About
Born 1972 in Luxembourg
Since 2001 Living and working as independent professional artist and designer in Luxembourg
Education
1993-95 Hochschule für Gestaltung Trier; Interior Design
1995-99 Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen; Metalwork and Jewellery; Bachelor of Honours
1999-01 Royal College of Art, London; Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery; Master of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2001
Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg, ‘rings on bodies’ performance, in cooperation with Casino Luxembourg-forum d’art contemporain, ’nuit des musées’
Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg, ‘statement brooches’
2002
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2003
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2004
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2006
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
Galerie Slavik, Vienna
2007
Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2008
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
gallery deux poissons, Tokyo
2009
Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
2011
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2012
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2014
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2016
Contemporary Jewellery, Brussels
2017
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2018
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2019
Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
Villa de Bondt - Contemporary Jewellery, Gent
Group Exhibitions (selection)
1995
Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg
1997
‘rings’, Galerie Ademloos, The Hague
1998
‘Gallery Artists’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
‘T-Shirt’, Galerie Ademloos, The Hague and Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Antwerp
1999
‘Graduate Work’, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
‘Axion Art’, Galerie Passage 44, Brussels
‘Graduation Work’, Jacob Jordaenshuis, Antwerp
‘Gallery Artists’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
‘Salon des Jeunes Artistes du Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg’, Esch-Alzette
2000
‘The On Show’, Royal College of Art, London
2001
‘Gallery Artists’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
‘The Show 2001’ Royal College of Art, London
‘SOFA’ art fair, Chicago, represented by Galerie Marzee
‘Midora’ fair, Leipzig, represented by Galerie Marzee
‘Graduate Work’, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
The General Trading Company, London
‘Winter Journey’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
2002
‘Novas Jóias Autores estrangeiros’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
FIDEM - Fédération Internationale de la Médaille, Paris
‘Size Immaterial - contemporary hand-held sculpture’, Norwich, (curated by the British Museum)
2003
‘5 years’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
‘Valuable Links - jewels from the OSCE countries’, Maastricht, (curated by Veronika Schwarzinger, Galerie V&V, Vienna)
‘Jewellery - Roermond’s choice’, Galerie Marzee, Roermond
‘Schmuckinspirationen und Silbergeräte’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
2004
‘Gold’, Galerie Handwerk, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich
‘200 rings’, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco
‘SOFA’ art fair New York & ‘International Art & Design Fair’ New York & ‘SOFA’ art fair Chicago, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York
‘Valuable Links, jewels from the OSCE countries’, National Gallery for Foreign Arts Sofia and Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna
‘Winterreise’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
2005
‘International Arts and Crafts Fair‘, Dubai
‘The Watkins Era - 21 years of innovation, research and style at the Royal College of Art, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
‘Beyond Ornamental’, De Novo Gallery, Palo Alto California
‘Colour - Jewellery - Art’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
‘SOFA’ art fair New York & ‘International Art & Design Fair’ New York & ‘SOFA’ art fair Chicago & ‘Palm Beach 3 SOFA’ art fair, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York
‘winter exhibition’, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
‘Jubiläumsfest- 15 Jahre Galerie Slavik’, Vienna
2006
gallery deux poissons, Tokyo
‘SOFA’ art fair Chicago & ‘Palm Beach 3 SOFA’ art fair, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York
‘Gallery Artists’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
‘winter exhibition’, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
‘Winterreise’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
2007
‘Schmucklust wider den Geiz’, Galerie Orfèvre, Düsseldorf
