Selected Galleries, Arts & Crafts Collectives, Institutions and Schools at JOYA Fair 2018

Ten years have passed since the first edition of JOYA Barcelona, an event that is currently the main meeting point in the art jewellery sector in Spain.
 
For this year, JOYA made an important selection of European galleries like: Popeye loves Olive from Athens will bring the best of the Greek creativity to Spain, Alchimia from Florence will present the fresh new talents, Gioielli in Fermento also from Italy will bring a selection of participants from the last edition and Lalabeyou from Madrid for the first time will present a great group of national artists.
 
To bring the best local arts and crafts, JOYA and Artesania Catalunya started a close collaboration to show for the first time a curated selection of catalan artists that works with traditional techniques but with a contemporary vision. Assamblage will bring from Romania a selection of creators and N1.47 for the first time will bring their international view, the collective is based in Germany.
 
Forty-four students will present their work, five international schools from China – Academy of International Visual Arts – to Australia – RMIT, but also from Europeans as Gerrit Rietveld Academy from Netherlands, HAWK from Germany and Herbststrasse Vienna from Austria. The national schools will come from different parts of Spain, Escuela de Arte 3 from Madrid will present the fresh generation from the capital, EASD from Valencia and six schools based in Catalunya: IED, Escola Massana, Escola d’Art la Industrial, Escola Arsenal, Escola d’art de Tarragona y la Llotja.
 
In total, one hundred and twenty-four artists will take part showing different visions, techniques and creativity through their hands and thoughts. Welcome to JOYA Barcelona 10^th Edition!

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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, the fair has been moved to Disseny Hub Barcelona an open, innovative and experimental municipal facility that is physically and conceptually designed to be the engine and driver of the knowledge economy, creativity and innovation. It is a multifunctional and multidisciplinary centre that seeks to turn the emerging design sector into a leader in Europe and the world. Under this premise JOYA expands its cultural offer including the exhibition of author objects, made by sculptors, artists and craftsmen.
 
This new approach has the objective of bonding two artistic aspects that are related to each other, creating a link where art jewellery can be interpreted as an object, just as an author's object can be considered a jewel.

The main objective of the fair since its beginning has been to promote the work of national and international artists through exposure and communication, support the sector of jewellery and author objects and help open an artistic market that has remained little explored until now

This year the JOYA- WORTH Award will be awarded for the first time, a prize for the effort and work of the participating artists. The winner of this edition will be part of the Worth Project with a grant of 10,000 euros to develop new artistic projects.

Jury Members 2018 Edition
• Rosy Greenlees - Executive Director Crafts Council UK.
• Charon Kransen - Founder and owner of Charon Kransen Arts NY.
• Wanshu Li - Winner of the 2017 JOYA Award.
• Gabriela Izquierdo - Manager of fashion and design projects AITEX.
• Rubén López - Gallerist at It Remindes Me of Something Galería.
• Piotr Rybaczek - Founder and owner of The Basilica Gallery.
• Paulo Ribeiro - Director JOYA Barcelona Art Jewelery & Objects.

JOYA is a platform that during these ten years has served as a space for interaction, debate and meeting point of art jewellery sector in Spain, artists and galleries, private collectors and cultural elite, with a complete program of events, exhibitions, conferences and with the support of important publications and media on and off line.