Jenna Kaës is a French product designer, focused on giving shape to mysticism today. Her objects reflect on people’s unconscious, their love, their fears, and how to memorialize death in a contemporary setting. Her work also includes collaborations with companies which utilize traditional artisanal crafts, designing objects which perpetuate arcane techniques. Kaës holds a master degree in design for luxury and craftsmanship from écal (Switzerland).
Selected Exhibitions
- 2021
La Dame à la Licorne. Médiévale et si contemporaine, Les Abattoirs Musée - FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, Fr
Mort is More, cur. Emile Barret, Brasserie Atlas, Brussels, Be
Public comission - contemporary stained glass project,
18 windows in the church of Monthuchon, Normandy, France
Capturing Light, cur. Melika Kara and Hermes Villena, Ungefahr 5, Kohln, Gr
Bienvenue Project Space, cur. Galerie Lily Robert, Hôtel La Louisianne, Paris Design Week, Fr
Visible, cur. Say Hi To, Espace Commines, Paris Design Week, Fr
A Fantasy Lounge, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Design Parade Toulon, Fr
Genius Loci, cur. 101.PS Space, Klosterstuben, Bremm, Gr
History of Fantasy, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Be
Gothic revival - A Gothic lounge, Southway Pavillon, Marseille, Fr
- 2020
Jenna Kaës x Delvaz Project, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan, OVR on galleryplatform.la
Objects with Love, cur. Connie Hüsser, Elac, Lausanne, Ch
Anima Mundi, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Abbaye Saint Victor, Marseille, Fr
French Cliché « L’appartement », Joyce Galerie, Paris, Fr
Room 236, cur. Anne Bourassé, Galerie Chloé Salgado, Paris, Fr
La Pièce dans le Coin, cur. Ligia Dias, Complete Works, Geneva, Ch
- 2019
Horology, cur. Elizabeth Jaeger and Silke Lindner-Sutti, Jack Hanley, NYC, Usa
De toutes Façons, cur. studio GGSV, Le Signe, Chaumont, Fr
The Corner Piece 3, cur. Ligia Dias, Belo Campo, Lisbon, Pt
Les chemins du Sud, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, MRAC Sérignan, Fr
Hors Pistes, Conversations between craftsmen & designers, Mudac, Lausanne, Ch
Fantamagorie, cur. Doppelstudio & Martial Marquet, Paris Design Week, Fr
Vis à Vis, cur. Gao Fengfeng, MoCA, Shenzhen, Cn
Encounters in Greenland, Hors Pistes residency restitution, CID Grand Hornu, Be
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, National Design Centre, Singapore, Sg
- 2018
Annex, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan & Benjamin Trigano, M+B, Los Angeles, Ca
Motifs all over, cur. Nelly Rodi, VIA, Paris, Fr
Lost and Found, MAD & Design September,
Brussels, Be
Neo Medieval, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, Art'o'rama, Marseille, Fr
Lazare, cur. E. Luciani, SouthwayStudio, Marseille, Fr
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, The Mass, Tokyo, Jp
- 2017
Hors Pistes Nuuk, Lokal Museum, Nuuk, Gr
Design Parade 12, Villa Noailles, Hyères, Fr
Medusa, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, Fr
Art of Celestial Mechanism, London craft week, V&A, London, Uk
Art of celestial mechanics, SIHH, Geneva, Ch
- 2016
Exposition des diplômes, ECAL, Lausanne, CH
Embassy of France, Prague, CZ
- 2021
La Dame à la Licorne. Médiévale et si contemporaine, Les Abattoirs Musée - FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, Fr
Mort is More, cur. Emile Barret, Brasserie Atlas, Brussels, Be
Public comission - contemporary stained glass project,
18 windows in the church of Monthuchon, Normandy, France Capturing Light, cur. Melika Kara and Hermes Villena, Ungefahr 5, Kohln, Gr
Bienvenue Project Space, cur. Galerie Lily Robert, Hôtel La Louisianne, Paris Design Week, Fr
Visible, cur. Say Hi To, Espace Commines, Paris Design Week, Fr A Fantasy Lounge, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Design Parade Toulon, Fr
Genius Loci, cur. 101.PS Space, Klosterstuben, Bremm, Gr
History of Fantasy, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Be
Gothic revival - A Gothic lounge, Southway Pavillon, Marseille, Fr
- 2020
Jenna Kaës x Delvaz Project, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan, OVR on galleryplatform.la
Objects with Love, cur. Connie Hüsser, Elac, Lausanne, Ch
Anima Mundi, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Abbaye Saint Victor, Marseille, Fr
