Gerhard Ribka

Education

1974-80  studies chemistry in Frankfurt, Darmstadt und Würzburg, Diplom
1980-82  Apprenticeship in stained glass, Mayer´sche Hofkunstanstalt, Munich
1985  Pilchuck Glass School, USA (Dana Zámečníková: Glass-Painting and Laminating)
1986-88  studies at the Royal College of Art, London (Prof. David Hamilton, Prof. Eduardo Paolozzi, Keith Cummings), Master of Arts
1987  Pilchuck Glass School, USA (Harvey Littleton: Vitreography)

Professional Appointments

1982-86 and 1988-89  fabrication of stained glass windows at the Mayer´sche Hofkunstanstalt, Munich
1989-93  Head of stained glass restoration at Lincoln Cathedral, England
1991  Publication: "15 Windows of Lincoln Cathedral", Lincoln
1994  Publication: "The Making of a Cathedral - Glass and Glaziers", Lincoln
1998  Seto, Japan: Workshop (Vitreography) at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society; USA  /  Artist-in-Residence, Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, USA
2004  New Orleans: Lecture at the annual conference of the  Glass Art Society, USA 

Teaching Appointments

1986  Pilchuck Glass School, USA (Teaching Assistant of Prof. H.G. v. Stockhausen)
1989-1991  Bildwerk Academy, Frauenau, Germany
1991  Staffordshire University, England
1993-present  Lecturer, State College of Glass and Jewellery, Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, Germany
1995-97  Bildwerk Academy, Frauenau, Germany
1998  Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan  /  Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2000-06  Bildwerk Academy, Frauenau, Germany (Co-Teaching with Robert Carlson, USA,  Jiří Harcuba, Czech Republic, Joseph Cahill, USA/
Czech Republic, Stephen Paul Day, USA 
2002  Northlands Creative Glass, UK (Co-Teaching with  Adrian Wiszniewski, UK
2007  Masterclass, Firestation Artists’ Studios, Dublin

Honours and Awards

1987  Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship
1990  Special Award, „A Decade of Excellence“, Professional Stained Glass Magazine, USA
1992  First Prize, „Contributions to Art in Public Spaces“, Munich, Germany
2001 Honourable Mention, „The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa“, Japan  /  New Glass Review 9 (1988), 10 (1989), 12 (1991),
14 (1993), 15 (1994), 17 (1996), 20 (1999), 22 (2001), 25 (2004), 27 (2006), 28 (2007), 29 (2008), The Corning Museum of Glass, USA

Public Collections

Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany
The Corning Museum of Glass, USA
Regionalbibliothek Weiden, Germany
Design Centre Ishikawa, Japan
Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Deutsches Glasmalereimuseum, Linnich, Germany
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany

Commissions

1986  Chapel, Mittelbrunn, Germany
1992  Christ’s Hospital School, Lincoln, England
1992  Methodist Church, Wragby, England
1997  Katholische Filialkirche, Unterweilenbach, Germany
2001  Seminary St. Petrus, Wigratzbad, Germany
2004  Irene Salimi Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan
2005  Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany 

Selected Group Exhibitions
(c= catalogue)

