ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK (AJW) 2017 –Central EXPO ‘Art + Jewelry : Intersecting Spaces’ – Benaki Museum, Athens (GR) – 18-21 May 2017

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Central Exhibition  « Art + Jewelry : Intersecting Spaces«   at Benaki Museum

οpening THURSDAY 18/5 at 19h

The central exhibition titled « Art + Jewel: Intersecting Spaces » is hosted by the Benaki Museum of Piraeus Str. and has exclusivity
in participation of 48 selected artists of contemporary jewelry from Greece and abroad. Also this year, the important German artist Peter Bauhuis honors the event as a guest and exhibits his work in the central exhibition area.

  the Selected Individual Artists 2017  are :

Aggelika Diplari – Greece // Angelos Konstantakatos – Greece // Akis Goumas – Greece //  Angela Malhues – Chile //  Anna Vlahos – Greece/Australia // Antria Prasinou – Greece //  Christine Jalio – Finland //  Daniella Saraya -Israel // Demitra Thomloudis – USA // Georgia Gremouti – Greece // Hao-Han-Jhang – Taiwan // Ioli Livada – Greece // Irina Siman/Wundervenus – Belarus //  Iryna Voitenko – Ukraine // Isabelle Busnel -France-UK //  Kätrin Beljaev – Estonia //  Kristine Nuke Pantelejeva – Latvia // Liana Pattihis – UK/Cyprus // Magali Thibault Gobeil – Canada //  Maria Tsimpiskaki - Greece // Martina Dempf – Germany // Melina Lindroos – Finland //  Mika Kaskantami – Greece // Sara Chyan – Hong Kong  // Snem Yildirim – Turkey // Sol Flores – Argentina // Stefania Sioufa – Greece //  Yakinthi Oikonomou – Greece //  Yiota Vogli – Greece

Invited talented child: Rafail Kasteroudis – Greece / Ραφαήλ Καστερούδης

Guest Artist:  Peter Bauhuis – Germany

Selected Students:
Carla Movia – Alchimia // Joanna Grigoriou – Anamma Studio // Laura Salguero – EASD Valencia // Siri Sandell – Oslo National Academy of Arts // Xan – EASD Valencia // Yuxi Sun – Idar Oberstein

 GUEST ARTIST - Peter Bauhuis  « NEOPHYSALIA » Brooch Bronze

Invited talented child: Rafail Kasteroudis – Greece – « Armour Jewelry »  Hand piece – Aluminium, imitation gold leaf, beads, plastic

*Akis Goumas - « Θραύσμα Μοναχό » Brooch Silver, turtle shell, steel, colouring agentsAntria Prasinou - « Only a word matters » Brooch Paper, ink, silver, threads, cane

Maria Tsimpiskaki – « Armatures and Shadows: the Traces of Being » #1 Bracelet Sterling silver, bronze, pigment, pvc, sea anemone finding

 Yiota Vogli -  SHADOWS collection – the birds

Aggelika Diplari - « Surfaces of Time » Brooch Wood, argentium silver, pigments, stainless steel, varnishes

 Ioli Livada  – « Imaginary Flowers » #3 – Brooch Dried aubergine peel, corn leaf, bronze, silver, sponge, threads, acrylic paint

 Christine Jalio  « Past, Loss, Future » #5  Pendant Silk clay, silver, wireDaniella Saraya. – « Re-Cover » Necklace Silver, quartz crystals, epoxy, marble powder, wood, paintHao-Han Jhang - « Burgeon » #1- Brooch Copper, brass, mineral powderIryna Voitenko - “Subtle Truth” Necklace Silk, leather, threads, porcelain

Irina Siman/WUNDERVENUS  « Temple »  Ring Silver casted Isabelle Busnel - Brooch Silicone, rhinestones, pearls, magnet 2017

Anna Vlahos  « Bkack Saw » Brooch Oxidised silver, stainless steel

Angelos Konstantakatos.- « Hidden perspectives: Olindi » Brooch Fruit – Carpus, resin, color, oxidized silver

 Angela Malhües – « Death Come Get My » Brooch_Necklace Copper, leather, silver, vitreous enamels, textile, threads

 Magali Thibault Gobeil Joaillière - « Candy Dots » Brooch Polyurethane, vinyl, cord, magnet

