1971 Oldenzaal, Nederland

EDUCATION:
1990/ 1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, NL
1995 Bachelor Jewellery Department, GRA, Amsterdam, NL
1996/1997 Sandberg Instituut, GRA, Amsterdam, NL
1997 MA Applied Arts, Sandberg Instuut, GRA, Amsterdam, NL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Coda Museum, Overview Exhibition ‘Vernieuwd verleden’, Apeldoorn, NL
2016 Gallery Loupe, ‘Between Black and White’, Montclair NY, USA
2015 Galerie Rob Koudijs, ‘Ascendance’ Amsterdam, NL
2014 Nationaal Zilvermuseum, ‘Stokroosstipendium’, Schoonhoven, NL
2012 Galerie Rob Koudijs, ‘Ornament’, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Galerie Spektrum, ‘Naturae’ Munchen, DE
2010 Galerie Vice Versa, ‘Naturae’, Lausanne, CH
2009 Bagagehal Loods 6, ‘Naturae’, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Charon Kransen Arts The Chicago Art Fair Sofa, ‘Studio 206’, Chicago, USA
2006 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Venezia’, Amsterdam, NL
2004 KunstRai ‘Guirlandes’ , Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Cranach Haus ‘Ode an Cranach’ Wittenberg, DE
2002 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Ode aan Cranach’, Amsterdam, NL
2000 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Fragmenten’, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Kunstrai, ‘Gold’, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Pendants’, Amsterdam, NL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION
2015 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Oratorio di San Rocco, ‘Simbolo’ duo presentation Ruudt Peters, Padua, IT
2014 Coda museum, ‘Natuurkracht’, Apeldoorn, NL
2014 Gorkums Museum, ‘Pronkstukken’, Gorkum, NL
2014 World Jewelry Museum, ‘Juste un peu de terre’, Seoul, KR
2014 Textielmuseum, Body Jewels, Tilburg, NL
2014 Collective2 Design Fair, Galerie Loupe, New York, USA
2013 Z33, ‘The Wilde Things’, Hasselt, BE
2013 Saatchi Gallery, ‘Collect’, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Londen, UK
2013 Gallery Format, ‘Below Sea Level’, Oslo, NO
2012 Imatra Art Museum, ‘Kindred Spirits’, Imatra, FI
2012 Coda Museum, ‘Un peu de terre sur la peau’, Apeldoorn, NL
2012 Musee Mudac, ‘ Touch’, Lausanne, CH
2012 Galerie Noel Gyomarc’h, ‘Nature- Artificial’, Quebec, CA
2012 Musee des Arts Decoratifs, ‘Un peu de terre sur la peau’, Paris, FR
2011 Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, ‘ Sunrise Grey’, Hamburg, DE
2011 MMK, Arnhem, ‘Ontketend! Grenzeloze sieraden’, Arnhem, NL
2011 Stedelijk Museum, ‘New Designpresentations from the Collection’, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Artmuseums Bergen, ‘Thing Tang Trash upcycling in contemporary ceramics’, Bergen, NO
2011 MAD Museum, ‘A bit of clay on the skin’, New York, USA
2010 Museum Catharijneconvent, ‘Lingam’, Utrecht, NL
2010 Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam, ‘Op de huid geblazen’, Leerdam, NL
2010 Galerie Handwerk Munchen, ‘Es perlt..’, Munich, DE
2010 Fondation Bernardaud, ‘Un peu de terre sur la peau’, Limoges, FR
2010 Preziosa Jewellery, ‘Dialogues’, Le Arti Orafe, Florence, IT
2009 Internationale Handwerksmesse ‘Schmuck’, Munich, DE
2009 Zuiderzee Museum ´Gejaagd door de wind´, Enkhuizen, NL
2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, 'Outside the Box’, KR
2009 Gallery Lesley Craze, ‘Glass’, London, UK
2008 Victoria & Albert Museum ‘Collect’, Galerie Louise Smit, London, UK
2008 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim ‘Glass Wear’, Pforzheim, DE
2008 Museum of Arts & Design ‘Glass Wear’, New York, USA
2008 SM’ Den Bosch ‘Challenging the Chatelaine’, s’Hertogenbosch, NL
2008 Studio GR 20 ‘Dutch Masters’, Padua, IT
2007 Victoria & Albert Museum ´Collect’, Galerie Louise Smit, London, UK
2007 Toledo Museum of Art ‘Glass Wear’ Toledo, USA
2007 Museum of Art and Design ‘Challenging The Chatelaine’, Tallinn, EE
2006 Victoria & Albert Museum,‘Collect’ Galerie Louise Smit, London, UK
2006 Internationale Handwerksmesse ‘Schmuck 2006’, Munich, DE
2006 Design Museum ‘Challenging the Chatelaine’, Helsinki, FI
2006 De Kunsthal ‘Sieradien, een noodzakelijke zotheid’, Rotterdam, NL
2005 Gallery Oxo ‘ Wearing glass 2’ , London, UK
2005 Museum Amstelkring ‘The past feats the future’ 10 jaar Sandberg, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Musee d’Art Contemporain ‘Biennale du Bijou’ , Nimes, FR
2002 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim ‘Schmuck lebt!’ DE
2002 De Witte Dame ‘Designers Present’ Eindhoven, NL
2002 Nederlands Textielmuseum ‘Sieraden nu’ Tilburg, NL
2001 Internationale Handwerksmesse ‘Schmuck’ , Munich, DE
2001 Museum Boymans van Beuningen, ‘Designprijs Rotterdam’, NL
2000 Casino ‘Gioielli Contemporanei’, Venice, IT
1998 De Witte Dame, ‘Let me show you the way to go, Fonds BKVB, Eindhoven, NL

