Jewellery for a better understanding of the human being
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Sebastian Buescher
The forgotten land 2008
rubber, coral, seeds, sapphires, safety
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Jewellery designer ID
1978, Cologne, Germany, lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
Education
2006 MA Fine Art, University of Brighton, UK
2004 Ceramic workshop, London, UK | Glassblowing Introduction, London, UK
2000-2003 London Metropolitan University: BA Silversmithing Jewellery
and Allied Crafts
2000 School of Gemology and Allied Studies, London: Certificate Jewellery Introduction
1997-1998 University of Westminster, London: BA Graphic Information Design
1996-1997 University of Westminster, London: BTEC Foundation Course in Art and Design.
Collections
2006 The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland
Awards
2003 BJA Certificate of Merit | The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: Goldsmith’s Award First Prize | Rashbell Marketing Award | Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council: Craftsmanship & Design Awards | Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces Gold Award
Exhibitions
2007 The Pygmy Retrospective, Alternatives, Rome, Italy | Ars Ornata Europeana, Manchester, UK | MA Fine Art Interim Show, University of Brighton, UK | ‘Object Rotterdam’, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Holland | Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain | ‘New Horizons’, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Holland | Bircham Gallery, Norfolk, UK | ‘Collect’ Collections, Lesley Craze Gallery, London | Lesley Craze at Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2006 Editions Gallery, Maastricht, Holland | ‘Take Me Home, Contemporary Applied Arts, London | Pedras & Pessegos, Porto, Portugal | Charon Kransen at SOFA Chicago, USA | New Members Exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts, London| Crafts Council Showcase, Victoria and Albert Museum, London | Koru 2, Finland
2006 Charon Kransen at SOFA New York, USA | ‘Bite and Sting’ Exhibition, London | ‘Points of Divergence’, Crafts Council Shop, London | Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA | ‘Collect’ Collections, Lesley Craze Gallery, London | Lesley Craze at Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London | ‘Emerging Talents’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London | Charon Kransen at SOFA Palm Beach, USA
2005 Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, USA | Inspired Art Fair, London | Charon Kransen at SOFA Chicago, USA | Charon Kransen at The Int’l Art and Design Fair, New York, USA | Lesley Craze Gallery, London | Gill Wing, London | Bellagio Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina, USA | East Carolina University School of Art and Design, USA | Charon Kransen at SOFA New York, USA 1 Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA 1 Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London
2004 “Dialogue 4” Inhorgenta Munich | “Dialogue 4” Unit 2 Gallery London
2003 New Designers | Summer Show London Metropolitan University | “But Not for Sale” London Metropolitan University | Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design Awards Exhibition
Solo exhibitions
2007 ‘The Red Collection’, The Vault at Quirk Gallery, Richmond, USA | Imperfection please, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Holland
Publications
2007 Romancing The Stone, Manchester, UK | Crafts Magazine, Mar/Apr, London, UK | Vault Project Catalogue, Quirk Gallery, Virginia, USA | 7×7 Guide, Spring, San Francisco, USA
2006 Gallery Magazine, December, Ukraine | New Directions in Jewellery 2, Black Dog Publishing, UK | Koru 2 Exhibition Catalogue, Finland | Crafts Magazine ‘Big Ideas’, May/June, London, UK | Art Review, February 2006, London, UK | MFF Magazine for Fashion, January 15 2006, Milan, Italy | Crafts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006, London, UK
2005 Lesley Craze Gallery, 2006 Events Catalogue, London UK | Metalsmith Magazine, vol 24 issue 4, USA
2004 Very Fasion 3, Styelguide, London, UK | Findings, issue 27, London, UK
2003 Elle Decoration, July, London UK
2002 Mushroom Magazine, October, Germany
Website Sebastian Buescher