 Melina Lindroos - « Hiding Places » #2 Brooch Satin, avocado skin, stainless steel Liana Pattihis - « Offerings-Τάματα » #2 from 18 Ring Vintage ring, beeswax church candle, acrylic paint

 Kristine Nuke-Pantelejeva  « Looking for Atlantida » #2 Pendant Porcelain, hemp cord, silver details

 Stefania Sioufa - « Scene of the Mind » Brooch Silver, pigments, cement, brass sheets, resin, sand, plaster

Yakinthi Oikonomou - « Home Sweet Home » Brooch Αrgentium silve, bronze, stainless steel

Georgia Gremouti - « Corpus Colonies II » Brooch Silk, silver, steel

Sol Flores  « Impractical Fleet » #3  Ring Wood, plastic, silver

Mika Kaskantami.- « The maquettes » #5 Necklace Polymeric clay, alpaca

Demitra Thomloudis – « Over the Fence » excerpt from CrossPass project 35 brooches + video projection + audio Cement, resin, brass, steel, pigment, graphite pencil

 

Benaki Museum, Pireos St. Annexe / 138 Pireos & Andronikou St., tel. [phone], www.benaki.gr
opening hours: Fri-Sat-Sun: 11.00 – 21.00, Thurs: 11.00 – 23.00

 

 

#MunichJewelleryWeek2017 – EXPO (37) – « Duality of Presence » – Super+Centercourt Gallery, Munich (DE) – 8-14 Mars 2017

(37)  « Duality of Presence« 

Opening Reception: March 8, 6pm

runs 08.03–14.03

Duality of Presence, is a curatorial collaboration between American Professors of Jewelry/Metalsmithing Kerianne Quick and Jess Tolbert.
The exhibition brings together contemporary jewelers and metalsmiths working in the United States, who use specific material and form to tell stories about place, histories, and conveyance.

dualityofpresence  takes an explicit look at a generation of American contemporary makers united by the urge to connect to things and the world. As we grapple with the legacy of [alternative] material use in art jewelry in the age of globalization – we are united in the urgency our works express to identify with and bring insight to what it means to be in the world now. This exhibition was born from a noticeable shared concern and strategy expressed in the work of curators, colleagues, and other makers in the field. Within the field of contemporary art jewelry many reject or limit the use of precious materials associated with conventional jewelry in favor of non-traditional materials, focusing on a formal expression that may be conceptual in some way, or simply aesthetic. However some contemporary practitioners, including the artists in this exhibition, are mining material – calling upon origins, sourcing, histories, and/or supply chain information to embed value into the materials they select and use. This excavation is a powerful tool for authenticating and enhancing their underlying concepts. 

Recognizing this shared methodology as an important movement in American contemporary art jewelry and metalsmithing, Duality of Presence defines and explores those engaged with ‘material specificity’ in their making. We position the term ‘material specificity’ as a way of looking towards how material communicates complex and distinct narratives. Thinking of materials as active agents in the creation of meaning pushes past the notion that they are meaningless conduits and asserts a more substantive role; as conveyors of information, bearers of histories, and assemblers of discourses. Material Specific Artists enter into a deliberate collaboration and cooperative act with materials in the pursuit of meaning.

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« @dualityofpresence during the Munich Jewellery Week 2017. Some of my experimental pieces that push the boundary of jewelry and clothing are in the show « 
Jina SEO  (EXCHANGE-BIJOU 1)

Jina SEO – Holes_detail5

Jina SEO - Holes_detail

 Jina SEO – HOLES -
«  »The fragments of ordinary clothes convey a tactile and erotic interaction, emphasizing the physical movements between certain parts of body and garments. »

Jina Seo « HOLES »

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Participating Artists :  Jessica Andersen – Lynn Batchelder – Thea Clark — Nikki Couppee – Motoko Furuhashi – Steven Gordon Holman – Alexandra Hopp — Masumi Kataoka –  Joshua Kosker – Tova Lund – Sharon Massey – Jaydan Moore – Wei Lah Poh –  Kerianne Quick (Curator) — Kaiya Rainbolt – Yumi Janairo Roth –  Jina Seo – Jess Tolbert (Curator) — Demitra Ryan-Thomloudis

Alexandra Hopp –  tagneck.  « I use the traditional jewelry forms, techniques, materials, and visual vocabulary of the goldsmith, in purposeful profusion so the original function is lost, resulting in an exercise in mania. » Alexandra Hopp - Bibliomania necklace

