The Rhode Island School of Design Museum has worked with Sienna Patti to choose a wonderful piece from Melanie Bilenker’s newest exhibition, HomeWork, for their collection. The acquired brooch, Ann’s Begonias, is a stand-out piece. Made of hair on paper, silver, mineral crystal, and steel, the one of a kind…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is thrilled to announce the acquisition of artist David Chatt’s Love, Dad by the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum. You can read David’s words about this beautiful piece below, and see it in the Renwick’s 50th Anniversary exhibition during the summer of 2022. “My father was…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is incredibly proud to announce the acquisition of artist Sharon Church’s 2016 Catch Brooch by the Danner Foundation. This wonderful brooch will now reside in the Danner Rotunda at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne as part of the International Design Museum’s (Die Neue Sammlung) collection. Made of hand-carved…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is pleased to announce a recent museum acquisition by the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD Museum) New York. The 2016 piece, Black & Gold Snakeskin Bow by artist MALLORY WESTON was acquired for the permanent collection. Barbara Gifford, Assistant Curator writes, “Mallory Weston applies the highest…
Congratulations to LAUREN KALMAN, a finalist for the Museum of Arts And Design’s Burke Prize. Awarded to a contemporary artist under the age of forty-five working in glass, fiber, clay, metal, and/or wood the finalists represent emerging voices expanding the disciplines at the core of American studio craft movement whose…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is pleased to announce a recent museum acquisition by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The 2019 piece, Charmed, was acquired for the permanent collection. ‘The tour-de-force bracelet, Charmed, featuring the work of more than 70 artists, some who are now represented in the collection for the first…
Saturday, February 09, 2019 10am – 4pm Join us at the Monterey Museum of Art for a day of jewelry history, conversation and presentation. Starting at 10 am, join us for a members-only champagne preview followed by an 11am public lecture and discussion led by Sienna Patti about the history of artist…
NYC Jewelry Week is NYC’s first and only week dedicated to promoting the world of jewelry through educational and innovative NYC focused programming. In its inaugural year, NYCJW features groundbreaking exhibitions, educational lectures, explorative workshops, exclusive tours, and unique collaborations with the best and brightest businesses, brands, individual jewelers, artists,…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is pleased to announce a recent museum acquisition by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The 2017 piece, Movement Image II by artist Anya Kivarkis was acquired for the permanent collection. Anna Walker, recently named the Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design, states: “The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is…
The article features multiple works by gallery artists Susie Ganch and Venetia Dale. Heavy Metal, is the the fifth installment in NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, showcases contemporary artists working in metal.
An incongruous presence out in the green wilds of Georgia, with her vintage rhinestone eyeglasses and arms and neck encircled by tattoos (bees and butterflies, diamonds and roses, owls and acorns), her tongue-in-cheek collections of potted meats and a freezer full of taxidermy, Brooks does anything but disappear into her…
We are thrilled that two of the artists we represent with, Lola Brooks and Susie Ganch, as well as our recent Emerging Artist Recipient, Venetia Dale have been chosen for the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal, is the the fifth installment in NMWA’s Women to…
Sienna Patti Contemporary is pleased to announce a recent museum acquisition by New York’s Museum of Art and Design. The 2017 necklace, Museum of Broken Desires: Nipples, by multidisciplinary artist Lauren Kalman, was aquired for the permanent collection. Assistant Curator Barbara Paris Gifford states: “Kalman is a fearless advocate for women and craft. Like…
We are pleased to announce that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has added a significant work by Bettina Speckner into it’s world renowned jewelry collection. A pioneer in using found photographs as the raw material for body adornment, German artist Bettina Speckner’s work transforms nineteenth century ferrotype portraits of people whose…
Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection celebrates the recent gift from the renowned collector to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Opening November 16th and on view through May 28, 2018, the exhibition, co-curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman and Cooper Hewitt, features 150 brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings, and…
We are thrilled to announce that Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has added Myra Mimlitsch-Gray‘s Split Slab to their permanent collection. They join an illustrious list of museums including Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt, The Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Museum…
Gallery artist and world renowned enamelist, Jamie Bennett, will discuss June Schwarcz’s work in conjunction with her exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. Pioneering artist June Schwarcz (1918–2015) was one of the most innovative enamelists of the 20th century, creating a remarkably varied body of work over a career spanning more…
Curated by Jeannine Falino, New York Silver, Then and Now links the rich history of silversmithing in New York City to present-day artistic practice. It features newly commissioned works by leading metalworkers, created in response to historical objects from the Museum’s collection. The Museum’s holdings, widely recognized as one of the…
JEWELLERY AND TABOOS City of Paris’ Museum of Modern Art From May 19th to November 05th 2017 Jewellery elicits undeniable reactions of “attraction/repulsion”, depending on who designs it, wears it, or looks at it, much like the terrifying face of the mythical Medusa. Though jewellery is one of the most…
A nice shout-out in the prominent clay blog and foundation, C-File! Myra Mimlitsch-Gray’s work was exhibited this past week in our booth at Collective Design Fair and the answer we gave most often when asked about thew work: “No, It’s not clay!” in fact, Mimlitsch-Gray employs a process in which she…
In the last few decades, Marc Newson, Zaha Hadid, Doug Bucci, and others have grappled with what nature means in our tech-driven world through varied approaches. Some designers allude to a loose concept of the organic through playful forms that suggest living organisms, while others emphasize the responsible use…
We are pleased to announce that The Newark Museum has acquired a recent piece by gallery artist, Helen Britton. The brooch (above) is from the Wildstone series. You can read more about the series here and more about Helen’s work here.
