Portfolio Review – Coaching Sessions
Portfolio Review – Coaching Sessions
These sessions are rare and exclusive opportunities to get inputs and expert advice from these personalities who are passionate promoters of contemporary and art jewelry. We really encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity as their insights can make a real difference on your artistic perspective and get you closer to where you wish to be with your creative work.
Paulo Ribeiro
Born in Brazil, Paulo Ribeiro moved to Barcelona where he studied for a Master and then a PhD in Art and Architecture. His interest in fashion, architecture and art motivated him to develop his professional career at Barcelona Fashion Week. Founder and director of JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair since 2008, Ribeiro is also jury member in different platforms like: AUTOR Bucharest, Gioielli in Fermento Italy and Art Jewelry Forum in United States. Since 2001 he gives lectures in different countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Romania, Ukraine and Brazil in different universities, institutes and events.
Book a 90 minutes session on:
Friday, April 19 th >> at 16:30 or at 18:00 (max 2 people)
Saturday, April 20th and Sunday April 21th >> TBD (max 6 people)
Monday, April 22th >> at 9.30 AM, 11:00 AM and 13:30 (max 3 people)
Niki Stylianou
A talented artist, who has exhibited her own art jewelry pieces in many solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the US, Niki is also an experienced Tutor/Consultant. She has been supporting individuals who are passionate about art making and crafts, to surpass their blockages, unleash their creativity, pursue their dreams and write their own unique business and life script.
Niki holds an M.Phil in Communication Design and Humanities from Royal College of Art in London, an MA in Interior Design and an MSc in Architecture/ Engineering. She has a long training in Silversmithing and Jewelry Design and she has attended several workshops next to well-known Jewelry Artists in Greece and in Europe.
Book a 90 minutes session on:
Monday, April 22th >> at 9.30 AM, 11:00 AM and 13:30 (max 3 people)
Melanie Isverding
Melanie Isverding was born in 1978 in Vreden (Germany).
From 1994-1998 she did her apprenticeship as a goldsmith in the manufactory Niessing located in Vreden (DE) where she worked afterwards as a professional goldsmith until 2002. She continued with the master of craftsmanship at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau (DE) a Technical College of Design. In the time period 2005-2011 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (DE) in the Jewelry Department with Prof. Otto Künzli and finished as a „Meisterschülerin”.
Since 2014 Melanie Isverding holds the position of the assistant in the Jewelry Department of the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle working with Prof. Daniel Kruger (until Jan. 2017)/ now Prof. Hans Stofer
Book a 90 minutes session on:
Friday, April 19th >> at 14:30, 16:30 or at 18:00 (max 3 people)
Saturday, April 20th >> TBD (max 3 people)
Dan Piersinaru
Dan Pierşinaru is a visual artist and creator of contexts, who lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated from the University of Art and Design in Cluj Napoca, Romania, with a BA in Photo-Video-Multimedia. Dan first became known for several artistic projects involving the acute problems of today’s society (inter-culturally), geopolitical and social limitations, couples’ experiences, as well as, creativity as a means of education and communication.
As a creator of contexts for the creatives industries in Romania and not only, he founded the international platform AUTOR, which includes events like: AUTOR Contemporary Jewelry Fair, MATERIA Contemporary Leather Design Fair and NOEL Designer Gifts Fair. He is also the editor-in-chief of AUTOR Magazine, an international print publication dedicated exclusively to contemporary and art jewelry.
He is an unstoppable independent seeker of authenticity and global value in the field of Romanian creatives industries.
Book a 90 minutes session on:
Monday, April 22th >> at 9.30 AM, 11:00 AM and 13:30 (max 3 people)
Hans Stofer
After training as a precision engineer he focused on studying jewelry and design at the Zurich School of Art. His works are part of a variety of public collections, including: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; The Crafts Council Collection, London; Nottingham Castle Museum; Danner Stiftung, Munich; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; The Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent, UK; MUDAC, Lausanne; Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich; Louis Koch Collection, Basel; The National Museum of Art, Achitecture and Design, Oslo. He is currently a Professor at the University of Art and Design Halle (Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle) and his solid academic career spans forty years, including eleven years as a Professor and Head of MA Programme, Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art in London.
Book a 90 minutes session on:
Friday, April 19th >> at 15.30 PM or 17:30 PM (max 2 people)
100 €