 Joshua Kosker – hiding-in-the-flesh – « How do objects shape experiences and, in turn, how can actions imprint meaning on the material world? »

 Joshua Kosker _ nestle

Joshua Kosker _embed. – Utopia towels

 Thea Clark - « Head of Franz Joseph Fiord »

Thea Clark  « The layers build with the resonance of color, texture, and material choices, allowing the pieces to pay homage to the natural wonder of the Arctic. » 

Kerianne Quick- Transmutations_1. – « This work is based on the human urge to collect, to mark occasions with tangible objects, and an objects ability to connect us to history and memory. »

Kerianne Quick - Transmutations

Wei Lah Poh-  White Handle, necklace. -  « Handle draws upon enamelware’s visible record of use; it’s degraded and chipped edges, as well as the beautiful patina of rust on steel. »

Wei Lah Poh -  White Cup Wounded, bracelet with cup

Kaiya Rainbolt -  Mattress#1 (Fear) – How can we respond to issues that are challenging and not succumb to the  urge to reject those that are painful to us? » 

Kaiya Rainbolt -  Confusion

Kaiya Rainbolt‘s Violation #1

 Lynn Batchelder, How to Build a House

Demitra Thomloudis  Over the Wall’ a series of 90 brooches inspired by the cross boarder view – El Paso to Ciudad Juarez’s Anapra neighborhood. Cement, brass, steel paint, graphite pencil. – « As jewelry, these intimate objects coexist with the body as a means to connect with the landscape from afar. »

Demitra Thomloudis ‘Over the Wall’ a series of 90 brooches inspired by the cross boarder view – El Paso to Ciudad Juarez’s Anapra neighborhood. Cement, brass, steel paint, graphite pencil.

Demitra Thomloudis  ‘Over the Wall’ a series of 90 brooches inspired by the cross boarder view – El Paso to Ciudad Juarez’s Anapra neighborhood. Cement, brass, steel paint, graphite pencil.

Motoko Furuhashi - mesilla_fromt -  I  « I am fascinated by the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death – and the complexity of the processes that govern life between one place and the next. »

Steven Gordon Holman – Stone Rabbit Neckpiece. – « The Tribe was born out of the West Desert and contemporary hunting culture; its shaman the rabbit and its oracle the magpie. »

Steven Gordon Holman -  Black Totem Neckpiece

Nikki Couppee  corsageIV. brooch – « With the use of these everyday materials, I am able to exaggerate the size and abundance of gemstones to parody or poke fun at the socio-economic issues of class systems physically made manifest in the wearing of fine jewelry. » 

  Jessica  Anderson – « By presenting refuse in the intimate and personal format of jewelry, I ask the viewer to reflect upon their relationships to objects and things. »

 Deposit1 Jessica Anderson

 Tova Lund -  « This work explores my physical and psychological relationship to landscape and place. »

 Tova Lund‘s – Here and There 

 Sharon Massey  – Brickwork – X necklace –   « My work is inspired by the post-industrial landscape of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. Through use of both labor and materials I pay homage to the region’s blue-collar past. »

 Sharon Massey  Brickwork_Necklace

Masumi Kataoka

Masumi Kataoka « I am interested in what jewelry can do. »

Yumi Roth – Barbed_Wire_Ov. – « I explore immigration, hybridity, and displacement through discrete objects, site-responsive installations, solo projects, and collaborations. »

Jess Tolbert – willowful2 – « I am interested in the ability objects hold – to connect people to individual and collective experiences, whether meaningful, evocative, or mundane. »

Jess Tolbert - willowful4

 Duality of Presence defines and explores ‘material specificity’ as a movement in American contemporary art jewellery and metalsmithing where artists aim to reveal hidden narratives through the use of specific materials. The works emphasize the importance of maker-viewer communication, by demonstrating the effectiveness of material centered conveyance, where artists tell stories that connect to the wider world. The works demonstrate a broad range of subject matter, with material specificity as the common thread. In addition to the physical display of objects, the exhibition will include two interactive digital components, a innovative use of virtual reality and an interactive website. Virtual reality headsets integrated into the gallery display will show VR videos produced by selected participating artists using a virtual reality multi-lens camera. Each video will transport the viewer from the gallery to a significant site or moment chosen and filmed by the artist.

