GLASS PRIZE RECIPIENT 2015

HEMPEL GLASS PRIZE RECIPIENT 2015 JEANNET ISKANDAR

“In my work, I try to unite the two opposing concepts of complexity and simplicity in one expression. Rather than applying patterns to a shape, I want to construct a shape of pattern, by building it from small elements.
Working with repetition and variations of the same basic elements and how they are fused together, I find that I am able to build unique structures that are so complex and fragmented, that the overall expression becomes calm and whole. I chose the shapes of my sculptures to be static, simple and geometrical. By doing that I allow myself to fully observe and play with the composition of the elements and what they do to the perception of the shape.”

CV JEANNET ISKANDAR

Education
2008: Master Class / Jack Wax, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, USA
2005-08: The Glass and Ceramic School of Bornholm, Denmark
Internship with:
Tobias Møhl & Trine Drivsholm, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Steffen Dam & Micha Maria Karlslund, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Julius Weiland, Berlin, Germany
2004-05: Engelsholm Kunsthøjskole, Denmark
1999-2001: Hillevi Van Deurs Fashion School Copenhagen, Denmark

Professional experience
2009-11: Assistant for Tobias Møhl & Trine Drivsholm, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2009: TA for Susanne Jøker Johnsen, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, USA
2009: Assistant for Nanna Backhaus Brown & Andrew Brown Glassmedjen, Denmark
2006-07: Assistant for Charlotte La Cour, Fanø Glaspusteri, Denmark

Awards and Grants
2015: Hempels Glaspris
2013: Holger Kvists Fond
2010: Statens Kunstfond
2009: Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
2008: Lektor Arne Harritsø’s Fond, Esbjerg Statsskole

Public Collections
2014: Shanghai Museum of Glass, China
2013: Glasmuseum Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany
2012: Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin, USA
2011: Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark