Heike Taschner Jeske
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Heike Taschner Jeske
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Heike Taschner Jeske is a South African artist known for her mixed media, printmaking, and installation art. Growing up on a Rose Farm, her work is greatly inspired by nature, especially flora.
Having been around roses since childhood, she has an innate understanding of their anatomy, color, form, and scent. She is familiar with their various uses, such as rose water distillation, breeding, and culinary purposes. She has long been fascinated by the essence of the rose and often contemplates why humans are so drawn to it.
Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations
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Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations
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Her often large-scale, site-specific installations blend effortlessly with their environment, asserting their presence through their size and actively engaging with and enriching the space. She employs space, lighting, and color to transform her art, creating a range of moods and atmospheres.
By exploring various disciplines and materials—such as ink on paper, ceramic, stainless steel, bronze, copper, plastic, and natural materials—she shapes and pushes these media into diverse forms, continuously challenging the limits of her creativity.
Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations – La Motte Ateljee Rose
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Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations – La Motte Ateljee Rose
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Fueled by her passion for problem-solving, she excels at designing commissioned works and permanent installations that blend effortlessly with architectural spaces. She feels a powerful energy when artwork properly inhabits its environment, combining elements, materials, empty spaces, and hidden potential into a genuine expression. Since 2006, she has been creating monumental metal rose sculptures, reflecting her long-standing fascination with this symbolic flower.
Heike Taschner Jeske – La Motte Ateljee Rose
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Heike developed her skills and broadened her creative outlook through studying Fine Art at Tshwane University of Technology. She subsequently joined the Interior Architecture Department and graduated with a BTech Cum Laude. She has also shared her insights on creativity and the symbolism of the rose through radio and TV appearances, promoting awareness and appreciation of this enduring symbol.
La Motte Ateljee Rose
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Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations
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Celestial, soft, descending petal wings – suspended in a floating movement of expansion and embrace. The rose is inverted and subtly suspended & so large that you cannot miss it; you cannot walk through it – but are instead encouraged and perhaps drawn upward.
Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations
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The petals are individually suspended to form the rose shape. Only together do they make the whole. The size is 2400 x 2400mm, with a suspension height of 4000mm. It took 140 hours to complete and consists of 24 large petals.
Heike Taschner Jeske Multidisciplinary & Installations
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Heike Taschner Jeske has had numerous exhibitions throughout South Africa, presenting her signature installation, an immersive, larger-than-life rose that appears to burst from the walls, blooming across the ceiling, drawing you in to experience it as though you were a tiny creature marveling at its grandeur. The installations aim to evoke a sense of wonder and intimacy, inviting viewers into the rose’s delicate beauty and construction.
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