VELVET DA VINCI
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Petra Class
ARTIST'S STATEMENTTrained as a silversmith in Germany and having spent several years constructing tableware, my approach to jewelry making is informed foremost by the European tradition of applied art. I limit myself to creating jewelry that is wearable and also, to a big degree, to the materials traditionally perceived as precious. Within these limitations I am trying to develop my own language, hoping to be able to not only communicate my own sensibilities but also a sense of contemporary aesthetique.Over the years, I find certain themes reoccurring in my work, the rhythmical arrangements of several elements, repetition of similar forms or colors, the unexpected contrasts of differently textured materials. Initially, my jewelry was very much connected to the large usable objects which I used to make in my silversmithing days. Thus, it consisted mainly of hollow sculptural shapes and contrasted in color only by the choice of either gold or silver. At a later time, the addition of stones opened many doors to a whole universe of texture and color. Today, I am endlessly fascinated by the wealth of different reds found in nature, by the sea of blues: the opaqueness of lapis, the transparency and subtlety of a lightly lilac-colored sapphire. One can almost paint with these stones. Within the self-imposed limitation of, for instance, making a gold brooch I feel I can, through my choice of colors and textures, communicate a certain mood , an attitude towards life that in turn will be, I hope , sensed by whoever is looking at the piece...like a improvisational jazz melody, like an abstract landscape. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWSNew West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork West Meets West -- New Jewlery and Metalwork from Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, U.K. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONAbitur, Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, Stuttgart, 1977 University of Stuttgart, Art History and Philosophy, 1977-79 Fachschule fuer Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz, 1979-82 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSOLO EXHIBITIONS Telluride Gallery of Art, Telluride,CO, 2011 Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009 Telluride Gallery of Art, Telluride,CO, 2006 The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005 Positive Images, Austin, TX, 2004 Materia Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 2003 Sam Shaw Gallery, Northern Harbor, ME, 2000 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 2000 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI,1999 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1999 Martina Windels Gallery, Providence, RI, 1999 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1997 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1996 Sculpture to Wear, Los Angeles, CA, 1996 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1995
GROUP EXHIBITIONS John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2011 Together-Apart, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, 2008 Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection, Boston Museum of Art, 2007 New West Coast Design, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2007 Process Documented, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY, 2007 Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2006 Colors of the Sea, Positive Images, Austin, TX, 2006 Caged, Sam Shaw Gallery, ME, 2006 Black Diamonds, Sam Shaw Gallery, ME, 2005 The Art of Gold, Mint Museum, Richmond, VA, 2004 The Art of Gol", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2003 Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2002 Metalsmiths from the American West", Montana State University, MT, 2002 Ernie Kim Award, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2001 Martina Windels Gallery , Providence,RI, 2000 Gallery Treykorn, Berlin, 1999 Sam Shaw Gallery, Northern Harbor, ME, 1999 Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1998 Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1997 Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1996 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1995 Gems and Jewels, Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA, 1994 Inhorgenta, Munich, 1993 Ambiente, Frankfurt, 1990 Gallery Voigt, Nuremberg, 1989 Unikat Schmuck, Frankfurt, 1988 Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, 1988 Cada Schmuck, Munich, 1987 Gallery Cebra, Wiesbaden, 1987 Gallery Lalique, Berlin, 1986 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEStudio in San Francisco, 1991-present Own studio in Berlin, 1985-91 Design and construction of tableware at the workshop of Axel Gobbesso, Berlin, 1982-85 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS"Off the Beaten Path," MJSA Journal New Rings: 500+ Designs from Around the World, 2010 500 Earrings, Lark Books, New York, 2007 Kings of Bling, Lapidary Journal, 2007 500 Brooches, Lark Books, New York, 2005 Trading on Talent The Sacramento Bee, 2003 Structured Chaos, Ornament Magazine, 1999 Of rings and things, S.F.Bay Guardian, 1997 GRANTS AND AWARDSAward of Excellence, American Craft Exposition, 2008 Award of Excellence, American Craft Council Show San Francisco: 2008 Ernie Kim Award, Richmont Art Center, 2001 American Craft Council Show San Francisco : "Best of Show" Award, 2000 American Craft Council Show Baltimore : Award of Excellence, 2000 American Craft Expo: Best First Time Exhibitor Award, 1999 Top |
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