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 ‘ERROR’ – Galerie ElaCindorukNazanPak, Istanbul (TR) – 25 Mars-15 Avril 2011

ERROR Sergi/Exhibition
Burcu Buyukunal, James Sachs, Selen Ozus …
25.3.2011  – Acilis/Opening: 18:00-20:00

Selen Ozus (from Alchimia School)- ‘Was’ brooch, silver, paper, resin

Selen Ozus, ‘Will’ brooch - silver

 

Burcu Buyukunal - ‘toy matters’ – toy rings – Oxidized silver, 18K gold, bead, pearls

Burcu Buyukunal -  ’7 day regimen’ serie : go to her website & have a look at this serie I adore !

 

 

Galerie Ela Cindoruk / Nazan Pak
Abdi İpekçi Cd. Atiye Sk. 14/B Teşvikiye
34357 Istanbul
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‘Noi Nove’ – 9 approaches/ 9 countries/ 9 jewellers

WELCOME to a NEW GROUP  from Alchimia School  :  NOI 9 

« There are right moments in time, right places.Moments when circumstances create a perfect setting for the interchange, sharing, and creating.Where differences become points of growth.
Where growth is supported. Where the collective and individual walk in hand.
Emerging from these circumstances
NOI 9
9 approaches/ 9 countries/ 9 jewellers
one group »

 

Maru LOPEZ (P.Rico) -  Joanne HUANG SHI-PING (Taiwan) – Selen OZUS (TR) – Isabel DAMMERMANN (DE) – Ara KUO (Taiwan) – Catalina BRENES (Costa Rica) -  Anastasia KANDARAKI (GR) – Malaika NAJEM (Liban/FR) – Sayaka ITO (JP)

 

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EXPO ‘ARTornamento 2010′ – Alternatives Gallery, Rome (Italy) – 23 Sept.-15 Oct. 2010

 

« The sixth edition of the exhibition ArtOrnamento will present 10 ex-students from the school Alchimia in Florence, one of the best contemporary jewellery schools on an international level. Alchimia represents excellence in innovation in the sector, but is at the same time a place for the conservation and study of ancient goldsmith techniques.
The 10 participants in this year’s exhibition have gained their formation experience through the qualified supervision of the most renowned artists worldwide.
The selected pieces will investigate the close relationship between body and object, by means of a new interpretation of the concept of personal adornment.
The exhibition aims to create a contact between the public and the makers, so as to investigate the result of their research. This is a first important appointment that intends to offer a view on the new frontiers that contemporary jewellery creation is facing.
This year Alternatives has initiated a competition that involves the acquisition of a piece of jewellery that will go to form a new permanent collection dedicated to research jewellery. « 

 

Represented artists : 
Ana Catalina Brenes, Costa Rica  –  Isabel Dammermann, Germany — Joanne Huang Shi-Ping, Australia/Taiwan — Eugenia Ingegno, Italy — Sayaka Ito, Japan –  Anastasia Kandaraki, Greece — Ting-Chun Ara Kuo, Taiwan — Maria Eugenia Lopez, Puerto Rico — Malaika Najem, Spain — Selen Özus, Turkey – Elinor de Spoelberch, Belgium

 

Isabel Dammermann (Alchimia 2007-2010) brooch, silver, shell

« To this artist, jewellery is a journey through material and form. It tells a story of its own, while following curiosity. The pieces are unique in their forms and combine fragments of the past with elements of the present.« 

Catalina Brenes  (Alchimia 2007-2010) brooch
« This artist has an evident disposition to make pieces that grow into multiplying elements. She inherited this from her home culture, a country where the need for company and fraternity influences ones outlook on many aspects of life. The search for balance and tranquility is a constant. A quest to evoke timelessness.« 

JOANNE HUANG SHU-PING (Alchimia 2008-2010) ring

« In the pieces entitled ‘Cover and Discover’, this artist uses contradiction as expression in her works. Showing an element or covering it up, using the materials to express this and transforming them into works of art. »

Anastasia Kandaraki -  Mokume School, Athens

« Continuous research, as a means of escaping. Searching for another type of language to express herself, searching a symmetry inside something asymmetric, searching for an internal balance.« 
Sayaka Ito (JP) (Alchimia 2008-2010)

« This artist is curious about what is inside things that we see. Visually, only the outside of objects can been seen, but often there is more than what the eye can visually see. This brings her to imagine what lies beyond. Similarly, this concept can also be applied to people. Our actions are supported by our body, but come from within. « 

Selen Özus (TR)
« It is evident when looking at the works of this artist that she lets emotion and spontaneity guide her work.« 

 

Alternatives Gallery
Via d’Ascanio, 19 (Via della Scrofa)
00186 – Roma (Italia)
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JOYA 2010 Barcelona – ALCHIMIA presents its students – 16-17-18 Sept 2010

 Alchimia student’s work will be at JOYA

ALCHIMIA – School of contemporary jewellery -
Sera présente à JOYA Barcelona 2010

ALCHIMIA, escuela de joyería contemporánea de Florencia, está ubicada en el distrito de Oltrarno, un barrio que desde el medievo se ha caracterizado por sus talleres artesanos. Esta ubicación es muy relevante para una escuela que entre sus objetivos se encuentra la unión entre el aprendizaje y el conocimiento de las técnicas de los joyeros tradicionales mediante la búsqueda y la experimentación de ambas materias y el estrato conceptual de todo proceso creativo.
Alchimia se ha erigido como el mayor referente en joyería contemporánea tanto en Italia como en Europa. La importancia de generar un ambiente agradable entre profesores y alumnos ha auspiciado resultados de mucha calidad, cuya excelencia ha recibido numerosos reconocimientos internacionales.

