Locked Groove is a recollection of the visual, narrative and sonorous inspirations taken from the movie Millennium Mambo, translated into a glass composition.
The body of work merges traditional glass techniques and contemporary graphic experimentations. It is an attempt to merge two different rhythms, cinema and glass, into a single expression. Creating a choreography of shapes and colors that synthesize all dimensions of the movie, from the breathtaking scenography, to sonorities of the almost intoxicating soundtrack. It is a transdisciplinary homage to the director Hou Hsiao Hsien and the cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing, manifested through the glass material.
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In a constant search for a possibility to translate my ideas into tangible objects, I found in glass a catalyst for my creative process. The material resonates with a need for me to quickly translate ideas from a thought, to a physical item. The more I utilize glass as a sketching method, the more the material allows me to have an intense and rapidly productive workflow.
While exploring traditional techniques, I attempt to construct a contemporary visual language that resonates with my aesthetic sensibility. Through my personal experiences, I have accumulated an array of influences that I synthesise in my pieces. From middle eastern visual arts and music, to the New York contemporary glass scene, I have been shaped by my surroundings. This rich multicultural education has allowed me to keep an open mind in my practice as an artist.
If I now focus on glass as a creative tool, I continuously have recourse to photography, drawing, painting, cinema and sound in my work. Both in the way I communicate it or more directly, as inherent parts of the bodies of work. A pluridisciplinary artist at heart, my process pushes me to experiment with as many mediums as I can get a hold of.
My work is a representation of myself: an ever evolving patchwork of influence that converse through my visual explorations.
Competitions, Publications & Awards
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"-400*2024", exhibited at the 3 days of Design Copenhaguen 2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Exhibition of the project “-400*2024” (hand built wood fired glass kiln) at the “Meet the Talents” HUB part of the 3 Days of Design in Copenhaguen.
Mixed media work (video, glass, wood, sound).
https://youtu.be/3jHPpZl1VU4
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"Anthology of a Glass Chain", exhibited at the Venice Glass Week 2023 - Venice, Italy
Presentation of my casted glass piece, “Anthology of a Glass Chain”, at the HUB Under 35 for the 2023 Venice Glass Week.
French Baccalaureate (Bac), École George Gusdorf - Paris, France
Assigned with highest honors (16.01/20)
Major - Philosophy/Literature/Humanities, Visual Arts, English Language Literature and Culture.
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Visual Arts Traineeship CERFAV - Multiple locations, France
Assisting artists Morganne Tschiember and Xavier Lenormand in their creative practices (Glass/Metal/Wax/Plaster/Installations). At their workshop in La Courneuve, France and Lanouaille, France.
Traineeship supported by the CERFAV, at Vanne-le-Chatel.
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École Boulle Paris, fine jewelry training/applied arts - Paris, France
École Boulle Paris. Fine jewelry training/Applied Arts - CAP
Professional Work Experience
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Graphic design for transonore, community media - Paris, France
transonore gives a voice to residents of working-class neighborhoods to bring forward a different perspective and highlight the ecological and solidarity initiatives in their area.
Freelance graphic design for the podcast of transonore (volunteer work).
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Production cold working at Matter House of Crafts, Zelmer Olsen Glass - Nexø, Denmark
Cold working for the glass production of Zelmer Olsen Glass, in Nexø Bornholm.
Part time position.
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Internship Leo Tecosky - NYC, USA
Internship in New York City (Brooklyn) alongside independent glass artist and creator Leo Tecosky.
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World Youth Days Photo-reportage - Lisbon, Portugal
Independent photo-reportage (on film) on the security measures taken for the Lisbon W.Y.D 2023.
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Glass blowing in the Valley of the Dead - Cairo, Egypt
Week long hot glass blowing residency in the city of the dead, Cairo.
UNESCO Cultural Heritage workshop, part of the EU’s “City of the Dead” heritage project.