In the recent edition of T: The New York Times Style Magazine Singapore, Lauren Kalman discusses her recent work with writer Guan Tan: It was two in the afternoon in Detroit, but three in the morning here. The air was still, the night deafening. I stepped out, the insomniacs loitering around. Cigarettes crackled. She…
American Victorian, written by Marjorie Simon and published in the Winter 2017 issue of Metalsmith Magazine Magazine is an excellent history and story about the work of acclaimed studio jeweler Lola Brooks. “By default or by design, Brooks mirrors aspects of Queen Victoria’s reign, during which contradictions abounded: the culture of death, a certain romanticism,…
In conjunction with the Perth International Arts Festival, The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at the University of Western Australia presents a new exhibition showcasing 25 years of work from renowned Australian artist and one of the world’s leading contemporary jewellers, Helen Britton. “Australia’s history can only be borrowed from those that…
Surface Design’s International Exhibition In Print includes the work of 40 selected artists and designers, including Lauren Kalman. Lauren received the Conceptual Craft Award for the series, But if the Crime is Beautiful… that we recently featured at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. The exhibition in print is ‘a showcase of this contemporary moment in fibers, textile…
‘Seduction and desire are very important in my work. But just like the most beautiful animals and plants, my work also has defense mechanisms. Some of my pieces are covered with points and spikes, though crafted from alluring materials. They are attractive to the viewer and protective of the wearer.…
Artist Emily Cobb has received a fellowship from the Wagner Free Institute of Science and Temple University. She will be researching for a new body of work inspired by the collections in their museum and library: is a perfectly preserved taxidermy and biology museum from the Victorian era.
Sarah Cascone from ArtNet checked out PULSE Miami Beach and stated, “Female Artists Take Their Rightful Place at PULSE Miami Beach, strong feminist statements are to be found at every turn.” Included is Lauren Kalman’s series, ‘But if the Crime is Beautiful…’ See work from the series. read the full article
Curator Shannon Stratton from the Musuem of Arts and Design took Harper’s Bazaar on a tour though the the museum’s current exhibitions, including LAUREN KALMAN‘s installation in the galleries. You can see the video on the magazine’s Facebook page as party of their live feed program. Lauren’s section begins at minute…
In his recent CRAFTS Magazine review of Myra Mimlitsch-Gray’s current exhibition at the Dorsky Museum, writer and critic Glenn Adamson writes, “It says something about the demands of metalsmithing that only now, after 30 years as a proficient, prolific and restlessly curious maker, is Myra Mimlitsch-Gray creating her most exciting work. We…
“From mysteriously reinvented vintage maps and charts to an indigo-painted panel pierced with white-topped butterfly pins to an installation that transforms a gallery into a planetarium of sorts, it’s hard not to sense the uncanny at work in Victoria Burge’s survey at The Print Center. Burge’s intense and curious transformations…
In conjunction with the Museum of Art and Design’s exhibition, LAUREN KALMAN: BUT IF THE CRIME IS BEAUTIFUL… there will be a screening of Kalman‘s films in the Theatre at MAD, Friday, October 14, 2016 – 7:00 pm. This event includes a screening of Kalman’s video work from throughout her career, showcasing…
On October 14th 2016, artist MYRA MIMLITSCH-GRAY will be inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows. It is a great honor and one she shares with the other fellows this year: Hank Murta Adams, Nick Cave, Edward S Cooke, Michael Cooper, Francoise Grossen, and Chris Gustin. Since 1975 members have…
Joining the likes of New York’s Metropolitan Museum and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open a comprehensive exhibition of contemporary jewelry on October 1st, 2016. Beyond Bling showcases an extraordinary assemblage of contemporary studio jewelry from the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The exhibition,…
Doug Bucci‘s in the New York Times for his work in Jennifer Scanlan’s exhibition, Made For You at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (SDMA). “In my opinion, the definition of design is expansive and fluid, especially when you’re talking about one-of-a-kind pieces,” Scanlan said. “A unique object is also…
Color of the Year is a group exhibition of original art works each utilizing the 2016 PANTONE® Color of the Year as a major component of execution, and as a point of departure.The show recognizes the influence that fine art has on color use in the realms of fashion, interiors, graphic…
The exhibition Open Space – Mind Maps. Positions in Contemporary Jewellery intends to illustrate the point at which the actual art in jewellery arrived and what cultural messages take on the most crucial importance in this context. The jewellery in the exhibition represents adventure and experimentation aimed at opposing and protesting against traditional…
Curated by Jennifer Nawa Milliken, Atoms + Bytes: Redefining Craft in the Digital Age will showcase works by 30 international makers including Doug Bucci and Emily Cobb (above) – situated at the intersection of the digital and the analogue worlds. These artists, craftspeople, and designers excel in material practices that span…
The focus of Munich Jewelry Week is SCHMUCK, the 50 year old exhibition at the Munich International Skilled Trades Fair. This exhibition, called Schmuck has been taking place for 50 years.For 50 years this exhibition has combined works of selected established artists and promising newcomers in the area of contemporary jewelry design and…
Male might, female seduction: ‘hair’ winds its way through history like a connecting thread. Human hair is incorporated into jewellery and fashion, is used for artworks and installations, and is found in a diversity of forms – especially on the body itself. Hair is an intriguing and controversial subject for…
