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. "
(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. "
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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 : - Lampwork borosilicate / Jason Hitchcock / Berlin, 2025 - 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, 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" (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:
- GLASSIOUS, Galleri Skriverstuen, Oslo 2025 - " 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 : - SCHMUCK 2026, Munich - FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry MAVA Museum, Madrid 2024-26 - IFOG 2024, International Bead Biennale, Stourbridge, England, 2024 - Årsutstillingen, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo 2023 - Vibrasjoner, Norway Designs, 2023 - I&We, S12 Bergen 2022 / SiC! Wroclaw 2023 - GMTF film festival, North Lands Creative, 2023 - 1120'C, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden 2019 - Glass Fashion Show, Corning Museum of Glass, USA 2016 Public collections / Art collectors: - GLAS Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark (2026) - Glasshouse Arts Centre, Stourbridge, England (2024) - Zelezny Brod Glass Museum, Czechia (2021, 2022 and 2023) - H.M. The Queen Sonja of Norway (2021) Memberships: - Norske Kunsthåndverkere - Norske Glasskunstnere - Glass Art Society - Lathe Riders - Berlin Glass Grants: Two years working grant, 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, 2023, 2024 Collective grant: Oslo bys kunstnerpris for 2018 til Skeive Kunstnere (roll: curator) |
Complete exhibition list (solo - duo / group ):
- SCHMUCK 2026, Munich, 4-8 March
- Munich Jewelry Week, 4-8 March 2026:
* "Fragility", curated by Alliages
* "Things unsaid", curated by Precious Collective
* "The Fragile Body, the language of healing", curated by Clodagh Molloy
- "Exhibition for Ants", GLAS museum, Ebeltoft Denmark, 06.03 - 01.11.2026
- Glass Art Society Conference 2026, Corning Museum of Glass, participating in:
* Glass Fashion Show
* Sparkle to go!
* TRACE 2026: GAS Green Exhibition
* Portfolio reviewer
- "Fragility" , Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week, Grimaldi Castle Museum, 4.-7. June 2026
- SPARKLE, Museum of Contemporary Jewellery, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-mer, 4.June - 20.September 2026
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
Exhibition extended to June 2026
- CONTEMPORANIA 2025, at the Royal Palace of Pedralbes, Barcelona, 2-4 October 2025
- "Ved bordet", group show directed by Lip Bethman, S12 Bergen, 23-25 October 2025
- Pilchuck's 47th annual auction & gala
- Høstutstilling, Ringebu Prestgård, 27 september - 12 october 2025
- Glas Leeft, Festival in Leerdam, the Netherlands, 12-14 september 2025
Lathe Riders project: participating with on site production, exhibitions and demos for the public
- NK50, Gallery FORMAT, Oslo, 20.feb - 30-mar 2025
- "Glassets magi", med Kjersti Johannessen og Ina Kristine Hove, Galleri Kunst&Kaos, Røros, 12-22.03.2025
- GLASSIOUS, Galleri Skriverstuen, Oslo, 1-15.02.2025
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2025
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 2025
- IFOG 2024, International Bead Biennale, The Glasshouse Arts Centre, Amblecote, Stourbridge, England
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
- Glass Art Society Conference 2024, Berlin, selected for:
GAS Jewelry exhibition
GAS Film Festival (in person and online)
GAS Member exhibition (online version)
- "Morfologier", duo with Helene C.Jenssen, Galleri Stømsfoss, 29.06 - 28.07.2024
- Kunsthåndverkerne 45 års Jubileum, Lørenskog Kunstforening, 14-29 September 2024
- "Drops", BRUDD, vindu utstilling, Oslo 2024
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2024
- Kunstfest, Bærums Verk 2024
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 2024
- 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
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 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
- Biot International Glass Festival, Glass fashion show, France, 2022
- 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
- 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
- SCHMUCK 2026, Munich, 4-8 March
- Munich Jewelry Week, 4-8 March 2026:
* "Fragility", curated by Alliages
* "Things unsaid", curated by Precious Collective
* "The Fragile Body, the language of healing", curated by Clodagh Molloy
- "Exhibition for Ants", GLAS museum, Ebeltoft Denmark, 06.03 - 01.11.2026
- Glass Art Society Conference 2026, Corning Museum of Glass, participating in:
* Glass Fashion Show
* Sparkle to go!
* TRACE 2026: GAS Green Exhibition
* Portfolio reviewer
- "Fragility" , Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week, Grimaldi Castle Museum, 4.-7. June 2026
- SPARKLE, Museum of Contemporary Jewellery, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-mer, 4.June - 20.September 2026
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
Exhibition extended to June 2026
- CONTEMPORANIA 2025, at the Royal Palace of Pedralbes, Barcelona, 2-4 October 2025
- "Ved bordet", group show directed by Lip Bethman, S12 Bergen, 23-25 October 2025
- Pilchuck's 47th annual auction & gala
- Høstutstilling, Ringebu Prestgård, 27 september - 12 october 2025
- Glas Leeft, Festival in Leerdam, the Netherlands, 12-14 september 2025
Lathe Riders project: participating with on site production, exhibitions and demos for the public
- NK50, Gallery FORMAT, Oslo, 20.feb - 30-mar 2025
- "Glassets magi", med Kjersti Johannessen og Ina Kristine Hove, Galleri Kunst&Kaos, Røros, 12-22.03.2025
- GLASSIOUS, Galleri Skriverstuen, Oslo, 1-15.02.2025
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2025
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 2025
- IFOG 2024, International Bead Biennale, The Glasshouse Arts Centre, Amblecote, Stourbridge, England
- FUSION 2024 Biennial of contemporary glass jewelry
MAVA Alcorcon Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Madrid, Spain
- Glass Art Society Conference 2024, Berlin, selected for:
GAS Jewelry exhibition
GAS Film Festival (in person and online)
GAS Member exhibition (online version)
- "Morfologier", duo with Helene C.Jenssen, Galleri Stømsfoss, 29.06 - 28.07.2024
- Kunsthåndverkerne 45 års Jubileum, Lørenskog Kunstforening, 14-29 September 2024
- "Drops", BRUDD, vindu utstilling, Oslo 2024
- Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2024
- Kunstfest, Bærums Verk 2024
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 2024
- 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
- Kunsthåndverksmarkedet, Kirkeristen, Oslo 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
- Biot International Glass Festival, Glass fashion show, France, 2022
- 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
- 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