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2016 Evert Nijland Jewellery, overviewbook, Arnoldsche, DE
2015 Simbolo, catalogue, Servisio Mostre, IT
2015 Zilver en Glas, review, tijdschrift Collect, Ward Schrijver, NL
2014 Contemporary Jewelry Art, catalogue, CVPG Publishers, CN
2013 Het atelier van, interview, Textiel Plus Magazine, NL
2013 White Art, review, Vogue Italia, IT
2012 contemporary jewelry, catalogue, Miquel Abellan, Monsa publishers, E
2012 Ornament, review, Days magazine, Merel Slootheer, NL
2012 Un peu de terre sur la peau, review, La Gallette, FR
2012 Les joyeux de Bernardaud, review, Connaissance des Arts, FR
2011 Collier Doornen, fashionshoot, Avantgarde, NL
2011 Out of the box, review, Volkskrant, Evelien van Veen, NL
2011 Halszaak, review, weekblad Opzij, NL
2011 Thing,Tang Trash, catalogue, Jorunn Veiteberg, NO
2011 On Jewelry, compendium, Liesbeth den Besten, NL
2011 21st Century Jewelry, catalogue, Lark Books, USA
2010 Zijdezacht, glashard, review, Textiel Plus, Marjolijn van Duyn, NL
2010 Prachtig Barocke Lustgefuhle, review, Art Aurea, Michaela Breasel, DE
2010 Un peu de terre sur la peau, catalogue, Fondation Bernardaud, FR
2010 Naturae, catalogue Galerie Spektrum, DE
2010 Dialogues, catalogue, Preziosa Jewellery, Le Arte Orafe, IT
2010 Dreaming Jewelry 2009, catalogue, Monsa publishers, E
2010 Lingam, catalogue, Museum Catharijneconvent, Arnoldsche, DE
2009 Schmuck 2009, catalogue, Handwerkskammer fur Munchen und Oberbayern, DE
2009 Mapping Conceptual Crafts, catalogue, BNO, NL
2009 Outside the box, catalogue, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, KR
2008 Fashion Source: Jewelry Illustration, catalogue, Mao Mao Publications, E
2008 500 Pendants & Lockets, catalogue, Lark Books, USA
2008 Art Jewelry Today, catalogue, Shiffer Publishing, USA
2008 Contemporary Jewellery, catalogue, Laurence King Publishers, UK
2008 Design & Make mixed media jewellery methods and techniques, catalogue, UK
2007 Sieraden over de dingen die voorbijgaan, review, Items, Roelien Plaatsman, NL
2007 Natural Materials, catalogue, A&C Black publishers, UK
2007 The best Dutch design of 2007, catalogue, De Nederlandse Designprijzen, NL
2007 Glass Wear, catalogue, Arnoldsche, DE
2007 Glass Wear, review, Neues Glass, Ursula Neumann, DE
2006 Opsmuk, review, Items, Roelien Plaatsman, NL
2006 Schmuck 2006, catalogue, Handwerkskammer fur Munchen und Oberbayern, DE
2006 Jewelry out of porcelain, review, GZ magazine, DE
2006 Venezia, catalogue, Galerie Louise Smit, NL
2006 Een goede aanleiding, review, Items, Roelien Plaatsman, NL
2006 Challenging the Chatelaine! catalogue, Designmuseum, Helsinki, FI
2006 State of Art, catalogue, 66 Galeries, Wim van Eeden, NL
2005 An eye for detail, Sotheby’s preview magazine, UK
2004 Guirlandes, catalogue, Galerie Louise Smit, NL
2002 Ode aan Cranach, catalogue, Galerie Louise Smit, NL
2001 Designprijs Rotterdam, Items, NL
2000 Fragmenten, catalogue, Galerie Louise Smit, NL
2000 Sieraden als schilderijen, Trouw, Liesbeth den Besten, NL
1998 Parels tegen liefdesverdriet, NRC Handelsblad, Gert Staal., NL
1998 Broches & Colliers, cataloque, Galerie Louise Smit, NL
1998 Er hangt een muis aan uw refers, Het Parool, NL
1997 Pendants, catalogue, Marjan Unger, NL