FROM ART DAILY February 16, 2016 NEW YORK, NY.- PULSE Contemporary Art Fair returns to the Metropolitan Pavilion, March 3–6, 2016 for the eleventh edition of PULSE New York. Welcoming an international community of 45 galleries across four continents, PULSE New York will present a number of solo artist presentations, all nominated…
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is pleased to present At Your Service, an exhibition that examines the plate as a cultural touchstone beyond its everyday utility and includes the work of gallery artist Gesine Hackenberg. Whether serving as the canvas for a large-scale painting, cast into three-dimensional sculptures, or transformed into willow patterned…
Since 1981, the Bemis Center has provided artists with time and space to produce new work and take creative risks. In this yearlong rotating exhibition, they celebrate thirty-five years of supporting artists from around the world. Time + Space features artwork from multiple generations of artists-in-residence and archival materials that reflect the rich…
When Nottingham Castle first opened as the ‘Midland Counties Art Museum’ in 1878, it began straightaway to collect art and craft by artists living and working at that time. Work was drawn together from near and far, including the 1878 Paris Exhibition, in order to inspire and delight local people. This…
Curated by Jennifer Scanlan, MADE FOR YOU: New Directions in Contemporary Design will be on view at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art through July 10. The exhibition includes the work of both Doug Bucci and Emily Cobb, recently featured by the gallery at the FOG Design + Art Fair. In the 21st century,…
Radical artist jewellers of the late 1960s and 70s vigorously rejected the idea that jewellery should be considered ‘precious’ simply because of the materials of which it was made. Today, the use of a huge variety of materials in jewellery is far more accepted, but economic pressures are putting that…
Organized by the Los Angeles-based Enamel Arts Foundation, Little Dreams in Glass and Metalis the first nationally traveling exhibition in more than fifty years to survey the dynamic field of enameling. The exhibition includes approximately 120 significant works from the foundation’s collection—from wearable jewelry to large enamel-on-steel wall panels—and explores the…
Congratulations to Carina Shoshtary, one of five finalists for Art Jewelry Forum’s Emerging Artist Award. Learn more about Carina Shoshtary in her interview with Art Jewelry Forum. AJF asked this year’s five young 2016 Artist Award finalists to tell them about their backgrounds and their thoughts on the future of the art…
LAUREN KALMAN: PLEASURE AND PAIN IN GOLD …Her visual training and influences started at a young age. She later stated choosing the body as a subject was a “logical transition” due to her previous studies as a metal-smith. In the same interview she explained her MFA training plays a large role…
The brilliant and elegant editor of Art in America and author of The Girl with the Gallery, Lindsay Pollock, is a avid studio jewelry fan. In this December’s Elle Magazine she features the best of her collection with a focus on Helen Britton, Daniel Kruger and Barbara Seidenath. ‘Let other women yearn…
Congratulations to Lauren Kalman, who’s die-formed print Ex Voto has been added to the collection Detroit Institute of Art. Detroit, MI. Image: Lauren Kalman Ex Voto (4), 2015. Gold-plated brass, 7x 5 x .25 inches
Sienna Patti is pleased to announce Venetia Dale and Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro the recipients of the 2015 Emerging Artist Platform Award. A bi-annual award recognizing merit, skill, and innovation, EAP offers emerging artists practical experience and the opportunity to be publicized, advertised and supported. Dale and Pontillo-Verrastro will each receive a…
CFile, the global knowledge center for cutting-edge contemporary ceramics, has spotlighted Lauren Kalman’s Devices for Filling a Void as a FotoFile feature. “They look to be the products of a twisted dentist-turned-fashion designer, a madman who exults not only in the appearance of his creations, but also in the discomfort…
Designer and educator Doug Bucci will be a keynote speaker at the 2015 Additive New York (ANYthing) conference hosted by The State University of New York at New Paltz. Bucci will present his talk “Thinking Organically in a Digital Age” on Thursday, November 5 at 11:15 am. The ANYthing conference…
Detroit based visual artist Lauren Kalman and collaborator, engineer Kipp Bradford, will be featured panelists in the RiDE conversation Before Wearing: Body, Adornment, Interaction at Pratt Manhattan Gallery on Wednesday, October 28 at 5pm. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition After Wearing: A History of Gestures, Actions, and Jewelry, curated…
Susie Ganch : A Look at a Multifaceted Practice 2015 Farago Lecture In conjunction with the exhibition CRAFTED: Objects in Flux, curated by Emily Zilber, Susie Ganch, associate professor and head, Metal Program, Department of Craft and Material Studies, School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University will speak at the Museum…
As part of artist Roberto Lugo’s solo exhibition at Independent Art Projects and Ferrin Contemporary he asked various artists, including photographer Bill Wright, to collaborate on different aspects of his current series, Ghetto Garniture. The series explores eclecticism and culture by juxtaposing street graffiti, European decorative patterning, and rich symbolism drawn from…
Susie Ganch’s new exhibition at the gallery is Cate McQuaid’s Critics’ Pick in this weeks Boston Globe. VIEW EXHIBITION
Artsy, the art world aggregator, highlights MASS MoCA, The Clark and our upcoming Susie Ganch exhibition in their Day Trip Guide to the Art of the Berkshires: ‘Since the turn of the 20th century, urban creatives have flocked to the Berkshires—a quiet, mountainous region in Massachusetts—as a fresh air summer retreat. Over the…
From the Art Jewelry Forum interview with Olivia Shih: I am not interested in making slight variations of the same thing. The only design characteristic of my work that is standard is its relationship to the body. Through scale, my work consistently challenges the body, moving beyond the preciousness associated…
