Laurence Jenk

Laurence JENK is a French Contemporary artist, renowned worldwide for her Wrapping Candy sculptures of all sizes and colors. JENK's artwork can be found in more than 50 countries in numerous galleries and important private, public and institutional collections.

Previously known as Laurence Jenkell, she changed her name for JENK in 2020. Born in 1965, she was made Chevalier of the French Order des Arts et des Lettres in 2020. The Pop-Art artist lives and works in the South of France and opened a workshop-gallery in Monte Carlo in 2022.

For more than 20 years, Laurence JENK has been sculpting larger than life, colorful sculptures of various sizes in mediums such as plexiglass, polyester, aluminium, marble, bronze, and Murano glass.

More than a medium, JENK's candy has become a language. Her works are part of a reflection and a cultural process: the subject of Candy combining simplicity and universality. With great freedom and determination, Laurence JENK conducts her research and develops her themes to enrich her repertoire of forms.

The candy remains the hard core of her artistic signature, but she skillfully explores all its possibilities. She declined her emblematic Wrapping Candy on collections such as ADN, Robots or...

2020-2022:
« Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort » Monaco
« Antibes Art Fair » Antibes, France
« Cap JENK» Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
« IQOS Yacht Club » Monaco
« Expo Dubaï » Pavillon Azerbaïdjan
« 6° Este Arte Art Fair » with Boccara Art Gallery (Uruguay)
« Zonamaco » with Boccara Art Gallery (Mexico)
« Galerie Pop Up » Carouge Geneva (Switzerland)
« Dolce Vita » Erarta Museum, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)

2019:
” World Observatory – West Plaza – Liberty Park – Oculus Plaza – West Concourse and Tower 2 Plaza 3 “ New York (USA)
” JFK International airport “ New York (USA)
” OFF 58th Venice Biennale ” Personal Structures, with Bel-Air Fine ArtGiardini della Marinaressa Gallery Venice (Italy)
” New York Art Festival ” with Boccara Art Gallery New York (USA)
” PLAS Contemporary Art Fair “ with Boccara Art Gallery Seoul (South Korea)
” Art Lima Contemporary Art Fair “ Boccara Art Gallery Lima (Peru)
” City of Chambéry and Museum of Fine Arts “ Chambéry (France)
” Art Nocturne Knocke “ with Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery et Alexander Tuteleers Knokke-le Zoute (Belgium)
” 26th Sculpture Link ” Knokke-Heist 2019 Festival, La Digue, Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery et Alexander Tuteleers Knokke-le Zoute (Belgium)
“Solo Show” ...