Events
Published: 13. Nov / 2024
METALLOphone 2024
On 30 October this year, the METALLOphone 2024 Biennial of Jewellery Art opened at the Vilnius Museum of Applied Arts and Design. Latvia is represented by jewellery artists Valdis Brože, Zane Vilka, Una Mikuda, Rasma Pušpure, Mārīte Rudzāte, Jelizaveta Suska and Gint Grūbe. The Biennale has been organised since 2011 and has grown considerably. From…
Published: 23. Oct / 2024
Don’t Tell Me A Story
“A metallophone is an instrument capable of transforming metal into sound,” explains phD. Jurgita Ludavičienė, the curator of the International Biennial of Jewellery and Metal Art “METALLOphone 2024”. We can read on the event website that the international event is celebrating metal art and jewellery in Lithuania since 2011. The biennial presents the works of…
Published: 13. Sep / 2024
Designers 5
“Designers 5” is one of the few places in Riga where you can find masterpieces of contemporary jewellery art. To be more precise, you can not only find them, but also own them. “Five talented artists, one space,” it says on their website. Who are these five designers? They are not only jewellery designers, but…
Published: 06. Aug / 2024
Guntis Lauders solo exhibition TWO BIRDS AND A BLACK TREE
Guntis Lauders solo exhibition “THREE BIRDS AND A BLACK TREE” at APSĪDA Gallery On August 9 this year, the solo exhibition of Latvian jewelry artist Guntas Lauders “TWO BIRDS AND A BLACK TREE” was opened in the Tallinn art gallery A-Galerii, which will be on view until September 6. From Estonia the exposition will travel…
Published: 02. Jul / 2024
IN SITU* JEWELLERY PARADE
The international contemporary jewellery event JEWELLERY PARADE will take place from August 1 to 4 this year at the Jaunmoku Palace. This wil be the first time for Jaunmoku palace to host a contemporary art (or jewellery) exhibition. The purpose of the event is to highlight the dialogue between ancient traditions and what is emerging…
Published: 27. May / 2024
The first finalists in the “Kilograms kulturas 2024” spring vote
On Monday, May 27, the first finalists of the annual Latvian public media award in culture “Kilograms kulturas 2024” were announced. Spectators and listeners evaluated the most original and high-quality works in ten categories, nominating one cultural event in each of them for the final vote. In the category “Visual art” the Latvian Jewellery Art…
Published: 18. May / 2024
IS ANYONE HERE?
Although gallery PUTTI has closed, this spring jewelry lovers had the opportunity to look back at all past exhibitions captured in a book. From May 17 to June 15, 2024, the gallery once again opened its doors to visitors and offered an ambitious exhibition of contemporary jewelry. “In connection with the publication of the book…
Published: 21. Apr / 2024
The catalog of the “Touch-sensitive” exhibition is available
From February 8 to April 21, 2024, a large-scale Jewellery art association exhibition “Touch-sensitive” took place at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. Find out more about the exhibition here: lnmm.lv A valuable part of the exhibition project is the artists’ own comments on the objects of the exhibition, providing an in-depth insight into…
Published: 30. Sep / 2023
Valdis Broze at CONTEMPORANIA
CONTEMPORANIA is a new fair in the city of Barcelona, to promote high craftsmanship and excellency. It took place from 28-30 September, 2023 at Palau Reial de Pedralbes. The transformation of JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery and Objects has a new title, “Contemporania High Craftsmanship Barcelona”, a novel space for national and international contemporary crafts and…
Published: 02. Dec / 2022
Jelizaveta Suska received Sten A Olssons grant for cultural research
Good news! This year, Jelizaveta Suska, a member of Latvian Jewellery Art Association has received the Sten A Olssons grant for cultural research. The grant is given to artists and contributors to culture in Gothenburg, where Jelizaveta is living from 2013. In connection to the grant, her jewellery will be shown in Gothenburg Museum of Art starting 3rd of…
Published: 23. Oct / 2022
Charity campaign JEWELLERY FOR JEWELLERY
Campaign “ROTA PRET ROTU” (in direct translation – jewellery for jewellery; “rota” in Latvian also meaning “an army unit”) is a charity campaign organized by the Latvian Jewellery Art association within the framework of the exhibition “IMAGINE. Peace”. The purpose of the campaign is to collect donations for the support of Ukraine by offering to…
Published: 20. Oct / 2022
Valdis Brože solo exhibition at the gallery Uni.Versus
Valdis Brože solo exhibition was on view at the gallery Uni.Versus Art Room, Athens from 20th October to 19th November 2022 . Uni.Versus ArtRoom is an art space project created by Niki Stylianou, that takes place in Agiou Dimitriou 26 , Athens, Greece. “The vibes at AUTOR Fair are always supporting people in order to…
Published: 30. May / 2022
Valdis Brože among AUTOR 2022 Awarded artists
The AUTHOR fair returns after 3 years and stages the 19th edition and invites you to discover the highest level of contemporary jewelry. 50 designers from 5 continents, united by the language of contemporary jewelry will meet for the first time at AUTHOR 2022 to show how the unconventional becomes wearable, how jewelry becomes a…
Published: 29. Jun / 2021
Project DIARY
The project DIARY is a way of recording the latest works of 18 jewelry artists in video and photo formats, as well as a traveling exhibition with venues in Valmiera and Kuldiga and duration of several months. A video in which artists will talk about themselves and their work will soon be published on latvianjewellery.org….
Published: 15. Feb / 2021
366 brooches
„Starting this year I decided to give myself a challenge – to make one brooch each day. A project called “366 brooches”. This is a story not just about the jewelry itself. It is a story about self discipline, time management, work culture and testing the boundaries of creativity.” So Una Mikuda wrote in her…
Published: 09. Feb / 2021
Latvian Fashion Award Best contemporary jewelry designer – Maija Vitola-Zitmane
On October 27, 2020, the 15th anniversary Latvian Fashion Award ceremony took place at the Digital Art House. This evening, the most successful Latvian fashion industry professionals were awarded, taking into account their performance last year. “Debut of the Year” – Ksenija Danilova (brand Ksenija Danilova) “Fashion Breakthrough of the Year” – Aristocrat Kids “The…
Published: 24. Jan / 2021
International Design Exhibition
Anita Sondore (Latvian Jewellery Art association member) has been invited as a speaker at A’ Design Award & Competition. Anita Savica is a Latvian jewellery designer and owner and Creative Director of Anita Sondore Ltd. She is the recipient of many international awards and has showcased her designs globally. Riga based jewellery designer ANITA SONDORE…