BLACK ON BLACK at the Manchester Art Gallery is an investigation into the allure of the color black as a material and conceptual element of jewelry throughout time. The exhibition includes work from 17 contemporary artists in 10 different countries including: Julia Maria Künnap, Sondra Sherman and Bettina Speckner. Curator Jo Bloxham…
MATERIAL FIX is the the anchor for a series of six exhibitions. This series presents an exploration of the expressive possibilities of fiber through the work of 27 contemporary artists, while engaging the viewer in broader considerations of the medium’s emotional meanings, its connections with ordinary experiences, and its capacity…
Anya Kivarkis’ newest work is on exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Oregon, through August 15, 2015. Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents State of Oregon Craft, opening June 05, 2015 and running through August 15, 2015. The survey exhibition presents more…
MATERIAL FIX is the the anchor for a series of six exhibitions. This series presents an exploration of the expressive possibilities of fiber through the work of 27 contemporary artists, while engaging the viewer in broader considerations of the medium’s emotional meanings, its connections with ordinary experiences, and its capacity…
California Handmade: State of the Arts, an exhibition organized jointly by Maloof Foundation and Craft in America will include work by artist Sondra Sherman. The ground breaking exhibition will bring together a diverse selection of recent works representing a wide range of materials, techniques, and perspectives. All of the artists are currently living…
The 2015 edition of Schmucksymposium Zimmerhof 2015, curated by Current Obsession will feature a talk by artist Mallory Weston. The talk, ‘Done to Death’ will explore the life of symbols and their presence in both contemporary art jewelry and the broader world of art and design. The life cycle of a symbol is…
Join artists Lola Brooks and Kiff Slemmons, curator Jane Adlin and Editor-in-chief of Art in America, Lindsay Pollock at an intimate conversation during Collective Design fair, May 16. The discussion, Nostalgia Narrative in Contemporary Jewelry will look at contemporary studio jewelry and its relationship to both the history of jewelry and culture at…
As 3D printing becomes more widespread, what role will the “hand” play in handcrafted art? Join Ron Labaco, the Marcia Docter Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York and Doug Bucci, designer and educator at Tyler School of Art and University of the Arts, as…
Lauren Kalman’s series, But if The Crime if Beautiful… is included in The Mint Museum’s new exhibition, Body Embellishment, opening on April 11. Body Embellishment explores the most innovative artistic expression in the 21st-century international arenas of body extension, augmentation, and modification. The areas of focus are jewelry, tattoos, nail arts, and fashion.…
Enjoy this interview with Jonathan Wahl on the ArtJewelryForum website and blog about his exhibition at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair this past March. “Beauty is an old-fashioned concept and an eternal one. I don’t think we will ever escape the allure and need for beauty although what we consider beautiful…
Yuni Kim Lang‘s work is currently featured at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Wisconsin – along with that of Susie Ganch– in an exhibition entitled Material Fix . From Juxtapoz, “My vision was to see hair in the way we fantasize about it. The dead hair that we imagine…
Hot off a successful exhibition at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, artist Jonathan Wahl will discuss his recent drawings March 19th in a lecture at 92nd Street Y. Jonathan Wahl lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work can be seen in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), The Museum…
In the 1980s the themes of decline and death introduced new content and a revolutionary aesthetic into the world of fashion. Fashion morphs into a mirror that puts us face to face with our own mortality. As a discourse diagonally opposed to that of nip and tuck, fashion emphasizes the…
Art Historian Toni Greenbaum will speak at the International Design Museum in Munich on March 15th. This lecture will focus on cogent issues affecting the evolution of studio jewelry in America during the mid-twentieth century. She will address the formative organizations, educational opportunities, museum exhibitions, publications, and commercial activity. As part…
MATERIAL FIX is the the anchor for a series of six exhibitions. This series presents an exploration of the expressive possibilities of fiber through the work of 27 contemporary artists, while engaging the viewer in broader considerations of the medium’s emotional meanings, its connections with ordinary experiences, and its capacity…
We just finished presenting at PULSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR during New York’s Armory Week. With favorable mentions and highlighted articles in ARTnews, ArtNet, an in depth on Lauren Fensterstock in Interview Magazine and more – it was a great fair! Images of Jonathan Wahl’s solo exhibition and projects from sculptors Lauren Fensterstock…
We are thrilled that many of our artists have exciting projects and exhibitions being presented at the International Jewelry Week in Munich. For the first time there will be a strong American presence including Lauren Kalman’s work as part of the Art Jewelry Forum presentation at Gallery Platina and also at…
Since 1959, SCHMUCK, the international jewelry exhibition has taken place in Munich. It combines works of established artists and promising newcomers in the area of contemporary jewelry design and is the meeting place for collectors, artists and museum curators from around the world. We are proud that three of our artists are included…
“Frequently employing paper, plexi glass, and charcoal, Lauren Fensterstock creates site-specific installations that render the natural world in an entirely synthetic and monochromatic way. Inspired by gardens and their varying importance from the 18th century onward, the Maine-based artist distills nature to find the place where it intersects with culture.…
from Handmade Kultur Magazine’s recent article on the history of the chatelaine.
