EXPO ‘coOperation – GARNISH’ – Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (USA) – 19 Aout-20 Sept. 2015

co-operation – garnish

A collaborative exhibition organized by Brigitte Martin and Rachel Timmins

Artists’ Reception:  Friday August 21, 6-8pm

 A garnish can be anything from an adornment that adds or enhances the body (human or animal) to a functional or nonfunctional object that decorates and spices up a room. This exhibition will ask viewers and participants to examine the idea of a garnish made by 2 different subsets of makers who have come together to create an embellishment that satisfies both.

Participating Artists:    Suzanne Amendolara / Dan DiCaprio — Christiana Byrne / David Lee — Catherine Chandler / Sonya Scott — Brian Ferrell / Jillian Moore –  Heidi Gerstacker / Masumi Kataoka — Emily Gill / Jaime Sawka — Charity Hall / Francesca Vitali – Peter Hoogeboom / Maia Houtman — Nicole Jacquard / Annie Fensterstock — Lauren Kalman / Kipp Bradford –  Satomi Kawai / Nikki Couppee — Thomas Mann / Wayne Werner –  Bruce Metcalf / Evin Dubois — Tom Muir / Caitlin Skelcey — Vincent Pontillo Verrastro / Sharon Massey –  Mette Saabye / Pernille Mouritzen — Marissa Saneholtz /Michael Dale Bernard — Linda Savineau / Steve Shelby — Olga Starostina / Corey Ackelmire — Billie Theide / Brooke Marks-Swanson — Rachel Timmins / Brigitte Martin — Aric Verrastro /Randy Long

 Satomi Kawai & Nikki Couppee, Neogems (Necklace), Plastic, etched copper, resin, pigment, sterling silver, brass, plexiglass, found shells, faux and real pearls, faux silver foil, hologram laminate

Brian Ferrell & Jillian Moore, Clompe Cluster (Brooch), basswood, polymer clay, resin, paint, wax

Peter Hoogeboom & Maja Houtman, Artichoke (Brooch), Ceramics (slipcasting), metalwork (basketry), silversmithing silver, porcelain

Tom Muir & Caitlin Skelcey, Expel, ABS Plastic, Sterling Silver, Automotive Paint and  Clearcoat

Aric & Randy Verrastro & Long, Daydreaming (Neckpiece), Canvas, PLA, sterling silver, copper, enamel, china paint, steel, thread, acrylic paint, poly-fil

Linda Savineau & Steve Shelby, Sluggish Meanderings, Hammer printed brass, 3D printed nylon (SLS), driftwood

Marissa Saneholtz & Michael Dale Bernard, « She was lost to her dreams as flowers cascaded upon her. » (Neckpiece), Copper, steel, aluminum, silver, maple, vitreous enamel, powder coat, lacquer

Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro and Sharon Massey, Plume, Copper, PLA, graphite, enamel, rare-earth magnets

 

Statement from the organizers:
“A modern metalsmith/metal artist can be found working in traditional metals as well as in nontraditional materials. The designs can range from the classic to the extravagant, and the techniques can either be centuries old or decidedly current. The wide range of expression preferences, design options, materials, and processes has lead within our field to unfavorable misconceptions, misunderstandings and in some cases even outright disdain between artists. Each side considers itself superior to the other, seemingly not appreciating the clear advantages, benefits, and experiences each faction brings to the table. Quoting from Damian Skinner’s 2013 SNAG keynote lecture in Toronto:
“We are all family. Sometimes, family members don’t speak with each other, but we still are one big family. Let’s recognize this fact.”
Can our field overcome family division and send a much-needed signal to the metals + jewelry community? We appreciate and respect our historical past and acknowledge that current materials have a rightful place in jewelry/object making. Arriving at this message is the goal of this exhibition.”  – Brigitte Martin and Rachel Timmins

 

Velvet da Vinci
2015 Polk Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109
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EXPO ‘Monochrome Noir’ – Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Fransisco (USA) – 9 Janv.-17 Fevr. 2013

9 January – 17 February,  exhibition ‘Monochrome Noir’  at Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Fransisco, CA, U.S.A.

