHIP, private collection, Prague, Czech Republic

2021

Letní výtvarný salon, Kodl Contemporary, Praha

2020

LA Art Show — Fine Art, Palm Desert, USA
Art in LA Affair BEVERLY HILLS, ACCA Gallery, USA
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Kasuga Gallery — Tokyo, Japan
TAKSU Galleries — Singapore / Kuala Lumpur

BLACK POWER & WHITE POWER, Stainless Steel Sculpture I, II, (2,3 m), Prague, Czechia

CIRCLE OF LIFE, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Carrara marble + black stone, (dia: 2 m), Central Hospital of Mladá Boleslav, Czechia

2019

DOPE — Taksu Gallery | Singapore
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Art BAB 2019 — Bruno Massa Gallery, Kingdom of Bahrain
Art Prague 2019 — PragArtworks, Czech Republic
NordArt 2019 — MULTIVERSUM, Büdelsdorf, Germany
KLAF 2019 — architecture festival, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
ART EXPO Malaysia 2019, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
KASUGA GALLERY, TOKYO, Japan
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami

2018
Bos Fine Art — UNTITLED TZT The Hague
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery | Munich
Bratislava castle, Slovakia, Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
Voloshyn Gallery — DIALOG — Burda & Deyak
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery | Munich
Art Bab 2018 — Bruno Massa Gallery | Kingdom Of Bahrain
Art Paris Art Fair — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
AFF Art Fair HONG KONG
Kyiv Art Week — Voloshyn Gallery
LEICA — BIG ROTATION, sculpture for Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany
Art Expo Malaysia — Mookji Art | Kuala Lumpur
SOFA — Peimbert Gallery | Chicago
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Heitsch Gallery

2017
LA ART SHOW 2017
MIRROR SPACE – Personal Exhibition at Stal Gallery in Muscat, Oman
AFF, Singapore
SCOPE New York
ART BASEL
World Trade Organization — WTO, Geneva
LAYERS, JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Markowicz Fine Arts

2016
RR & RB exhibition at Rolls-Royce Showroom in Prague,
JIANGSU ART FAIR, Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China
Art Miami SCOPE; Context Art Miami, 2016

2015
Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep.
Index Dubai, UAE
Glassplus à la Borges, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2014
Index Dubai, UAE

2013
Moser Art Gallery “Czech Glass Masters”
Prague 13th Festival of Art And Glass, Karlovy Vary
Yellow Abyssus No.1, J&T Bank

2012
Boudoir Club Society Prague under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Gate Gallery “Glass Objects” / Naked Geometry of F. Drtikol
12th Festival of Art and Glass, Karlovy Vary Czech Rep,
Rudolf Burda — Abyssus, Sun Gallery — Spa Resort Sanssouci
Art Fair Utrecht, The Netherlands — Van Loon Galleries

1995
Steel and Glass — Museum of Mlada Boleslav, Czech Rep.


Photo by Michael Agel © 2018 – Leica





SELECTED COLLECTIONS

BROVDI ART Art & Culture Foundation
Cermak — Eisenkraft Collection
HUAN TAI HU ART CITY & MUSEUM, China
King of Saudi Arabia Collection
Kingdom of Bahrain — HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
LEICA, Wetzlar, Germany
MUSEUM OF GLASS IN JABLONEC NAD NISOU, Czech Republic
Malaysia — Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj
Martin Burda Collection | Prague, Czech Republic
Milan Maděryč Collection
Netherlands — E. Mulders Collection
Robert Runták Collection
RB&RR Rolls Royce Collection
Roman Abramovich Collection
Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa — The first president and the current honorary president of the Bahrain Art Society
Suncheon MOMA, Korea
TRISH DUGGAN COLLECTION / Glass Museum St. Petersburgh Miami USA
THE ZAIN AZAHARI COLLECTION , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
… and other private collections in Canberra, Kyiv, London,
Los Angeles, Manama, New York, Paris, Prague, etc.


