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] |