French Cliché « L’appartement », Joyce Galerie, Paris, Fr
Room 236, cur. Anne Bourassé, Galerie Chloé Salgado, Paris, Fr
La Pièce dans le Coin, cur. Ligia Dias, Complete Works, Geneva, Ch
- 2019
Horology, cur. Elizabeth Jaeger and Silke Lindner-Sutti, Jack Hanley, NYC, Usa
De toutes Façons, cur. studio GGSV, Le Signe, Chaumont, Fr
The Corner Piece 3, cur. Ligia Dias, Belo Campo, Lisbon, Pt
Les chemins du Sud, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, MRAC Sérignan, Fr
Hors Pistes, Conversations between craftsmen & designers, Mudac, Lausanne, Ch
Fantamagorie, cur. Doppelstudio & Martial Marquet, Paris Design Week, Fr
Vis à Vis, cur. Gao Fengfeng, MoCA, Shenzhen, Cn
Encounters in Greenland, Hors Pistes residency restitution, CID Grand Hornu, Be
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, National Design Centre, Singapore, Sg
- 2018
Annex, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan & Benjamin Trigano, M+B, Los Angeles, Ca
Motifs all over, cur. Nelly Rodi, VIA, Paris, Fr
Lost and Found, MAD & Design September, Brussels, Be
Neo Medieval, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, Art'o'rama, Marseille, Fr
Lazare, cur. E. Luciani, SouthwayStudio, Marseille, Fr
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, The Mass, Tokyo, Jp
- 2017
Hors Pistes Nuuk, Lokal Museum, Nuuk, Gr
Design Parade 12, Villa Noailles, Hyères, Fr
Medusa, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, Fr
Art of Celestial Mechanism, London craft week, V&A, London, Uk
Art of celestial mechanics, SIHH, Geneva, Ch
- 2016
Exposition des diplômes, ECAL, Lausanne, CH
Embassy of France, Prague, CZ
La Dame à la Licorne. Médiévale et si contemporaine, Les Abattoirs Musée - FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, Fr
Mort is More, cur. Emile Barret, Brasserie Atlas, Brussels, Be
Public comission - contemporary stained glass project,
18 windows in the church of Monthuchon, Normandy, France Capturing Light, cur. Melika Kara and Hermes Villena, Ungefahr 5, Kohln, Gr
Bienvenue Project Space, cur. Galerie Lily Robert, Hôtel La Louisianne, Paris Design Week, Fr
Visible, cur. Say Hi To, Espace Commines, Paris Design Week, Fr A Fantasy Lounge, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Design Parade Toulon, Fr
Genius Loci, cur. 101.PS Space, Klosterstuben, Bremm, Gr
History of Fantasy, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Be
Gothic revival - A Gothic lounge, Southway Pavillon, Marseille, Fr
- 2020
Jenna Kaës x Delvaz Project, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan, OVR on galleryplatform.la
Objects with Love, cur. Connie Hüsser, Elac, Lausanne, Ch
Anima Mundi, cur. Emmanuelle Luciani, Abbaye Saint Victor, Marseille, Fr
French Cliché « L’appartement », Joyce Galerie, Paris, Fr
Room 236, cur. Anne Bourassé, Galerie Chloé Salgado, Paris, Fr
La Pièce dans le Coin, cur. Ligia Dias, Complete Works, Geneva, Ch
- 2019
Horology, cur. Elizabeth Jaeger and Silke Lindner-Sutti, Jack Hanley, NYC, Usa
De toutes Façons, cur. studio GGSV, Le Signe, Chaumont, Fr
The Corner Piece 3, cur. Ligia Dias, Belo Campo, Lisbon, Pt
Les chemins du Sud, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, MRAC Sérignan, Fr
Hors Pistes, Conversations between craftsmen & designers, Mudac, Lausanne, Ch
Fantamagorie, cur. Doppelstudio & Martial Marquet, Paris Design Week, Fr
Vis à Vis, cur. Gao Fengfeng, MoCA, Shenzhen, Cn
Encounters in Greenland, Hors Pistes residency restitution, CID Grand Hornu, Be
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, National Design Centre, Singapore, Sg
- 2018
Annex, cur. Jay Ezra Nayssan & Benjamin Trigano, M+B, Los Angeles, Ca
Motifs all over, cur. Nelly Rodi, VIA, Paris, Fr
Lost and Found, MAD & Design September, Brussels, Be
Neo Medieval, cur. E. Luciani & C. Cosson, Art'o'rama, Marseille, Fr
Lazare, cur. E. Luciani, SouthwayStudio, Marseille, Fr
Ecal design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, The Mass, Tokyo, Jp
- 2017
Hors Pistes Nuuk, Lokal Museum, Nuuk, Gr
Design Parade 12, Villa Noailles, Hyères, Fr
Medusa, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, Fr
Art of Celestial Mechanism, London craft week, V&A, London, Uk
Art of celestial mechanics, SIHH, Geneva, Ch
- 2016
Exposition des diplômes, ECAL, Lausanne, CH
Embassy of France, Prague, CZ