EXPO ‘Of Things Unknown but Longed for Still′ – Galerie Beyond, Anvers (Antwerpen)(BE) – 6 Nov.-11 Dec. 2016

Of Things Unknown but Longed for Still

Solo expo by Carolina Apolonia

Side expo by Juan Harnie  and Ana Margarida Carvalho
Opening drink in presence of the artist  Sunday November 6, 2-6 pm

At beyondfashion 3m2 project room

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Carolina Apolonia – Brooch Unique piece -Silver, wood, paint, steel

« My work reflects my intimate world. I often construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, and cities that mirror my dreams and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past or people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out, and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries.
My work is about finding refuge and freedom.
I am inspired by the everyday rhythms in life; how we move, interact, build, love and heal.
And I’m fascinated by shelters, industrial construction work, and the rules of aerodynamics.
My most recent works show a slight change in shape and form. I wanted to create pieces that represent movement, or rather, the ability to fly.
The collection as a whole shows my view on the ever-changing dynamics between the needs of the individual and the safety, strength and demands of the collective. »  Carolina Apolonia

  Carolina Apolonia - « Of Things Unknown but Longed for Still » – brooch

 Carolina Apolonia – « Of Things Unknown but Longed for Still » – brooch

 Carolina Apolonia -  Brooch: Heliópolis IV, 2014 -  Silver, steel, purple heart, paint 7.5 x 6 x 1.7 cm

Carolina Apolonia -  -  Necklace: Khione, 2014 – Silver, fibre board, steel, paint  90cm

Carolina Apolonia  -Necklace: Sillness, 2014 Silver, leather, paint, steel Length: 100 cm Object: 9.5 x 4 x 4 cm

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Side expo by Juan Harnie (BE) and Ana Margarida Carvalho (PT)
Ana Margarida Carvalho and Juan Harnie got paired in The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2016. Selected jewellers from around the world participated in this project and were paired to find a common interest or theme and make a piece for one another.
Both Ana and Juan look for beauty in things that are not necessarily beautiful to others. Combining plastics and metal is one of their common interests and neither of them shies away from using bright colours.
The pieces presented in this exhibition are similar to the two pieces they originally made for The Exchange. And even though both of them have their own interpretation of beauty and where to find it, their pieces accompany each other really well.

Juan Harnie - Ana Margarida Carvalho – Exchange 2016 

 

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EXPO ‘FIFTEEN YEARS OF JEWELRY’ – Beyond Fashion, Antwerp (BE) – 3 Dec. 2015 – 23 Janv. 2016

You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition « FIFTEEN YEARS OF JEWELRY » gallery Beyond Fashion

Official opening 3rd December 2015 18:00 – 21:00.

The expo Fifteen Years of Jewelry invites the viewer to question the limits of the area traditionally occupied by jewelry. Beyond fashion has invited 16 of its artists to celebrate the gallery’s 15th birthday.
For the occasion they will show a small series of 3 pieces and/or 1 unique piece related to one of their works in our permanent collection. Let us all celebrate fifteen years of offering a platform where the relation between jewelry artists and art jewelry lovers can bloom.

Artist list  :  Karin Roy Andersson – Carolina Apolonia — Nevin Arig — Judith Bloedjes — Hervee Darmont – Yu Hiraishi — Cynthia Jacobs — Jeannette Jansen — Nolia Shakti — Arnaud Sprimont — Marina Stanimirovic — Anneleen Swillen — Amy Tavern – Karen Vanmol – Zward — Tine de Ruysser

 Yu Hiraishi 

Marina Stanimirovic (FR-UK)

Kirsten Spuijbroek for ZWARD Necklace: Peekaboo, 2015 Silver, resin Limited edition: 3/3

 Karin Roy Andersson Earrings: Backupfront, 2015 Recycled plastics (from snuffboxes and motor-oil bottle), silver, varnish, steel, textile Unique piece

  

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EXPO ‘Arrhythmia ‘ – Beyond Fashion, Antwerp (Belgium) – 14 Mars-20 Avril 2013

Carolina Apolonia: Arrhythmia  

 The heart. Unnoticed but for its consistent beat, it determines whether we live or die. The heart is thrilled when in love, swells with inspiration and good spirits, is flooded by passion and broken by grief.
My work, this collection, is about the resilience of the human heart; its rhythm pulsating with great joy, trouble and adversity. I used natural materials very close to the human skin: leather and parchment. By hand-stitching these materials to silver, I create new structures to be worn almost as an extension of the body; as outward expressions of the rhythms inside.
My mother taught me at a very early age how to stitch. Stitching holds memories of long happy hours working with her. I think I am drawn to its time-consuming, repetitive and meditative nature: it forces me to slow down and gives me a sense of freedom: that I can use the needle to connect and repair anything. Most of the leather I use for these pieces is old and recycled. So are the used book covers. Old and worn-out materials tell stories, they carry tales about how they’ve been cherished or abused. The stitching brings the old materials together, heals them, thus creating new narratives out of old histories.  Carolina Apolonia

