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GEMMA DRAPER

Biografie

1971   in Barcelona, Spanien, geboren

1992-97 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Autonomous University of Barcelona

1997-99 Artistic Jewellery, Llotja School, Barcelona

1999-03 Graduate in Plastic Arts and Design, Major: Jewellery, Massana School, Barcelona

seit 2002 Arbeit als freie Künstlerin im Atelier in Barcelona; verschiedene Lehrtätigkeiten

2007-09 Master in Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. US

Einzelausstellungen

2004   aflordepiel, Galeria Alea, Barcelona

2005   bliss-à-bliss, Galeria Al65, Vilanova i la Geltrú Barcelona

2006   cordial changes, Galleria Norsu, Helsinki

2008   parties under bridges, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (Holland)

Gruppenausstellungen

2002   L’ornement est-il toujours un crime?, HÉAA, Ginebra; Natur und Zeit, Deutches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau

2003   Nòmades de la Memòria, Escola Massana al FAD, Barcelona; Peu de reina itinerant: Barcelona, Madrid, León, Buenos Aires; Nachstücke, Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zürich; Srebrne szkoly, Gallery Sztuki, Legnica

2004   T-shirt , Forvm Ferlandina, Barcelona; la schmuckeria, Galerie 32, Karlsruhe; Sideraden uit Spanje, Galerie Beeld&Aambeeld, Enschelde

2005   BCN, Jewellery Factory, Craft & Design Centre, Manchester, Bluecoat DisplayCentre, Liverpool; 2e.Triennal du Bijoux Contemporain, Musée de l’orfèvrerie, Seneffe; The Nomad Room, Contemporary Jewellery, Intimate Space and Public Domain, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisboa; XVII international jewellery symposium, Turnov

2006   Francoise van den Bosch Foundation.Contemporaries and young talents, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn; Johalria contemporanea, Pedras e Pêssegos, Porto; BUE-BOG-BCN gestos sobre el cuerpo, CCEBA, Buenos Aires; Group show of work from Barcelona, Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montréal

2007   SOFA Fair Chicago. (US); Dual Exhibition, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY. (US); Think Tank 04 Symposium: Gift, Spanish contemporary jewellery, Galeria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta; New concepts, new languages, new gallery, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona; New Horizons, Art Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (Holland); Giolleria Contemporanea, Oratorio di San Rocco, Padova (Italy); Schmuck ’07, 59th International Trade Fair, Munich (Germany)

2008   Hand to Hand, MUDAC, Lausanne; COLLECT, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Detroit Artists Market Scholarship and Exhibition Program, Cranbrook

Preise und Stipendien

2001   Prizes Enjoia’t, First prize-Installation on the body

2003   Scholarship Carta Blanca-Any del disseny for the project The body of this jewel, Diputatión de Barcelona and FAD, Prizes ARTFAD, Jury’s special mention

2005   Award for artists traveling abroad, Institut Ramon Llull, Generalitat de Catalunya

2006-07 Artist in Residence, Rantapaja Studio, South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta (Finland)

2007   Award for artistic research for the project Healing Cuts, Generalitat de Catalunya

2008   Robert H. Daisley Memorial, Cranbrook Merit Scholarship; Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market; SNAG Endowment Honorable Mention

Werke in öffentlichen Sammlungen

Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA (USA); CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL;  Young Talent Collection, Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, NL; Muzeum Ceského ráje v. Turnov (Czequia)

Vorträge

2003   Jewellery States , Recoleta cultural center, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

2004   Paper in the series woman-culture-industry, Higher School of Design and Caixa Sabadell Foundation; Paper in Jewellery?, Craftwork?, Where are we?, JORGC, Barcelona

2005   Your setting or mine, Lecture at Gold and Silversmithing department of RMIT, Melbourne

2006   The space between two things, Lecture at South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta; The jewel as a place, Lecture at Escola Industrial, Barcelona

2007   Undressing the guests, Lecture at Escola Massana, Barcelona

Growth , 2008, Brosche, Silber geschwärzt, Edelstahl, Holz, Kameralinse

Growth , 2008, Brosche, Silber geschwärzt, Edelstahl, Holz, Kameralinse; Exhuberance, 2008, Brosche, Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Edelstahl, Email, Seide, Kunststoff

Blossom, 2008, Brosche, Silber, Kupfer, Edelstahl, Email, Holz

Excess, 2008, Brosche, Silber, Messing, Edelstahl, Acrylglas, Lack

Lair, 2008, Brosche, Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Edelstahl, Spiegel, Seide, Kunststoff