Jessica Loughlin (born 1975) is an Australian glass artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. Her kiln-formed glasswork is included in collections in Australia and worldwide.
Jessica Loughlin was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1975. [1] [2]
She completed a Bachelor of Arts with honours at Canberra School of Art at the Australian National University in 1997, [3] where she studied under Stephen Procter. [4]
Loughlin started her studio practice in 1998, and was soon well known in the new generation of glass artists of the 2000s. She began by exploring the horizon line in her student years, subsequently becoming interested in "capturing the transient qualities of light and the quiet sense of contemplation it provokes in the viewer". [5]
She is based in Adelaide, South Australia, and her work is said to be "influenced by the flat landscapes and salt lakes" of parts of the state.Working in kiln-formed glass, she uses a restricted colour palette. [1]
In her own words: [4]
My work investigates space, seeing distance and understanding how wide-open spaces, particularly of the Australian landscape, affect us. I am fascinated by the unreachable space. The view we look upon, but can never reach. In this minimal landscape, all elements are stripped back, light becomes the landscape, and I am left looking at space, the space between here.…and there... My work does not aim to represent this landscape directly but rather induce a state of looking inward and outward simultaneously.
Loughlin's work has been exhibited many times, both nationally and internationally. [3]
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Loughlin's work is represented in many galleries, including: