Ladislav R. Hanka Permanent Archive of my works, books, proofs, documentation and correspondence Special Collections: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI EDUCATION 1005 Oakland Dr. Kalamazoo MI MFA in Printmaking: Western Michigan University 1981 49008 US MS in Zoology: Colorado State University 1979 Tel. (616) 388-5631 BA in Biology: Kalamazoo College 1975 Ladhanka@yahoo.com Guest Student: Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany 1973-73 Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna Austria 1979-80 Private Apprenticeship: Prague, Czechoslovakia: with Jindra Schmidt engraver of stamps and currency. TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 2007-2008 “ Books by Ladislav Hanka bound by the Czech Society of Design Book binders” National Museum, Prague; International Book Exposition; Nove Libri, Olomouc & Western Bohemian Museum, Pilsen : Velke Losiny hand-made paper factory exhibition halls - All in the Czech republic 142pp. catalog 2002- 2008 “Reflections of Superior; Artists under Sail” , group of seven artist’s work from sailing around Lake Superior : Little Cities Gallery, art museums at South Haven, Escanaba, Manistee, Thunder Bay, Saginaw, Petoskey, Ferris State University, Finlandia University, and Marquette Library Fold-out Brochure 1997- 2001 “ Visions of a Wandering Naturalist” – Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI; Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI; Omphale Artist Co-op Gallery, Calumet MI; University of Wisconsin, La Crosse;Waterford Area Cultural Council, Waterford, MI; Tosh Gallery, Houghton MI; Oasis, Artist Co-op Gallery, Marquette, MI; The ARK, Saugatuck, Michigan; Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, MI; Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago IL, Bunting’s East-west Gallery, Royal Oak, MI. – 32 pp catalog 1993-1999 “50 x 25"” book arts exhibit; 50 books by L. Hanka bound by 25 leading book binders. Sponsored by the Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist U. , Dallas TX, also circulated to Houston Baptist College and University of California at Los Angeles. 100 pp catalog 1995 “ Boreal Meditations”, Suomi College, Hancock MI & Northern Mich. U. Marquette MI 1989-1991 USA state department sponsored exhibit of Artworks by Ladislav and Jana Hanka Exhibited at the US Consulate in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) and at Spaso House (US embassy) in Moscow and subsequently circulated to the Buryat Museum in Sevir Baikalsk and to municipal art museums and cultural centers in Nizhni Novgorod (formerly Gorky), Dubna, Vladivostok, and Ulan Ude – all in Russia. 1989-2001 “County Survey” 18 etchings with hand-set poetry imprinted, on themes of land-use and development – individually framed pages exhibited as a group: in Kalamazoo: at City Hall,Kalamazoo College, WMU, Public Museum – elsewhere in Michigan: at Vicksburg, Portage, and Plainwell Public libraries, Young Community Center in Sturgis, Pine Tree Gallery in Ironwood. Also shown with 50 x 25 in Dallas, Houston. UCLA Rare Books Library and at the Mugar Library of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.1992-1993 “Alluvial Meditations” Clare Spitler Gallery, Ann Arbor MI, The Carnegie Art Center in Three Rivers, MI, and the Chicago Center for the Print in Chicago IL. SELECTED NON-CIRCULATING ONE-MAN SHOWS 1980s Foundation for the Friends of the Arts, Bogota, Colombia, USA Embassy & Malostranska Beseda in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Galerie Prisma, Vienna, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Graphics International, Toronto, International print Society, New Hope PA, Chicago Center for the Print 1990s Saginaw Museum of Art, Saginaw, MI, , Chicago Center for the Print, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Tropical Wings Nature Center, Succotz, Belize – In the Czech Republic: Sumava National Park and biosphere Preserve, Vimperk, Municipal Museum of Art, Prachatice,“Meditations and Transformations” Urania Gallery, Prague. 2000 Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City , MI Eastern Bohemian Archive of the Czech Republic in Pardubice - 16 pp Catalog 2001 Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Wisconsin Municipal Gallery of Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic – 16 pp. Catalog 2002 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Mi 4 pp. Catalog Serette Nature Center/New Moon gallery, Benton Harbor MI 2003 Ozaukie Center for the Arts , Cedarburg WI / Newaygo CO CouncilArts, Fremont MI 2004 “The Venerable Oak” New Moon Gallery, Benton Harbor MI 2005 Detroit Zoo / Roadside Trees” at New Moon Gallery, Benton Harbor MI “Crooked Tree/ L’Arbre Croche/Waganakising” Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey