Yan Zoritchak - Artist Info

About Yan Zoritchak

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    Yan Zoritchak was born in Zdiar, Slovakia in 1944. He spent his childhood in this small mountain village, taking great inspiration from the enchanting landscapes and from the great open spaces. Here, he developed his passion for space, and when he later became acquainted the medium of glass; it immediately became the ideal means for him to express his love of light and for his depiction of the cosmos.

    Zoritchak learned to work with glass at the Prague School of Applied Arts, where he learned techniques for crystal production and decoration. Having acquired a certain artistic education, he decided in 1970 to move to Paris where glass-working was still considered a form of craft.

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