Jiřina Pivoňková
Born 1956 in Prague,
Jiřina is a textile designer who is well known for her original
clothing, lace and fibre creations.
She has taken part in the 1991
International Lace Biennale
exhibition in Brussels, Belgium;
the Lace Powerhouse Museum,
Sydney in 2000; the 1st Biennale
of Czech Lace at the Vamberk
Museum of Lace in 2002 and in
the Metamorphosis of Fibre
– Personalities of Czech Lace
during the second half of 20th Century, Prague Museum
of Applied Arts in 2004.
In 2009 – 2010, her work was
exhibited in Dresses (with
photographs by R. Borovka)
in Vamberk and Luxembourg.
Her works form part of the
permanent collections in
the Prague Academy of Arts
and in the Museum of Lace.