Curated by Michael Dale Bernard and Tara Locklear -  Artists’ reception Friday, January 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monochrome Noir features work that boldly flaunts deep fields of black and that is punctuated with the perfect placement of a single color. These contemporary jewelry artists rely on the sleek, darker side of the monochromatic view. Often using found or recycled materials, much of this work presents a narrative inspired by geography, architecture, historical motifs, and decorative arts. The exhibition installation will also include portraits featuring the jewelry from Monochrome Noir by North Carolina photographer Becky Parker. This collection of jewelry and portraits alternates between punk and formal, irreverent and elegant. The show includes 22 artists from the United States, Estonia, and The Netherlands.

Participating artists:
Allyson Bone — Sara Brown — Ashley Buchanan — Kat Cole — Gabriel Craig — Michael Dale Bernard — Arthur Hash — Sarah Holden — Yevgeniya Kaganovich — Tara Locklear — Nick Mullins – Katie Poterala — Réka Fekete — Marissa Saneholtz – Loring Taoka — The Opulent Project — Robert Thomas Mullen — Tanel Veenre —  Stephanie Voegele — Sarah West — Laura Wood — Leia Zumbro

Reka Fekete Brooch

Reka Fekete Brooch

Sarah West Bracelet

Kat Cole « The Land Below » Necklace

Tanel Veenre « I read to know that I am not alone » Brooch

Arthur Hash: « Void » Brooch

Ashley Buchanan « Inside & Out » Earrings

 Sarah Holden « Balls » Brooch

Michael Dale Bernard « Berry Alive Cluster » Ring

Michael Dale Bernard « True Blue Vintage Drop » Brooch

Katie Poterala Necklace (Affliction Series)

Katie Poterala earrings

 Sara Brown « Claim » BroochLeia Zumbro « Squiggle » Brooch

Tara Locklear Necklace

Nick Mullins « Fleeting 5″ Neckpiece  (detail)

Stephanie Voegele « Purple Gem Double Loop » Brooch

Stephanie Voegele « Purple Loop Gem » Ring

Yevgeniya Kaganovich « Small Yellow Sprout Brooch » (Plastic Bag Wearable Series)

Yevgeniya Kaganovich « Red Berry Necklace » (Plastic Bag Wearable Series)

Loring Taoka ‘Disassembled Chain’ Brooch

The Opulent Project Necklace

Robert Thomas Mullen « Waterline » Brooch (back & front)

 

 

VELVET da VINCI Gallery
2015 Polk Street
San Francisco CA 94109
415.441.0109

EXPO ‘COSTUME COSTUME’ – Sienna Gallery, Lenox (USA) – 4 Juill.-31 Aout 2011

COSTUME COSTUME Part II
Guest curated by Arthur Hash.

COSTUME COSTUME (an opulent project) is a collection of work made by emerging contemporary art jewelers. It is an exploration of costume jewelry as subject ; jewelry about jewelry.
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We are thrilled to have Arthur Hash curate a selection of new designers and artists to expand the COSTUME COSTUME collection! View select pieces online or model entire collection in the Costume Costume Photobooth at Sienna Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts..

« Pink Thinks » – Erin Rose Gardner for TOP  (The Opulent Project)

 

Current and past artists include Sarah Abramson, Mikael Arsjö, Kate Bauman, Michael Dale Bernard, Thyra Bessette, Allyson Bone, Jenny Bradley, Raissa Bump, Sarah Kate Burgess, Alice Jee Chung, David Choi, Meg Drinkwater, Anne M. Fiala, Erin Gardner, Maricha Genovese, Anna Hinkes, Rory Hooper, Soyeon Kim, Courtney Kemp, Seohee Koh, Tara Locklear, Sarah Loertscher, Julia Elizabeth Louise, Edgar Mosa, Jimin Park, Mary Hallam Pearse, RT Peters, Katie Poterala, Cynthia Rohrer, Earl Ross, Leslie Skalin, Theresa Sterner, Monika Strasser, Kristi Sword, Islay Taylor, Melissa Tolar, Stephanie Tomczak, Ben Ulsh
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Sienna Gallery debuted the project last April at SOFA NY where we installed a photobooth. This format provided visitors with an experience outside of the typical museum-like presentation of jewelry and objects at SOFA. We encouraged people to have fun interacting with our jewelry. Viewers instantly became wearers, modeling our jewelry for a printed souvenir photo-strip. And in some sense the wearer became a « collector » and jewelry became « collected » through physical printed image and solidified through social media.

