Partners and Friends

Galleries and Institutions

Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

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

Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

Exhibitions - Cleveland and Pittsburgh

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

Galerie Kodl, Prague, Czech Republic

Lucie Adamickova, CFO

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

Uprka Exhibit Catalog - Embassy Edition available for purchase

Museum of Literature, Prague, CZ

Auction Houses

Heritage Auctions, Chicago, IL
Senior Vice President
Roberta Kramer

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

Zezula Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

Tomas Zezula

Aukce Aukci

Art Consulting

Jan Benedik, great-great grandson of Joza Uprka
Scholar, Researcher, Author

Jan Preclik
Gallerist

Sharon Schweitzer
Author | Founder of Access to Culture

Chair of NCSML (National Czech and Slovak Museum)

Dr. Erin Dusza, Ph.D
Author | Dusza, Erin Michelle, Art, Historicism, and Nostalgia In the Creation of Czechoslovak National Identity. Ph. D., Indiana University, 2024.

Czech Government Embassies and Consulates

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

Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York

Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles

University Affiliations

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