Anne Wiedau

Anne Wiedau
Born: 1985 Müenster, Germany
Training/ Education:
2001 – 2003 2003 – 2007 2009 2007 – 2011 Since 2011	Vocational Training in Design, Pictorius-Berufskolleg, Coesfeld, Germany Goldsmith apprenticeship, Dassmann Jeweler, Coesfeld, Germany Alchimia Contemporary Jewelry School, Florence, Italy. Specialization course with professor Manfred Bischoff in 3rd year. Gemstone and Jewelry Design, University of Applied Science and Art Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany Master of Arts, University of Applied Science and Art Trier, Trier, Germany
Work Experiences:
2001 – 2002 2007 – 2009 2007 – 2012	Internship, Advertising Agency Klapsing, Coesfeld, Germany Student assistant of photography, University of Applied Science and Art Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany Member of Art Forum Coesfeld, Germany
Exhibitions (Group Shows):
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008	Inhorgenta Europe, Munich, Germany Gemstone- and Jewelry Award exhibition IHK, Idar-Oberstein, Germany Buga FHT Proxy, IHK Pavilion, Koblenz, Germany Project Steinbeisser, Amsterdam, Netherlands Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Sonnleitner, Vienna, Austria Shop Stop 6, Gallery Aurum Museum of applied art (MAK), Frankfurt, Germany Silver Schools, Legnica, Poland Shop Stop 5, Gallery Aurum, Museum of Applied Art (MAK), Frankfurt, Germany ARTornamento09, Alternatives Gallery, Rome, Italy Alchimia final show , Outsider Project Galleria Allesandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy Inhorgenta Europe, Munich, Germany "STEENRIJK : STEINREICH" Minderbroederscomplex, Mechelen, Belgium Inhorgenta Europe, Munich, Germany Nsaio 3 – New Jewelry from Idar-Oberstein" Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany Museum of Applied Art (MAK), Frankfurt, Germany
Awards / Grants:
2011 2011 2006 2004	Finalist of Design Award Rhineland-Palatinate, HWK Koblenz, Germany Finalist of Gemstone- and Jewelry Award, German Federation of Gemstone and Jewelry Industry Winner of "junge Cellinis", International Goldsmiths Competition, German Federation of Silver- and Goldsmithing Exhibited at Inhorgenta Europe 2007, Munich, Germany Winner of Goldsmith Competition of "Gold- und Silberschmiedehandwerk", North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
Publications:
2012 2011 2010 2009 2006 2006 2004	FZ Uhren Schmuck Accessories, issue 1/12, Germany Thinking Jewelry, Arnoldsche Verlag, Germany Silver Schools Catalog of Gallery Szuki, International Jewelry Festival SILVER, Legnica, Poland FAZ Frankfurter Allgemeine, issue 12/09, Germany GZ Goldschmiedezeitung, issue 11/06, Germany GZ Goldschmiedezeitung Art+Design, issue 3/06, Germany GZ Goldschmiedezeitung, issue 3/04, Germany
Artist Statement:
In different varieties technical styles, playing with mechanical movement and designing on the computer is fascinating me since the beginning of my professional training. My roots in craft awoke my desire to find a way to link the two areas of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary intermedia technology. Combining children's drawings with jewelry, makes it possible to return aspects which we have lost in our development from childhood to adulthood. With the help of virtual reality, I add aspects to the jewelry to increase the uniqueness and characteristic of each single piece. By making each individual piece of jewelry to create unique pieces that develop similarly to humans has its own character, which can develop through the link with the computer-generated part on. By the individual crafting of each jewelry piece, uniques are produced which develop their own humanoid characters which can be enhanced by computer generated parts.