Ľudmila Žilková  / MILA ZILA

is a visual artist working at the intersection of sculptural practice and collectible design. Based in Northern Bohemia, her work is rooted in a close engagement with glass as a material that defines form through its own behaviour.

Rather than starting from a fixed design, her process emerges from the physical conditions of glass in its fluid state. Heat, gravity and internal tension shape each piece, allowing form to develop through interaction with the material rather than control over it.

This approach is articulated through the ongoing Persona series, where she works with familiar object typologies such as mirrors, vessels or table elements. These forms are gradually displaced from their original function, retaining only a trace of their use while becoming autonomous sculptural presences.

Her practice moves between precision and unpredictability, examining how material processes can carry meaning, identity and spatial tension. The resulting works are not defined by function or narrative alone, but by the conditions under which they are formed and experienced.

Alongside hand-blown glass, her recent work expands into flat glass, lampworking and light-based installations with neon, further developing a material language that operates across scales — from intimate objects to architectural interventions.