Vladimir Lekes,Director

Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, FL, USA
Interim Executive Director
Jennifer Deery
Former Executive Director
Debbie Komanski (retired)

Featured Exhibit: Impression of Life: Joža Uprka, Dec. 14th, 2021 - April 17th, 2022

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator, Photography and Media
Matt Witkovsky

Exhibitions - Cleveland and Pittsburgh

Christie’s NY, New York, New York
Head of Sales, European Art
Laura Mathis

Freeman’s/Hindman, Chicago, IL
VP Head of Department, Old Masters & 19th Century European Art
Madalina Lazan

Gallery of Fine Arts of Hodonín, Hodonín, CZ
Curator of Collections
Dr. Ilona Tunklová, Ph.D

Galerie Joži Uprky, Uherske Hvadiste, CZ
Gallery Director
Dr. Petr Vašát, Ph.D

Lucie Adamickova, CFO

Heritage Auctions, Chicago, IL
Senior Vice President
Roberta Kramer

Muzeum Jihovychodni Moravy Ve Zline, Luhacovice, CZ
Curator, Ethnography
Dr. Blanka Petrakova, Ph.D

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
President & CEO
Dr. Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., M.Sc., RDN

Museum of Literature - Praque

Uprka Exhibit Catalog - Embassy Edition available for purchase

Marketa Vohralikova - Head Public Diplomacy
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington D.C.

Mgr. Jakub Uteseny
Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago

Dr. Hana Waisserova
Associate Professor of Practice, Czech and Central European Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Affiliate of the Harris Center for Judaic Studies University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Mila Saskova-Pierce
Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Lincoln, NE, USA
Emeritus Associate
Professor Modern Languages & Literatures University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Christian Hilchey
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies University of Texas at Austin

Dr. David Cooper, Ph.D
Head of Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Featured Exhibit: National Treasure—The Art of Joža Uprka from the George Drost Collection,
November 5th, 2019 - December, 1st, 2019

Dr. Nicholas Sawicki, Ph.D
Art, Architecture and Design, Faculty Member Lehigh University

Dr. Marta Filipova, Ph.D
Masaryk University, Department of History of Art, Faculty Member
University of Birmingham, Art History, Curating and Visual Studies, Faculty Member

Dr. Martin Nekola, Ph.D
Independent Scholar

Julian Adoff, Ph.D
Artist and Art Historian

Sharon Schweitzer
Author | Founder of Access to Culture

Jan Benedik
Scholar, Researcher, Author

Jan Preclik
Gallerist