1985  „2. Internationales Glassymposium“ Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany  /  „2. Coburger Glaspreis“, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany (C) 
1986  „Junge deutsche Glaskunst“, Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany (C) 
1987  „Young Glass 87“, GlasMuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark (C)  /  „Glass 87 in Japan“, Odakyu Dept. Store, Tokyo, Japan (C) 
1988  „The International Exhibition of Glass Craft 88“, Kanazawa, Japan (C)  /  Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London (C)  / Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich 
1989  „2me Salon International du Vitrail“, Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres, France (C) 
1990  „The International Exhibition of Glass 90“, Kanazawa, Japan (C)  /  „British Glass“, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, England (C)/
„New Glass in New Orleans“, New Orleans School of Glass Works, USA 
1991  „World Glass Now 91“, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, City Art Museum,  Shimonoseki, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo,
City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Daimaru Museum, Osaka, Japan (C)  /  „Internationales Glas 91“,
Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany (C)  /  „Festival of Contemporary Glass“, Opus 1 Gallery, London  /  „Images of Faith“, Museum & Art Gallery, Worthing, England 
1992  „Beiträge zur Kunst im Stadtraum“, Hauptzollamt, Munich, Germany  /  „3rd Festival of Contemporary Glass“, Opus 1 Gallery, London / 
1993  „Of Coloured Light“, Rufford Craft Center, England 
1995  Mensch und Maschine, Wessling, Germany  /  „5. Internationales Glassymposium“, Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany (C)  / 
„The International Exhibition of Glass 95“, Kanazawa, Japan (C) 
1996  „Goldspuren“, Galerie Kunst & Form, Arnbruck, Germany  /  Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, Germany 
1998  „7. Bayerisch-Böhmische Kulturtage“, Neues Rathaus, Weiden, Germany../..“The International Exhibition of Glass 98“, Kanazawa, Japan (C)  / 
„Pilchuck Glass School Faculty“, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, USA  /  „Pilchuck 20th Anniversary Glass Auction“, Seattle, USA (C) 
1999  Galerie Fromme Contempora, Pörtschach, Austria 
2000  "Glas 2000", Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany (C)  /  „Stained Glass and Glass Panels“, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark  / 
"The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawai´i Art Gallery, 16 Museums in the US and Taiwan (C) / “Pilchuck Glass School Auction”,
Seattle,USA (C)  / 
2001 “Religious Motifs in Glass”, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark (C)  /  “The International Exhibition of Glass 2001”, Kanazawa, Japan (C)  / 
Pilchuck Glass School Auction”, Seattle,USA (C) 
2002  „Glaskunst nach 1980 – Zeitgenössisches Glas in Immenhausen“,Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany 
2003  „Neuerwerbungen 2002“, Ernsting Stiftung Coesfeld (C)  /  „hier + heute – Glas aus Deutschland“,
Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern, Schloss Theuern, Germany (C)  /  „The Other Side of the Looking Glass: The Glass Body and Its Metaphors“,
Turtle Bay Museums, Redding, USA (C)  /  „Glas 2003 – 2. Immenhäuser Glaspreis“, Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany (C)  / 
"Internationale Glasmalerei der Gegenwart im Wandel", Deutsches Glasmalereimuseum Linnich, Germany (C)  /
"De Glans in de Rust", Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, Netherlands 
2004  „Vitreous Matters“, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, USA  /  „So nah und doch so fern“, Schwäbische Galerie, Oberschönenfeld (C)  /
  „The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004“, Kanazawa und Notojima, Japan (C)  /  „Meditations V“, Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, Netherlands  / 
„Glass Art Today“, Mariska Dirkx, GlassTec, Düsseldorf, Germany 
2005  „Particle Theories: Pate de Verre and other Cast Glass Granulations“, Museum of American Glass, Milleville; USA (C)  /  „Faces“, Glasmuseum Frauenau 
2006  „Glas 2006 – 3. Immenhäuser Glaspreis“, Glasmuseum Immenhausen (C)  /  Art Prague Fair, Mariska Dirkx Gallery  / 
„Reflections: A Decade of Northlands Creative Glass, Royal Museum, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (C) / 
GlasTec, Mariska Dirkx Gallery @ Düsseldorf Messegelände  /  „50 Vasen – 50 Künstler, Glasmuseum Frauenau 
2007  Co[]ect 2007, Dan Klein Associates at Adrian Sassoon, Victoria and Albert Museum , London  / 
50 Vasen – 50 Künstler, Glas-museum Rheinbach  /  „Wiedersehen“, Glasmuseum Immenhausen  / 
„Adams, Gussek, Musler, Ribka“, Heller Gallery, New York  /  „The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2007“, Kanazawa und Notojima, Japan (C)  / 
SOFA, Chicago with Heller Gallery, New York 
2008  „Talk to me, Voices of Kiln-Formed Glass, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, USA (C)  /  “Same Difference”, Galerie am Museum, Frauenau / 
“new & noteworthy” 
, Heller Gallery, New York, USA  /  “Glass Routes”, Bilston Craft Gallery, Worlverhampton, UK;

Solo Exhibitions

1987  Galerie Erdmannsdörfer, Stuttgart, Germany 
1990  Galerie Erdmannsdörfer, Stuttgart, Germany 
1999  Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany (C) 
2002  Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany (with Jens Gussek)  /  Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
2006  Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris (C) 
2007  „Glas-Kunst-Orte“, Neues Rathaus, Weiden (with Petr Larva)  
2008  „weit draußen“, Kunstpartner Galerie, Adlmannstein (with Liz Zitzelsberger, paintings)  /  „Wasserschloss“, Galerie am Museum, Frauenau

