Zoja Trofimiuk

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Zoja Trofimiuk
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Zoja Trofimiuk in her studio in Melbourne in June 1998
Born1952
Nationality Australian
EducationVáclav Hollar Art School, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, RMIT University
Stylecast glass
Relatives Zbych Trofimiuk (son)

Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952) is an Australian sculptor and printmaker, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She specializes in cast glass; her studio is in Melbourne.

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Education

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. Trofimiuk went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in 1991. [1]

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Spring Lovers

Exhibitions

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Duet, dry point

Awards

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Personal life

Zbych Trofimiuk, an Australian actor, is her son.

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References

  1. "Zoja Trofimiuk: Biography". Artmajeur. Artmajeur . Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. Previously commissioned prints - 1999 Archived 24 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Print Council of Australia.
  3. "Zoja Trofimiuk". Ranamok Glass Prize. Ranamok Glass Prize Limited. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

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