Jiří Pačínek

1971 born in Litoměřice

1987 - 1990 studied at Galss apprentice centre in Nový Bor in the section of glass blowing and hand shaping

1992 admited to work as glass-blower in AJETO in Petr Novotny's team

1995 left to USA for 3 months working residency by Leon Applebaum glass studio in Rochester. After return back to AJETO he was appointed as master of glass team

2008 left the glassworks AJETO and perform his old dream to work in his own hotworks He is regularly attending significant world glass events - symposiums, conferences and other proffession and art meetings in Europe and overseas, for example International Glass Symposium in Nový Bor, Glasstage in Zwiesel, Glass Art Society in USA and many other events in different countries. Up to now Jiří Pačínek has created glass for many world known glass artists and designers, among others:

Miluše Roubíčková and René Roubíček, Bořek Šípek, Leon Applebaum, Rony Plesl, Sem Schanzer, Louis Sakalovski, Charles Parriot, Anna Torfs