Efharis Alepedis



Born:

1969, Massachusetts, United States

Training / Education:

  • Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Master of Fine Arts, Jewelry and Light Metals, 9/93-6/95
  • Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Science in Education, Affiliated with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts,9/88-6/92
  • The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Concentration in Jewelry, 9/87-5/91

Work Experience:

  • The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jewelry Instructor, 1/02-5/02, 9/00-12/00,1/96-5/96,6/94-8/94, Teaching Assistant,9/92-5/93
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Jewelry Instructor while Graduate Student, 2/94-5/95, Jewelry Teaching Assistant 1/95-2/95
  • Shellie Brooks Studio, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jewelry Production and Design, 3/97-8/99
  • Ilias Lalaounis, Greek Gold, Athens, Greece, Jewelry Production and Design, 9/95-12/95
  • Mary Hughes, Side Street Studios, Rockport, Massachusetts, Jewelry Production, 9/92-12/92

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

  • 6/04, SOFA (SculptureObjectsFunctionalArt), New York, NY, USA represented by Charon Kransen, New York, NY
  • 1/04, International Contemporary Art + Design, West Palm Beach, Florida represented by Charon Kransen, New York, NY
  • 10/03, SOFA, Chicago Illinois, USA, represented by Charon Kransen, New York, NY
  • 10/03, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, SOFA Chicago, Illinois
  • 10-11/03, Botanical Jewelry, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 7/03, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Katy Beh, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 5-6/03, SOFA, New York, NY represented by Charon Kransen
  • 5-8/03, Valuables, Jewelry in the New Millenium, Museum of Craft& Folk Art, San Francisco, California
  • 5/03, Art for the Ear, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 4-5/03, The Ring, The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, United Kingdom
  • 4-5/03, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham Michigan
  • 3/03, ARTform, West Palm Beach, Florida represented by Charon Kransen
  • 2-4/03, Jewelry Hard&Soft, The Society of Arts&Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2/03, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Franscisco, California
  • 11-12/02, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Widney Moore Gallery, Portland, Oregon
  • 10-11/02, RISD Alumni Show, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 10/02, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 9-10/02, The Ring, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at El Paso, Texas
  • 9-10/02, Materials and Color, Sculpture to Wear, Santa Monica, California
  • 8-9/02, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Shaw Contemporary Jewelry Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • 6-8/02, Materials and Color, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 5-6/02, SOFA, New York, represented by Susan Cummins, Mill Valley, California
  • 5-6/02, Materials and Color, Galerie Noel Guyomarch', Montreal,Canada
  • 5-6/02,RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • 4/02, RISD on the Road Jewelry Exhibit, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2-3/02, Jewelry in Painting, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 12/01, Winter Light, Susan Cummins, Mill Valley, California
  • 10/01, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois represented by Susan Cummins
  • 6/01, SOFA, New York, NY represented by Susan Cummins
  • 6/01, New Makers/Fresh Visions, Facere, Seattle, Washington
  • 4/01, Jewelry as an Object of Installation, Susan Cummins, Mill Valley, California
  • 1-3/01, The Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 12/00, Melting Point, Susan Cummins, Mill Valley, California
  • 11-12/00, Precious, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • 11/00, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois represented by Susan Cummins
  • 9-10/00, Imagine, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 9/00, Marked by Media:An Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
  • 6/00, SOFA, New York, NY, represented by Mobilia
  • 5-6/00, Milestones, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • 3-4/00, Structure, Symbol, and Substance:The Power of Jewelry, Mobilia Gallery
  • 3/00, Exhibition in Motion, in conjuntion with SNAG 2000, Boston,Massachusetts
  • 11/99, Giving Thought Form: The RISD Experience, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois
  • 7-9/99, Contemporary Metalsmiths 1999, Young&Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, Illinois
  • 4/99-, Gallery RA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 3-5/99, Botanical Jewelry, The Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 9/98, 1998 Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith, Volume 18, Number 4
  • 12/97-1/98, Precious, Fort Point Art Community Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 9/97-, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 6/95, Try Out, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 3/95, Contemporary Applied Arts in the U.S., American Center for Culture and Commerce, Prague, Czech Republic

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 1995 Acquisition Museum of Dec. Arts Hamburg Germany

Publications:

  • Metalsmith, Reviews, Materials and Color, Volume 23, Number 2, Spring 2003
  • American Craft, Jewelry as Installation, Volume 62, Number 1,2-3/02
  • Metalsmith, Reviews, New makers/Fresh Visions, Volume 22, Number 1, Winter 2002
  • Metalsmith, Reviews, Marked by Media, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 2001
  • American Craft, Gallery, Volume 60, Number 4, 7-8/00
  • Metalsmith, The Best of the Best: Going to SOFA, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2000
  • The Crafts Report, Jewelry: A Natural Perspective, Volume 25, Number 276, 4/99
  • Metalsmith, 1998 Exhibition in Print, Volume 18, Number 4, 9/98
  • Somerville Journal, Review of Small Works Exhibiotn, Volume 128, Number 15, 4/98
  • The Boston Globe, Galleries, Review of Precious Group Exhibition, 12/25/97
  • Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, Tim McCreight, Brynmorgen Press, 1997
  • The Dictionary of Greek Fine Artists, Melissa Publications, Athens, Greece, 1997
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