Cominelli Foundation Award 2011 – 10 Sept.-9 Oct. 2011
Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo Fondazione Cominelli
With the second edition of the Fondazione Cominelli Award for Contemporary Jewellery 2011 there will also be the inauguration of the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Jewellery; each edition will enrich the Collection with new works, some by the competition participants and others by artists selected for this year 2011 by the historian and jewellery critic, Bianca Cappello. The permanent Collection will become an important document of the Fondazione Cominelli, an occasion for a visit by jewellery lovers and those of the trade.
The list of candidates selected by Mrs Graziella Folchini Grassetto:
Farrah Al-Dujaili — Rinaldo Alvarez — Nikolai Balabin — Suzanne Beautyman — Adrean Bloomard — Frederic Braham — Donna Brennan — Ximena Briceno — Sungho Cho — Beate Eismann — Cristina Filipe — Christine Graf — Adam Grinovich — Natasa Grandovec — Elisa Gulminelli — Catarina Hallzon — Dana Hakim — Peter Hoogeboom — Marta Hryc — Meiri Ishida — Sirya Knaapi — Jimin Kim — Helfried Kodre — Agnes Larsson — Hadas Levin — Rita Marcangelo — Mi Mi Moscow — Margherita De Martino Norante — Daniela Osterreider — Barbara Paganin — Ruudt Peters — Emanuela Deyanova Ramjuli — Isabel Schaupp — Francine Schloeth — Sanna Svedestedt — Giovanni Sicuro — Katrin Spranger – Gisbert Stach — Maurizio Stagni — Bernhard Stimpfl Abele — Silke Trekel — Fabrizio Tridenti – Maria Trinidad Contreras — Barbara Uderzo — Felieke Van Der Leest – Tanel Veenre — Luzia Voigt — Andrea Wagner — Kaori Juzu — Petra Zimmermann.
Katrin Spranger- Skeleton of a necklace – Crude oil and its products, silver – 2011
1st prize for the contemporary jewellery competition Fondazione Cominelli 2011 has been awarded to Petra Zimmermann :
Petra Zimmermann: brooch,polymethyl methacrylate,crushed pearls, rhinestones, laquer, steel wire, gold leaf,blackened silver – 2010
The 2nd prize has been awarded to Dana Hakim
Dana Hakim: brooch, iron nets, rubber glove, plastic, reflective lights threads – 2011
and three special mentions to:
Jimin Kim (Korea): brooch, korean paper, latex, copper ,paint – 2010
Barbara Paganin (Italy): brooch, methacrylate, oxidize Silver 2011
Trinidad Contreras (Argentina): brooch, blue porcelain, ready made object, silver, gold leaf – 2011
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