I have been selected to exhibit at CHAOS at Alliages Gallery in Lille, France. It will be travelling to Munich Jewellery Week in March 2018. The exhibition in Lille runs until February 24, 2018. Hope to see you!
Very delighted that this year I have been invited to exhibit at Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2017, which I also joined 2 years ago. I had a very intense and rather spontaneous trip to Beijing in 2015 and look forward to my jewellery to take this long trip again.
Exhibition photos
søndag den 29. oktober 2017
RINGS group exhibition at Galeria Alice Floriano in Brazil. I am showing a selection of rings from the "No one knew, when it would happen" series.
I am very pleased to be part of this exhibition showing works of Finnish and Danish artists, at Øregaard Museum in Hellerup, Copenhagen. The travelling exhibition is a collaboration between the two countries and opened in Kouvola Art Museum in Poikilo in Autumn 2016.
I have been selected to exhibit at the Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2015. Juuhu, and now this piece from the series "Noone knew when it would happen", is being packed together with 2 other new pieces travelling to China! Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2015
I am very happy to have been nominated for The Legacy Award and to be part of this growing collection of art jewellery from around the world, organized by Alliages in Lille, France. I will be in Barcelona for the exhibition and the fair, do come and have a look and a chat at Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, October 8-10th 2015.
The nominated are: Sofia Björkman, Isabelle Busnel, Mireia Calaf, Alina Carp, Sébastien Carré, Angela Ciobanu, Lluís Comín, Gili Doliner, Elin Flongnman, Arata Fuchi, Patricia Gallucci, Ana Garcia Moya, George Gionnatsous, Akis Goumas, Lucie Houdková, Franziska Höhne, Victoria Ioannidou, Malene Kastalje, Masumi Kataoka, Erato Kouloubi, Michelle Kraemer, Panjapol Kulpapangkorn, Dabin Lee, Ria Lins, Gigi Mariani, Marie Masson, Viktoria Münzker Ferus, Liana Pattihis, Izabella Petrut, Nicole Polentas, Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro, Lidia Puica, Norma Rianudo, Mar Sanchez, Linda Schuch, Nicole Schuster, Claudia Steiner, Burcu Sulek, Demi Thomloudis, Katja Toporski, Barbara Uderzo, Aric Verrastro, Qiwei Yang, Sangji Yun, Caterina Zanca, Babette von Dohnanyi Alliages The Legacy Award - JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair
The Art Association 14th of August (Kunstforeningen af 14. august) has purchased an orange ring from me. One lucky, but to me unknown man, won the piece, I really hope he likes it! The 50 years jubilee exhibition is held in Paustian, with invited guest exhibitors - Kaori Juzu, Steen Ibsen, Lene Bødker, Margrethe Odgaard and Line Depping. Come and see until 5th of September 2015.
The Danish Arts Foundation´s "Jewellery Box" has purchased this ring from the series "No one knew when it would happen" - I am very happy!
The Danish Arts Foundation’s "Jewellery Box" is a collection of jewellery purchased by the foundation from some of Denmark’s leading experimental jewellery artists. Commenced in 1978, the collection today counts nearly 300 pieces.
Bærbart åbner en udstilling om værdi – penge og/eller affektion?
Udstillingen viser værker af 7 dygtige kollegaer: Kim Buck, Mareike Kanafani, Helen Clara Hemsley, Birgitte Holmsten, Malene Kastalje, Julie Nielsen og Janne Krogh. Vi bidrager selvfølgelig også selv med nye værker: Trine Trier, Mette Laier og Helle Bjerrum.
POLYTOPE#2G. Mareike Kanafani fingerring af beton.
"Der var ingen der vidste hvornår det ville ske." Malene Kastalje fingerring af silikone
Temaet værdi er så nært knyttet til smykker, at det nærmest er uomgængeligt. Det traditionelle smykke optræder ved ritualer i livet ex bryllup, dåb og eksaminer, eller er arvestykker der videregives fra generation til generation. Designet af disse smykker er ofte tilpas anonymt til at brugeren kan lægge sin egen historie i, smykket bliver gennem brug, ladet med affektionsværdi. Ofte ligger der også en betydelig materialeværdi, guld og ædelstene, i disse smykker.
Men hvordan forholder det sig med samtidig smykkekunst, med de konceptuelle smykker? Smykket, fra smykkekunstnerens hånd, er ofte fra begyndelsen tungt ladet med betydningslag, som følger smykket og med tiden smelter sammen med de følelser og histore...r som brugeren lægger i det. For smykkekunsten synes det også at være uomgængeligt at bearbejde klassiske smykker som ex allianceringen, medaljonen og signeten. Og selv når der iværksættes et opgør med traditionen, gennem brug af værdiløse materialer, opløsning af form eller provokation imod de arketypiske symboler – så peger smykkeværket alligevel ind i traditioner for affektion og materialeværdi. Udstillingen viser smykker hvor traditioner, symboler og materialer er i sat i spil. Nogle af værkerne er ikke hverken tænkt eller skabt til at blive brugt, på traditionel vis. De er i højere grad erkendelsesobjekter som beskueren kan gå på opdagelse i og måske se nye perspektiver af egne smykker og deres betydning i tilværelsen.
I am participating in the ”Chain Project” in São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Marina Sheetikoff.
It opens today and this blue piece of chain is now hanging at A Casa Museu. The whole project is a 12 meter long chain with 60 pieces of chain by artists from 20 different countries, among others: