About Jehoshua
“
Densely layered,
both brutal and beautiful
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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
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What Remains Coda Museum Apeldoorn
The Netherlands 2016 - 17
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Beste Buren / Ceci n’est pas du verre
Het Glazen Huis Lommel, Belgium 2015
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Rusted Glass Museum Beelden aan Zee
Scheveningen, The Netherlands 2011
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Breaking Glass Museum Jan Van Der Togt
Amstelveen, The Netherlands 2009
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Under Cover Museum Jan Van Der Togt
Amstelveen, The Netherlands 2005
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Behind the Wall of Scents Israel Museum
Jerusalem 2003
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Behind the Wall of Scents Teffen Museum
Israel 2002
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Moving Pictures Museum of Modern Art
Groningen, The Netherlands 2000
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Cast Images Provincial Museum of Modern Arts
Hasselt, Belgium 1998
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Under Cover Museum of Textiles
Barcelona, Spain 1998
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Cast Images Stedelijk Museum of Modern Arts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997
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Art Rotterdam Art Fair
Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2020
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BALLROOM PROJECT Antwerp Art Weekend
Antwerp, Belgium 2019
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Delirious Lustwarande
Tilburg, The Netherlands 2019
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KOSMOSE Rechenzentrum Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany 2018
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TIME Louise 186
Brussels, Belgium 2016
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GLAS (Glass-works) Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 2015
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Gallery Fontana Gallery Fontana
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2014
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10th Anniversary Landgoed Anningahof
Zwolle, The Netherlands 2013
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International Sculpture Route (ArtZuid) Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2013
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Presentation of recent sculptures Dean Project Gallery The Hamptons 2012
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Presentation of recent sculptures Dean Project Gallery New York 2012
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DA Gallery DA Gallery
Antwerp, Belgium 2009
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PIONERI CON TUTTI Art Manifestation
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands 2002
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Kunstmanifestatie Haarlem Galerie The Crystal Ceiling Haarlem, The Netherlands 2001
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The Future Pulchri Studio
The Hague, The Netherlands 1999
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Omanut Modernit Galerie Grafiker
Haarlem, The Netherlands 1997
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Gallery Fontana Art Amsterdam
New York 1996
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In den Vreemde In den Vreemde
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands 1995
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G.F.A Amsterdam G.F.A Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985
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Hof en Heuse Hof en Heuser
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985
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Beyond the matter DMW
Antwerp, Belgium 2019
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Solo exhibition Kunsthaus
Potsdam, Germany 2018
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Berlin, Berlin Nieuw Dakota
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2015
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Project Under Cover Gallery Nachshon
Hebron, Israel 2011
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Moving Pictures Habama
Jerusalem, Israel 2000
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Moving Pictures Groninger Museum of Modern Art Groninger, The Netherlands 2000
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Pedestrian Passage Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2010
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Cast Images Teekendenootschap Pictura
Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1998
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Solo exhibition Galery Chrystal Ceiling
Haarlem, Amsterdam 1997
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Stations of the cross of the 21st century
Old Church Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997
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Solo exhibition Beikes Kunstzaal
Groningen, The Netherlands 1995
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Solo exhibition Galery Hof en Heuser
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1994
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Solo exhibition Teekengenootschap Pictura
Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1994
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Solo exhibition Gallery A’pert
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1989 / 91
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Solo exhibition LAK Gallery
Leiden, The Netherlands 1988
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English Blues Flatland Galery
Utrecht, The Netherlands 1987 / 88
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Solo exhibition G.F.A Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1985 / 86
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Solo exhibition Galerie Romy Goldmuntz
Antwerp, Belgium 1984
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Solo exhibition Royal Academy of Arts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1983
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