BIOThoughts and feelings that are difficult to put into words become one’s voice through the creation of art. To this end, Krista Israel uses flameworking, next to casting and pâte de verre, using the natural characteristics of the different glass techniques to express her thoughts. Her objects combine glass with other materials such as glass fiber, cloth, computer parts, plastic toys and even a rocking chair.
In late 2019 humor came into focus in Krista’s work, making it easier to address complex issues which her works speak about. Throughout her work wellbeing is the red line. Her new works for Not Grandma's Glass 2022 speak about women's rights, the influence of climate change, how the war in Ukraine affects our lives and even our glass practice. Krista’s flameworked glass fur and her unique view on the modern world have put her work on the map. This spring she won the Glass Art Society 2022 Saxe Emerging Artist Award and her work Last Flight Of The Bumblebee was selected for the Coburger Glas Preis 2022 by Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg/Europaïsch Museum fur Modern Glas in Germany. Her work is represented in public collections of Corning Museum of Glass; Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg/Europaïsch Museum fur Modern Glas, Germany; Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, China; Glasmuseum Lette, Germany. Krista's work has been exhibited in the USA, Japan, China, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Helene Besancon, curator National Glass Museum in the Netherlands: “Krista Israel is a multi-media artist with a main focus on glass. Looking at her work it is like entering a story. The artworks are pleasing to the eye, but there is a layer of bittersweetness in all of them. Her works are in a realistic style, but it is not about the obvious reality. She is an artist who uses a broad variety of techniques, using the natural characteristics of glass to express her thoughts and reflections of the world and people, thus addressing the needs of our well-being. The combination of different techniques and her thoughts make her work complex and intriguing.” |