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.