Gioielli in Fermento 2018 Exhibition

Artist list

Sara Barbanti, Maura Biamonti, Raffaella Brunzin, Cristiana Turano Campello, Sébastien Carré, Rosanna Raljevic Ceglar, Cristina Celis, Cédric Chevalley, Angela Ciobanu, Rachael Colley, Lluís Comín, Ylenia Deriu, Babette von Dohnanyi, Elin Flognman, Maria Rosa Franzin, Nicoletta Frigerio, Fabiana Gadano, Steffi Götze, Adam Hawk, Holland Houdek, Machteld van Joolingen, Ryungjae Jung, Marilena Karagkiozi, Iro Kaskani, Malene Kastalje, Mia Kwon, Claire Lavendhomme, Yojae Lee, Yichen Lin, Melissa Lovingood, Chiara Lucato, Daniela Malev, Gigi Mariani, Juanjo García Martín, Judy Mc Caig, Francesca Mo, Clara Del Papa, Joo Hyung Park, Liana Pattihis, Adrienn Pesti, Alessandra Pizzini, Catherine Quattrociocchi, Gianni Riva, Stefano Rossi, Marianne Schliwinski, Sandra Schmid, Sara Shahak, Claudia Steiner, Agnese Taverna, Katja Toporski, Fabrizio Tridenti, Deniz Turan, Barbara Uderzo, Eriko Unno, Yiota Vogli, Monica Wickström, Laura Zecchini, Caterina Zucchi, Corrado de Meo

A special attention is paid to the students' section, involving institutes for art education, based all over the world, which would offer an interesting view to younger students and undergraduates looking for further in/depth experiences (learning and master degree categories).
Since 2011, more than 500 artists and pieces have been presented under the selection of an international board of advisors in the field. The announcement of the contest deadline is by the first two months of the year for each edition. 
The resulting exhibition is hosted in the impressive local spaces of our territory, such as Torre Fornello Winery (2011- 2017) and now Villa Braghieri, a building of cultural heritage in the City of Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza, Italy).
The opening of exhibition celebrates the Gioielli in Fermento Award ceremony in collaboration with important international institutions in the field: Agc Italian association for contemporary jewellery, Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery & Object and Klimt02 Art Jewellery online network.
Every year, the Master Collection is hosted in further exhibiting venues through the Gioielli in Fermento #gallery activity, which offers an effective set up involving visitors in different contexts, thanks to the real authenticity of this project.


With the publication of the Gioielli in Fermento Master Collection in 2017, the undertaking of a more precise path became necessary for a deserved esteem of the works gradually conceived within the annual phases of the theme competition. In the previous six editions a significant number of works have been realized and currently the Master Collection presents a meaningful series of selected works, published in the volume of the 2017 edition. Each new annual collection will be intertwined to it. By that, each author is periodically involved in new exhibition opportunities and related projects.
The development of the project earned the appreciation of the reference figures contacted during the past editions and allowed decisive ways of confrontation that supported its own growth, qualifying it thanks to the annual juries. The advisory board came from this evolution, coordinated by Eliana Negroni, founder of the competition award.
 
The theme - Private time and social interaction
May jewellery nowadays be associated with our private time and, or, to our best moments to share?
Does it fulfil personal wishes and, or, social interaction?
Artists have been invited to develop their own concept within this issue.
It may recall you once again to the analogy of a good glass of wine which can accompany a warm homely atmosphere or your best time to share with others, to raise connection with people. These aspects are typical of the Mediterranean lands and traditions yet they are spreading also in the countries which had not a historical link to the culture of wine.
Moreover, the competition is about jewellery “fermentation”: artists may interpret the theme according to their inspiration, provided that a certain kind of immaterial factor would reconnect their own work – a wearable object –  to the idea of development and research in contemporary art jewellery: an outstanding result will come from a combination of concept, form, individuality, original technique, wearable feature.
The selection heeds to the quality of each presented work and cares for the coherence on the theme connected to the 2018 edition of the exhibiting project.
The Gioielli in Fermento Award consists in the opportunity - for the awarded artist - to exhibit his/her own collection in a reserved space at JOYA Art Jewellery & Objects, that this year will be held at the Design Museum in Barcelona, thanks to the established support given by this renowned event for contemporary jewellery in the Mediterranean region, together with Allied Group, a multinational company with its heart-based in Val Tidone.   


The jury of the 2018 edition
Roberta Bernabei  Loughborough University UK, contemporary jewellery teacher, researcher and essayist
Petra Hölscher  senior curator Die Neue Sammlung München Design Museum, Monaco di Baviera DE 
Angela Madesani  Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano e IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Milano IT, professor, art historian, contemporary art and photography curator and essayest

2018  Advisors for Student categories
Maria Rosa Franzin, AGC Association board chairperson
Nichka Marobin, The Morning Bark founder, art historian and collector
Giò Carbone  LAO Jewellery School Firenze founder and director

Board of advisors
Roberta Bernabei, Loughborough University UK                 
Leo Caballero, Hannah Gallery, Barcelona ES
Charon Kransen, Charon Kransen Arts, New York US                     
Gigi Mariani, Artista orafo, art jeweller, Modena IT
GianCarlo Montebello, BOMontebello, Milano IT                
Paulo Ribeiro, Joya Art Jewellery and Object, Barcelona ES

Invited artists Next Venues:
Putti Art Gallery Riga (Latvia) September 7th-21st 2018
Oratorio S.Rocco Padova (Italy) September 22nd-November 11th 2018
JOYA Art Jewellery & Objects Barcelona (Spain) October 4th-6th