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Nationaal Zilvermuseum, Schoonhoven, NL
Musee des Arts Decoratifs et de la Mode, Marseille, FR
Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL
MMK Museum, Arnhem, NL
Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
Mima, Middlesbrough Intitute of Modern Art, UK
Collectie Marjan en Gerard Unger, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
Glass Museum, Tacoma, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Study Collection Royal College of Art, London, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Mint Museum of Crafts & Design, Charlotte NC, USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, DE

AWARDS/STIPENDIA/NOMINATIONS
2014 Materiaalfonds, NL
2014 Stokroos Stipendium voor eigentijds zilver 2014, NL
2014 Nomination Art’s & Crafts Design Award, Leipzig, DE
2011 Flexibele Bijdrage Werkbudget, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Stipendium Fonds Life, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Nomination German Design Award 2009, DE
2007 Basis Stipendium, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Winner of the Dutch Design Prizes, Category Fashion & Free Design, NL
2006 Stipendia Fonds BKVB, NL
2006 Foundation Uudenmaan Taidetoimikunta, Helsinki, FI
2005 Winner of The Sotheby’s Award, London, UK
2004 Stipendia Mondriaan Foundation, NL
2003 Stipendia Fonds BKVB, NL
2001 Nomination Designprijs, Rotterdam, NL
1998 Stipendia Fonds BKVB, NL

TEACHINGS/LECTURES/ ADVISORY (SELECTION)
2016 curator group exhibition ‘Vernieuwd Verleden’ Coda museum, Apeldoorn, NL
2014 Workshop and lecture ’Inflatus’, Alchemia, Florence, IT
2013 Lecture ‘Present Past’, Hnoss Initiative, Gohtenburg, SE
2013 Guest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam,NL
2013 Guest teacher St Lucas, Antwerpen, BE
2012 Jury for the exhibition of the Finnish Jewelry Assocation, Take gallery, Imatra, FI
2012 Workshop ’Inflatus’ at ‘Koru4, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra, FI
2012 Lecture ‘Un peu de terre sur la peau’, Musee des Arts Decoratif, Paris, FR
2011 Lecture ‘Glass is Hot’, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
2010/ 2011 Teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Lecture, ‘Dialogues’, Preziosa Jewellery, Le Arte Orafe, Florence, IT
2009 –2016 Guest teacher St Lucas, Antwerpen, BE
2008 Lecture, ‘Collect’, Dutch Embassy at the V&A Museum, London, UK
2008 Guest teacher Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Commision member of the Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Guest teacher Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Lecture ‘Studio 206’ Sofa Chicago, USA
2007 Students Critique and Lecture, State University of New York, New Paltz, USA
2007 Lecture ‘Studio 206’ Pratt Institute, New York, USA
2007 Workshop and lecture ‘Mind versus Heart’ Konstfack, Stockholm, SE
2007 Lecture, HKU Art Academy, Utrecht, NL
2007 Lecture, Art EZ Art Academy, Arnhem, NL
2006 Lecture ‘Frozen movement’ Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Lecture ‘Frozen movement’ Schmuck Symposium, Haldenhof, DE
2006 Master class ‘Jewelry and the Art of Imagination’ Royal College of Art, London, UK
2005 Lecture ‘Glass, wear it, flaunt it’, The Glass Society, London, UK
2002- 2006 Teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam,NL