MI 2006 Muskegon Community College & Vertin Gallery, Calmet MI 2007 Winona State University and Winona Art Center Gallery, Winona MN Blackhawk College, Moline IL 2008 Ed Gray gallery,.Calumet MI & Health & Human Services Bldg.WMU, Kalamazoo 2009 Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin FL, Mon-se Museum, Numazu , Japan, City Museum of Pilsen, Czech Republic 2010 Krasl Museum of Art , St Joseph MI, Andrews University, Berrien Springs MI, South Haven Art Center MI, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo MI, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, SW Michigan College Dowagiac MI 2011 Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, Art Museum in Holland MI, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI, 2012 Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH, Art Gallery Michigan City IN, USA PUBLIC MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Missouri Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan Dennos Museum of Art, Traverse City MI Michigan Artist Collection: housed at Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, Michigan Fort Miami Heritage Society & Museum, St Joseph MI. Czech and Slovak Heritage Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN Midwestern Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit MI Bentley Library of Michigan History, Ann Arbor MI Newberry Library, Chicago IL Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: USA UNIVERSITIES Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University, Princeton University Print Collection, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist University, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, University of Nebraska,, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, University of California, Santa Barbara, SW Michigan Community College, University of Wisconsin: at La Crosse & Eau Claire, Lawrence University, Appleton WI, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, Grand Valley State U, Allendale, MI, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI, Great Lakes Research Center, Allendale MI, Alma College, Alma MI, Northern Michigan University, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Mugar Library, Boston University, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Hatcher Library, University of Michigan, Knight Library, University of Oregon, Archives, University of Iowa, Todd rare Book Room at Kalamazoo College, Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, Kent State Univerity, Love Library, Lincoln, NE, University North Caroline, Greensborough Library, OTHER PUBLIC COLLECTIONS New York Public Library, Library of Congress, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park, Houghton MI, Isle Royale Natural History Association, Houghton MI, Waterford Area Cultural Council, Waterford MI , Newaygo Council for the Arts, Fremont, MI, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI, City of Kalamazoo MI, International Dark Sky Association, Tucson AZ, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Southwest Michigan Nature Conservancy, PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC The National Museum, Prague, The Czech National Archive – Pardubice, Lyra Pragensis, Prague, State Memorial Collection of the Written Word, Prague, City Museum of Litomysl, City halls of Zdar nad Sazavou and Stachy, East-bohemian Museum,Pardubice, West-bohemian Museum, Pilsen, Museum of Fine Arts Book Binding, Loket , Museum of the Book, Zdar nad Sazavou. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE ABROAD China: Huang Zhe Temple (Buddhist), Sichuan Province; Jatson Chumig Special School, Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, School of Traditional Watercolor Painting, Beijing, Japan: MonSe Museum, Numazu & Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo Europe: The British Library, London, Great Britain; The Rembrandt House, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Staedlik Museum, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, The Bookplate Society, Eubonne, France, Tsarskoselskaya Collection, Modern Art Museum, Pushkin, Russia Central America: Tropical Wings Nature Center, San Jose Succotz, Belize Graphic Arts Institute and Francisco Toledo Museum, Oaxaca, Mexico GRANTS 1998/99 Artist in Residence at Plen-aire Pardubice 1998 & Loket 1998 & 99, Czech Republic 1997/02 Individual Artist’s Grants from Arts Foundation of Michigan & Kalamazoo Foundation 1996//90/01 Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists, 1998 Artserve Michigan; Individual Artist Grant 1992 Artist in Residence, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan 1979 - 88 several small grants administered by Ford & Upjohn Foundations