EXHIBITIONS


1995 Steel and Glass — Museum of Mladá Boleslav, Czech Rep.

2011 GLASS — Hotel Aplaus — Smetanova Litomyšl, Czech Rep.

Futurista / 3dh — Glass Objects

2012 Boudoir Club Society Prague under the auspices

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Gate Gallery “Glass Objects” / Naked Geometry of F. Drtikol

12th Festival of Art and Glass, Karlovy Vary Czech Rep,

Rudolf Burda — Abyssus, Sun Gallery — Spa Resort Sanssouci

Art `Fair Utrecht, The Netherlands — Van Loon Galleries

2013 Moser Art Gallery “Czech Glass Masters”

Prague 13th Festival of Art And Glass, Karlovy Vary

Yellow Abyssus No.1, J&T Bank

2014 Rudolf Burda Glass, Pop Up Gallery Art Salon S,

Dancing House, Prague, Czech Rep.

index dubai, UAE

2015 Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep.

index dubai, UAE

ŠKoda aUto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Rep.

Chateau Hostačov, Czech Rep.

Glassplus à la Borges, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2016 RR&RB exhibition at Rolls-Royce Showroom in Prague,

Czech Rep.; Permanent Exhibition at Manes, Prague, Czech Rep.;

LP&RB Le Palais Art Hotel Prague, Czech Rep.

JIANGSU ART FAIR, Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China

Art Miami SCOPE; Context Art Miami, 2016

2017 LA ART SHOW 2017; Personal Exhibition at Stal Gallery in Muscat, Oman, 2017;

AFF, Singapore, 2017

SCOPE New York, 2017

ART BASEL, 2017

World Trade Organization — WTO, Geneva, 2017

LAYERS, JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München, 2017

Art Miami Context, 2017

2018 Bos Fine Art — UNTITLED TZT The Hague

Heitsch Gallery — HIGHLIGHTS

Bratislava castle, SK — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery

Voloshyn Gallery — DIALOG — Burda & Deyak

Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery

Art Bab 2018 — Kingdom Of Bahrain

Art Paris Art Fair — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery

AFF Art Fair HONG KONG

Kyiv Art Week, Voloshyn Gallery

LEICA — BIG ROTATION, sculpture for Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany

SKULPTURALE — JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München


MEDIA FEEDBACK


Prague, Czechia

Munich, Germany

Wetzlar, Germany

Paris, France

Kyiev, Ukraine

Bahrain, Bahrain

Muscat, Oman

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hong Kong, China

Singapore

New York, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Madrid, Spain

Basel, Switzerland

Miami, Florida, United States

Litomyšl , Czechia

Split, Croatia

Moscow, Russia

Canberra, Australia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Houston,  Texas, United States

Bogota, Columbia

Noumea, New Caledonia

Mexico City, Mexico

Rome,  Italy

Manama, Bahrain

Changzhou, China

Vught, Netherlands

New Delhi, India

London, Great Britan

Karlsruhe, Germany

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Utrecht, Netherlands

Haag, Netherlands


ARTWORKS / Collections


K2 Mountain

Prague, Czechia

Munich, Germany

Wetzlar, Germany

Paris, France

Kyiev, Ukraine

Bahrain, Bahrain

Muscat, Oman

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hong Kong, China

Singapore

New York, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Madrid, Spain

Basel, Switzerland

Miami, Florida, United States

Litomyšl , Czechia

Split, Croatia

Moscow, Russia

Canberra, Australia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Houston,  Texas, United States

Bogota, Columbia

Noumea, New Caledonia

Mexico City, Mexico

Rome,  Italy

Manama, Bahrain

Changzhou, China

Vught, Netherlands

New Delhi, India

London, Great Britan

Karlsruhe, Germany

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Utrecht, Netherlands

Haag, Netherlands

Velaa Private Island, Maldives

Aspen, Colorado, United States

Seoul, South Korea