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

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.