Ladislav R. Hanka

Permanent Archive of my works, books, proofs, documentation and correspondence

Special Collections: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI

EDUCATION

1005 Oakland Dr.

Kalamazoo MI

MFA in Printmaking: Western Michigan University 1981 49008 US

MS in Zoology: Colorado State University 1979 Tel. (616) 388-5631

BA in Biology: Kalamazoo College 1975 [email protected]

Guest Student: Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany 1973-73

Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna Austria 1979-80

Private Apprenticeship: Prague, Czechoslovakia: with Jindra Schmidt engraver of stamps and currency.

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

2007-2008“ Books by Ladislav Hanka bound by the Czech Society of Design Book binders”

National Museum, Prague; International Book Exposition; Nove Libri, Olomouc &

Western Bohemian Museum, Pilsen : Velke Losiny hand-made paper factory exhibition

halls - All in the Czech republic 142pp. catalog

2002- 2008 “Reflections of Superior; Artists under Sail” , group of seven artist’s work from

sailing around Lake Superior : Little Cities Gallery, art museums at South Haven,

Escanaba, Manistee, Thunder Bay, Saginaw, Petoskey, Ferris State University, Finlandia

University, and Marquette Library Fold-out Brochure

1997- 2001 “ Visions of a Wandering Naturalist” – Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI;

Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI; Omphale Artist Co-op Gallery, Calumet MI;

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse;Waterford Area Cultural Council, Waterford, MI; Tosh

Gallery, Houghton MI; Oasis, Artist Co-op Gallery, Marquette, MI; The ARK,

Saugatuck, Michigan; Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, MI; Chicago Center for the

Print, Chicago IL, Bunting’s East-west Gallery, Royal Oak, MI. – 32 pp catalog

1993-1999 “50 x 25"” book arts exhibit; 50 books by L. Hanka bound by 25 leading book

binders. Sponsored by the Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist U. , Dallas TX, also

circulated to Houston Baptist College and University of California at Los Angeles.

100 pp catalog

1995 “ Boreal Meditations”, Suomi College, Hancock MI & Northern Mich. U. Marquette MI

1989-1991 USA state department sponsored exhibit of Artworks by Ladislav and Jana Hanka

Exhibited at the US Consulate in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) and at Spaso House

(US embassy) in Moscow and subsequently circulated to the Buryat Museum in Sevir

Baikalsk and to municipal art museums and cultural centers in Nizhni Novgorod (formerly

Gorky), Dubna, Vladivostok, and Ulan Ude – all in Russia.

1989-2001 “County Survey” 18 etchings with hand-set poetry imprinted, on themes of land-use and

development – individually framed pages exhibited as a group: in Kalamazoo: at City

Hall,Kalamazoo College, WMU, Public Museum – elsewhere in Michigan: at Vicksburg,

Portage, and Plainwell Public libraries, Young Community Center in Sturgis, Pine Tree

Gallery in Ironwood. Also shown with 50 x 25 in Dallas, Houston. UCLA Rare Books

Library and at the Mugar Library of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.1992-1993

“Alluvial Meditations” Clare Spitler Gallery, Ann Arbor MI, The Carnegie Art Center in

Three Rivers, MI, and the Chicago Center for the Print in Chicago IL.

SELECTED NON-CIRCULATING ONE-MAN SHOWS

1980s Foundation for the Friends of the Arts, Bogota, Colombia, USA Embassy &

Malostranska Beseda in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Galerie Prisma, Vienna, Kalamazoo

Institute of Arts, Graphics International, Toronto, International print Society, New Hope

PA, Chicago Center for the Print

1990s Saginaw Museum of Art, Saginaw, MI, , Chicago Center for the Print, Muskegon

Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Tropical Wings Nature Center, Succotz, Belize –

In the Czech Republic: Sumava National Park and biosphere Preserve, Vimperk,

Municipal Museum of Art, Prachatice,“Meditations and Transformations” Urania

Gallery, Prague.

