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Australian sculptor and printmaker (born 1952)

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Zoja Trofimiuk
Zoja Trofimiuk in her studio in Melbourne in June 1998
Born	1952 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Australian
Education	Václav Hollar Art School, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, RMIT University
Style	cast glass
Relatives	Zbych Trofimiuk (son)

Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952) is an Australian sculptor and printmaker, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She specializes in cast glass; her studio is in Melbourne.

Education

Trofimiuk studied at the Václav Hollar Art School [cs] in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1969 until 1972. In 1972, she enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland. She graduated in 1977 and was awarded a diploma in Fine Art. Trofimiuk went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in 1991.

Exhibitions

1991 - TORSO, Hugo Gallery, Canberra
1996 - WORKS on PAPER, George Gallery, Melbourne
1999 - MILLENNIUM COLLECTION, Adam Galleries, Melbourne
2001 - OCEAN GALLERY inaugurated from Australian Shores
2005 - SCULPTURE and GRAVERRE, Adam galleries, Melbourne
2006 - IX International Glass Symposium,
- Curator: Prof. Sylva Petrova, PhD., MA, BA, Novy Bor, Czech Republic
2006 - Ranamok Glass Award, touring exhibition, Australia
- Works on Paper 2, NS, Nova sin gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 - Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile, Regional Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

Awards

1981, 1990 - Honorary Award, Dante's Biennale, Ravenna, Italy
1999 - One of six artists selected for the annual Print Commission, Print Council of Australia
2006 - Ranamok Glass Prize, finalist
2018 - Mildura Print Triennial finalist
2020 - VAS SCULPTURE AWARD CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION winner
2021 - Australian Monoprint Biennial Prize, finalist
2022 - VAS SCULPTURE AWARD, SUMMER EXHIBITION, second prize
2023 - VAS SCULPTURE AWARD, AUTUMN EXHIBITION, winner
2024 - VAS SCULPTURE AWARD, AUTUMN EXHIBITION, third prize

Personal life

Zbych Trofimiuk, an Australian actor, is her son.

References

"Zoja Trofimiuk: Biography". Artmajeur. Artmajeur. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
Previously commissioned prints - 1999 Archived 24 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Print Council of Australia.
"Zoja Trofimiuk". Ranamok Glass Prize. Ranamok Glass Prize Limited. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

External links

Media related to Zoja Trofimiuk at Wikimedia Commons

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