Michaela Mertlová

Her works has been exhibited worldwide in institutions and fairs such as The National Gallery in Prague, Salone del mobile Milano, Silohalle Erlenmattpark Basel, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Exempla Munich.

Work:

2018 – now Designer LASVIT Czech
2018 Designer LASVIT Los Angeles
2015 Designer LASVIT Hongkong
2014 co-founder of design studio PSYCHOGNIS

Education:

2016
Pilchuck Glass School, Washington / Glassblowing 2.0 with Sally McCubbin

2015
Pilchuck Glass School, Washington / Digital Playground with Norwood Viviano

2013
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague / Product design Froněk & Němeček – study internship

2012
Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam / Product design – study internship

2010- 2014
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague / Glass studio of Rony Plesl, MA

Awards:

2016    Corning Incorporated Award 2016
2015    Czech Grand Design Award nominee, Discovery of the Year 2014
2014    Prague Design Week Award 2014
2014    1st prize Stanislav Libensky Award 2014
2013    2nd prize NexGen Prague Design Competiton, Nachtmann

Exhibitions:

2015
Manifest. Pop up glass, ZIBA, Praha
The Exhibition UMPRUM 2014, The National Gallery, Praha
The exhibition Discovery of the Year, Czech Grand Design Awards 2014, Praha

2014
Psychognis at Prague Design Week, Praha
Stanislav Libenský Award 2014, Dancing House Gallery, Praha
Prague UMPRUM in Brussels, Prague House, Brussel
Exempla, Internationale Handwerkmesse, München
8th international Dada festival, Silohalle Erlenmattpark Basel, Basel

2013 
Fishblade, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Pohled na věc – Idea, Oko, Tvar, Galerie 1, Praha
Villa 651/8, Živé město Dejvice, Praha

2012 
Designblok’12, Praha
Prototyping future habitats, Duende studios, Rotterdam

2011 
Praha – Ústí nad Labem – Zlín, Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld Lette
Transparency nation, Rony Plesl glass studio, DOX, Praha
Milan design week, Object of desire, Ventura Lambrate, Milan