2000 Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City , MI

Eastern Bohemian Archive of the Czech Republic in Pardubice - 16 pp Catalog

2001 Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Wisconsin

Municipal Gallery of Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic – 16 pp. Catalog

2002 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Mi 4 pp. Catalog

Serette Nature Center/New Moon gallery, Benton Harbor MI

2003 Ozaukie Center for the Arts , Cedarburg WI / Newaygo CO CouncilArts, Fremont MI

2004 “The Venerable Oak” New Moon Gallery, Benton Harbor MI

2005 Detroit Zoo / Roadside Trees” at New Moon Gallery, Benton Harbor MI

“Crooked Tree/ L’Arbre Croche/Waganakising” Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey MI

2006 Muskegon Community College & Vertin Gallery, Calmet MI

2007 Winona State University and Winona Art Center Gallery, Winona MN

Blackhawk College, Moline IL

2008 Ed Gray gallery,.Calumet MI & Health & Human Services Bldg.WMU, Kalamazoo

2009 Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin FL, Mon-se Museum, Numazu , Japan, City Museum of

Pilsen, Czech Republic

2010 Krasl Museum of Art , St Joseph MI, Andrews University, Berrien Springs MI, South

Haven Art Center MI, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo MI, Pierce Cedar Creek

Institute, SW Michigan College Dowagiac MI

2011 Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, Art Museum in Holland MI, Grand

Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI,

2012 Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH, Art Gallery

Michigan City IN,

USA PUBLIC MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Missouri

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan

Dennos Museum of Art, Traverse City MI

Michigan Artist Collection: housed at Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, Michigan

Fort Miami Heritage Society & Museum, St Joseph MI.

Czech and Slovak Heritage Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN

Midwestern Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit MI

Bentley Library of Michigan History, Ann Arbor MI

Newberry Library, Chicago IL

Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: USA UNIVERSITIES

Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University, Princeton University Print Collection, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist University, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, University of Nebraska,, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, University of California, Santa Barbara, SW Michigan Community College, University of Wisconsin: at La Crosse & Eau Claire, Lawrence University, Appleton WI, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, Grand Valley State U, Allendale, MI, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI, Great Lakes Research Center, Allendale MI, Alma College, Alma MI, Northern Michigan University,

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Mugar Library, Boston University, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Hatcher Library, University of Michigan, Knight Library, University of Oregon, Archives, University of Iowa, Todd rare Book Room at Kalamazoo College, Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, Kent State Univerity, Love Library, Lincoln, NE, University North Caroline, Greensborough Library,

OTHER PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

New York Public Library, Library of Congress, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park, Houghton MI, Isle Royale Natural History Association, Houghton MI, Waterford Area Cultural Council, Waterford MI , Newaygo Council for the Arts, Fremont, MI, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI, City of Kalamazoo MI, International Dark Sky Association, Tucson AZ, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Southwest Michigan Nature Conservancy,

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The National Museum, Prague, The Czech National Archive – Pardubice, Lyra Pragensis, Prague, State Memorial Collection of the Written Word, Prague, City Museum of Litomysl, City halls of Zdar nad Sazavou and Stachy, East-bohemian Museum,Pardubice, West-bohemian Museum, Pilsen, Museum of Fine Arts Book Binding, Loket , Museum of the Book, Zdar nad Sazavou.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE ABROAD

China: Huang Zhe Temple (Buddhist), Sichuan Province; Jatson Chumig Special School,

Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, School of Traditional

Watercolor Painting, Beijing,

Japan: MonSe Museum, Numazu & Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo

Europe: The British Library, London, Great Britain; The Rembrandt House, Amsterdam,

Netherlands, Staedlik Museum, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, The Bookplate Society, Eubonne,

France, Tsarskoselskaya Collection, Modern Art Museum, Pushkin, Russia

Central America: Tropical Wings Nature Center, San Jose Succotz, Belize

Graphic Arts Institute and Francisco Toledo Museum, Oaxaca, Mexico

GRANTS

1998/99 Artist in Residence at Plen-aire Pardubice 1998 & Loket 1998 & 99, Czech Republic

1997/02 Individual Artist’s Grants from Arts Foundation of Michigan & Kalamazoo Foundation

1996//90/01 Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists,

1998 Artserve Michigan; Individual Artist Grant

1992 Artist in Residence, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan

1979 - 88 several small grants administered by Ford & Upjohn Foundations