“Artists are discovering a whole new medium — much like the invention of acrylic paint or paper clay. And because of their infinite curiosity and innovation in pursuit of solutions to their aesthetic inquiry, artists have the potential to develop ways to use the technology that may someday be used…
In the exhibition Beauty of the Beast Museum Arnhem presents the work of more than 15 international designers and artists who make a connection between taxidermy, jewelry and visual arts. The often complex relationship between humans and animals lies at the heart of the works of the participating artists, including…
Congratulations to Myra Mimlitsch-Gray for receiving a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship! Artists’ Fellowships are not project grants but are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, regardless of the level of his or her artistic development. Learn more about Myra’s work on her ARTIST PAGE See…
Artsy correspondent and independent writer and curator, Kara Smith writes of our booth at FOG Design + Art Fair : ‘Lauren Kalman’s series “But if the Crime is Beautiful… Composition with Ornament and Object” pulled me into Sienna Patti Contemporary immediately. At first blush the pieces parallel—in form and color—the golden lamps and…
from an interview with Arthur Hash by American Craft Arthur Hash can trace his engagement with digital technology all the way back to his teens: His high school offered both shop and AutoCAD classes, encouraging a cross-disciplinary approach. Today, the artist and innovator is the head of metalsmithing and jewelry design at Appalachian…
‘Oversizing the hammer marks is a tactic to make the works more real than real, exaggerated in order to function. The result is loud and ugly, but the message is clear.’ READ REVIEW
Curated by Brooklyn based curator, historian and educator Susie Silbert, MATERIAL LOCATION explores the fluidity, containment and scientific innovation that have become synonymous with the materiality of glass. Included in the exhibition is the neckpiece above, Rosa del Blanco, the newest work of artist Biba Schutz. Material Location January 21 – March…
Crafting Anatomies will place the human body at the centre of a multi-disciplinary dialogue; exploring how this entity has been interpreted, crafted and reimagined in historical, contemporary and future contexts. January 7 – February 6, 2015, Bonington Gallery at Nottingham Trent University 43 practitioners in total will take part, including…
Print Magazine includes a nice write-up by Ellen Shapiro on Barbara Nessim’s retrospective at Bard in New York as well as some anecdotes from the conversation between Barbara and Gloria Steinem earlier in December. “The media have changed, but Nessim’s advice to young artists hasn’t. “Find out who you are,” she…
On the heels of a successful presentation at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in Miami Beach, BEAUTIFUL/DECAY features Lauren Fensterstock’s work. SEE MORE on BEAUTIFUL/DECAY
On the occasion of Barbara Nessim’s retrospective at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York In the 1960s, Gloria Steinem and Barbara Nessim were roommates. These two independent, creative women – one from East Toledo and one from the Bronx — forged a friendship that has lasted over fifty years.…
Lauren Fensterstock and Susie Ganch received some great press from our booth at PULSE Miami… a few links below. Artsy | 10 must see booths at the Miami Fairs Artsy | Top nine trending artists Hyperallergic | Piecing things together White Wall Magazine | Obssesive tendencies ArtInfo Art Daily CLICK HERE to see some pics…
from Gabriel Craig’s review on Art Jewelry Forum “In Lauren Kalman’s works there is little restraint, unless of course we are talking about actual physical restraining devices. The works on show in her new exhibition, Coveted Objects, continue in the artist’s tradition of making beautiful objects and well-composed photographs that augment…
Helen Britton has been the Artist in Residence at the Bengel Foundation in Idar-Oberstein and working in the Bengel Factory and at the University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein, Germany since this past October. Through researching classic raw stone materials of this region and those transported here from her homeland Australia,…
THE WORK OF SUSIE GANCH. Created in conjunction with her exhibition TIED at the always impressive, Visual Arts Center of Richmond. See Susie’s work at the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in December 2014.
The Museum of Art + Design in New York has just added a work by artist Märta Mattsson to the permanent collection. With a mission to collect, display, and interpret objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design the museum continues to thrive under the new…
Awarded Munich’s Prize for Visual Arts (Foerderpreis für Bildende Kunst) in 2013, Helen Britton continues to be recognized for her work in contemporary jewelry. In conjunction with the prize, a short catalogue was published and Sienna Patti had the opportunity to write the short essay, below. To order a copy of…
We love HANDEYE and are thrilled that Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary’s newest work has been included! ‘Chitsatz-Shoshtary’s chunky pieces of jewelry are composed of walls found in the streets of Munich, Germany. Chitsatz-Shoshtary takes pieces of the walls and divides them into sheets where numerous layers of graffiti are revealed, resembling ancient frescoes.…
Congratulations to Lauren Kalman who has been awarded the ANU School of Art Residency in Canberra, Australia. The International Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence program includes a travel and material stipend, studio space, and lodging. The residency program is for three weeks in November/December 2014 and is awarded to an artist working in an…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has acquired Biba Schutz’s piece, 1949, for their contemporary collection. 1949 (neckpiece) Sterling silver, 18k gold, 22k gold, borosilicate glass, lamp work
