Jenna Kaës

Jenna Kaës is a product designer based in Paris, whose work conveys the universal symbolism of objects. She questions the mystical dimension of traditional objects linked to memory, to which she intends to restore aesthetic and freedom of appropriation. She practices her art at the frontier of religion, by imagining stained-glass windows for a church in Normandy and being involved in projects with a monastery of Carmelite nuns in Verdun.

She also works with companies that support traditional artisanal skills.

Jenna developed this particular interest in artisanship during the time she spent at the Haute école des arts du Rhin and École cantonale d’art de Lausanne. Soon afterward, she developed a taste for popular artistic expression and know-how as part of her Hors Pistes residency, in Greenland with Inuit artisans.

Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions and prestigious museums: Villa Noailles in Hyères, Mudac in Lausanne, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Schloss Hollenegg for Design in Austria, Grand Hornu Museum in Belgium and Château de Rochechouart.

Photo portrait credit Emile Barret.