About this piece

Title: Kenia
Materials: Buffalo horn, pyrite, silver
Year: 2009
Notes: Necklace, Length 45cm.

Statement

Stones are where my work starts. I use natural stones, as well as crystalline and stone shapes, which I make from other materials like wood or plastic. My work consists of sorting and grouping-I arrange and re-arrange, create regularities, disorder and exceptions…Precious stones always possess a sense of glamour and secrecy…My jewelry is colorful but not brightly colored. Differences in colors and materials produce moods, which I have sought to capture.

CV

1971    born in Göttingen, Germany

1991 - 1994    Goldsmithingschool, Pforzheim, Germany
1994 - 1999    Faculty of Design, Technical College Pforzheim, Germany,
Jewellery and Everyday Objects Design
1999 - 2000    One-year-fellowship, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
2003 - 2004     Visiting lecturer, Technical college Idar-Oberstein,
    Applied Art: Gemstone and Objectdesign
2005 - 2006     Fellowship, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
since 2006    lives and works in Berlin, Germany

exhibitions (selection)

2000         Handwerksmesse Munich, D, Schmuck 2000
            Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL (solo)
2001        Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL (solo)
        Van Reekem Museum Apeldoorn, NL, Museumcafé
2002         Handwerksmesse Munich, D, Schmuck 2002
            Galerie Hermsen, Wiesbaden, D (solo with Karen Pontoppidan)
Museum Turnov, CZ, Schmuck-Symposium 2002
            Lesley Craze Gallery, London, GB, Dutch Diversity
            Kath Libbert Jewellery, Salts Mill, GB, Euromix
2003        Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, Aanwinsten
     Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL (solo)
            Galerie Aurum, Frankfurt am Main, D (solo)
            Peters Valley Craft Education Center, New Jersey, USA
2004        Galeria Sztuki, Legnica, P, Legnicki Festival Srebra 2004
        Grassimuseum Leipzig, D, Grassimesse
2005                    Galerie Slavik, Vienna, A, Fools and Gold  (solo with Beate Klockmann
                     and Philip Sajet)
        Itami, J, Choice – Contemporary German Jewellery
        Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, NL, Sieraden met een verhaal
2006        Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, NL, Choice – Contemporary German Jewellery
        Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL (solo)
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, D, Choice – Contempary German Jewellery
2007                   Galerie hnoss, Gothenburg, S (solo)
Gallery Kath Libbert, Salts Mill, GB, Wood you?
Handwerksmesse Munich, D, Schmuck 2007
        Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA, Golden Clogs, Dutch Mountains
        Galerie Viceversa, Lausanne, CH (solo)
2008        Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montréal, CA, Golden Clogs, Dutch Mountains
        Galerie Slavik, Vienna, A, Magie der Schmuckkunst
        Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL (solo)
2009        Internationale Handwerksmesse München, D „Schmuck 2009“
        Kath Libbert Jewellery, Salts Mill, UK „Choice“
        Galerie Pilartz, Köln, D „Taufrisch“
        Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/M., D „Shopstop 6 - Jagdsaison“ (solo)
2010        Galerie Werner Hermsen, Wiesbaden, D (solo with Isabell Schaupp)
        Galerie Pilartz, Köln, D (solo with Julie Mollenhauer)
        Galerie Handwerk, München, D „Es perlt...“

work in public collections

The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
Museum Turnov, Czech Republic
Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, The Netherlands
Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

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