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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Melbourne, Victoria
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EXPO ‘Not Too Precious’ – National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny (Ireland) – 22 Janv.–30 Mars 2016

Not Too Precious : Exhibition Talk & Launch

Organisé par National Craft Gallery, Ireland

(Attai Chen on left – Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary on right)

Not Too Precious explores inspirational work by 25 international jewellers using materials for their expressive potential rather than for their intrinsic value. Radical artist jewellers of the late 1960s and 70s vigorously rejected the idea that jewellery should be considered ‘precious’ simply because of the materials of which it was made. Today, the use of a huge variety of materials in jewellery is far more accepted, but economic pressures are putting that freedom of artistic expression at potential risk as people revert to traditionally ‘valuable’ materials for ‘safety’. Not Too Precious challenges preconceptions about ‘non-precious’ materials by encouraging us to consider ‘accrued value’: what talented makers bring to their work through their ideas and skill.
The selected artists, who currently work in the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, create innovative, skilfully-made jewellery that is insightful and culturally resonant. Sometimes poignant, sometimes witty, their work communicates at many levels. It is above all honest and – for want of a better term – not too precious.

Jewellery by 25 international makers :  Attai Chen — Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary – Eunmi Chun — Warwick Freeman — Emmeline Hastings — Christel van der Laan — Felieke van der Leest – Sari Liimatta — Märta Mattsson — Jasmin Matzakow — Kazumi Nagano — Shinji Nakaba — Lina Peterson — Zoe Robertson — Michihiro Sato — Mariko Sumioka — Emiko Suo — Tore Svensson — Janna Syvänoja — Mirei Takeuchi — Timothy Information Limited — Terhi Tolvanen — Catherine Truman — Flóra Vági — Heather Woof.

Kazumi Nagano

Marta Mattson

Shinji Nakaba

Catherine Truman

 Warwick Freeman

Sari Liimatta

Michihiro Sato

Heather Woof

Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary

Eun Mi Chun

 

 

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EXPO ’Natal 2014’ – Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisbon (Portugal) – 29 Nov.-24 Dec. 2014

A Galeria Tereza Seabra convida para a inauguração da exposição colectiva de Natal 2014, onde estarão representados trabalhos de 27 artistas, nacionais e estrangeiros.

Exposição patente de 29 de Novembro a 24 de Dezembro

 

Alexandra Serpa Pimentel (PT) — Ana Margarida Carvalho (PT) — Attai Chen (IL) — Benedikt Fisher (DE) — Carolina Quintela (PT) – Catalina Brenes (CR) — Catarina Silva e Hugo Bernardo (PT) — Els Vansteelandt (BE) — Janny Huang (JP) — Jessica Turrell (UK) — Juliana Bezerra (BR) — Josiane Rodrigues (FR) — Manuela Sousa (PT) — Mei Fang Chiang (TW) — Michihiro Sato (JP) — Miriam Castro (PT) — Nanna Gronborg (DE) — Nora Rochel (DE) — Ou Jiun-You (TW) — Sam Tho Duong (VN) – Silke Trekel (DE) — Teresa Milheiro (PT) — Tereza Seabra (PT) — Trinidad Contreras (ES) — Vivi Touloumidi (GR) — Wen Miao Yeh (TW) — Yoko Takirai (IT)

 Ou Jiun-You -Painted copper and stainless steel

Sam Tho Duong  - Brooches – Silver and pearls

Yoko Takirai

Ana Margarida Carvalho - Brooches – Anodized niobium, oxidized silver and stainless steel

Jessica Turrell « hollow-form » series – Brooches -Vitreous enamel on etched copper, oxidized silver

Tereza Seabra - colar -Prata oxidada e ágatas dendrite

Alexandra Serpa Pimentel « Verão » – 2010 – Necklace – Silver

Trinidad Contreras - Tubular brooch – Porcelain, leather, copper Slipcasting

Carolina Quintela – brooches « Lagoa » – prata, latão e impressão fotográfica em tecido 2014

 

 

