Jeannet Iskandar

Jeannet Iskandar is a Danish glass artist that received her degree from the Danish Design School in Bornholm, Denmark. She is inspired by the rhythm and repetition in two very different intellectual constructs – the mathematical constant Π (Pi) and Maurice Ravel’s composition Bolero.  Her sculptures are round (spheres, ovoids, and capsules) and translucent with occasional muted color elements, which give their surfaces the appearance of a hi-tech winter camouflage.  Creating the illusion of breathing and expanding, their milky, light-emanating centers seem to push forth parts that appear to be simultaneously opening and closing.

Iskandar strives to build pieces in three-dimensional patterns and structures. “Rather than applying the patterns to a shape, I want the shape to be the structure/pattern” she states. Her sculptures typically reveal her sophisticated understanding of material and form. Uniting the opposing concepts of simplicity and complexity, the wavy ribbon-like components coalesce into three-dimensional patterns.

I chose the shapes in "Between Fragment and Whole" to be very static, simple and geometrical. By doing that I allowed myself to fully observe and play with the composition of the elements and what they would do to the perception of the shape.

Iskandar built her own advanced studies program by apprenticing and taking classes with many other artists whose practice incorporates glass, such as Jack Wax, Tobias Mohl, Trine Drivsholm, Steffen Dam, Micha Karlslund, Julius Weiland. Her work has been exhibited in Europe, the United States and Asia and is included in the collections of the Chazen Museum, Madison, WI; Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, China and Glass Museum Ebeltoft in Denmark.