Selected Publications

- [Catalogue] Junge deutsche Glaskunst 87. Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany. 1986/87.page 22 with Illustrations.
- [Catalogue] Glass ´87 in Japan. Odakyu Department Store Grand Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. 1987. p.114 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Young Glass ´87. Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark. 1987. pp.66/67 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 9. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1988. p.146 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Design and Communication Degree Show 1988. Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. 1988. p.95 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The international Exhibition of Glass Craft ´88. Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall, Kanazawa, Japan. 1988. p.57 m. Abb.
- [Catalogue] 2e salon International du Vitrail 1989. Grenier de Loens, Chartres und Galerie Julles Salles, Nimes, France. 1989. pp.192/193/303 w. Ill
- New Glass Review 10. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1989. p.177 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] British Glass, Work by 40 leading British Artists in Glass. Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, UK. 1990. pp.29/30 w. Ill..
- [Catalogue] The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ´90. Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall, Kanazawa, Japan. 1990. p.120 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 12. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1991. p.87 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] World Glass Now ´91. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki;Daimaru Museum, Tokyo; Hiroshima City museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Daimaru Museum, Umeda, Osaka, all Japan. 1991/1992. pp.120/121/240/273 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 14. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1993. p.92 w. Ill.
- Uta Klotz, „Travel Journal“, Neues Glas 4/1994. Frechen. 1994. pp.32-39 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 15. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1994. pp.72/73/92 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 95. Ishikawa Industrial Center main Hall. Kanazawa, Japan. 1995. pp.29/77 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 17. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1996. p.93 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 98. Ishikawa Industrial Center Main Hall. Kanazawa, Japan. 1998. pp.36/74 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 20. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 1999. p.97 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] "The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition". University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, USA; Kukui Grove Center Exhibition Hall, Lihué, Hawaii, USA; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, USA; National Central University, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan; American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan; National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Providence University. Taichung Hsien, Taiwan; University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA; Wright State University, dayton, USA; Murray State University, Murray, USA; Art Center in Hargate, Concord, USA; East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, USA; Maui Arts and Cultural Center Kahului, USA. 2000/02. p.116 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 22. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 2001. p.90 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2001. Kanazawa Korimbo Daiwa 8F Hall, Kanazawa, Japan. 2001. pp.17/61/83 w. Ill.
- „Gerhard Ribka“. Glashaus 3/2002. Krefeld. Germany. 2002. pp.4/5 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The other Side of the Looking Glass, The Glass Body and its Metaphors. Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, USA. 2003. pp.28-31/53/59/60 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The visible Man. Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. 2003. pp.20/21/61 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Glas 2003 – 2. Immenhäuser Glaspreis. Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany. 2003. pp.114/115 w. Ill..
- [Catalogue] hier + heute Glas aus Deutschland. Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern Schloss Theuern, Kümmersbruck, Germany. 2003. pp.96/97 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 25. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 2004. p.36 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] So nah und doch so fern, 7 Künstlerpaare aus Schwaben. Schwäbische Galerie im Volkskundemuseum Oberschönenfeld, Gessertshausen, Germany. 2004. p.15 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004. Kanazawa Korimbo Aiwa 8F Hall, Kanazawa; Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima, both Japan. 2004. pp.34/62 w. Ill.
- Susanne K. Frantz (Editor) The Glass Art Society 2004 Journal, New Orleans. Seattle. 2004. Gerhard Ribka, „Flowers slide“. pp.42/43 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Erwerbungen 2002-2003. Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding. Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany. 2004. pp.16/55/61 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glas Granulations. Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, USA. 2005. pp.22/81/82 w. Ill.
- Tina Oldknow. 25 Years of New Glass Review. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA. 2005. p.126/145 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Erwerbungen 2004-2005. Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding. Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette. 2006. 22/57/66 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue]Das verlorene Gesicht – wiedergefunden, Alexander-Tutsek-Stiftung, München. 2006. 64-69 w. Ill.
- Angélique Escandell, „Gerhard Ribka“, la revue de la céramique et du verre, No. 148, Mai-Juin 2006, Vendin-le-Vieil, Frankreich. 2006. 65 w. Ill.
- Wolfgang Schmölders, „Gerhard Ribka“, Glashaus 2/2006. Krefeld. 2006. 10/11 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue] Glas 2006 – 3. Immenhäuser Glaspreis. Glasmuseum Immenhausen. 2006. 136/137 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue]„Reflections: A Decade of Northlands Creative Glass, Royal Museum, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. 2006. 52 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 27. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 2006. 51/73 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 28. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 2007. 39/67 w. Ill.
- [Catalogue]The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2007. Kanazawa Korimbo Aiwa 8F Hall, Kanazawa; Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima, beide Japan. 2007. 35/64 w. Ill.
- Susanne K. Frantz (Editor) The Glass Art Society 2007 Journal, Pittsburgh. Seattle. 2007. Tina Oldknow: A Brief Overview of the Human Figure in Glass. 61/63 w. Ill.
- New Glass Review 29. The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, USA. 2008. 46 w. Ill.