About Jehoshua
“
Densely layered,
both brutal and beautiful
”
Born in Tel Aviv, and living and working between Berlin, Germany and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Jehoshua Rozenman is a sculptor who also painted and worked with video, until he discovered glass as a medium for making his ideas tangible. Since then he almost solely focuses on working with glass. Although glass is his material, his sculptures look as if they are made of wax, iron or ceramics. His work is sometimes called anti-glass. The transitory nature of life is the ever-present theme in his work, its organic nature alludes to nature. As he sees it, all art is about deceiving life, about creating something that is supposed to be there forever although that is not what the artist wants. “I have always been mainly interested in temporary projects, in events that only go on for a little while, and all that remains is the memory. Transience is evident in all my work, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly. I have no objection to cracks in my work, that is part and parcel of the process. I developed my own technique with glass as material and that’s why it looks completely different from what one expects of glass.”
“Glass is a material with any number of dualities. It has more chance of surviving than a painting, but it can also shatter into pieces. It can break and is fragile, but it can also last thousands of years. It can be a thing of beauty, but it can also show the dark side of life. It is strong, but in my work it is also enormously vulnerable with sharp corners and protrusions. The issue of whether a work of art will defy time or shatter to pieces is something that interests me. To me, glass is not the message, but the bridge to convey the message. Maybe it is the confusion that appeals to me. It is exciting to use a material people associate with functionality or trinkets. In a sense, my work is aesthetic but not beautiful. I do not make decorative objects and I do not emphasize the cheerful side of life. What I am looking for are images that can have meaning. That can be a metaphor for something else. I am balancing on a borderline.” Jehoshua Rozenman uses the versatility and implicit characteristics of glass as a material to create works of art with multiple meanings. With layers that can touch personal as well as universal feelings and bring you closer to the transitory nature of life.
Anti-Glass Nationaal Glasmuseum
The Netherlands 2016 - 17
What Remains Coda Museum Apeldoorn
The Netherlands 2016 - 17
Beste Buren / Ceci n’est pas du verre
Het Glazen Huis Lommel, Belgium 2015
Rusted Glass Museum Beelden aan Zee
Scheveningen, The Netherlands 2011
Breaking Glass Museum Jan Van Der Togt
Amstelveen, The Netherlands 2009
Under Cover Museum Jan Van Der Togt
Amstelveen, The Netherlands 2005
Behind the Wall of Scents Israel Museum
Jerusalem 2003
Behind the Wall of Scents Teffen Museum
Israel 2002
Moving Pictures Museum of Modern Art
Groningen, The Netherlands 2000
Cast Images Provincial Museum of Modern Arts
Hasselt, Belgium 1998
Under Cover Museum of Textiles
Barcelona, Spain 1998
Cast Images Stedelijk Museum of Modern Arts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997
BALLROOM PROJECT Antwerp Art Weekend
Antwerp, Belgium 2019
Delirious Lustwarande
Tilburg, The Netherlands 2019
KOSMOSE Rechenzentrum Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany 2018
TIME Louise 186
Brussels, Belgium 2016
GLAS (Glass-works) Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 2015
Gallery Fontana Gallery Fontana
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2014
10th Anniversary Landgoed Anningahof
Zwolle, The Netherlands 2013
International Sculpture Route (ArtZuid) Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2013
Presentation of recent sculptures Dean Project Gallery The Hamptons 2012
Presentation of recent sculptures Dean Project Gallery New York 2012
DA Gallery DA Gallery
Antwerp, Belgium 2009
PIONERI CON TUTTI Art Manifestation
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands 2002
Kunstmanifestatie Haarlem Galerie The Crystal Ceiling Haarlem, The Netherlands 2001
The Future Pulchri Studio
The Hague, The Netherlands 1999
Omanut Modernit Galerie Grafiker
Haarlem, The Netherlands 1997
Gallery Fontana Art Amsterdam
New York 1996
In den Vreemde In den Vreemde
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands 1995
G.F.A Amsterdam G.F.A Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985
Hof en Heuse Hof en Heuser
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985
Solo exhibition Kunsthaus
Potsdam, Germany 2018
Berlin, Berlin Nieuw Dakota
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2015
Project Under Cover Gallery Nachshon
Hebron, Israel 2011
Moving Pictures Habama
Jerusalem, Israel 2000
Moving Pictures Groninger Museum of Modern Art Groninger, The Netherlands 2000
Pedestrian Passage Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2010
Cast Images Teekendenootschap Pictura
Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1998
Solo exhibition Galery Chrystal Ceiling
Haarlem, Amsterdam 1997
Stations of the cross of the 21st century
Old Church Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997
Solo exhibition Beikes Kunstzaal
Groningen, The Netherlands 1995
Solo exhibition Galery Hof en Heuser
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1994
Solo exhibition Teekengenootschap Pictura
Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1994
Solo exhibition Gallery A’pert
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1989 / 91
Solo exhibition LAK Gallery
Leiden, The Netherlands 1988
English Blues Flatland Galery
Utrecht, The Netherlands 1987 / 88
Solo exhibition G.F.A Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985 / 86
Solo exhibition Galerie Romy Goldmuntz
Antwerp, Belgium 1984
Solo exhibition Royal Academy of Arts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1983