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Aurelie Dellasanta

Jewelry professor

Education

  • M.F.A., Metals and Jewelry Design, Royal College of Art
  • B.A., Product Design, Jewelry and Objects, Haute école d'art et de design – Genève

Credentials

  • Professor of jewelry, Fall 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Founder and creative director, 2016–present, Aurelie Dellasanta Jewellery, London
  • Visual artist and contemporary jewelery designer, 2002–16, Worldwide
  • Founder, 2014–19, Lit Association, Geneva, CH
  • Jewelery teacher, 2015–present, City Lit, Morley College, London
  • Visiting tutor, 2018, Jewelery department, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Assistant professor, 2012–15, University of Art and Design, Geneva
  • Private art tutor, 2011–12, London
  • Substitute visual art teacher, 2008–09, DIP, public primary schools, Geneva
  • Volunteer jewelery teacher, 2007, Jeevan School Foundation, Varanasi, IN
  • Visual art teacher, 2006–07, South Point School, Varanasi, IN
  • Educator for children and teenagers, 2002–09, Fas'e community centres, Geneva

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Grant from the British Allied Trades Federation to represent British designers at Inhorgenta, 2020
  • Kickstart 2019 at International Jewelery London trade show, 2019
  • Nominated for Bourses Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, 2012
  • Nominated for The Catlin Prize, 2012
  • Nominated for RCA Conran Awards, 2011
  • Highly commended at the Theo Fennell Awards, 2011
  • Very Highly Commended at the Graham Hughes Diploma Awards, 2011
  • Finalist at the Swiss Federal Design Awards, 2009, 2011
  • Grant from the IKEA Stiftfund to study at the Royal College of Arts in London, 2009, 2011
  • First Prize for Applied Arts at Bourses Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, 2008
  • First Prize from the Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain de Genève, 2002

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • The Window gallery, Vitrine Erfolg/Fenster, Rubbing beyond, Basel, CH, 2012
  • Galerie Tactile, Creatures, Geneva, CH, 2008
  • Galerie Rob Koudijs, Skeletons, Amsterdam, NL, 2007

Selected group exhibitions

  • Goldsmith's Fair, London, UK
  • Inhorgenta, Munich, DE
  • Shine, Goldsmith Center, London, UK
  • Kickstart International Jewellery London, London, UK
  • La mort vous va si bien, Janus Gallery, Montreux, CH
  • Design Bijou Suisse, Pavillon le Corbusier, Paris, F
  • Stimuli, Transition Collective, Vibe gallery, London, UK
  • Frozen Explosion, Transition Collective, Vibe gallery, London, UK
  • Bourses Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, CAC, Geneva, CH
  • Unleashed, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, CH
  • Exchange Series, Happen projects, installation in a Launderette in East London, UK Explore, London Design Week, Mint, London, UK
  • Silver-where, Gallery SO, London, UK
  • Annual Marzee Selection of Graduate Work Jewellery 2011, Galerie Marzee, Nijmejen, NL SHOW RCA 2011, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • RCA Work in Progress, by students from department GSMJ, Royal College of Art, London, UK Marzee at RCA Work in Progress show, 'Effe Kijke Let's Have a Look no III: Welcome to the body, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry, itinerant exhibition, MAD of NY, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, USA, Parque Fundidora Art Complex, Monterrey, MX
  • Décor, Design et industrie, les arts appliques à Genève, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva Esther Brinkman/Sophie Bonduban/Aurelie Dellasanta/Sonia Morel/Louise Vurpas, Galerie Tactile, Geneva, CH
  • Le Bijou Lémanique, Galerie SO, Soleure, CH, and Galerie SO, London, UK
  • RCA Work in Progress by students from department GSMJ, Royal College of Art, London, UK The Overcoat, Galerie Marzee, Nijmejen, NL
  • Hand to Hand, MUDAC, Lausanne, CH
  • Triennial of the contemporary jewellery, Mons, BE, and Gallery Viceversa, Lausanne, CH Collect, Arts and Crafts Fair, Gallery Rob Koudijs, London, UK
  • Protect Childwood, Arte Libera, itinerant exhibition, CH
  • New Horizons, Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, NL
  • Gallery für Schmuck, Galerie Béatrice Lang, Bern, CH
  • Aurelie Dellasanta & Diana Dudek, Galerie Tactile, Geneva, CH
  • Talente, Munich, DE
  • Work of Diploma, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
  • Art jewelery in Switzerland, 20th Century, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, CH

Publications

  • Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection by Bobbye Tigerman, 2016
  • New Earrings 500 + Designs from Around the World, Nicolas Estrada, Thames & Hudson, 2013
  • The Catlin Guide, 2012
  • Show RCA, 2011
  • Décor, Design et industrie, Les arts appliques a Genève Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 2010
  • Hand to hand, MUDAC, Lausanne, 2008
  • Triennial of the contemporary jewellery, Mons, 2008
  • Talente 2005, Munchen, Germany, 2005