 

 

 

Super+Centercourt Gallery
Adalbertstrtraße 44
80799 Munich
Wed-Tue 11:00–17:00

 

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EXPO ‘CrossPass’ – Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (USA) – 8 Sept.-9 Oct. 2016

Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi: CrossPass

Velvet da Vinci

 

Artists’ Reception: Friday, September 9, 6-8pm

CrossPass is a project featuring collaborative and solo works by artists Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi that examines place through expanded media and the intimate lens of jewelry and small objects. The project targets a distinctive stretch of the Interstate 10 corridor connecting the unique borderplex region of El Paso, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico. The objective of CrossPass is to allow site-specific locations and the artists’ shared personal inquiries along this route to initiate the collection of images, video and sound which directly influences the creation of jewelry and objects. The viewer is asked to join them in their investigation of this land awash with dramatic terrain, vernacular structures and a multitude of boundaries; and, to uniquely discover these sites through the body.

 CrossPass Site #8 Mesa – Students parking their cars at the University of Texas at El Paso have a direct view of the border of different a country: Mexico. Here the divide is physically reinforced with the expansive border highway fence  // Crosspass: Demitra Ryan-Thomloudis « Over the Fence » installation of broochesDemitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi, Site 7, 2016, necklace Brass, powder coat, sand, found materials - Site #7 Mesa
El Paso is a city in constant flux. There you see the constant changing and rotating of businesses

 

Motoko Furuhashi was born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. While growing up in Tokyo, she received her introduction to art from her grandfather. Her recent works are inspired by her experiences traveling around the world and the road that takes her from one place to another. Motoko received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, the Oakland Museum of California, and Nobana Art Works in Ginza in Tokyo. Publications include 500 Plastic Jewelry design by Lark Books, New Rings: 500+ Designs from Around the World by Nicolas Estrada, and Humor in Craft by Brigitte Martin.

Motoko Furuhashi, Anthony, 2016, Tape, road segments, brass, silver, powder coat, paint

 

Furuhashi Artist Statement:
“I am deeply fascinated with imperfection and the complexity of the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death as the processes that govern life. The overall intent with my work has been to slow the viewer down and make what goes unnoticed important. By highlighting what is viewed as imperfect my work can bring relevance to the object. My belief is that objects only gain importance when the artist draws attention to them. My work is a shift in the meaning of perfection, transforming our perception of reality to new perspectives.”

 Motoko Furuhashi, NMSU Parking Lot (New Mexico State University), brooch – 2016, Tape, road segments, brass, silver, powder coat, paintDemitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi, Site 9, 2016, Nickel silver, fabric, steel

 

Thomloudis Artist Statement:
“My jewelry is influenced by the ve­­rnacular architecture and landscapes of site-specific locations. This interest has led me to identify particular aesthetic characteristics and construction techniques that I employ to create works to be worn on the body. As an artist using jewelry and objects as an artistic format for self-expression, my work intends to challenge the construct of the medium as a means to examine value, material sign systems, and extensions of personal and place identity. By relating to the aesthetics of architecture, landscape, and place in this way, I see jewelry having the potential to connect us closer to the world we are surrounded by.”

Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi, Site 5, 2016, Steel, sand, dry grass, acrylic, paint, land segment, silver – Site #5 Anthony
The border town of Texas and New Mexico is Anthony. There Anthony, NM and Anthony, TX sit next to each other.

Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi, Site 2, 2016, Nickel silver, brass, silver, land segment, ink
jet print, gesso – - Site #2 Las Cruces (Near NMSU)  From land of Native Americans, the Spanish territory of New Mexico has been established over the time. These streets created here continue to develop and allows us access to the land.

Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi, Site 8, 2016, Steel, brass, cement, resin, pigment, fibers

Demitra Thomloudis and Motoko Furuhashi: Site #4, 2016 Steel, sand, dry grass, acrylic, paint, land segment, s

ilver Site #4 Vado
New Mexico’s relaxing life style is highlighted by the vivid colors of the orange and beige sand, dry green grass, tumbleweeds, and its rectangular shaped farm lands.  

