Mari Funaki award 2016 – EXPO at Gal. Funaki (AU) – 23 Aout-24 Sept. 2016

2016 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

The winners of the Mari Funaki Award  will be announced at the opening on Tuesday 23 August 2016.

The Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery is a biennial international Award that showcases excellence in international and Australian contemporary jewellery. Thirty-five artists have been shortlisted from an international field of 413 entries from 48 countries.

Mari Funaki award 2014

The selected exhibitors are:

Blanche Tilden (Au) / Céline Sylvestre (Fr) / David Bielander (CH/De) / Doris Betz (De) / Dovile Bernadisiute (Lithuania) / Ela Bauer (Nl) / Emi Fukuda (Jp) / Florian Milker (De) / Frieda Doerfer (De) / Genevieve Howard (Irl) / Henriette Schuster (De) / Inari Kiuru (Fi/Au) / Karl Fritsch (De/NZ) / Katie Collins (Au) / Katja Prins (Nl) / Katrin Feulner (De) / Lauren Tickle (USA) / Léa Mazy (Fr) / Lisa Walker (NZ) / Manon van Kouswijk (Nl/Au) / Melanie Isverding (De) / Melinda Young (Au) / Melissa Cameron (Au) / Michihiro Sato (Jp) / Nadja Soloviev (De) / Naoko Inuzuka (Jp/Au) / Paul Adie (UK) / Shachar Cohen (Il) / Sarah Johnston (Au) / Selen Özus (Tr) / Sophie Baumgärtner (De) / Thanh-Truc Nguyen (De) / WenMiao Yeh (Tw) /

Yong Joo Kim (S. Kr) / Yu Fang Chi (Tw)

 Kiko Gianocca, Veneer #2 neckpiece, 2014, wood veneer, balsawood, brass. Winner of the 2014 Mari Funaki Award.

Melissa Cameron. Piece: Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot, 2016. Powdercoated steel hand trowel, stainless steel, ribbon, various dimensions. Necklace, brooch, pin

David Bielander. Bracelet: Cardboard, 2015. Patinated silver, white gold. Photo by: Dirk Eisel

Genevieve Howard. Necklace: The Song of the Chanter, 2016. Laser cut Japanese linen paper, elastic

Yong Joo Kim. Necklace: Crossing the Chasm, 2016. Velcro® hook and loop fastener, thread

Manon van Kouswijk. Necklace: Figures. Porcelain

Léa Mazy -  Beneath the surface -  2016 – Léa is a young French designer studying at Design Academy Eindhoven.  Léa ’s jewelry collection “Beneath the Surface” is the result of a research on materials around the notions of intimacy, preciousness, fragility, surprise, but most of all on the beauty lying underneath the surface. Combined, the individual story of each broches and rings creates a personal narration and landscape.

 

Mari Funaki was a unique and passionate advocate for contemporary jewellery in Australia, both through her own remarkable practice and her establishment and directorship of Gallery Funaki.
This Award aims to celebrate Mari’s legacy by rewarding the skills and vision of jewellers both here and overseas and by providing a platform for outstanding new work to be shown here in Australia. A panel of three judges will award prizes in both established and emerging categories, with total prize money valued at AUD$11,000.

 

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During SCHMUCK 2016 : TALENTE 2016 awards – 27 Fevr. 2016

  TALENTE 2016
Award Ceremony, 27.02.2016 16:30
Fairground Messe Munich, Hall B1

Talente 2016 presents the work of 102 artists, designers and craftsmen from 26 countries in 12 different areas of production. This year Talente has also participants from Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, South Africa and Argentinia. Talente will show innovative and very different works in glass, ceramics and jewellery as well as a very large selection of textiles. The works are inspired by considerations of material and re-use, the specific haptic and visual qualities of materials and the effect of their combination. The artists experiment with various surfaces and use materials in unusual ways. It is fascinating to observe how surfaces contrast and harmonize how perfection and decay are evoked.
As in the last years, an unusual high number of applications arrived for “Talente” from the field of jewellery. The young artists show a special interest in the techniques and ideas of the collage and the use of unusual materials like basketry, ceramic, plaster, textile and different stones. The works concentrate more on the surfaces themselves less on decorative embellishments. In many instances they emphasise the archaic and rough side. A pattern is also created by the materials themselves.

Steffi Götze Brooches: Untitled, 2015 Silver, copper,enamel Photo by: Karlos Rodriguez Garcia From series: « Inside Outside »

Selected Artists:
for Jewelry:
Paul Adie — Tata Akhatova –  Irene G. Barrera –  Dovile Bernadisiute – Shachar Cohen — Maria Camila Fernández –  Katrin Feulner — Veronika Gocová –  Steffi Götze –  Jonathan Hens — Annie Huang –  Sarah Yeonjeong Kim –  Maria Kobelová –  Eölisa Lutteral — Aiza Mahmood — Thanh-Truc Nguyen –  Darja Popolitova –  Eva Ruzickova –  Nina Sajet –  Dana Shapira –  Nelly Stein — Janina Stübler –  Fanmiano Tang –  Edu Tarin –  Karen Vanmol –  Sanna Wallgren –  Kun Zhang

Annie Huang -   My « twigs » are going off to Munich for Talente!

Dovile Bernadisiute Brooch: Untitled, 2015 Dry paint, Titan, stainless steel 12 x 6 x 1 cm From series: Layers of Paint

Sachar Cohen pendant  « The Postmodern Noble Savage » enamel, mika, iron, cotton

Irene G. Barrera Jewellery

Edu Tarin

 Katrin Feulner  necklace  -iron

Camila Fernandez Polo – Blend Ring

Jonathan Hens  – pewter, rubber, leather, diamond dust, sutures

Janina Stübler necklace  – textile, labels

Paul Adie – THE Scot ! -  Fruits from the Wasteland

Ava Růžičková – ring, silver 2016

Sarah Yeonjeong Kim

Nina Sajet

Mária Kobelová  – Epi, jewelery and communication

Darja Popolitova Jewellery

Kun Zhang JADE brooches  (Hochschule Trier Idar Oberstein, Germany – Marzee Graduate Show 2015)

Aiza Mahmood (MFA 2015 Idar Oberstein) • Ring « 3″ • Iron and slate • 2015

Thanh-Truc Nguyen Brooch: Untitled Powder coated stainless steel, silver 6 x 8 x 1.5 cm