Alchimia, school of contemporary jewellery in Firenze, is based in the Oltrarno part of Florence, a district of fine artisans’ workshops since Medieval times. This setting is important for a school that has among its goals to connect learning and knowledge about traditional goldsmiths’ techniques with research and experimenting on both subjects and the conceptual substrate of the creative process.
Alchimia has established itself as a major point of reference for contemporary jewellery-making both in Italy and in Europe. The importance of generating the right atmosphere between teachers and students has produced results of a very high quality, with peaks of excellence made evident by many international prized acknowledgements.

 

Estudiantes representados por la escuela ALCHIMA / Represented students :
Selen Ozus (Turquía, 1983), Anastasia Kandaraki (Grecia, 1983), Malaika Najem (Francia – Líbano, 1989), Ana Catalina Brenes Pozuelo (Costa Rica, 1983), Isabel Dammermann (Alemania, 1985), Shu Ping Joanne Huang (Corea del Sur, 1979), Sayaka Ito (Japón, 1979), Ting-Chun Ara Kuo (Corea del Sur, 1985) y María Eugenia López (Puerto Rico, 1975).

Shu Ping Joanne Huang

Sayaka Ito

Selen Ozus

María Eugenia López

Malaika Najem

Anastasia Kandaraki

Catalina Brenes

Isabel Dammermann 

 

JOYA :  FAD, Plaza dels Angels 6-5, 08001 Barcelona

 

ALCHIMIA
Piazza Piattellina 3/R 50124 Firenze Italy
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la Méditerranée comme lien de création …. petit tour par la GRECE

l’Expo est passée, mais j’aime cette idée (étant moi-même profondément méditerranéenne…) de la Méditerranée comme lien entre des créateurs et des créations …..

exposition « Terra di Mezzo – il Gioiello Contemporaneo incontra il Mediterraneo » (Pescara, Italy, juin 2009)

…….. Et plein de créateurs GRECS à découvrir,que je ne connais pas encore !!

Nenad Roban (Croatia) necklace (voir plus sur Flickr)

The artists that have joined the project are: Amandine Meunier (Morocco), Estela Saez Vilanova (Spain), Marc Monzó (Spain), Yiannis Siotis (Greece), Ljudmila Stratimirovic (Serbia), Anda Klančič (Slovenia), Alidra Alic,  Andre de la Porte (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ramon Puig Cuyas (Spain), Augousta Themistokleous (Cyprus), Constantinos Kyriacou (Cyprus), Polytimi Nikolopoulou (Greece), Adrean Bloomard (Italy), Rallou Katsari (Greece), Selen Ozus (Turkey), Maud Traon (France), Sophie Robbe (France), Rana Mikdashi (Lebanon), Frederic Braham (France), Nenad Roban (Croatia), Pilar Cotter Nuńez (Spain), Ammal Labib (Egypt), Marijana Zebelijan (Montenegro), Petra Bole (Slovenia), Natasa Grandovec (Slovenia), Romi Bukovec (Slovenia), Fabrizio Tridenti (Italy), Giovanni Sicuro (Italy), Maria Rosa Franzin (Italy), Mirjana Rankovic (Serbia), Rossella Tornquist (Italy), and Maurizio Stagni (Italy).

Rana Mikdashi  (Liban) ‘Algae’ serie – ‘clearing’ earrings, silver, fired enamel -
« On the beaches of Tyr there are huge black rocks, which become covered by vibrant green algae in May.  »

Poly Nikolopoulou (GR) brooches

Maud Traon (FR) – bague ……. bleue comme la mer !

« The main topic of the event is the Mediterranean as the “sea between lands, border and connection sea between these lands”.
The Mediterranean is the line where north-west and south-east of the world meet and a crucial area for the future of humankind.
This point of contact may become, as the writer Samuel Huntington says, “the starting point for dialogue between civilisations”, where common features are mixed with differences and the respect for “diversity” is based on understanding and knowing other people’s nature.
Each community should learn from the others and teach to them: it is possible to break the “game” aiming at creating monolithic cultures only through these connections.
This was probably not understood in the past, but now a defined direction should be outlined and followed to achieve this objective.
Therefore, the “voice” of the Mediterranean is not coming from the past, but from the future, according to that balance between land and sea, belonging and freedom, where a living model does not demonize our need for establishing links or our need for freedom.
If it is true that hope is in the future, then assigning this message to an extremely contemporary and innovative art expression can help us achieving this objective.
This is the reason why Contemporary Jewellery was selected, as this is a sector of advanced research and experimentation halfway between design and tradition, as an expressive language to disseminate this message.
Through Contemporary Jewellery research, it is possible to highlight and give value to the cultural diversities characterising all communities living around the shores of this Sea.
This project has several purposes: promote the cultural heritage that has always characterised the Municipality of Nocciano, i.e. its Medieval Castle and Picture Gallery beyond the regional and national borders.
At the same time, this event includes the possibility to create a tourist-cultural movement between the Mediterranean Village and Nocciano, which are a few km far from each other.  »

