Zoja Trofimiuk
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Zoja Trofimiuk is an Australia
n sculptor and printmaker, born in Prague
, Czechoslovakia
. She specializes in cast glass
; her studio is in Melbourne. Zbych Trofimiuk
, an Australian actor, is her son.
B.A. 1972-77 ASP Cracow, Poland
Wenceslaus Hollar' Lyceum, Prague, Czech Republic, 1969–1972
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n sculptor and printmaker, born in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. She specializes in cast glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
; her studio is in Melbourne. Zbych Trofimiuk
Zbych Trofimiuk
Zbych Trofimiuk, birth name Zbigniew Krzysztof Trofimiuk, , an Australian actor. He is best known for his performance as Paul Reynolds, the lead character in the children's science fiction series Spellbinder.-Personal:Trofimiuk is the son of the Prague-born Melbourne sculptor Zoja Trofimiuk.He...
, an Australian actor, is her son.
Education
- Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia 1991
B.A. 1972-77 ASP Cracow, Poland
Wenceslaus Hollar' Lyceum, Prague, Czech Republic, 1969–1972