Carolina Apolonia – Brooch – Leather, silver

Carolina Apolonia – Brooch – Leather, silver

 

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EXPO ‘Patro(o)n’ – Zilvermuseum, Deurne (BE) – 24 Juin-24 Oct. 2012

Exhibition ‘Patro(o)n’ and ‘Wim Ibensprijs 2012’
The exhibition ‘Patro(o)n’ gives consideration to daily rituals, compositions, work grinds and other patterns. At the same time this exhibition about contemporary jewellery provides a platform to see “free of any pattern”.
You can also admire the laureates of the Wim Ibens Award 2012.

Van 24 juni tot en met 24 oktober 2012 loopt in het Zilvermuseum Sterckshof de wedstrijd ‘Win een zilveren juweel’. Dit keer kun je de gelukkige eigenaar worden van een zilveren ring van juweelontwerper Jorge Manilla! Deelnemen aan de wedstrijd is eenvoudig. Het enige wat je moet doen, is een vraag over de tentoonstellingen ‘Patro(o)n’ en Wim Ibensprijs 2012 juist beantwoorden, een formulier invullen en deponeren in de kubus aan het onthaal. De uitreiking van de prijs zal plaatsvinden op Zilverzondag op 28 oktober 2012 in het Zilvermuseum Sterckshof. Met medewerking van sponsor Jorge Manilla (www.jorgemanilla.com)

Carolina Apolonia — Veerle Coppieters — Michael Cornelis — Joke De Hertogh — Isabel Lecruyse — Luc Ingels — Barbara Deriemaecker — Catherine Fischer Achard — Rita Heyvaert — Marieken Meeuwssen — Ann Michielsen — Ina Sponselee — Arnaud Sprimont — Natalie Bal — Nele Verledens — Kristien Jacobs — Nathalie Monteyne — Trees De Maeyer — Anne Droeshout — Anouk Droesbeke — Kris Thys — Anke de Kort — Katia Van Meerbeek — Tania Smouts — Christine Loos — Talke Sietsma — Ann Deckers — Karin Lanneer — Ria Lins — Vera De Wit  — Sébastien Vandekerckhove — Els Sarens — Hilde Van Snick — Carine Vanlandeghem — Sandy Van Damme — Sofie Van de Broeck — Patricia Van Den Berghe — Pascale Van Goethem — Ann Strijmes — Celine Wouters — Mieke Van Ussel — Bianca Verbeek — Hedwig Vandenbunder — Geertrui vander Meûlen — Tine Verhaegen — Gaston Verstraeten — Jolanta Bracisiewicz — Inge Nauwelaerts

Inge Nauwelaerts  Ring: Lavaterra Dyr 2012  Mixed Media

Arnaud Sprimont  Brooch: Nanometrie 2012  Silver

Anke de Kort -   taartonderleggerarmband

Marieken Meeuwssen  Bracelet: Stedelijke Patronen, Mijn Stad 2012  Mixed Media

Celine Wouters  Piece: Collier Couture 2012  Mixed Media

Natalie Bal  Piece: Verenkleed 2012  Mixed Media

Sandy Van Damme  Necklace: Troubadeuse 2012  Mixed Media

Rita Heyvaert  Necklace: Solanum 2012  Mixed Media

Ina Sponselee  Necklace: Horse Tale 2012  Mixed Media

Jolanta Bracisiewicz  Ring: Parallel Words 2012  Silver

Katia Van Meerbeek  Necklace: Memento 2012  Mixed Media

Els Sarens  Necklace: Perles d’Afrique 2012  Mixed Media

Carolina Apolonia  Piece: A Choreography Of Oneness II 2012  – silver, lacque

Gaston Verstraeten  Bracelet: Family Link Stamped 2012  Silver

Luc Ingels  Brooch: Genisis,Flower 2012  Mixed Media

Barbara Deriemaecker  Necklace: Untitled 2012  Mixed Media

 

Silver Museum Sterckshof / Zilvermuseum Sterckshof Provincie Antwerpen
Hooftvunderlei 160
2100 – Deurne
Belgium
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Architectures …………… en broches

 

Poly Nikolopoulou – Brooch « Break » – silver, glass

Karen Vanmol – ‘under construction’ brooch – wood, concrete, cotton, paint, silver
« Karen Vanmol seeks in her work harmony to unite two worlds.
She is looking for a delicate balance between elements of the busy, modern city life and references to the silence and the slowness of nature. Her jewelry combine in a sensitive way clean organic shapes, and building materials with natural materials. Such as ground plans of a house look like farmland, a forests look like skyscrapers, in Karens work blurs the boundary between town and countryside. »

