Boda Horak
Boda Horak completed her architecture and interior design studies at the College of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she graduated in 1980 and a few years later, in 1987, was one of the co-founders of the legendary group of designers “ATIKA”, much acclaimed by critics and audiences; very soon he became one of the main European exponents of that recognized as the post-modernist movement of the 1980s. According to many critics, while in Italy the Memphis movement with Ettore Sottsass and his other collaborators manifested itself in Prague, following an ideological and aesthetic path very similar, the figure of this designer was highlighted.
His works, characterized by impeccable craftsmanship and a very thick plastic sense, are of very different types and sizes: from the glass to the candlestick, from the chairs to the sofa. All these pieces are characterized by a very strong aesthetic, at times monumental and dramatic, always of great impact and out of the usual design paths,
From 1993 the artist began to collaborate with the German company Anthologie Quartett, who first sensed his great talent, creating a successful line of design products that helped define the same distinctive style of the company. Horak’s designs are all unique, never the same, sculptural, but attentive to use, ergonomics and practicality: what seem to be precious sculptures, turn out to be very comfortable chairs or perfectly usable sofas.
In 2012 the designer started a new project, working together with the designer glass sculptor Vladimíra Klumpar and creating a collection of highly refined objects, including vases, candelabra and glasses. This is followed by a new line of lighting objects, which includes monumental chandeliers, but also small lamps with a great atmosphere.
In the same year Boda Horak began collaborating with Rückl crystal glass companies A.S, Bomma, PRAGER Kunstsalon and from 2013 with some art galleries: the KREHKY gallery, PRAGA KABINET and TIME ART AVANTGARDESIGN in Germany.
Boda Horak participates in prestigious exhibitions in some famous international galleries such as Binnen in Amsterdam, Jannone in Milan, Ferrero1947 in Turin, dadriade in Rome, the Moss Gallery in New York, the Limn gallery in San Francisco, UNICA Las Vegas, etc … works are regularly published at home and abroad, in many art magazines and books and are also exhibited in the most famous design and applied art museums in the world and in some private collections.