How do artists think about change and what precipitates a shift in their work? Are transformations inevitable, planned or by surprise? How does process or material affect the possibility for transition? Join artists Raissa Bump, Cristina Cordova, Arthur Gonzalez, and Tom Huang as they discuss the unique internal and external challenges…
from Huffington Post October 21, 2014. How To Be A Revolutionary Feminist Artist, While Hardly Noticing. ‘Barbara Nessim’s work may seem playful and even innocuous, but in fact, that’s what makes her endless combinations of colors and lines so dangerous. Since the 1960s Nessim has been at the front…
THE PHILADELPHIA MAKER MOVEMENT: TOWARD FUTURE GROWTH & SUSTAINABILITY Monday October 13, 2014 4-7pm Philadelphia was once known as the “Workshop of the World” owing not to its big factories, such as Stetson Hats and Baldwin Locomotive, but rather to its staggering number and diversity of small manufactures, artisanal shops,…
In conjunction with the exhibition, MYRA MIMLITSCH-GRAY | MASTER METALSMITH there will be a gallery talk with the Mimlitsch-Gray at 5pm on Saturday October 4th. Mimlitsch-Gray is widely known in the metals and fine arts communities for her meticulous workmanship, profound sense of history, and unexpected playfulness. This is her first…
Interview with our gallery director at IAP, Martina Caruso: Martina Caruso: What do you think is the most important message communicated through your artwork? Lauren Fensterstock: In some ways, I think my work is about getting away from central messages or narratives. A personal perspective is the result of thousands…
Core77 features exhibition at Reinstein Ross curated by SP artist Ruta Reifen and writer Bella Neyman. The exhibition includes artists Lola Brooks and Anya Kivarkis. Through October 19th, this exhibition is a must see in NYC. “While each piece represents a unique, one-or-a-kind wearable works of art, the show is…
On Barbara Nessim’s exhibition at Bard: Steven Heller at The Atlantic says “It is not to be missed”. ‘ …by the early ‘60s, Nessim’s illustrations started appearing, ironically, in a new wave of intelligent men’s girlie magazines that focused on lifestyle, culture and sex, following the Esquire and Playboy models. Her…
‘Barbara Nessim isn’t quite a household name, unless you happen to live in a really cool house that praises originality and ingenuity. The New York native was a not only a pioneering illustrator during the heady, male-dominated art world of the 1960s, but one of the earliest adopters of using a computer…
“So the blacksmith that has spent years honing their craft is somehow better than someone who has spent years learning code, learning CAD, building their own 3D printer or CNC, and making work?” he asks. To him the argument is nonsensical. “This technology requires the same, if not more, investment…
Curated by writer Bella Neyman and SP artist Ruta Reifen, WEAR IT LOUD runs through October 16 at Reinstein Ross in NYC. SP is thrilled that two of our artists were asked to be a part, Lola Brooks and Anya Kivarkis “There’s a great interest in the category, and our…
Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life from Bard Graduate Center on Vimeo.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Coveted Objects, artist Lauren Kalman will speak at Cranbrook Museum of Art on September 12, 2014 at 6pm. Coveted Objects, the first solo exhibition in Michigan by the Detroit-based artist and metalsmith Lauren Kalman, explores issues of taste and desire that inform our sensibilities towards the…
The Newark Museum under Chief Curator Ulysses Grant Dietz has acquired gallery artist Biba Schutz‘s necklace, Midnight, from her recent exhibition, HALF FULL. You can view the exhibition here.
Introducing The 2015 Emerging Artist & Writer Platform Awards
This week the New York Times reviewed the Museum of Art and Design’s MULTIPLE EXPOSURES, curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, with a shout out to Lauren Kalman and many other great artists. On the heels of heavy criticism for MAD’s current exhibition NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, critic Martha Schwender writes of Multiple…
Thanks Boston Globe for choosing Lauren Fensterstock’s exhibition at our space in the MASS MoCA complex a “must see” for this week! Learn more about Sienna Patti Contemporary at IAP
“Startlingly tattooed, Rachel Timmins is a living exhibit, a brave affirmation of adornment.” Learn more about Rachel, her work and a Brit’s view of American Jewelry in issue #249 of CRAFT. Here at the gallery we show Rachel’s Rapid Produce necklaces, below.
JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER An Interview with Sondra Sherman on Her Most Recent Body of Work, Found Subjects Céline Browning Flipping through the pages of Sondra Sherman’s catalog for her most recent body of work, Found Subjects, readers are greeted by a wide variety of jewelry, nestled into…
Helen Britton the Australian-born jeweler, photographer, writer, and collector, is eloquent in each of her talents and obsessions. Invariably, her own words are the best guide to her work. “Making jewelry,” she says, “I play out tensions and beautiful collisions in a small complex space, building miniature theatrical landscapes and emotional responses to…
We are proud to announce that the Corning Museum of Glass has recently acquired Biba Schutz‘s Black Magic necklace (pictured) for the museum’s collection. Founded in 1951 CMOG is the most comprehensive and celebrated glass collection in the world and we are thrilled that Schutz work is in the collection. Awarded an artist residency at…
New from Arnoldsche: Experimental, unconventional and individual: an irrepressible curiosity and boundless creativity in dealing with materials, forms and techniques are all hallmarks of the work by the jewellery artist Daniel Kruger. The current publication documents the contemporaneity of the diverse possibilities of his expression and opens up a pictorial…
The new gallery space, Independent Art Projects opens at 1315 MASS MoCA Way in North Adams this week- don’t miss it. Lauren Fensterstock’s work is included in in the inaugural exhibit and our artists will continued to be featured throughout the year. More
Susan Lewin, a long time advocate of design and jewelry is featured in this June’s Art + Auction. Click to read.