Galeria Tereza Seabra
Rua da Rosa 158/160A
1200-389 Lisbon, Portugal
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EXPO : 4 SOLO exhibitions at Marzee – 20 Mai-28 Juill. 2012

Exhibitions 20 May until 28 July 2012 -  four solo-exhibitions and one group-exhibition :

Antje Bräuer, jewelry
Julie Mollenhauer, jewelry
Karin Seufert, jewelry
Jun Konishi, Michihiro Sato and Satoshi Nakamura, jewelry
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Galerie Marzee
Lage Markt 3
6511 VK Nijmegen
The Netherlands

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EXPO ‘SODAmore summer 2011′ – SODA, Istanbul (TR) – 24 Juin-26 Aout 2011

SODAmore Summer 2011 : Contemporary Art Jewellery Exhibition

SODAmore YAZ 2011 : Çağdaş Mücevher Sanatı Sergisi

Once more SODA brings together a group of contemporary artists who use different colours, materials and themes to exhibit their work for the SODAmore exhibition this summer.

“SODAmore Summer 2011: Contemporary Art Jewellery Exhibition,” which was also organized last year, will host many new international artists. This show will challenge you to forget the old contours and styles you were once used to, to be swiftly replaced by deserving contemporary art.

Including approximately 70 pieces, the exhibition will present prominent artists of Contemporary Art Jewellery which has become an acclaimed area of interest for international art collectors who use various materials like glass, metal, rubber, plexiglass, wood, paper, plastic and ceramic.

The exhibition hosts artists Zwetelina Alexieva, Ara Kuo, Ritsuko Ogura, Selen Özus, Lina Peterson, Nikolay Sardamov, Michihiro Sato, Salima Thakker, Flora Vagi and Tanel Veenre. Some rings are made from hairbrushes while some bracelets are carved out of cardboard; ultimately the exhibit will surprise you and make you question the definition of “precious” jewellery.

Michihiro Sato

Selen Özus

Selen Özus – thoughtful

Flora Vagi

Zwetelina Alexieva – black plastic brooch

Zwetelina Alexieva – necklace « twin pollens », detail – silver, hematite

Lina Peterson

Ritsuko Ogura

Tanel Veenre

Nikolay Sardamov

 

 

 

SODA
Şakayık SOkak No: 37/1 34365 Nişantaşı
Istanbul, Turkey

EXPO ‘Collect Collections’ – Lesley Craze Gallery, London (UK) – 10 Juin-2 Juill. 2011

To celebrate London Jewellery Week, Lesley Craze Gallery will showcase new collections by 12 of the world’s foremost jewellery and metalwork artists. The selected artists work in materials such as wood, metal, Nylon, paper and precious metals and utilize techniques as diverse as hand crochet to 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping. By presenting this exceptional diversity, this exhibition seeks to explore the varied practices in cutting edge contemporary jewellery practice today. These collections were previewed at COLLECT, the leading international fair for contemporary objects held in May at the Saatchi Gallery.

(Necklace by Emmeline Hastings)

 

Artists:
Michael Becker (Germany) — 
Michael Berger (Germany) — 
Vladimir Bohm (UK) — 
Simone Brewster (UK) — 
Helen Carnac (UK) — 

Angela Cork (UK) — 
 
Nora Fok (UK) — 
Emmeline Hastings (UK) — 
Jo Hayes-Ward (UK) — 
Wendy Ramshaw CBE RDI (UK) — 

Michihiro Sato (Japan) — 
 
Maud Traon (France)

Jo Hayes-Ward – rings- Structural , architectural, geometrical…
left : Grey Checkerboard Diamond Ring, 2010 – 18ct white gold with one black and two grey checkerboard rose-cut diamonds

Michihiro Sato -brooch – Paper

Michihiro Sato -brooches – Paper

Maud Traon - ring ‘Water Mellon’ – Mixed media

 

Maud Traon - rings - ‘Stones & Co’ series

 

 

 

 

Lesley Craze Gallery
3 – 35a Clerkenwell Green
EC1R 0DU – London
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