• His work is held today in numerous public collections, among them the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno and the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, as well as in private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad.
   
• In the past year alone his work has appeared at Design Week in Dubai, in the Netherlands, in Slovenia and in Milan, and in exhibitions at the Clam-Gallas Palace, the Maison&Objet gallery in Paris, the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi and the Go Green Art Gallery in Zurich.
   

• Besides the Czech Grand Design awards in 2021 and 2022, he has also won the BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024, the Ludwig Moser Award 2018 and Master of Crystal 2018. In 2024 he was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

   

The work of the glass artist, designer and glass painter František Jungvirt is represented today in numerous public collections, among them the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno and the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, as well as in private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad. In the past year alone his work has appeared at Design Week in Dubai, in the Netherlands, in Slovenia and in Milan, and in exhibitions at the Clam-Gallas Palace, the Maison&Objet gallery in Paris, the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi and the Go Green Art Gallery in Zurich. Besides the Czech Grand Design awards in 2021 and 2022, he has also won the BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024, the Ludwig Moser Award 2018 and Master of Crystal 2018. In 2024 he was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
 

František Jungvirt studied glass painting at the secondary vocational school in Třeboň and is a graduate of the glass studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, led by the sculptor Rony Plesl. In his work he most often draws on the traditions of Czech glassmaking, giving them a new expression through the exaggeration and gentle humour that are all his own. Through an authentic visual language and experimental yet precise techniques, he seeks to push the technical and aesthetic limits of the field. Among the hallmarks of Jungvirt's work is not only its play with form, but also with colour and with hand-painted motifs. Alongside the design of functional objects, he makes art objects, installations and limited series in glass. He currently works under his own eponymous label františek jungvirt and is actively involved in the international platforms Michelangelo Foundation, Northlands Creatives and Erria Creatives. 

Awards

2024 

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024 Winner – Garden Roots vases

Forbes 30 Under 30 2024
 

2022 

Josef Hlávka Award

Stanislav Libenský Award 2022 – among the 30 selected participants

Czech Grand Design Awards 2021 – Finalist, Discovery of the Year
 

2021 

Erste Premier Talent Display 2021, Designblok

Stanislav Libenský Award 2021 – among the 30 selected participants

Czech Design Award – Best of Design – design for KLIMCHI

Czech Grand Design Awards 2020 – Nomination, Discovery of the Year

EDIDA Awards 2021 – Nomination

2020 

EDIDA Awards 2020 – Nomination

2018 

Winner, Ludwig Moser Award 2018

Master of Crystal 2018 – Special Prize of the Jury

Master of Crystal 2018 – Prize of the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou

Junior Glass Ways – Craftsmanship Award – for glass painting

2015 

Sanssouci Junior Glass Match – Craftsmanship Award – for glass painting

More of his work can be found at https://www.frantisekjungvirt.com/.

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Katarína Kinga Králová