Smitten collective has recently been formed by three young jewellery designers; Jill Lenaerts, Juan Harnie (yours truly) and Billie Van Nieuwenhuyzen. We studied Object and Jewellery Design together at the PXL university in Hasselt, Belgium where we attained our Masters. Now, a few years later, we are combining our experiences and interests to create this collective. Our purpose is to show contemporary jewellery to people who often don't even know this kind of jewellery exists. Our first exhibition is part of a pop-up project in Antwerp called 'Gitschotel Popt'. Here, we got the opportunity to turn a big, deserted space into an exhibition room for two months. Next to showing our own work, we also invited eleven Belgian artists to participate in this exhibition; nine jewellery designers, a collage artist (Trut) and an architect who makes prints and jewellery (Caro Deheeger). Next to this exhibition, we will also organize a couple of workshops at the same location. Participating artists: Jill Lenaerts, Juan Harnie, Billie Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Nelly Van Oost, Trut, Karen Vanmol, Annabel Goris, Ilke Matthys, Zoë Detrez, Diederick Van Hovell, Ann Cox, Caro Deheeger, Lore Langendries, Noana Giambra. At the end of October, the exhibition will be renewed and a couple of new designers will join the exhibition for its final month. Every Thu, Fri & Sat, 11-18h From 23rd September until 25th November 2017 Also open on Sunday 5th November! Gitschotellei 82, Antwerp, Belgium Facebook: www.facebook.com/smittencollective3/
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Alliages is a contemporary jewellery gallery in Lille, France. Juan Riusech started the gallery in 2009 to show contemporary jewellery and educate people about this art form. He wants to show the work of beginning as well as established artists. Each year he organizes an open call to select the group of artists who will be part of the permanent collection for a year. This year's artists are: Alix Manon, Ana Garcia Moya, Annie Huang, Aurelia Yeomans, Beate Pfefferkorn, Charlotta Lindvall, Claudia Steiner, Hakan Aktug, Isabelle Busnel, Izabella Petrut, Jason Thomson, Juan Harnie, Juan Riusech, Katja Toporski, Kristin Beeler, Ksenia Vokhmentseva, Lital Mendel, Mabel Pena, Mar Sánchez, Margarita Alonso, Margo Nelissen, Marita Sario, Masako Hamaguchi, Michelle Kraemer, Minna Karhu, Natasha Morris, Nicole Schuster, Noelia Macchi, Sébastien Carré, Sinéad Cooke, Suvi Tupola, Teresa Faris, Veronika Fabian, Viktoria Münzker, Viktoria von Malottki & Yiota Vogli For the past two years, Juan also organized the Legacy Award; an annual award where the selected pieces are presented at Joya Barcelona. The artists can win several awards: the Alliages choice award, the Jury award and the Public award. The Public award winner is chosen by the visitors of Joya who can vote for their favorite piece. I'm glad to be part of the Alliages permanent collection for the second time this year. I think an organization like this is very helpful for starting designers. For me it was one of the first exhibitions I was part of. My work was presented next to other starting designers as well as more established designers. Thanks to Alliages, some of my pieces where shown in France and also in Spain. If you get the chance to visit the gallery in Lille or see the collection at a different location, please do! You won't regret it. Facebook: www.facebook.com/alliages/ Website: alliages.org/ |
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