Zoja Trofimiuk
Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952) is an Australian sculptor and printmaker, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She specializes in cast glass; her studio is in Melbourne.
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 / Distinction/. Trofimiuk went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in 1991.
Zoja Trofimiuk working in her art studio in Melbourne
Zoja Trofimiuk moulding glass in the Meat Market Glass Studio, Melbourne
Zoja Trofimiuk immigrated to Australia in 1984 with her husband and son and established her art studio in Melbourne. She specialises in cast glass and bronze, her sculptures are inspired by the human figure.
'My Art is my Statement'
'Volume, Space, Reality and Time within a historical perspective are concepts that have inspired my art. The human figure appeals to me as an adequate form for expressing these ideas. Working with glass has given me the opportunity to stretch boundaries of these concepts to new limits, as well as offering me the joyful experience of playing with colour.'
Education
1991 M.A., Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
1977 B.A., Diploma in Fine Art, Academy of Fine Art, Sculpture, Poland
2024 VAS Sculpture Award, Winner Visible Absence
VAS Sculpture Award, Third Google Girl
VAS Sculpture Award, Highly Commented, Muse
2023 VAS Sculpture Award, winner Shared Sorrow
2022 VAS Sculpture Award, second Happy Couple
2021 Australian Monoprint Biennial Prize, finalist Children’s Games
2020 VAS Sculpture Award, winner Vanity
2018 Mildura Print Triennial Award, finalist Duet
2016 Print Council of Australia Award, finalist
2015 Honorary Mentioning, AWAGAMI INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT BIENNALE, Japan
2006 Finalist, 2006 RANAMOK GLASS PRIZE
2006 IX INTERNATIONAL GLASS SYMPOSIUM, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2005 Honorary Award, 1. Art Biennial, Art Addiction Medial Museum, London
1999 Print Council of Australia Award
1990, 1981 Honorary Award, Dante’s Biennale, Ravenna, Italy
'Duet' 2018, dry point by Zoja Trofimiuk
'Icy', 2006, glass by Zoja Trofimiuk
Crystalex Art Collection
'Spring Lovers', cast glass by Zoja Trofimiuk
Ranamok Award, finalist, 2006
'Bloody Despair', glass, and bronze by Zoja Trofimiuk
Works by Zoja Trofimiuk
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