EDUCATION
Born 1974, Bellinzona, Switzerland Lives and works in Lugano (CH)
2003—2004 Master in Fine Arts, Gold- and Silversmithing Dept., RMIT University, Melbourne (AU)
2000—2001 Student program at the Escola Massana in Barcelona (ES)
1999 Gold and silversmithing at the Art Institute CFP in Florence (IT)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Elephant on Mars, Galerie ViceVersa, Lausanne
2016 Pareidolia, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2013 Ends Meet, Galerie ViceVersa, Lausanne
2013 How do you like me now?, Next Level Gallery, with Ben Lignel, Paris
2012 On second thoughts, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2010 To hold and be held, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2008 Wittenbrink zeigt Schmuck, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
2007 Things Hold Together, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2007 Things Hold Together, Galerie al 65, Vilanova i la Geltrù (Spain)
2005 White Lies, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
AWARDS
AWARDS
2017 Finalist, Swiss Design Awards, Federal Office of Culture, Bern
2014 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery
2014 Mention, Councours international de bijoux contemporains, La mort vous va si bien, Janus Gallery, Montreux
2008 Swiss Design Awards, Federal Office of Culture, Bern
2006 Emerging Artists Grant, Australian Council for the Arts
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Pinakothek der Moderne, Danner Collection, Munich National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide MUDAC, Lausanne
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Inedit n. 2, Viceversa Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thinking Hands n. 1, Irene Belfi Gallery, Milan, Italy
WCC-BF exhibition, Jewellery and Light, Les Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium
Bijoux en Jeu, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2017
Swiss Design Prize, Art Basel, Basel
Zooanthropia, parcours bijoux, Galerie Design et Nature, Paris
Artificio, White Balmelli, Lugano
2016
Everyday Epics, Kunstpavilion, Munich
Open Space – Mind Maps, Nationalmuseum Design at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in StockholmArtificio, Limonaia di Villa Saroli, Lugano
2015
Lux is the dealer, Kunstpavilion, Munich
2014
La Mort vous va si bien, Janus Gallery, Montreux
Multiple Exposures, Museum for Art and Design, New York
Mari Funaki Award Exhibition, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Bonzo Gonzo, Projektraum J. Baumeister, Munich
2013
Schmuck, Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich
Design Bijou Suisse, Fondation Suisse, Paris
2012
Unexpected Pleasures, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Mirror Mirror, Galerie Solidor, Cagnes Sur Mer (France) and London Design Museum, London2011
Jewellery Unleashed!, Museum Modern Art, Arnhem (Netherlands) and Museum Bellerive, Zurich
2010
By Example, Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami (Japan)
2009
Schmuck, Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich
Criss&Cross – Design Made in Switzerland, Travelling exhibition, China & Japan
2008
Swiss Federal Design Grants Exhibition, Bellerive, Zurich
Schmuck, Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich
Just Must, Estonian History Museum, Tallin
2006
Colin & Cicely Rigg Design Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2003
Art Jewellery in Switzerland in the 20th Century, Museo Vela, Ligornetto