 

Velvet da Vinci
2015 Polk Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: [phone]
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Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11am – 6pm, Sunday, 11am – 4pm

 

EXPO (during AJW) ‘Art+Jewelry : Intersecting Spaces’ – Melanithros art space, Athens (GR) – 29 Juin-3 Juillet 2016

ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK 2016

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Group exhbiiton Art + Jewelry : Intersecting Spaces, Athens Jewelry Week

Opening 29/6/2016 @ 19h

Melanithros (art space)

 

25 selected Greek jewelry designers meet in a common ground aiming to push the boundaries and expand their action, considering jewelry as an Art form.

ARTISTS:  Aggelika Diplari — Anastasia Kandaraki — Antria Prasinou — Angelos Konstantakatos — Angelica Komis — Artemis Valsamaki — Corinna Koutouzi — Demitra Thomloudis — Despina Pantazopoulou — Dora Haralambaki — Efharis Alepidis — Elisavet Messi — Erato Kouloubi — Evangelia Dimitriou — Ioli Livada — Iro Kaskani — Katerina Glyka — Liana Pattihis — Marina Zachou — Nicole Polentas — Revekka Moustaki Zei — Victoria Ioannidou — Vivi Touloumidi — Xenia Deimezi — Yiota Vogli

 Dora Haralambaki – UNTITLED -  Necklace -  Porcelain, threads, pearls, bronze, acrylics. Aggelika Diplari  brooch  LOSS [IN A POSITIVE WAY].  Brooch. Wood, agentium silver,acrylics, stainless steel

Anastasia Kandaraki -  LIVING RUINS VΙ  – Ring – K14 yellow gold, oxidized sterling silver

ANDRIA PRASINOU-  WHEN I LOST MY PETALS I SAW MY TRUTH – Neckpiece. Βronze, rice paper, resin, acrylics.

  Angelos-Konstantakatos   DIFFERENCES – Brooch – Mushroom, oxidised silver, resins, colour

Artemis Valsamaki – THE TEMPLE OF HUMAN ANATOMY  Pendant. Copper, silver, acrylic paint

Demitra Thomloudis -VIENTO_BLOCK 1 &2  Brooches. Cement, steel, resin, paint, nickel silver, pigment. Cast, fabricated

Despina Pantazopoulou  – ARSIS-THESIS  Brooch. Silver 925. Hand fabricated, pierced

Efharis Alepedis |Black and White [necklace] Leather, coral, 18 K yellow gold. Constructed, assembled

Elisavet Messi – IONMES  Statement necklace. Recycled silver (925), fabric. Entaglement. Compression

Erato Kouloubi – MONOMOLECULAR  Neckpiece. Tar, bronze, pigment, plastic bag

 Evangelia Dimitriou - SUBVERSION Brooch. Bronze, plaster, colour

Ioli Livada – SOUL  Brooch. Sterling silver rhodium plated, ceramic, thread. Cast

Iro Kaskani -ROOK 2  Pendant. Sterling silver, jesmonite, foam. Hand fabricated

Katerina Glyka - WEAPON OR FORTRESS?  Pendant. Stone, bronze, iron, concrete, resin, rope. Mixed media

 Liana Pattihis – RED CLIMBING ROSE NECKLACE, Chained Interpretations Collection  Necklace. Silver trace chain, silver light trace chain, silver cable chain, enamel. L105cm

Marina Zachou WE FEEL WITHOUT CHOOSING  Brooch. Copper, bronze, silver, pvc, varnish

Nicole Polentas - THE ORIENTATION  Neckpiece (detail). Sterling silver, copper, resin, glass powder, coral, pearls, paint, alabaster, poly-putty, epoxy, acrylic, image printed on aluminium. Fusion, fabrication, casting.

Revekka Moustaki Zei - TOPOLOGIES – Brooch – Copper, carbon fibre. Electroformed.

Victoria Ioannidou – EMERGENT MERGING…OR VIOLENT SEPARATION…  Brooch. Paper, Silicone, acrylics,thread, bronze

Vivi Touloumidi – WHAT WILL KOSMOS SAY?  Brooch. Pumice, stainless steel.

Xenia Deimezi - “the procedure” Οbject Leather, fabric, sandpaper, duct tape, plastic net, plastic sheet silicone, iron nails

Yiota Vogli - « Islands », Layers of Memory, silver, oxidation, bronze, argentum, paper

 

 

Melanithros (art space)
4 Zappa str.,
Kallimarmaro
11635 Athènes
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