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About the artist

Pavel Novak was born and raised in the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship. He makes his sculptures from the highest grade of optical glass, which is made using platinum in the melting process. He grinds, polishes, colors, laminates, and sandblasts each piece. Every piece is one of a kind and is the result of hours of labor.

Novak’s work is inspired by clean geometric shapes. His pieces feature bold colors and crisp lines that optically reflect on themselves and refract light, creating kaleidoscopic results. He ultimately seeks a balance of symmetry and asymmetry, shape and color.

About the artist

Victoria Kovalenchikova is a painter who has lived and worked in Amsterdam since 2008. She studied painting at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (1996–2002). In 2011 she was honoured by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus for enriching and promoting arts and culture, and that same year received the First Prize and Gold Medal “Lorenzo il Magnifico” at the VIII Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art for her paintings No Exit (2011) and Reflected Reality (2010). Since 1997 her work has appeared in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions across Europe, Asia, and the United States.