Krista Israel (The Netherlands) is an artist with a main focus on glass. Looking at her work it is like entering a story. The artworks are pleasing to eye but there is a layer of bittersweetness in everyone of them. Her works are in a realistic style, but it is not about the obvious reality - it must be viewed past its glitter and beauty. Krista is an artist who uses a broad variety of techniques, using the natural characteristics of glass to express her thoughts and refections of the world an people and thus address the needs of our wellbeing. The combination of different techniques and her thoughts make her work complex and intruiging - Helene Besancon, curator National Glass Museum (NL), Neues Glass Magazine #2&3, 2020 Bio Krista Israel graduated with honours from the State Institute for Art and Craft (IKA) in Belgium in the BFA (2013) and MFA (2016) in Glass Art. She is nominated for the Saxe Award, Glass Art Society, USA, 2021 and the Bernadine de Neeve Glass Prize 2021, Association Friends of Modern Glas, NL ; received Stipendium 2018, Association Friends of Modern Glass, Lapi Boli Project, 2018, the 'Originality & Ingenuity' stipend and residency, Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, China, 2017, the 10-10-10 Stipendium, academic grant for glass artists, Glass Gallery Aventurine, NL, 2014. She is the designer and producer of the 2015 collectors object of the Dutch Association Friends of Modern Glass. |
She participated in national and international exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, China, Poland, the United States and the Netherlands, including: The Bernadine de Neeve Prize 2021, Nationaal Glas Museum/Association Friends of Modern Glas, NL, 2020; New Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, USA, 2019-2020; Glass 4 Ever, Gorcums Museum, Netherlands, 2017-2018; Glass Art Society, GAS Members Juried Exhibition, USA, 2017; European Glass Festival, main exhibition Play with Glass: Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde, Poland, 2016; Tianyuan International Glass Art Festival, Collision & Fission Contemporary Glass Art Invitational Exhibition, China, 2016; Exhibition Coburger Glas Preis, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany, 2014.
Her work is represented in public collections, including: Corning Museum of Glass, USA; Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, China; Ernsting Stiftung Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Germany; Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg / Europaisch Museum für Modern Glas, Germany.
She participated in national and international exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, China, Poland, the United States and the Netherlands, including: The Bernadine de Neeve Prize 2021, Nationaal Glas Museum/Association Friends of Modern Glas, NL, 2020; New Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, USA, 2019-2020; Glass 4 Ever, Gorcums Museum, Netherlands, 2017-2018; Glass Art Society, GAS Members Juried Exhibition, USA, 2017; European Glass Festival, main exhibition Play with Glass: Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde, Poland, 2016; Tianyuan International Glass Art Festival, Collision & Fission Contemporary Glass Art Invitational Exhibition, China, 2016; Exhibition Coburger Glas Preis, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany, 2014.
Her work is represented in public collections, including: Corning Museum of Glass, USA; Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, China; Ernsting Stiftung Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Germany; Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg / Europaisch Museum für Modern Glas, Germany.