‘SOFA’ art fair New York & ‘International Art & Design Fair’ New York & ‘Palm Beach 3 SOFA’ art fair, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York
‘Collect’, V&A Museum, London, represented by Galerie Marzee
‘new concepts, new languages, new gallery’, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona
‘Natal 2007’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2008
‘Schmucke Frühlingsboten - Kayo Saito, Claude Schmitz, Margit Jäschke’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
‘SOFA’ art fair New York & ‘Palm Beach 3 SOFA’ art fair, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York
‘Collect’, V&A Museum, London, represented by Galerie Marzee
2009
‘Design Backstage - The Value of Design for Business and Society’, Luxembourg
‘Twitter Tea Party - Natal 2009’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2010
‘Sommerfest Ausstellung’ Galerie Barbara Schulte Hengesbach Schmuck, Düsseldorf
‘Jubiläum 20 Jahre Galerie Slavik’, Vienna
‘Joya Barcelona 2010 - EXPO ‘King Kong Jewels’, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona
‘Hand Made’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2011
‘Budapest Design Week - Couleur Locale’ (representing Luxembourg)
‘Au Fil du Temps’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2012
‘Naturel / Artificiel’, Galerie Noël Guyomarc’h, Montreal, curated by Luzia Voigt
‘Winterreise’, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
‘les artistes de la galerie’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
2013
‘25 Jahre Schmuck - 60 Künstler’ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
‘Cominelli Foundation Award for Contemporary Jewellery’, Cisano de San Felice del Benaco
‘Even the trees have dreams - 15 years Galeria Reverso’, Lisbon
2014
‘Cominelli Foundation Award for Contemporary Jewellery’, Cisano de San Felice del Benaco
2015
‘Cominelli Foundation Award for Contemporary Jewellery’, Cisano de San Felice del Benaco
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
2016
‘ART-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
‘Nieuwe Oogst’, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
‘Winterreise - 25 Jahre Galerie Slavik’, Vienna
‘De Mains de Maîtres’, 19 Liberté BCEE, Luxembourg
2017
‘Celebration - 10 years’, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
’25 ans Galerie Orfèo’, Luxembourg
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
‘De mains de Maîtres à Bruxelles’, Brussels
'pearls upside down', Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2018
‘De Mains de Maîtres’, 19 Liberté BCEE, Luxembourg
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
‘Exciting’ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
2019
‘Art Fair Tokyo’, represented by Gallery Deux Poissons
‘KunstRAI - ART Amsterdam’, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
’REVELATIONS Biennale Internationale des Métiers d’Art et de la Création Contemporaine’ Grand Palais, Paris
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ art fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs
’Francophone Artists Reimagine Adornment’ Ross Art Museum, Delaware, Ohio
2020
‘men’s jewellery’ Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo
‘Eine Vorstellung von Schönheit’ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
2021
‘from dark to light’ Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ Fair for Art, Antiques and Design, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
‘De Mains de Maîtres’ Biennale des métiers d’art, 19 Liberté BCEE, Luxembourg
‘Beautiful gifts for beautiful feelings‘ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
2022
‘KunstRAI - ART Amsterdam’, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
‘30 ans Galerie Orfèo’, Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ Fair for Art, Antiques and Design, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam
2023
‘Art Fair Tokyo’, represented by Gallery Deux Poissons
‘20th Anniversary Exhibition’ gallery deux poissons, Tokyo
‘KUNSTRAI - ART AMSTERDAM’, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Haarlem
‘PAN-Amsterdam’ Fair for Art, Antiques and Design, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Haarlem
‘De Mains de Maîtres’ Biennale des métiers d’art, 19 Liberté BCEE, Luxembourg
‘35 Years Galerie Isabella Hund’ Munich
‘reverso 25 years’, Galeria Reverso Lisbon
2024
‘KUNSTRAI - ART AMSTERDAM’, April represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Haarlem
Collections
British Museum, London
Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg
Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg
Royal College of Art, London
Royal Mint (GB)
Private collections
Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States
Awards
1999
First Prize for 3-dimensional ‘Form-giving’, Club Voorkempen-Antwerpen (B)
2000
First Prize, Royal Mint Medal Competition (GB)
2015
‘Gold’ Design Awards Luxembourg - category: product design (rolling ring)
2018