Islay Taylor  – pro nailz – gold plated bronze, hand painted acrylic nails

 

Sienna Gallery
80 Main Street
Lenox, MA 01240
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BANG BANG (MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN)

"I was five and he was six We rode on horses made of sticks He wore black and I wore white He would always win the fight

Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down…. » (Nancy Sinatra)

Reka Lorincz  Brooch: Pinocchio 2011  Plastic,rubin, gold, rubber  Dimension: 90x40x70 mm

Ted Noten

Ted Noten ‘haunted by 36 women’ exhibition  - ‘macha’ as a ring

Michael Dale Bernard, MLTV Evening, plastic, rubber, silver

Nicolas Estrada, Rosary 7, 2008, silver, semiprecious stones, plastic, paper

Nicolas Estrada – Blood / Sangre Necklace

Malaika Najem-‘Forgotten’ pendant

“This piece (‘Forgotten’ pendant) is about child soldiers and is called “Forgotten”. A subject that sadly still exists in 3rd world countries that are in war whether in Africa, the Middle East or Asia. The average child soldier is under the age of 18 and is forced and manipulated in doing and committing horrors that they are not aware off due to the use of drugs or brainwashing. The child is just an instrument, just a number; just a slave to the gun…the gun is the symbol of power.” (Malaika Najem)

Malaika Najem, « A long way gone » necklace, silver, zinc, brass, aluminium, iron, fabric

Boris Bally’s Brave No. 2, 2006 – found steel handgun triggers, gold, white sapphire, silver, steel cable – Museum of Arts and Design

Bety Majernikova ‘Wraf’ series necklace -2008-2009

« In this series I try to reflect the omnipresent « war » of today’s women with the world surrounding them. On one hand I criticize that nowadays society expects from women unrealistic results in many aspects. On the other hand I also aim criticism at women, because they themselves put up with these unrealistic criteria and strive to comply with them. I choose well known symbols as a gun, flower heart… and I am using this cliché symbols on the purpose. I work with it; I build on it a new composition with readable meanings. Dark beats applied to perforated spots on the pieces of jewellery are a symbolic reminder of a gunshot – a bullet – an attack. They are made out of different materials – hematite, marble, glass, steel and pearl-shell. »

Bety Majernikova ‘Wraf’ series brooch

Demi Thomloudis

Carole Deltenre – collier

Chloé Durand – broche “in god’s name”

Emmanuel Lacoste - »Human Nature » -  box closed & open (2010)

Emmanuel Lacoste - »Human Nature » – Implant – Bullet (2010)

  Philip Sajet – amberElőd Halász – BANG! You’re Dead

EXPO ‘URBANIA’ – Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh (USA) – 10 avril-22mai 2010

 URBANIA (The Urban Experience)

Group Show exploring how artists view, and experience urban life.

URBANIA looks to provide insight into a range of issues related to the urban environment. We are interested to explore how artists view the change that has occured in metropolitan areas over time, how they see cities and towns functioning today, and how artists would like to see challenges of the future addressed.

In Collaboration with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

concerning jewelry : Michael Dale Bernard (USA) (Art Jewelry) & Robert Longyear (USA) (Mixed Media Installation/Art Jewelry)

Michael Dale Bernard – « Metro Bus Exit Necklace »

Reminds me the Belgian designer Liesbet Bussche who creates jewelry for urban space….

 

 

LUKE & ELOY GALLERY
5169 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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