Gioielli in Fermento in Padua

Gioielli in Fermento is a contemporary jewellery international juried competition.
It investigates themes connected to Mediterranean culture, starting from the landscapes of Val Tidone where it is based. They are hills of an attractive Italian scenery, which goes from Emilia region, where we began, to Veneto region, which is hosting us now, along the typical line drawing the Appennino area. They are warm environments, evocative landscapes which testify the connection to rural and culinary tradition and in particular to the wine culture, which all the Mediterranean area shares.  
Since 2011, these lands opened their borders involving established and emerging artists from every country to express their look at this particular context. The idea for the title of the project - inspired by fermentation in wine - came from that point.

Contemporary jewellery is in fermentation by definition... It deals with continuous research of unprecedented languages that artists experiment looking for all the different elements of composition to express something precious and unique. Extending the meaning of strong and individual taste and flavour, the wine and its landscapes become the metaphor of the artistic narration.
Over the course of its 8 editions, hundreds of artists and works have been presented under the selection of an international board of advisors in the field. The exhibition shows most of the works selected in 2018 and an overview from the previous editions (Master Collection).

A special attention is paid to the student section, involving institutes for art education based all over the world which may offer an interesting view to younger students and undergraduates looking for further in-depth experiences. Some works by L.A. Pietro Selvatico and Beijing BIFT are displayed in this section.

Each year the Gioielli in Fermento award is celebrated with the main show in Val Tidone in collaboration with some international partners: Agc Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo, Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects, Klimt02 Art Jewellery online network joint with the local Administrations, with La Valtidone Association and private supporters such as the international company Allied Group and the local departments of national association Donne del Vino - The women of Wine.
All exhibits have been held in special places, like the winery of Torre Fornello (from 2011 to 2017) and Villa Braghieri Albesani in 2018, a historical building of Castel San Giovanni municipality (Piacenza). During 2018 other hosting venues in Europe are Riga, Latvia (Gioielli in Fermento – Un Bel Panorama, Putti Art Gallery, Sept. 6 to 21) and Barcelona (JOYA Art Jewelry and Objects – HUB Disseny, Bcn Design Museum, Oct. 4 to 6).
 

To be highlighted among more than 90 selected works, here are the 2018 award winners:
RyungJae Jung (S.Korea): Premio Gioielli in Fermento 2018     
thanks to Allied Group SpA and Joya Art Jewellery & Objects
Sara Barbanti (Italy): Premio Gioielli in Fermento 2018 / artista emergente
thanks to  Gioielli in Fermento #Gallery and Klimt02 Network
Premio Città di Castel San Giovanni - Le Arti Orafe a: Laura Garcia Sanchez (EASD Valencia, Spain)
thanks to LAO Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School and Comune di Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza IT)


Exhibiting Artists:
Francesca Antonello, Sara Barbanti, Silvia Beccaria, Maura Biamonti, Raffaella Brunzin, Isabelle Busnel, Sébastien Carré, Cristina Celis, Cédric Chevalley, Luisa Chiandotto, Angela Ciobanu, Rachael Colley, Lluís Comín, Clara Del Papa, Ylenia Deriu, Elin Flognman, Fabiana Gadano, Juanjo García Martín, Steffi Götze, Adam Hawk, Holland Houdek, Ryungjae Jung, Marilena Karagkiozi, Iro Kaskani, Malene Kastalje, Mia Kwon, Claire Lavendhomme, Heng Lee, Yi-Chen Lin, Ria Lins, Chiara Lucato, Daniela Malev, Paola Mirai, Viktoria Münzker, Esther Ortiz-Villajos, Joo Hyung Park, Liana Pattihis, Mabel Pena, Adrienn Pesti, Alessandro Petrolati, Marco Picciali, Alessandra Pizzini, Hester Popma-van de Kolk, Poppy Porter, Catherine Quattrociocchi, Rosanna Raljevíc Ceglar, Gianni Riva, Maddalena Rocco, Stefano Rossi, Kika Rufino, Stenia Scarselli, Marianne Schliwinski, Sandra Schmid, Sara Shahak, Sergio Spivach e Stefano Spivach, Claudia Steiner, Agnese Taverna, Eva Tesarik, Katja Toporski, Cristiana Turano Campello, Barbara Uderzo, Eriko Unno, Machteld van Joolingen, Federico Vianello, Yiota Vogli, Babette von Dohnanyi, Caterina Zanca, Laura Zecchini, Caterina Zucchi.

Guest Artists:
Corrado De Meo, Maria Rosa Franzin, Nicoletta Frigerio, Gigi Mariani, GianCarlo Montebello, Fumiki Taguchi, Fabrizio Tridenti, Annamaria Zanella.

Schools Section:
Laura Sanchez, Xujunman Song, Zhihui He, Yexi Zhou, Marta Alice Adda, Riccardo Bonetto, Fabio Cavarzan, Guido Schiavon, Mariagiorgia Pacini, Jun Hu, Yi Zhao.
 

Opening

Thursday, 20th of September, 6.30 pm.
Competition curator Eliana Negroni, member of AGC the Italian Association for Contemporary Jewellery, will be on site for guided visits, by appointment, on Saturdays 13th, 20th and 27th October 2018 (info ph. 049 8753981 padovacultura.it).