‘Traditionally art jewelry lovers convene every March in Munich for Schmuck, the largest exhibition of contemporary art jewelry in the world. In addition to the main event there are normally over fifty smaller jewelry exhibitions going on concurrently. However earlier this May, New York was the place to be for…
Gilded, Bejeweled, and Plugged-in: Photo-Jewelry Hybrids for This Millennium An exhibition of stunning, sculptural bling at the Museum of Arts and Design shows what happens when photography and jewelry mix… READ MORE
MAY 13 6PM Free The Theatre at Museum of Arts and Design Since the late 1830s, photographs have been integrated into jewelry as tokens of memory, devotion, or mourning. Contemporary photo-based jewelry extends these traditional functions and forms, while enlisting new technologies and techniques to engage a great variety of personal…
Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography is the first museum exhibition to explore how contemporary jewelry artists transform and add new meaning to the pervasive images of this digital age. Drawing inspiration from historic daguerreotypes to manipulated digital images, international jewelry artists explore changing views of beauty and the human body; examine…
Unique by Design: Contemporary Jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection, includes work by gallery artists Giampaolo Babetto, Jamie Bennett, Melanie Bilenker, Helen Britton, Lola Brooks, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray (above), Sondra Sherman and Bettina Speckner. The exhibit will open in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art Design and Architecture and run from…
Susie Ganch’s new work at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond is a Critics’ Pick in ArtForum. See more about the exhibition HERE From ARTFORUM: ‘Ethical metalworking, sustainability, and recycled detritus figure prominently in Richmond-based Susie Ganch’s two-part exhibition. “Susie Ganch: Tied” offers independent work while the Radical Jewelry Makeover project, founded…
Strikingly poetic and crafted with a hand that grasps the air itself, the work operates with both conceptual strength and visual power. As in her earlier jewelry, Künapp reveals the highest levels of craftsmanship and allows the viewer into the silent moments of the artist’s mind, almost like a writer…
The proliferation of media via the Internet has made it possible for more voices to be heard—and as well to be lost. It is this reality that contextualizes the questions that surround Feminism today as well as Feminism’s relationship to art. This mini-conference, the second of its kind, represents CIA’s…
AJF: When did you start to focus on the body as a topic of your investigations? Lauren Kalman I think as a metalsmith making jewelry, there was a logical transition for me from body as site to body as subject. When I made the move to body as subject, I was…
Objects of daily use often become intimately important and indispensable to people. Aside from their utility, such objects can be seen as representations of their owners or even extensions of the self. This kind of sentiment applies to a wide range of possible possessions including the seemingly humble and utilitarian…
from Vogue Italia, February 2014. “Bettina Speckner uses the ferrotype technique to create old-fashioned brooches with black-and-white photographs that always seem to capture and enhance the soul of every single element. Precious stones and pearls are set almost as if by chance on some of the creations and are never decorative;…
Read Richmond, Virginia STYLEWEEKLY’s article on Susie Ganch and Ethical Metalsmiths. The Radical Jewelry Makeover project is excellent. On a bitter cold morning, an artist stands by a space heater in her backyard studio near Carytown. Behind her is a white wall that resembles flattened angel wings, though on closer…
“Sondra Sherman, an associate professor of art in jewelry and metalwork at SDSU, recently had one of her pieces, “Flowers and Still Life”—a brooch embedded in a carved-out book—acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). But, years ago, Sherman thought she’d be a painter, not a jewelry designer—”perhaps…
Interested in a little light reading? We are slowly compiling our artist interviews and videos online for a rainy day. [button url=”http://www.siennagallery.com/meet-artists/” color=”gray” liquid=”yes”]Watch, Read and Listen.[/button]
SONDRA SHERMAN Found Subjects Hunterdon Art Museum January 12 – March 9, 2014 catalogue available “All jewelry becomes a form or element of portraiture, and in Found Subjects the book and jewelry piece came to reflect the imaginary reader, author, or wearer. What ‘seemed like a good idea at the…
The Board of Trustees of The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation has selected Seth Papac to receive a $20,000 grant. The board acted on the recommendation of the 2013 Biennial Competition Jury, which selected 30 artists out of the 137 artists nominated in this years competition. The jury was composed of…
We are excited to announce a solo exhibition with Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary in the fall of 2014… in the meantime, enjoy this article in Vogue Italia about the young designers work: ‘Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary was born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1979 and witnessed firsthand as a 10-year-old little girl ‘The most profitable…
SG artist Märta Mattsson, known for her macabre and beautiful jewelry, shares her Top 7 list of scary and fascinating museums that she has visited during her travels around the world. To all of you with a morbid side and a fascination for life and death, as well as things and…
CURRENT OBSESSION is a new biannual magazine discussing jewelry as a part of today’s visual culture. This issue, Youth, discusses intensely charged subject of youth that has a personal meaning to all of us. Youth is an elusive, intangible moment between the babbling childhood and the self-reflexive rest: a dream, a…
Iris Bodemer| Rebus: Jewelry 1997-2013 This ornately produced monograph offers an interim appraisal of the diverse work from 1997 onwards by the contemporary German jewelry artist Iris Bodemer (born 1970). The pieces are presented in countless large-format illustrations and succinctly accompanied by an essay from art historian Marjan Unger. ORDER
Lauren Fensterstock RADICAL SENTIMENTALISM with essay by Carol Diehl “Both tempting and threatening, Fensterstock creates objects of desire whose beauty draws us in, only to repel with intimations of dark secrets. This tension culminates in an illusion of depth and motion that leaves viewers with the eerie sensation that these…
Thanks Collective Design Fair for promoting your dealers and galleries year round. We can’t wait to exhibit at the next presentation in May 2014. “There is something about Gésine Hackenberg’s jewelry and ceramics that feels very modern. In her Deft Blue ‘Plooischotel’ necklace, which is accompanied by a wall plate…
’News from the Permian’ opened in Chemnitz, Germany last week. Eleven jewelry artists were invited to create pieces out of wood from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz. Participating artists include Beate von Appen (D) Georg Dobler (D) Beate Eismann (D) Mari Ishikawa (J/D) Margit Jäschke (D) Heike Lau (D) Birgit Laken…
Sienna Gallery is excited to announce that The Los Angeles County Museum of Art now holds works by three of our artists. The Amazon Kitchen necklace from Gesine Hackenberg’s current solo exhibition, Flowers and Still Life from Sondra Sherman’s 2011 Found Subjects series, and two brooches from artist Bettina Speckner.