Suzanne Beautyman – Foundations & Façades serie – ‘confession’  brooch  2011
(comme ces fenêtres à « rejas » de Séville, ou les moucharabiehs ….)
« …my recent work presents deteriorated architectural forms as objects of adornment. As a series of brooches, they reference jewelry’s historical representation of wealth, while their forms capture degraded fragments of local architecture. Folds and cuts in iron surfaces invite peering into their voids, where delicate patterns set in colored enamel offset the dark metal façade. Reminiscent of wallpaper, the patterned interior surfaces speak of a careful care and consideration put into adorning ones own personal space. Voyeuristic glimpses inside the pieces reveal worn surfaces suggestive of domestic interiors.   » (2010)

Suzanne Beautyman – Foundations & Façades serie – ‘Hall window’  brooch  2011

Sabine Conrad

Soyeon Kim, urbanitie series

Marlene Beyer – brooches: Urban signs 2009 – Polyester resin, polyurethan resin, pigment, silver

Carolina Apolonia - “Heliopolis I” – brooch- silver, wood, enamel paint 2010

“My work reflects my intimate world. Often I construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, boxes, nests, clusters, and cities that mirror my feelings, dreams, and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past, my family history, others to the people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries and territories. I am intrigued by the process in which walls simultaneously define and shut out space. I love the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete; cycles of growth and decay, eroded geological structures and abandoned buildings inspire me. I often make unorthodox combinations of materials to create tension and balance. Sometimes I use found objects: quiet mirrors of other intimate worlds.“

Paolo Scura ‘Urban inspiration‘ – ‘The city new and old buildings‘ brooch

Sylvia Walz – serie « casitecturas » – « Piso de Alberto » brooch 2008

« En esta serie me dediqué a juntar paredes imaginarias, a construir pequeñas arquitecturas llevables que convocan la memoria a tiempos pasados: a vivencias, experiencias y convivencias. “Las Casitecturas” se convierten en recipientes de sensaciones.
Pequeños laberintos de la memoria, que invitan a paseos imaginarios por sus interiores.
Pasillos, ventanas y paredes, que forman un conjunto y que se comunican entre ellos. Suelos cuyos superficies han sido pisados miles de veces hasta gastarlos. »

Sylvia Walz -  « La casa de Mariane »   (bracelet)

Sybille Richter – Felder (Fields), 2009 brooch, aluminium, silver 935, uvarovite

Alice Bo-Wen Chang – Brooch – Bodyspace/bodyscape series – Silver, aluminium, paint (on Kit&Caboodle)

« Previously trained as an architect, I have always envisioned buildings as machines. Architectural elements are designed to form spaces that manipulate activities and movement. While jewellery cannot divorce itself from the human body, the most intimate space lies in between the body and the object(s). I approach jewellery design as constructing spaces on the topographic contours. »

Yu-Chun Chen – brooch 2008 steel, lacquer, jade, silver, slate

Annemie De Corte – brooch, 1999 silver

Hyo-rim Lee – brooch Window  8 2010, sterling silver, glass, PVC, fabrication, C-print (Kookmin University Seoul (KR))

Christine Matthias - brooch, 2009 silver

Stefano Marchetti – brooch, 2010, silver

Michael - ‘Flood’ – bracelet—sterling silver; pyrex; driftwood (on Kit&Caboodle)

Okinari Kurokawa – rings 2003/2004  gold 835

COUP de COEUR : Carolina APOLONIA – abstract constructions

Carolina APOLONIA : « My work reflects my intimate world. Often I construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, boxes, nests, clusters, and cities that mirror my feelings, dreams, and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past, my family history, others to the people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries and territories. I am intrigued by the process in which walls simultaneously define and shut out space. I love the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete; cycles of growth and decay, eroded geological structures and abandoned buildings inspire me. I often make unorthodox combinations of materials to create tension and balance. Sometimes I use found objects: quiet mirrors of other intimate worlds. »

« I am in my 5th and final year at the royal academy of fine arts in Antwerp, Belgium, studying silver smithing and contemporary jewellery design. I run my own studio/gallery ‘IO‘ in Middelburg, Netherlands  »

(‘IO‘, i.e. « i  r  r  e  p  l  a  c  e  a  b  l  e      o  b  j  e  c  t  s », with Ada de Voogt and Jacqueline Schot)

Carolina Apolonia - « Heliopolis I » – brooch- silver, wood, enamel paint 2010

Carolina Apolonia -« Heliopolis II » – brooch – silver, wood, enamel paint 2010

Carolina Apolonia - « flock I » – ring – silver, enamel paint – 2011

Carolina Apolonia -« nest » – silver

Carolina Apolonia -« Music & coffee » bracelet – ebony, old coffee jar (tin plate), silver

 

Carolina Apolonia -« árann » – necklace – wood, silver, paint – 2010

 

Ces bijoux ont une force qui m’impressionne ………