ROCKstars

Artist list

Vesal Bahmaninik, Ana Bellagamba, Margherita Berselli, Catalina Brenes, Alejandra Campos Taylor, Ignasi Cavaller, Miriam Copícová, Tamia Dellinger, Carolin Denter, Patrícia Domingues, Petr Dvorak, Nicolas Estrada, Vendula Fabiánová, Natascha Frechen, Elvira Golombosi, Pia Groh, Susie Heuberger, Levan Jishkariani, Erika Jordan, Nikita Kavryzhkin, Nga Ching Ko, Typhaine LeMonnier, Sihui Li, Tianyi Liang, Franziska Lusser, Ali Azhar Malik, Dot Melanin, Sayara Montemurro, Felicia Mülbaier, Gina Nadine Müller, Julia Obermaier, Jiun-You Ou, Annora Poppe, Kika Rufino, Constanza Salinas, Dana Seachuga, Franziska Seilern-Aspang, Setareh Shojaeedanaloo, Jekaterina Smirnova, Alejandra Solar, Anna Storck, Edu Tarín, Valérie Wagner, Qi Wang, Luisa Werner, Pei Wu, Vanessa Zöller

The ROCKstars present works that spin around the eternal material in jewelry: They are declarations of love, experimental snapshots or rebellious works revolving around gemstones.

Until July 18th 2021, the ROCKstars will have their guest appearance at Schütt, parallel to the traveling exhibition "Fe, Steel Prize 2020 Wismar, Hasselt, Lappeenranta - three countries, three cities, three schools" at the Pforzheim Jewelry Museum. 

It is not surprising that Schütt invited the university from Idar-Oberstein on the occasion of its 130th anniversary; as Schütt is the most important stone trading company in Pforzheim, it has close ties with Idar-Oberstein. The company had an Idar-Oberstein branch for decades, which ensured a steady flow of the best gemstones to Pforzheim. 

At Campus Idar-Oberstein, newcomers to the jewellery scene have dedicated themselves with body and soul to the intensive investigation of gemstones. Idar-Oberstein, at the same time world trade center for gemstones of all kinds and place of study in certain seclusion, is for the students the rehearsal room, in which they break existing structures and develop progressive designs.

As ROCKstars, students and alumni stage contemporary pieces of jewellery that not only show the material gemstone in unexpected and unconventional applications but at the same time redefine elements of centuries-old gemstone aesthetics and are thus socially positioned.