Rallou Katsari (GR) – ring

Augousta Themistokleous (Cyprus) (page du catalogue)

 

BOOK :
The exhibition catalogue includes the contributions by Rita Marcangelo – president of the Contemporary Jewellery Association (AGC) of Trento, Bianca Cappello – jewellery historian from Milan, Rita El Khayat – awarded with the Palma per la Pace and official patroness of the Mediterranean Games, and Ivan D’Alberto, director of the MAAAC of Nocciano

Terra di Mezzo – il Gioiello Contemporaneo incontra il Mediterraneo
Pescara: 2009 – 44 pp

Yiannis Siotis - ‘Naturally Natural’ – Back Piece – Necklace

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Autres créateurs GRECS découverts :

* Loukia Richards (découverte sur le blog d’Amy tavern)
tout un travail naïf, attendrissant, méticuleux, basé sur les techniques textiles, couture, broderie… une « petite Pénélope » des temps modernes …..

’17th Century Embroidery Interpretation ‘ cuffs, silk, cotton, pearls -  Embroidery sewing
Triple knecklace  – silk cotton semi precious stones gold and silver elements and plastic

« My work is inspired by old-fashioned activities such as sewing and embroidering. I admire how children transform ordinary materials into valuable assets and try to pay tribute to their game. I use natural materials – silk, wool, cotton, semiprecious stones. I produce small quantities because I work on my own. Every piece is unique and tells a story: of a couple meeting, a flower garland, and happy home. I search for vintage materials – buttons, textiles, stones. I want my jewellery to be funny but also detail orientated. I often use old garments, buttons and stones just to show that every material can carry a memory and still have a second life. » (Loukia Richards) (on CraftsCouncil page)

Theodora Pantazopoulou – earrings

(découverte sur le blog d’Amy tavern)

 

* la galerie Sagiannos (Athènes)
Makriyianni 3, Makriyianni, Athens, 18742
tel : [phone]

 

* sur le site WEB de « MY PRECIOUS« , destiné à promouvoir le bijou contemporain GREC :
voir, entre autres,  Argiris AGGELOPOULOS :  (j’aime surtout sa série de bijoux mariant argent et textile), Christina NIARCHOU (TRES beaux bijoux de papier)

Christina NIARCHOU – bague & bracelet

Christina NIARCHOU necklace

Argiris AGGELOPOULOS (GR) bracelet – oxidised silver, textile
Argiris AGGELOPOULOS  (GR) necklace – oxidised silver, textile, citrine

* of course,  Melanie GEORGACOPOULOS dont je vous ai déjà parlé , avec ses perles revisitées :

(voir article :  COUP de COEUR ! Melanie Georgacopoulos – Deconstructing the pearl necklace)

 

* M C P- Maria Christina Papaleontiou

M C P- Maria Christina Papaleontiou  jewelry – AMAZING !!!

* Maria APOSTOLOU, découverte sur « kit&caboodle » – j’aime beaucoup ce mélange « naïf », « enfantin » d’argent brodé de coton rouge …… un joli « coup de rouge’ ! allez voir son site !

Maria APOSTOLOU-  felted ring – silver, felted merino wool   –  red thread earrings

*  Chryssa Damianidou, who just had an exhibition of her jewelry at the Municipality Gallery of Mykonos (from 25 june to 1st July 2010 : « QUEENS » exhibition )

Chryssa Damianidou necklaces

* Artemis Valsamaki :

Silver, thread, image applied on wood, agate, mother-of-pearl, amethyst
2009
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Artemis Valsamaki - Earrings – Silver, image applied on wood, amethyst, cat’s eye 2009 – (Photo: Myrsini Mokka)
Artemis Valsamaki – Pendant – Silver, thread, image applied on wood, agate, mother-of-pearl, amethyst 2009 - (Photo: Myrsini Mokka)

* Dora Haralambaki : récemment découverte, avec ses bijoux en porcelaine

Dora Haralambaki – Ring – Earthenware clay with underglaze stains  2009

 

 

* ECOLES : voir le réseau Européen, avec les écoles « Galileo School » à Athènes, le « Mokume Institute » à Thessalonique (dont je vous avais déjà parlé, cf article Projet Européen «Quand la pierre brute devient bijou !» 2009) et la « DIEK jewellery school » à Volos.