Glass Sculpture – Drawings - Paintings

at 796 Humboldt Street

April 9 – April 25, 2009

Opening Reception

Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

After graduating from the Folkwang School in the city of Essen, Germany, Horst began his 40 year career as an artist, glass sculptor and designer. In spite of a very successful innovative painter he was driven to follow his passion - GLASS.

His innovative and outstanding achievement lies in creating sculptures whereby leaving the material (flat glass) in its original condition. To achieve this, the glass is cut, broken and adhered together, always exposing the sculptures to the changing effects of light. Horst Molleken's glass objects achieve, in close proximity to light, a superb variety of forms and figurations, their fascination reminiscent of journeys underwater and inviting the eye to wander, to be constantly surprised by beautiful new discoveries.

Horst Molleken is a renowned glass artist. He has participated in various art shows in museums and galleries in Europe, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum- Duisburg, Germany and the Markisches Museum - Witten, Germany. Solo shows in Agen- France, various German cities and Chetana Art Gallery, Bombay- India. Group shows in Portsmouth- England, International Art Fair in Basle, Switzerland and the international Art Fair ' Art Cologne ' in Cologne, Germany.

He has also been commissioned to create glass sculptures in the architectural genre for the Memorial Chapel in Dinslaken (Germany), Health and Spa Centre Lang, Dinslaken (Germany) and the New Church, Swedenborg Centre (Switzerland) as well as private residences. His work has been collected by private art dealers and collectors.

Horst and his wife Rekha moved to BC in 1999 and have been living and working in Victoria since 2006. He continues to have commissions from private art collectors in British Columbia and Europe. He participated in "Art in Bloom" Victoria, in 2008.

Rekha Molleken will also be exhibiting her multi-media works.