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Tall blue and white ceramic sculpture with two openings on a black plinth

Petr
Lada

A ceramicist and sculptor who combines a deep knowledge of traditional techniques with monumental form and spiritual content. His work develops figurative motifs and the legacy of 1960s informel.

Now

Hanging porcelain lights above a white relief and a black plinth in a dark room

Design6–11 Oct 2026

Anima Lucida, Designblok 2026

Designblok 2026, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague

Two tall glowing porcelain columns on a lawn at dusk

Design 6–11 Oct 2026

Pelegrin Lumen II, Designblok 2026

garden of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague

Ceramic sculpture with a crackle glaze on a plinth in the white space of the granary

Exhibition 9 May 2026

Between Eternity and Time

Lemberk Granary, Kuzebauch Gallery

Petr Lada with three guests next to a porous ceramic head on a plinth in the exhibition space

Exhibition September 2024

By light, by place

Czech Centre London

New works

White glazed figure with green-brown drips on a plinth with a triangular opening

White glazed figure with a circular opening in the head on a plinth with a triangle

White glazed bust with green-brown drips on a plinth with a triangular opening

Massive figure with a dense cobalt crackle

Virtues and Flaws I

Two-headed figure covered with a cobalt crackle

Virtues and Flaws II

Prismatic figure with a disrupted surface and blue and white glaze

Virtues and Flaws III

His sculptural work is characterised by a continuation of the informel tendencies of the 1960s, which he develops with considerable invention. He combines a sense of monumentality with a deep spirituality that springs mainly from Christian culture.Milan Hlaveš, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague