Jarmila Mucha Plocková
Jarmila Mucha Plocková is the granddaughter of Alfons Mucha. Her biological father Jiří Mucha, son of Alfons Mucha, was an important writer and journalist. Her mother Vlasta Plocková came from the family of Prague industry owner Bárta.
The father who raised Jarmila, Dr. Alexandr Plocek, was a violin virtuoso, a soloist of the Czech Philharmonic and later Professor at the Prague Academy of Arts.
Jarmila studied architecture in Prague; she completed her fine arts education at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. In 1981, she left for Barcelona to be with her Spanish husband, where she studied at the Massana Academy of Fine Arts.
She lived in Spain for 12 years, and during her stay she worked in the atelier of Jaume Freixo and in the world famous architectonic studio of Ricard Bofill. She partook in the completion of the Museum of Joan Miró in Barcelona, in constructions for the Olympics in 1992, and in the project of Palacio de Congresos and Escuela de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid.
Jarmila inherited both her visual talent and artistic style from her grandfather. At the same time, she has the necessary humility with respect to Mucha’s work and responsibility towards the family tradition. More about her work
When her father granted her the exclusive right to work with the designs of Alfons Mucha in 1988, she started to prepare a great collection of jewellery and vases for the American art company C.F.A.C (Circle Fine Arts Corporation) in addition to her profession as an architect.
In 1992, she returned to Prague and opened her own atelier Mucha JP Praha, where she combined inspiration from the work of Alfons with her own invention. After her return to the Czech Republic, she focused on copyright issues, which were resolved in court in 2007.
Jarmila has two daughters, Kateřina and Barbora. She is currently working on new original designs and she’s also preparing another exhibition.
