| Born:
1961 Maastricht Netherlands
Training / Education:
- 1985- 1989 Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Netherlands
- 1982- 1985 Stadsakademie Maastricht Netherlands
Work Experience:
- 2004 Teaching last semester Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Netherlands
- 2004 Lecture Haute Ecole des Arts Geneva Switzerland
- 2002 Lecture at SOFA Chicago USA
- 2000 Masterclass Royal College of Arts London UK
- 1996/1997 Teaching Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Netherlands
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 2004 solo-exhibition Gallery Tactile Geneva Switzerland
- 'Schmuck 2004' IHM Munich Germany
- PalmBeachContemporary FL. repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2003 solo-exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 'Valuables' Museum of Craft & Folk Art San Francisco USA
- SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- ArtForm Palm Beach FL. repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2002 'Rings' Gallery Funaki Melbourne Australia
- SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- solo-presentation SOFA Charon Kransen Arts Chicago USA
- 'Dutch Diversity', curated by Onno Boekhoudt Lesley Craze Gallery
- London UK
- 'Piece a Conviction' Gallery Tactile Geneva Switzerland
- 'No Shine Without Friction', curated by Marjan Unger Centraal Museum
- Utrecht Netherlands
- 2001 solo-exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 'Micromegas', curated by Otto Kunzli travelling exhibition
- 'Schmuck 2001' IHM Munich Germany
- 2000 'The Ego Adorned', curated by Jan Walgrave Kon. Fabiolazaal
- Antwerp Belgium
- 'Jewels of Mind and Mentality', curated by Yvonne Joris
- travelling exhibition
- 1999 solo-exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 'Planteydt/Sarneel' Gallery Slavik Vienna Austria
- 'AEX Amsterdam Expose' Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Netherlands
- 1998 'A Tribute to Madeleine K.Albright', curated by Yvonne Joris
- travelling exhibition
- 1997 solo-exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 1995 'Jewel, Symbol, Signal', curator Jan Walgrave Kon. Fabiolazaal
- Antwerp Belgium
- 1993 solo-exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 1991 'Beauty is a Story', curated by Yvonne Joris travelling exhibition
Awards / Grants:
- 2002 MARZEE Prize Gallery Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
- 2000 Emmy van Leersum Prize applied arts Amsterdam Fund for the Arts Netherlands
Collections (Private & Museum):
- Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts Montreal Canada
- The Marzee Collection Nijmegen Netherlands
- Nederlands Textielmuseum Tilburg Netherlands
- Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam Netherlands
- Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem Netherlands
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Netherlands
- Apeldoorns Museum Apeldoorn Netherlands
- Museum Het Kruithuis s'-Hertogenbosch Netherlands
Publications:
- 2004 'No Shine without Friction' Marjan Unger Netherlands
- catalogue 'Schmuck 2004' Germany
- 2003 'Mind Flights' Lucy Sarneel Netherlands
- GZ Art + Design 'No Shine without Friction' Marjan Unger Germany
- Crafts Ralph Turner UK
- 2002 catalogue 'Dutch Diversity' Lesley Craze London UK
- American Craft USA
- 2001 catalogue 'Micromegas' Otto Kunzli Germany
- catalogue 'Schmuck 2001' Germany
- American Craft USA
- 2000 catalogue 'The Ego Adorned' Jan Walgrave Belgium
- catalogue 'Jewels of Mind and Mentality' Museum Het Kruithuis
- Netherlands
- Visual Arts Melbourne Australia
- 1998 catalogue 'A Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright' Museum Het Kruithuis
- Netherlands
- 1995 catalogue 'Jewel, Symbol, Signal' Jan Walgrave Belgium
- 1991 catalogue 'Beauty is a Story' Museum Het Kruithuis Netherlands
Artist Statement:
To me a jewel represents a place in the world in which one can loose oneself like in the sparkling of a diamond or the carefull observation of little plants or moss.
The alienation that results from the competition between 'the natural' and the 'artificial' is an aspect I try to give form to in my jewels.
Allthough a jewel is a small object it can be a world of thoughts. |
