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
Opening hours: 12.00-21.00
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EXPO ‘Ithaca’ – Galleria DEMEONUMERO52, Livorno (IT) – 16 Avril-7 mai 2016

In viaggio per « Ithaca« : secondo scalo Livorno 16 aprile – ore 17:00

Vi aspettiamo a Livorno sabato 16 aprile, dalle ore 17, presso la Galleria DEMEONUMERO52 (in via Goldoni n’52) all’inaugrazione della mostra collettiva di gioielli contemporanei « Itaca ».

Un viaggio e un confronto culturale tra i gioielli degli artisti Akis Goumas, Despina Pantazopoulou, Lluís Comín, Maria Diez , Stefano Rossi e Corrado De Meo.

Coming Venues:
Popeye Love Olive gallery,​ Athen 
Oratorio od San Rocco, Padova, Italy (2017)

 

 

Searching for Itaki: questo è il nome del progetto nel quale sei autori due greci Akis Goumas e Despina Pantazopoulou, due spagnoli Lluís Comín e Maria Diez e due italiani Stefano Rossi e Corrado De Meo, si confrontano in questa mostra di gioielli contemporanei, sulle loro radici culturali. Ognuno di loro ha interpretato a suo modo il desiderio di incontrare gente che condivide lo stesso mare, che coltiva l’olivo, che beve vino, canta e danza ed ha una visione simile della vita che raccoglie in sé le memorie tramandate di generazione in generazione lungo le rotte del mediterraneo.
L’amore per il loro mestiere e per le proprie radici li ha portati a condividere le loro emozioni e le loro storie creando e viaggiando insieme verso nuove esperienze prima di ritornare ognuno alla propria Itaca.
Vi aspettiamo il 16 aprile alle ore 17 in via Goldoni numero 52 a Livorno.
Corrado De Meo

“L’amore per il nostro mestiere e per le nostre radici – spiega l’artista greco Akis Goumas – ci ha portati a condividere le nostre emozioni e le nostre storie personali, creando  e viaggiando insieme verso nuove esperienze prima di ritornare ognuno alla propria Itaca”.

 

« Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean »
(C.P. Cavafy, Ithaca)

 Stefano Rossi,   Brooch: Untitled Silver, gold, steel and shibuichi.

 Stefano Rossi, spilla

Marie Diez Brooch: Untitled Cement, sand, paint and brass

 Maria Diez brooch

  Lluis Comin - Collar « Espurnes »  2016

Lluis Comin –    Brooch: Untitled Silver, gold, lichen

Corrado de Meo – brooch

Corrado de Meo – Ring: Untitled – Silver, sea urchin, acrylic paint, dual epoxy resin

Akis Goumas Brooch: Untitled Silver, steel, pvc, threads, pigment

Akis Goumas – detail of a necklace

 Despina Pantazopoulou - ring – Iron gold plated, fire oxidised, gold rivets

Despina Pantazopoulou brooch/spilla in oro rettangolare 

 

 

Demeonumero52
Via Goldoni 52
57125 -  Livorno
ITALY

 

 

EXPO ‘New Territories’ – Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens (GR) – 3 Fevr.–15 Mai 2016

at Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum.

50 GREEK STUDIO JEWELERS UNVEIL THEIR RECENT WORK DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN GREECE

We are pleased to introduce the new temporary exhibition: « New Territories » . The exhibition will be launched on 3rd February at the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum and will show case the recent work of 50 Greek studio jewelry artists currently working in Greece

opening on 3rd February. 19h-22h

The new exhibition at the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, “New territories”, brings together 50 established and emerging Greek studio jewelry artists presenting unique works show cased for the first time.
Handcrafted in the workshops of the artists, these jewelry objects are the antithesis of commercial high end, fine or jewelry of mass production. These works display a progression from traditional Greek metalsmithing to the use of new techniques and types, straying from the two-dimensional form and materials of the traditional object. They are marked by their direct and close connection to socio-political developments, the world of fashion and international trends in studio jewelry. The exhibition aims to showcase the talent as well as to highlight them as part of a vibrant current in contemporary visual art.
The exhibition illustrates the designers’ boundless imagination as well as the dynamism of a new “industry” associated to international studio jewelry production. New trends in crafts have grown to reply to global competition reflecting current events. Still, history and cultural traditions are very much embedded in the Greek artists’ agenda and the artists have been inspired from ancient Greek mythological heroes to Byzantine religious art and Greek regional costumes from the 17^th and 18^th centuries. However, evoking a moment in time is just what the artists attempt to show in this exhibition. It is here were we meet some troubled citizens influenced by the current economic unrest exploring a visual representation of catastrophe and then hope. Others seek a more romantic side of contemporary making and address environmental issues, using driftwood and dried flowers. Many of the artists have become involved in teaching classes to mentor the young ones in their own secrets. These experienced artists share with us works that are conceptual but of the highest technical craftsmanship. In the hands of the craftsmen we find that wearable jewelry can become free standing objects and vice versa, leaving the viewer to experience and imagine form and function in three dimensions.
Bridging geographical barriers we find that many of the participants have participated in shows in European countries mainly Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.  Their participation in art fairs and major jewelry shows has brought them experience with current trends and a new know how. But there is still some way until a higher recognition from museum curators and private collectors. After 22 years of presenting innovative temporary exhibitions with decorative arts and promoting studio jewelry in Greece, the ILJM once again attempts to take the initiative to showcase the work of contemporary artists active in Greece and abroad.  For this we have enriched our winter program with lectures by distinguished international guests from museums and galleries, art historians and collectors who will meet with the artists and give lectures to the public. Also in the next few months artists will organize events to better demonstrate their work to experts and the public through lectures, workshops, performances and highlight the educational role of the exhibition.

