Jewellery Room: Contemporary Jewellery Galleries. An exhibition Part of the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2026

Lisbon has more than thirty years of tradition in contemporary jewellery and a small but loyal and knowledgeable audience, reinforced in recent years by the many foreigners who have made Portugal their permanent home. This year, Jewellery Room brings together Portuguese and international galleries, each presenting a selection of pieces in dialogue with the Biennial’s themes.


Participating galleries

- A – Galerii · Estonia ·
Selected artists: Kaia Ansip (EST/PRT), Valdek Laur (EST), Keiu Koppel (EST), Kadi Kübarsepp (EST), Margit Paulin (EST), Liisbeth Kirss (EST), Katrin Kosenkranius (EST), Raili Vinn (EST), Mari Pärtelpoeg (EST), Elis Liivo (EST), Kati Erme (EST), Tõnis Malkov (EST)
Curator: Sille Luiga.

The exhibition At the Beginning of the Future brings together the work of 12 Estonian jewellery artists. Responding to the biennial’s central theme of coexistence, the display explores how humans, nature and technology might inhabit the future and what new relationships might emerge between them.

Abstract, architectural forms mingle with organic ones, creating the foundations for an alternative miniature ecosystem. Together, the works form a kind of speculative landscape in which humans, plants, insects, minerals, technology and artificial intelligence exist in new and as-yet undefined relationships.

Jewellery’s particular quality lies in its proximity to the body. The exhibition uses this intimate scale to raise questions that extend beyond the individual object: how might we imagine a world that reaches beyond humanity’s existing ambitions? What kinds of relationships do we want, and with which companions do we wish to share an ever-expanding future? Here, jewellery becomes a space for exploring and testing different values, identities and new forms of coexistence, proposing possibilities for what the world might become.

- Galeria Alice Floriano · Brazil · alicefloriano.com
Selected artists: Anastasia Kandaraki, Chris Kiseno, Eric Loubser, Geraldine, Giulia Savino, Hansel Tai, João dos Bichos, Lara Solia, Marina Sheetikoff, Nina Lima, Oles Tsura, Sofia Bankestrom, Teresa Milheiro, Maria Ignacia Walker, Mari Ishikawa, Mayumi Okuyama.

- Galerie Beyond · Belgium · galeriebeyond.be
Selected artists: Patricia Domingues, Gesine Hackenberg, Corrina Goutos, Frederic Frenay, Amy Tavern, Aphra Cheesman, Alejandra Solar, Steven KP, Rho Tang, Mario Delarue, Denise Reytan, Yotam Bahat, Benedikt Fischer, Annemie De Corte, Lin Cheung, Hansel Tai, Kiko Gianocca, Triin Kukk, Julia Walter, Tim Udvardo Lakos, Arnaud Sprimont, Birgit Thalau.

- Tincal Lab · Portugal · tincallab.com
Selected artists: Ana Margarida Carvalho, Ana Petrova, Ana Pina, Anna Vlahos, Carolina Apolonia, Eugènia Arnavat, Marcin Boguslaw, Maria Benedita, Orsolya Karman, Raffaella  Brunzin, Rita Martinez, Silvia Walz, Susana Barbosa, Teresa Milheiro.

- Vice Versa · Switzerland · viceversa.ch
Selected artists: Catarina Silva, Christoph Zellweger, Adam Grinovich, Sophie Hanagrath.

- Kukas by Casa Fortunato · Portugal · kukas.pt
Selected artists: Kukas
Tribute to Kukas
On the 27th, between 3 pm and 5 pm, Convento dos Cardaes will host a tribute to Kukas, a pioneer of Portuguese contemporary jewellery, with several guests in attendance. The session will also mark the official closing of the Biennial.