Ana Marchetanu, 1989, Bucharest, Romania

​Now living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark
Fashion and jewellery designer/maker

Education:
2011-2014 West University, Fashion Design BA, Timisoara, RO
2007-2010 University of Architecture and Urbanism, Ion Mincu, Bucharest, RO

Courses/workshops:
2019        Krama Institute, two week course. Athens, GR
2016        Alchimia, intensive two week course, Florence, IT
2011        Assamblage Contemporary Jewelry School, Bucharest, RO 

Group Exhibitions/Fashion Shows and Fairs:
2022          'Beauty and Wonder, jewelry', Tincal Lab, Porto, PT
2021          'Beauty and Wonder, jewelry', Galería Lalabeyou, Madrid, ES
2021          'Beauty and Wonder, jewelry', Galería CONTEXT, Barcelona, ES
2021          'Beauty and Wonder, jewelry', Galerie Caractere, Neuchatel, CH
2020           Design Without Borders, Budapest, HU
2019           Epretext, Timisoara, RO
2019           SIERAAD Art Fair, Amsterdam, AT
2019           Collectiva Meeting, Porto, PT
2019           Cluster Crafts, London, UK
2019           Romanian Design Week, collective project Capsula MATERIA x RDW, Bucharest RO
2011-2018      Participations at Autor Fair, Bucharest, RO
2018           Romanian Design Week, collective project Capsula MATERIA x RDW, Bucharest RO
2017           Camera Lucida collective exhibition by Assamblage at Designblok -                           Internationa Design Festival, Prague, CZ
2017           Camera Lucida and Room 40 collective exhibition by Assamblage at National                   History Museum, Bucharest, Romania
2017           Romanian Design Week, ROOM 40 , collective exhibition by Assamblage ,                       Bucharest, RO
2016           Alliages, The Legacy Award 2016, selected artist, Lille, FR
2016           Myday-Byday Gallery, ‘When in Rome’ Autor MAGAZINE exhibition, Rome, Italy
2014           Gioielli in Fermento, Piacenza (student), IT
2014           Arts of Fashion International Competition, San Francisco, US
2014           Copenhagen Fashion Week, Dome of Vision, Copenhagen, DK
2013           ‘Vestimenta’ group exhibition, Timișoara, RO
2013           ‘Textile + Fashion’ group exhibition, Baia Mare, RO
2012           ‘Textile + Fashion’ group exhibition, Hunedoara, RO
2012           Arts of Fashion International Competition, San Francisco, US
2011           Pasarela Access exhibition, jewellery section, Bucharest, RO

Award/Grants:
2019           Collectiva Meeting Award, Porto, PT
2018           Krama Institute Award at Autor, Bucharest, RO
2015           Autor Awesome Award, Bucharest, RO
2013           Student Fashion Festival ‘Fashion Fridays’, Special mention Timișoara, RO
2013           National Student Festival ‘Fashion Gate’,2nd place, Sinaia, RO
2010           Inspired Contest, Accessories section, winner, Bucharest, RO

Artist Statement:
I’m interested in ways our mental endowment reacts to contrasts. How familiarity with some
concepts decides category inclusion or exclusion (intuition is mere recognition). By way of its construction, our mind tends to work best when filling in the rest of a pattern: a melody, an expression, a word association. I try to remind myself the potential pitfalls of this ‘auto’ mode. My work tries to break that.

​As a visual artist, I focus on process more than stories, I think in terms of shape, depth, materiality, light. A form of abstraction that allows those that wear my pieces to enhance their own story. As jewelry items are always seen in the context of one’s personal style, each collection is like a conceptual sandbox: there is a set of coherent rules that one can play with. The rules are open-ended enough that by wearing a particular item, someone can highlight the desired part of their personal identity.

Contact:
[email protected]