Štepán Pala studied first at the glass art school in Kamenický Šenov and then in the department of architectural glass led by Vaclav Cigler at the Bratislava Art Academy. Between these two periods of study, Štepán worked for a while in a Czech glass factory. In 1975, after leaving the Bratislava Art Academy, Štepán set up a studio with his wife in the same city and started to work as an independent artist. After the collapse of the communist regime, he began to exhibit his works internationally. Štepán uses optical glass, melted and moulded to create geometric glass sculptures. His works have a drawn quality and emphasise movement through the inclusion of contrasting geometric forms.
Štepán Pala