Biba Schutz

Born:

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Training / Education:

• American University, Washington DC - BA in Design USA
• Pratt Graphics Center, New York - Printmaking USA
• Instituto de Allende, San Miguel, Mexico - Textiles Mexico

Work Experience:

• Graphic Designer

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

• 2004 Group show, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA
• "200 Rings", Velvet Ad Vinci, San Francisco, CA
• "Sofa", Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• 2003 "Adornments", Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
• "Sofa", Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• Solo show, Martina & Co., Providence, RI
• "Planting, potting and pruning: Artists and the cultivated landscape",
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
• "Sofa", New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• "Chess", Velvet Ad Vinci, San Francisco, CA
• "The Hearth of Culture: Textiles & Jewelry", Firehouse Art Center,
• Norman, OK
• 2002 "Sofa", Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• "Body Geometrics: Brooches" SNAG fundraiser at Sofa, Chicago
• "Life Boats for Cerf", 1 of 25 Cerf fundraiser at Sofa, Chicago
• Solo show, Objects of Desire, Louisville, KY
• "Other Materials/Other Forms: Exploring Contemporary Basketry"
• Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
• "Sofa", New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• "Small Wonders: Aromatic, Adornments, Amulets & Objects of Art"
• Annette Green Museum, The Fragrance Foundation, NY, NY
• Solo show, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
• "Black & White", Martina & Co., Providence, RI
• 2001 "Gift in a Box", Art Center-The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation,
• Seoul, Korea
• "Well Armed", Objects of Desire, Louisville, KY
• "If the Shoe Fits", OXOXO, Baltimore, MD
• "Sofa", Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• "AKA:92", Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• "Sofa", Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY
• "Tiara will be Worn", Velvet Ad Vinci, San Francisco, CA
• "2 Artists", Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
• 2000 "Sofa", Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• "New Talent in Craft", The Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
• "Concordance/AKA: 92, The Bruce Museum, Edinboro, PA
• "Organic Structures", Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
• "Sofa", New York Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• 1999 "Sofa", Thomas Mann Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Solo, Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
• Objects of Desire, Louisville, KY
• "AKA: 92", Works Gallery, New York, NY
• "Icons of the 2oth Century", Nancy Sachs Gallery, ST Louis MO
• "Containment", The Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX
• 1998 "Sofa", Chicago, Thomas Mann Gallery, NO.LA
• "Wired", OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
• "Sofa", New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
• 1997 "Sofa", Chicago, Thomas Mann Gallery, NOLA
• "Best of American Craftsman"> Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Environmental Bead", Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
• "Snag Link", SNAG Conference, Wash DC
• 1996 "Treasures", Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
• "Sofa", Chicago, Thomas Mann Gallery, NOLA
• "Contemporary Lights: A Celebration of Chanukah", The Margolis
• Gallery, Houston, TX
• "Sofa", Coconut Grove, FL, Thomas Mann Gallery, NOLA
• "Structure in Geometry", Nancy Sachs Gallery, ST Louis, MO
• 3 Artists, The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
• 1995 "Sofa", Chicago, Thomas Mann Gallery, NOLA
• 2 artists, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
• "To See or Not to See", Nancy Sachs Gallery, St Louis, MO
• "Sofa", Coconut Grove, FL, Thomas Mann Gallery, NOLA
• 1994 "Containers for Memory", Objects of Desire, Louisville, KY
• 1993 "8 woman artists"< Gallery i/o, NOLA
• "Scents", Signature Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
• 1992 "African Influence in Contemporary Crafts", Am Craft Museum, NY

Collections (Private & Museum):

• 2003 "After The Bloom", Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

Publications:

Periodicals

• Lapidary Journal, dec 2004
• American Craft Magazine, review nov-dec 2003
• Metalsmith Magazine, "Small Wonders", spring 2003
• Metalsmith Magazine, artists profile, winter 2000
• Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print-Studio Multiples 1997

Books

• 500 Brooches, Lark Books, 2005
• 1000 Brooches, Lark Books, 2004
• Textiles Techniques in Metal, Arline Fisch 1996
• Secrets of Aromatic Jewelry, by Annette Green and Lynda Dyett 2001

Artist Statement:

My jewelry is the abstract of my experiences, vision and ideas. I create form, texture and color with repeated elements, threads of wire and manipulation of materials.