Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952) is an Australian sculptor and printmaker, born in

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. She specializes in cast glass; her studio is in Melbourne.

Education

Trofimiuk studied at the in

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, from 1969 until 1972. In 1972, she enrolled at the

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, 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 RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

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, Australia in 1991.

Exhibitions

* 1991 - TORSO, Hugo Gallery, Canberra * 1996 - WORKS on PAPER, George Gallery, Melbourne * 1999 - MILLENNIUM COLLECTION, Adam Galleries, Melbourne * 2001 - OCEAN GALLERY inaugurated from Australian Shores * 2005 - SCULPTURE and GRAVERRE, Adam galleries, Melbourne * 2006 - IX International Glass Symposium, ** Curator: Prof. Sylva Petrova, PhD., MA, BA, Novy Bor, Czech Republic * 2006 - Ranamok Glass Award, touring exhibition, Australia ** Works on Paper 2, NS, Nova sin gallery, Prague, Czech Republic * 2007 - Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile, Regional Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

Awards

* 1981, 1990 - Honorary Award, Dante's Biennale,

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* 1999 - One of six artists selected for the annual Print Commission, Print Council of AustraliaPreviously commissioned prints - 1999
, Print Council of Australia. * 2006 - Ranamok Glass Prize, finalist * 2018 - Mildura Print Triennial finalist * 2020 - VAS SCULPTURE AWARD CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION winner

Personal life

Zbych Trofimiuk Zbych Trofimiuk (born 7 April 1979) is an Australian language teacher, academic, and actor. He is known for his award-winning performance as Mike Masters in the children's television adventure series ''Sky Trackers'', and as the lead character P ...

, an Australian actor, is her son.

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SELECTED WORKS OF ART
1952 births Living people 20th-century Australian sculptors RMIT University alumni Artists from Prague Australian artisans Australian glass artists Women glass artists Australian people of Czech descent Czechoslovak emigrants to Australia Glass makers 21st-century Australian sculptors Artists from Melbourne Print Council of Australia Australian women sculptors 20th-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian women artists {{Glass-art-stub