Our artists, Maisie Broadhead (below), Susie Ganch (above) and Lauren Kalman, were included among others in the August 2013 issue of Metalsmith Magazine’s exhibition in print. With an introductory essay by guest curator Susan Cohn, the Exhibition in Print considers ‘photography as strategy’. “The photograph is not about making an object clear,”…
Lauren Fensterstock’s new exhibition at the gallery is Cate McQuaid’s Critics’ Pick in this weeks Boston Globe. VIEW EXHIBITION
ANYA KIVARKIS blind spot with essay by Kate Wagle JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP nubis LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK radical sentimentalism with essay by Carol Diehl VISIT BOOKSTORE
“You have always been a strong example of an artist who leaves traces of the interaction with the material as part of the work. Why is this important to you?” asks interviewer Susan Cummins in conversation with Myra Mimlitsch-Gray on the ART JEWELRY FORUM “Sometimes the trace of making is simply the way…
In NYC? Julia Maria Künnap will be giving an artist talk and demonstration at Brooklyn Metal Works. Sunday July 21 Register here BROOKLYN METALWORKS
Some casual and personal thoughts about these artists, this gallery and what we do and think. Warning: extensive use of the comma. Sienna At the end of June, artist Myra Mimlitsch-Gray came to the gallery to bring her new body of work and set up the exhibition that was…
A wonderful write up in HandEye about curator Emily Zilber’s The New Blue and White at Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Nice mention of our artist included in the exhibition, Gesine Hackenberg. “The works in New Blue and White show how one remarkable set of material traditions, which have had a profound…
The Guardian spotlights Maisie Broadhead in Why we’re watching… read interview
In a recent ArtJewelryForum article Helen writes on creativity, clarity and copying: Why do I find clarity necessary? Well, I spend a lot of time in the creative abyss, sifting chaos. It is an uncomfortable, intense, endless business, and I have dedicated my life to this process. The bridge between making work and…
Melanie Bilenker’s brooch Itch has been aquired by the Newark Museum. Her work is great addition to their permanent collection especially for a museum currently exhibiting, In Her Eyes: Woman Behind and in Front of the Camera. Learn more about Melanie’s work here and watch a video about her work from…
Buy work, and wear it. Read about it. Write about it. If you are an artist, make better work than you are right now. If you are an artist, strive to go well beyond mediocrity. This should not be an option. Work with what you have now. Don’t wait until…
A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewellery explores the appeal of ceramics, especially porcelain, in jewellery. Organized by the Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud and curated by the renowned German-born goldsmith and jewellery artist Monika Brugger, the exhibition showcases the versatility and allure of the medium, which can be…
The current issue of Ornament Magazine features a nice cover and piece on Lola Brooks. Inside is another favorite, Eleanor Moty. Tempted to insert a Lola Brooks quote here – always rich and succulent – but this one below from an article about Southeastern European dress won out. Sounds like…
Today we received the Museum of Art and Design‘s e-news in our inbox (perks of being a member). Seeing Gésine Hackenberg’s work on the top of the news was a good reminder to remind YOU to go see the WEAR IT OR NOT an exhibition of recent jewelry acquisitions including…
Artists Melanie Bilenker, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Jonathan Wahl, and Stacey Lee Webber are included in 21st century Heirlooms at Racine Art Museum. Featuring artists at various phases in their careers and objects crafted from a variety of different media, Twenty-First Century Heirlooms is a large-scale exhibition that offers a context for…
From the Coolest Corner – Nordic Jewelry includes Märta Mattsson and Julia Maria Künnap along side many other great artists. The exhibition began this winter in Oslo and will close on April 21 before heading to head to Copenhagen. You can read the full travel schedule on the exhibition site.…
Though the exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures at the Smithsonian is over, for only $2.99 and allegiance to Apple, you can own the great documentary and watch it anywhere your devices take you. It includes two artists we work with, Melanie Bilenker (above) and Lauren Kalman. 40 under 40:…
Over the past five years, MAD has collected nearly 200 exceptional pieces of art jewelry. From classic mid-century works to computer-designed musical jewelry, Wear It or Not: Recent Jewelry Acquisitions showcases the depth and variety of the new additions to the museum’s renowned permanent collection. The exhibition features nearly 130 works…
“Blue and white” means, at its simplest, cobalt pigment applied to white clay. Over the course of a millennium, blue-and-white porcelain has become one of the most recognized types of ceramic production worldwide. With roots in the Islamic world and Asia, and strong presence in Europe and the Americas, various…
Lola is a maker of traditionally inspired jewelry wrapped in nontraditional garb. (Her recent interview on this blog is worth a second look.) As always, Lola is a pleasure to read and an all around smart contributor to the thoughtful pursuit of making jewelry. read the full interview below or…
Dr Susan Cohn writes in the Telegraph that we rock like a shining diamond, and glitter like gold – one of the “world’s best places for contemporary jewelry”.
Islet | White neckpiece featured in Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 34.
Writer and artist Aaron Decker talks with Estonian artist Julia Maria Künnap. Julia will present her first solo US exhibition at the gallery this July 2013. …Striving for perfection, she utilizes techniques that are time consuming, laborious, and intensely meticulous. Her work bridges the gap between the instantaneous and infinity,…
The National Ornamental Metal Museum is dedicated to the exhibition, collection, conservation, restoration, education, and research of metalwork. It is the only American institution that devotes itself entirely to this cause. They have started an exhibition series called Tributaries, which refers to the Mississippi River running next to the museum…
New York-based jewelry designer Ruta Reifen uses materials to express ideas too. Her work is less about decay, though, than inexorable growth, the enriching synthesis of opposites, and whimsy. Reifen, 28, has worked with plaster, paper, and copper; her Floral Charades series (2011-present) features epoxy, thread, and auto paint. The…