 

Artists :  MARIA APOSTOLOPOULOU • CHRISTINA ATHANASOULA MANTZAVINOS • SOFIA BACHLAVA • SARINA BEZA • ERATO BOUCOYANNI • CORINNA COUTOUZI • DIMITRIS DASSIOS  • STELLA DELIGIANNI • ISMINI DOUZENI • ACHILLEUS GEORGIADIS • AFRODITI GOULA • AKIS GOUMAS • GEORGIA GREMOUTI • MARIA GRIGORIOU • DORA HARALAMBAKI • IOSIF IOSIFIDIS • MARIA KALAOGLOU • ANASTASIA KANDARAKI • KONSTANTINA KARAGEORGI • NIKOS KARAKOSTAS • HARA KARAMICHALI • VOULA KARAMPATZAKI • STAVROULA KAZIALE • APOSTOLOS KLEITSIOTIS • VALLY KONTIDIS  • MARIA KOUTMANI • MARIA MARGONI • MARIA MASTORI • MARY ZOI MOUSTAKOUDES • DIMITRIS NIKOLAIDIS  • POLYTIMI NIKOLOPOULOU • DESPINA PANTAZOPOULOU • SOFIA PAPALEXIOU • KATERINA PIMENIDU • EVANGELOS POLYZOS • GEORGIOS POLYZOS • ASPASIA POLYZOU • MARIA PSARIANOU • KATERINA PSOMA • ANGELIKI ROCANAS • ANDRONIKOS SAGIANNOS • IOANNIS SIOTIS • CHRISTINA SOUBLI • VASILEIOS STAMOULIS • SOFIA ZARARI • GESTHIMANI ZOULOVITS

 Akis Goumas - 2013 – Peri-Apta – necklace « porfyra » – silver, textile, gold leaf, pigments – with textile work by sculptor Georgia Gremouti

 

 

 

Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry MuseumKallisperi 12
Athens – Greece
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EXPO during JOYA Barcelona OFF 2015 : ‘Ithaca’ – 66 Mistral Gallery, barcelona (ES) – 7-31 Oct. 2015

exhibition being part of « OFF JOYA » 2015

Ithaca -   Mistral 66 Gallery -  Barcelona  -

Opening: 7 October at 17:30h

Ithaca es el nombre de la exposición de joyería contemporánea inspirada en el mítico viaje de Ulises.
Seis joyeros nacidos cerca del Mediterráneo, Akis Goumas, Corrado de Meo, Despina Pantazopoulou, Lluís Comín, Maria Díez y Stefano Rossi nos hemos reunido para presentar nuestros trabajos y queremos compartirlos con vosotros. El origen de la exposición fue en una conversación entre colegas con una copa de vino en la cena de despedida de JOYA 2014, su fruto lo podéis ver ahora a OF JOYA 2015.
Ithaca is the name of the of the contemporary jewelry display inspired in the mythical Ulises’ odyssey.
Six jewelers born in the Mediterranean coast, Akis Goumas, Corrado de Meo, Despina Pantazopoulou, Lluís Comín, Maria Díez and Stefano Rossi have gathered to present our work and we are willing to share it with you.
The thought of this display arose from a conversation between workmates with a wine glass on hand, it all happened in the last dinner of JOYA 2014 and you will be able to see its result now in OF JOYA 2015.

Artist list   Lluís Comín — Maria Diez — Akis Goumas — Despina Pantazopolou — Stefano Rossi – Corrado de Meo

Akis Goumas - Work in progress

Lluís Comín – Work in progress

Despina Pantazopoulou - Brooch

Stefano Rossi  Work in progress

Akis Goumas  – Work in progress 

Maria Diez - Work in progress

Corrado de Meo Brooch: Reflections, 2014 Polystyrene, resin, silver 8×7 cm

 

 

66 Mistral Gallery Contemporary Jewelry
Av. Mistral, 66
08015 -  Barcelona
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Monday to Saturday 10 -14h / 16:30 – 20:30h