Czech glass artist Vlastislav Janacek graduated from the School of Arts and Design in Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic in 1981. He studied under Vladimir Klein, the director of the school, a well respected artist who studied with Libensky in Prague. Janacek has been an independent glass artist since 1999, creating a body of work in optical glass. He uses lamination techniques to combine forms and layers of clear and colored glass, which are then finished with cutting and polishing methods.

Born October 18th, 1960 in Havlíčkův Brod , Czech Republic