Christine Matthias



Born:

1969 Celle, Germany

Training / Education:

  • 1992 - 1996 Fachhochschule für Kunst und Design Hannover, Germany studies - interior design
  • 1995 Politecnico Milano, Italy (one semester)
  • 1996 - 2002 Hochschule für Kunst und Design Burg Giebichenstein Halle, Germany studies - jewelry, Prof. Dorothea Prühl

Work Experience:

  • since 2002 freelancer in Halle/S.

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

  • 1998 - 2002 Feldversuch' Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland (annual)
  • 2000 Staatliche Gallery Moritzburg, Halle, Germany
  • 2001 Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
  • Internationale Novalis-Gesellschaft, Oberwiederstedt, Germany
  • 2002 International Graduation Show 2002'
  • Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland
  • Nachwuchsförderwettbewerb Schmuck und Gerät'
  • Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Hanau, Germany
  • 2003 Schmuck 2003' Special Jewellery Show,
  • International Trade Fair Munich, Germany
  • Gallery Mangold, Leipzig, Germany
  • Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland
  • 2004 Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria
  • Jewellery from the Burg Giebichenstein'
  • Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku, Japan

Award / Grants:

  • 3. Prize, Nachwuchsförderwettbewerb
  • Berta Heraeus und Kathinka Platzhoff Stiftung,
  • Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst Hanau, Germany

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen, Holland

Publications:

  • Collection Feldversuch - Class Dorothea Prühl,
  • Marzee Collection, 2004 Nijmegen Holland

Artist Statement:

I like jewelry that has a second meaning, I am interested in the relation of hiding and revealing, being secret or visible. - The pieces must be enfolded to get closer to the inside; something is hidden in a small box, in a hatching or behind a sketch made of wire.