‘Jury Prize - Leir Foundation Prize’ De Mains de Maîtres
Publications (selection)
1995
‘Salon 95’, Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg
1999
Eindexamenwerk, Galerie Marzee Nijmegen
2001
‘The Royal College of Art Show 2001’, RCA London
‘international graduation show’, Galerie Marzee Nijmegen
‘the flemish connection’, Galerie Villa de Bondt, Ghent
2002
‘FIDEM 2002’ catalogue, Fédération Internationale de la Médaille, Paris
exhibition catalogue Galerie Marzee Nijmegen
‘Explorateur’ 2002/2003 Luxembourg, Mike Koedinger éditeur
2003
‘Valuable Links. Jewels from the OSCE countries’
‘Jewellery, Roermond’s choice’, Galerie Marzee
2004
‘1000 rings’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
2005
‘500 bracelets’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
‘Paperjam-désirs’, ‘Claude Schmitz, métal & différence’, MKE
‘500 brooches’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
2006
‘500 necklaces’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
‘MFFashion’, n° 31 Effetto Gioiello, Milano
2007
‘Best of Jewellery’, Schmuck Edition 2006/2007, Ebner Verlag
‘500 earrings’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
‘500 wedding rings’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York / London
‘SOFA NEW YORK 2007’, exhibition catalogue
2008
‘ADORN new jewellery’ Laurence King Publishing, London
‘reverso 1998 - 2008’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
‘Jewellery Design’, DAAB, Cologne London New York
‘Bijoux. Illustration et design’, MAOMAO publications Barcelona
‘500 pendants & lockets’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York / London
2009
‘The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008’, Darling Publications, Cologne & New York
‘Bypass - Arquitectura 2009’, Bypass - Associaçao Cultural, Lisbon
2010
‘Art Meets Jewellery’ 20 years Galerie Slavik Vienna, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart
’The Beauty and the Best’ klimt02 2010 collection, Barcelona
2011
‘21st Century Jewellery - the best of the 500 series’, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
‘earrings’ art/design, Lark Studio Series
‘500 Silver Jewellery Designs’, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York / London
2012
‘Naturel / Artificiel’, Galerie Noël Guyomarc’h, Montreal
‘JEWEL BOOK’, International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art, 12/13, stichting kunstboek, Belgium
2013
‘Galerie Isabella Hund, Schmuck - 25 Jahre’, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
‘Luxembourg Collecting’ Maison Moderne Luxembourg
‘Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo’ IV Edizione, Fondazione Cominelli
‘reverso 2009 - 2013’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
‘Exceptional Jewellery’, author Noovo Editions, The Pepin Press, Amsterdam
2014
‘Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo’ V Edizione, Fondazione Cominelli
’50 Ringe’ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
’50 Halsketten’, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
2015
‘Art Aurea’ 1/2015 ‘beauty is timeless’
‘Art Aurea’ 2/2015 ‘Who wears my Art?’
’50 Ohrringe’ Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich
‘Best in Show 2015’ Design Awards Luxembourg
‘Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo’ VI Edizione, Fondazione Cominelli
’Autorenschmuck und noch mehr’ Katrin Basiner, Munich
2016
‘Winterreise - 25 Jahre Galerie Slavik’, Vienna
2018
‘reverso 2014 - 2018’, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2020
‘HUNT’ Kadri Mälk’s Jewellery Collection, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart
2023
‘125 Joër Lycée des Arts et Métiers’, Luxembourg
Lectures (selection)
2000
Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art Luxembourg, ‘rings on bodies’
2002
Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg, ‘la vie d'artiste au Luxembourg’, les midis de l'art
2003
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon, for Ar.Co Centro de Arte & Communicação Visual and Contacto Directo Jewellery School
2006
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2008
Ar.Co Centro de Arte & Communicação Visual, Lisbon
Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo
Tama Art University, Tokyo
Luxembourg House, Tokyo
gallery deux poissons Tokyo
2009
ESAD, Escola Superior de Artes e Design Matosinhos, Porto
2012
Ar.Co Centro de Arte & Communicação Visual, Lisbon, ‘exemplos de joalharia contemporânea’
2014
ESAD, Escola Superior de Artes e Design Matosinhos, Porto
Ar.Co Centro de Arte & Communicação Visual, Lisbon
Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’Art Contemporain ‘Coup de Coeur Design’
2016
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Paperjam Club 10x6 profession: passionné
2017
EASD Valencia
Masterclasses (selection)
2012
Ar.Co Centro de Arte & Communicação Visual, Lisbon
2016
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn