Laurence JENK (1965) - WRAPPING BONBON BLANC

LAURENCE JENKELL, A FRENCH ARTIST RECOGNIZED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Better known as Laurence JENKELL, in 2020 the artist changed her signature to a shorter, modern-sounding name: JENK.
The aim?
To evolve her identity to better protect her creations.

FRENCH CONTEMPORARY SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ARTS AND LETTERS
EXHIBITED AROUND THE WORLD

In a few words:
Laurence JENKELL was born on December 31, 1965. She lives and works in Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes. Known and recognized for her sculptures with vibrant colors, she creates oversized, vividly colored candies of various sizes, in materials such as bronze, plexiglass, aluminum, and marble.
More than a medium, the candy interpreted by Laurence JENKELL has become a language. Her works engage in a reflection and a cultural process: the candy as a subject combining simplicity and universality.
The great freedom and no less great determination with which Laurence JENKELL pursues her research, develops her themes, and expands her repertoire of forms, command admiration and reveal a true artist’s temperament. The Candy remains the hard core of her creative identity, but she explores all its possibilities with deftness.
In only about ten years, her Candies, as well as their more or less direct offshoots— the emblematic Wrappings, the ADN, the Robots, the Butterflies… —have conquered the planet. Recently she has started to extend her “wrapping” and the twisting gesture to other materials and forms.
Although the Candy remains her preferred subject, her latest packaging creations reflect environmental issues such as the depletion of coffee-producing lands, the proliferation of non-biodegradable disposable products, and the poaching of endangered animals.
Laurence JENKELL’s work is present in more than 25 countries. She is represented by numerous galleries and is part of important private, public, and institutional collections.