Jacqueline Ryan


Born:

1966, Finchley, London UK

Training / Education:

  • 1989 Graduated from the West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey with a BA(Hons) in metalwork and jewellery.
  • 1988 Single semester of studies at the Fachhochschule in Duesseldorf
  • 1991 Graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in goldsmithing and jewellery.

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

  • 1991
  • Goldsmiths Hall, London, England
  • 1994
  • Gallery Hélène Porée, Paris, France
  • 1995
  • "Ars Ornata Europeana", Bratislava, Slovakia*
  • 1996
  • "Oreficeria di ricerca", Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
  • "SOFA" Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Hélène Porée, Paris, France
  • "Repetitions II", travelling exhibition, USA
  • "... du contemporain Bijoux et Orfèvrerie de créateurs", Cagnes sur Mer, France*
  • "Kunstrai", Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Gallery Ademloos)
  • Gallery Sophie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Studio Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
  • "Oreficeria di ricerca", Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Venice, Italy
  • Studio Herta Sophie Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
  • "Granulation" travelling exhibition, Germany*
  • 1997
  • "Schmuck '97", Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
  • "SOFA" Miami, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)*
  • "Jewellery at the End of the Millennium" Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
  • "SOFA" Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • 1998
  • "A Genetic Messenger of Happiness", Gallery Artin, Tokyo, Japan
  • "Schmuck '98", Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
  • "Schmuck aus Padua", Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria*
  • "SOFA" New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "SOFA" Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaj", Gallery Treykorn, Berlin, Germany
  • "Kunstrai", Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Louise Smit)
  • "Email-Enamel", Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1999
  • "Email-Enamel" Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau Germany and subsequently travelling exhibition.*
  • "SOFA" New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
  • "Kunstrai", Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Gallery Louise Smit)
  • "Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Aurum, Frankfurt, Germany
  • "Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja - new work", The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • "SOFA" Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Zehnjähriges Jubilaeum", Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja", Galerie Viceversa, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • "The Eye's Delight", Erfurt, Germany *
  • "20th Century Arts Fair" New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • 2000
  • "Sotheby's Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition", London, England
  • "Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja" showcase Musée de l'horologerie et de l'émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
  • "SOFA" New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Expo Vetrine" Galerie Neuer Schmuck, Hannover, Germany
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
  • "SOFA" Chicago, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen)
  • "20th Century Arts Fair" New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Assymetry and Harmony", PLAZA Building of the Commerz Bank, Frankfurt, Germany*
  • "Focus on Enamels" Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • 2001
  • "Focus on Enamels" The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • "Micromegas" Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany *
  • "Contemporary Craft from the Scottish Gallery" Thomas Goode & Son, London, England
  • "Kunstrai", Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • "SOFA" New York and Chicago (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Micromegas" American Craft Museum, New York, USA*
  • 2002
  • "Micromegas" Musée de l'horologerie e de l'émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja - New Work" Gallery Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • (* catalogue)
  • "State of the Art", Richard Kimball Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • "Orfèvrerie de Recherche", Banque du Gothard, Montecarlo, Monaco
  • "Art Jewellery", Plateaux Gallery, London, England
  • "Pearltalk", The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • "Das War's Also", Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
  • "International Jewelry and Metalsmithing Invitational", University of Iowa Museum, Iowa, USA, co-curated by Charon Kransen Arts
  • "Masterpieces" - Centenary Exhibition of applied modern arts 1902.2002 Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
  • "SOFA" (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Micromegas" Gallery Yu, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan*
  • 2003
  • "Micromegas" Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia*
  • "Sotheby's decorative arts selling exhibition", Sotheby's, London
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja - New Work" Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany
  • "Micromegas" John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia*
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja - New Work" Bijouterie Jungblut-Thijssen, Luxembourg
  • "Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja", Gallery Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
  • "Micromegas" Museo degli Eremitani, Padova, Italy
  • "SOFA" New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "SOFA" Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • 2004
  • Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Florida, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Collect" Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
  • "SOFA" (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "SOFA" (Sculptural objects and functional art), Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
  • "Giovanni Corvaja-Jacqueline Ryan", Le Arti Orafe, Florence, Italy
  • "Schoepfungen" Dorado, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany

Awards / Grants:

  • 1998
  • "Honorary Prize", International Jewellery Competition '97, Tokyo, Japan
  • "Bayerischer Staatspreis", Munich, Germany
  • Prize of the "Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio dell'Umbria", Italy

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 1989
  • West Surrey College of Art Public Collection, Farnham, England
  • 1991
  • Royal College of Art Public Collection, London, England
  • Ayrton Metals Platinum Collection, London, England
  • 1996
  • Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, c/o Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
  • 1998
  • Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
  • 2001
  • Goldsmith's Hall, London, England
  • 2002
  • Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2004
  • Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

Conferences and lectures:

  • 1999
  • "The Research for Lightness", design seminar organised by Barbara Schmidt "Reden über Gestaltung", Potsdam, Germany.
  • 2002
  • Copenhagen Crafts Council, Denmark (organised by Gallery Tactus)

Publications:

  • "Affari di famiglia" Alessandra Quattordio, Arte In, Anno XI numero 53 (Gennaio/Febbraio 1998) Italia p.80
  • Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja "Art Jewellery" 1999 Edizioni Canova (Treviso, Italy) ISBN-88-87061-66-1
  • Design Sourcebook, David Watkins, New Holland, London 1999 ISBN-1-859740782
  • "Winning Gold at the Festival" Jacqueline Mina, The Independent Weekend Review, 21st August 1999 (no. 4,008) p.18 (UK)
  • "Art Jewellery, Giovanni Corvaja and Jacqueline Ryan" by Jacqueline Mina, Book Reviews, Crafts (UK) no.162 January/February 2000 p.61
  • "Slow is Beautiful-Giovanni Corvaja and Jacqueline Ryan" Cristina Bellavista, Schmuck Magazin, (Ebner Verlag, Germany) 3/2000 July p.76
  • "Kongeniale Perfektion und Poesie (Jacqueline Ryan und Giovanni Corvaja in der Galerie Slavik)" Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Parnass, Vienna May/August 2000, no.2 (Austria) p.104
  • "Smoke and Fire in Gold-Giovanni Corvaja and Jacqueline Ryan" Marjorie Simon, Metalsmith Magazine, summer 2001 (vol. 21 no. 3) p.16 (USA)
  • "Gioiello Creativo: Giovanni Corvaja e Jacqueline Ryan" Gioielli e Bijoux del XX secolo, numero 3 (2001) De Agostani, Italia p.50
  • "Uno splendore di gioielli" di Lorena Battistoni, Città Viva anno XVII n.2 marzo/aprile 2002, Todi PG, Italia p.50
  • "Il tesoro di Montecarlo: l'Arte dei Re" di Licia Spegnesi, Arte, settembre 2002 n.349, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Italia p.112
  • "Exhibition in print" Metalsmith Magazine vol.23 no.4 2003 p.51
  • "1000 Rings: inspiring adornments for the hand" editor, Marthe Le Van 2004, Lark Books ISBN 1-57990-508-0

Artist Statement:

I love the natural world. My work is much influenced by what remains of it…and, at times by how ancient civilizations perceived it. I do not believe in commercial, mainstream jewellery, nor do I believe that much of it will retain its validity through time, yet I would be most pleased to know that my work and that of others who share my beliefs in high quality craftsmanship, aesthetic distinctiveness and creativity, will remain timeless and be appreciated by future generations as we today enjoy the museum exhibits created by past civilizations.