Svenja John
 

SHORT BIOGRAPHY/STATEMENT:

Born in Duisburg, west Germany in 1963
1983-85 studied archaeology at the Ruhr University, Bochum
1985-89 goldsmith´s school in Hanau
1991-93 Master´s Diploma as state-certified designer at the “staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau”
Since 1994 own atelier in Berlin.

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2000
„Balance“, Galerie Biró, München

2002
„Sanofie“, Galerie Oona, Berlin

2002 – 2003
„tube“, Galerie Biró, Munich

2003
„transparenz 10“ Zehn Jahre Kunststoffschmuck von Svenja John, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln

2005
“Xoa” Galerie Oona, Berlin
“X-Bone” Galerie Ra, Amsterdam

2006
„XB2“, Galerie Biró, Munich
“Svenja John - Jewelry and Bag Exhibition –“, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo
“Svenja John”, galleri hnoss, Göteborg
„Shop Stop“ – Svenja John, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES:

1997 – 2001
trade shows “Première-Classe, Paris”

1999 + 2000
cooperation with Christian Lacroix, Haute Couture

2006
Erfurter Schmucksymposium

AWARDS:

1996
third place in the “Midorra Design Award 1996” contest
award in the “Form 1996” contest

1997
award in the “Form 1997” contest
first place in the “Lust am Lüster” contest

1999
Landespreis Berlin

2000
bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich

2004
Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, IHM, Munich

2006
Red dot, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen

2007
bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin;
Grassi Museum, Leipzig;
American Craft Museum, New York;
Material ConneXion, New York;
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg;
Danner Stiftung, Munich;
Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Lotte Reimers-Stiftung, Deidesheim/Deutsche Weinstraße
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, New York
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris

BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS AND ARTICLES, Selection):

2001
Schmuck 2001, Handwerkskammer München, Katalog

2002
10 Jahre Galerie Biró, München 2002
Luxe Interior. Joieria Contemporania International,Fondatio `la Caixa`, Barcelona

2003
Mikromegas, 219 Schmucknadeln, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein München, München2001
Schmuck Lebt, Eine neue Generation, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim

2002
Extrakt, Junge Schmuckdesigner in Deutschland, Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin 2002

2003
Svenja John, Schmuck, Berlin 2003

2004
Schmuck 2004, Handwerkskammer München, Katalog
Hanging in Balance, 42 contemporary necklaces, organized by the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso, 2004

2005
500 Bracelets, An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs,
published by Lark Books, Ashvile NC, USA
500 Brooches, Inspiring Adornments for the Body,
published by Lark Books, Ashvile NC, USA
New Dirctions in Jewellery, Essays by Jivan Astfalck, Caroline Broadhead and
Paul Derrez,Black Dog Publishing limited, London

2006
11. Erfurter Schmucksymposium, Verband Bildender Künstler Thüringen e.V
Radiant, 30 Jahre Galerie Ra, Amsterdam 2006
place(s), think tank
red dot design yearbook 2006/2007, red dot Edition Peter Zec, Essen

       
                     
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