Jessalyn Mailoa

Bio

Jessalyn Mailoa was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts  in Glass and Graphic Design, and studied psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.  Afterwards, Mailoa moved to Norfolk, Virginia, to join a studio assistantship program at the  Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio. Currently, she is a studio assistant at the Belger Glass Annex  in Kansas City.

Artist Statement

My body of work is informed by the tension between aspects of my identity and my interactions  with other people and the environment. This piece is from a series of stemwares that explores  the color pink and the concept of femininity. I am intrigued by the goblet form that resembles  a delicate figure that people may generally describe as feminine. In this series, I fired small  flower-like glass inclusions in the kiln and brought them up in the hotshop to incorporate them in  Venetian goblet forms.