Glass artist

​​Jeanne-Sophie Aas
(half french - norwegian)
Located in Oslo, Norway 

" I tried many mediums before glass, but I could not find the right connection with any of them. I got stuck in front of blank canvas, ceramic made me feel clumsy, wood wasn't appealing, fabric was hanging and lacking consistency. Then, I dared to approach glass. And it felt right.

Working with glass feels like a relationship: a cooperation where we both have needs and limits. We discover and grow together, but we are also able to hurt each other. Hot glass needs to be handled gently while cold glass is hard but fragile. It can break easily, burn you and make you bleed along the way. It's important for me to somehow communicate with the material. Glass is my partner of choice because creation is to me a process that cannot take place without interaction and mutual respect. "
Education :

Schools:
- Riksglasskolan, The National School of Glass of Sweden
  Design and art glass, 2018-2019
  Nordic Program 2 years, 2016-2018
- Le Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres France, 2008
  (The International Stained Glass Center)

Workshops :
- Kait Rhoads & Rachel Moore / Pilchuck, 2023
- Anna Mlasowsky, furnace-kiln forming combined/ Berlin Glas, 2019
​- Matthew Szösz, shaping flat glass / Bild Werk Frauenau, 2018
- Aya Oki, S6: Exploration, glass blowing / Pilchuck, 2017
​- Jeff Zimmer, painting on glass / Berlin Glas, 2016
- Martin Rosol - Pavel Novák, Cold Construction / CestySkla, 2015
- Michael Endo, Advanced painting with glass / Bullseye NY, 2015
- Anne Petters, pate de verre and hot printing / Berlin Glas, 2015
- Ruth Oliphant, kiln forming / Berlin Glas, 2014
- Neon workshop UK / Berlin Glas, 2014
- Joseph Cavalieri, painting/slik screening on glass/ Berlin Glas, 2013

Related experiences:
​- Guest teacher for OsloMet since 2023
- Norwegian manager for the "Connected by glass!" project,
​collaboration with Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czech Republic
- Teacher (stained glass, glass painting, fusing)
Self organised workshops in own studio
- Klart Glass, glass blower since 2019, part-time 
​- Glass blower assistant for Vidar Koksvik, Kari Håkonsen, Karen Klim and Pål Roland Janssen.
- Curator for "Skeive Kunstnere" - Pride Art , Oslo Pride Festival 
​(2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

​Residencies / guest artist:
- "Connected by glass!", Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic, 2023
- "Connected by glass!", Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic, 2022
- "Connected by glass!", Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic, 2021
Solo shows:
- " Gjennom glassøyet", Oslo Bussterminalen , summer 2022
- "AMBIVERT", Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongengate, 05.2022
- "Identity", Oslo Prosjektrom, 2015
- Artist of the month, Gallery Rebel, Lillestrøm 11.2013
- "Greyscales, colors, ink", S9 Galleri, Oslo 2012
- "Playground on glass", Oslo Prosjektrom, 2011

Selected group shows :
- Vibrasjoner, Norway Designs, 2023
- GMTF film festival, North Lands Creative, 2023
- I&We, S12 Bergen 2022 / SiC! Wroclaw 2023
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2021-2022
- Forbindelser, Oslo 2020
- 1120'C, The Glass Factory, Boda 2019
- Glass Fashion Show, Corning CMOG, GAS Conference 2016

Public collections / Art collectors:
- H.M. The Queen Sonja of Norway 
- Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czechia

Memberships:
- Norske Kunsthåndverkere
- Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongensgate
- BRUDD
- Berlin Glass
- Glass Art Society

Grants:
Toårig Arbeidsstipend , Kulturrådet, 2023-2024
Pilchuck Auction Committee's Choice 2022, scholarship for 2023
Diversestipend, Kulturrådet, 2021
EEA Grants, Connected by Glass! project, 2021-22-23
Essemce, tool grant, 2019
Norwegian Crafts / Pilchuck scholarship, summer 2017
Norske Kunsthåndverkere, Travel grant, 2017
​Collective grant:
Oslo bys kunstnerpris for 2018 - Pride Art (roll: curator)
Complete exhibition list (solo/group):

- Årsutstillingen, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo 2023
- Vibrasjoner, Norway Designs, Oslo 2023
- Glass Symposium / Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czech Republic 2023
- Glass Meets The Future film festival, North Lands Creative, 2023
  In partnership with Shanghai Museum of Glass 
- I&We, kurator Mika Drozdowska, SiC! Wroclaw, Polen 2023
- I&We, kurator Mika Drozdowska, Rona Museum of Glass, Slovakia 2023
- Pilchuck's 45th annual auction & gala
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2023
- BRUDD, vindu utstilling, Oslo 2023
- Fjordheim juleutstilling, Biri 2023
- Kunstfest, Bærums Verk 2023

- " Gjennom glassøyet", Oslo Bussterminalen , curated by NITJA art center, summer 2022
- "AMBIVERT", Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongengate, Oslo 05.2022
- Glass Symposium / Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czech Republic 2022
- I&We, curator Mika Drozdowska, S12 Bergen 2022
- Pilchuck's 44th annual auction & gala
​- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2022
- " It's magic. A beyond experience", juried by LoosenArt Magazine, Gallery Millepiani, Rome, Italy 2022
​- "Wunderkammer", DOGA, Oslo 2022
- "4 Nye", Bærums Kunsthåndverk, 2022
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet,  Kirkeristen, Oslo 2022

- Glass Symposium / Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czech Republic, 2021
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2021
- BRUDD, vindu utstilling, Oslo 2021
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet,  Kirkeristen, Oslo 2021

- Forbindelser, et utvalg av norsk glasskunst / curator Kjersti Johannessen/ Oslo 2020
(with Karen Klim, Kari Håkonsen, Kari Mølstad, Lene Charlotte Tangen, ...)
- BRUDD, vindu utstilling, Oslo 2020
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet,  Kirkeristen, Oslo 2020

- 1120'C, Avgangsutstilling Riksglasskolan / The Glass Factory, Boda Sweden 2019
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet,  Kirkeristen, Oslo 2019

- Glass Fashion Show / GAS, Corning Museum of Glass, USA 2016

- "Identity", Oslo Prosjektrom, 2015
- Life Art Experience Gallery, stained glass installation / Berlin 2015-2019
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- Artist of the month, Gallery Rebel, Lillestrøm 11.2013

- Glass Symposium / Kunstsentralen, Kragerø, 2012
- "Greyscales, colors, ink", S9 Galleri, Oslo 2012
- Corpus, S9 Galleri, Oslo 2012

- "Playground on glass", Oslo Prosjektrom, 2011
- Design Fiesta, Tokyo Japan, 2011
- Animal, S9 Galleri, Oslo 2011