Email:info@janhooghiemstra.nl

Website:http://www.janhooghiemstra.nl

Region:Europe

Technique:Casting, Kiln work

Occupation:Artist, Educator

Discipline:Sculptural

Product:Architectural, Commission, Design/ Functional/ interiors, Sculptural, Sculpture

Country:Netherlands




Website/ social media www.janhooghiemstra.nl www.instagram.com/jan.hooghiemstra

Jan Hooghiemstra

Jan Hooghiemstra (1953) lives and works in Fryslân, The Netherlands His work shows a dreamlike world of symbolic images that he creates in sand moulds. It is 'playing with glass' in an uninhibited way, like a child transforms wonder and fantasy into forms.

Work in private collections and acquired by
Museum Elburg, Dutch museum of glass and glass techniques, National Gallery Sofia

Exhibitions;
Museum Zandvoort, Handwerksform Hannover, Glasrijk Tubbergen, Museum Heerenveen, Art Month Ameland, National Glass Museum Leerdam

Work in public space;
Monument for traffic victims, Groningen city
Monument Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede
Monument 4 may, Leeuwarden

Selected for International Glass Biennale Bulgaria

Destination unknown , h 220 x w 220 x d 100 mm

, Sandcasting

Sandcasting , h 420 x w 200 x d 100 mm

Sandcasting , h 650 x w 600 x d 110 mm

, Sandcasting

Journey , h 420 x w 620 x d 110 mm

Sandcasting , h 110 x w 350 x d 250 mm

, Sandcasting

Sandcasting , h 200 x w 270 x d 170 mm