Brigitte Bezold



Born:

1964 Neuremberg Germany

Training / Education:

  • 1984 Abitur
  • 1984 - 1988 Apprenticeship in goldsmithing in Pforzheim and Erlangen
  • 1991 - 1993 Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau „Goldschmiedemeisterin" and
  • „Gestaltungstechnikerin"
  • Work Experience:
  • 1989 - 1991 workexperience as modelmaker and designer in Vicenza, Italy,
  • London, UK and Erlangen, Germany.
  • 1993 - 1996 member of the group "Formidable" in Hanau Germany
  • 1996 - 1998 and from 2001 own workshop
  • 1998 - 2001 artist in residence at the Edinburgh College of Art UK

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

  • 1994 Gallery Cairos, Vicenza, Italy
  • 1995 Gallery desinfarkt, Bern Switzerland
  • 1996 Gallery Isabella Hunt, Munich, Germany
  • 1999 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
  • 2000 Glass Art Gallery, London, UK
  • 2000 Solo exhibition at the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland UK
  • 2000 The Oxford Gallery, UK
  • 2001 Helene Porrée, Paris, France
  • 2001 Gallery für angewandte Kunst, Munich, Germany
  • 2003 SOFA New York, Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts

Artist Statement:

Inspiration comes from what I am surrounded by, where I am passing by and from the materials I am using. I work a group of pieces along a subject I am interested in.