VONMO 5th Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition 2026: Seeding

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Artist list

Piero Acuto, Melis Agabigum, Patrícia Aguiló Bestard, Diogo Alves, Shengwnag An, Jivan Astfalck, Alice Biolo, Jess Bischoff, Paula Botto Fiora, Xiangyi Cao, Anne Luz Castellanos, Paula Castro, Bridget Catchpole, Cristina Celis, Saydee Chandler, Leah Chen, Feifei Cheng, Shenglin Cheng, Jingwei Chi, Elvira Cibotti, Adriana Del Duca, Clara Del Papa, Tomáš Doležal, Elisabeth Drude, Duzi, Esteban Erosky, Junxian Feng, Mariangela - Catalano Fluxis | Murgia, Maria Rosa Franzin, Motoko Furuhashi, Tongxin Gao, Imma Garcia Prado, Sepideh Ghasemi, Lucia Gloziková, Chongzhi Gong, Cullen Yiquan Gu, Steffi Götze, Margit Hart, WenHui He, Yijia He, Eliška Holčáková, Abby Hou, Lucky Huang, Ni Huo, Pavel Hübsch, Ryo Inkyo, Xiayu Ji, Meta Joanknecht, Lauryna Kiškytė, Zuzana Kocurková, Joshua Kosker, Radim Kučera, Ondřej Kábele, Vivi Lamarre, Annelieke Landré, Ariel Lavian, Monique Lecouna, Hao Li, Jiabao Li, Ruilin Li, Yiyuan Li, Zuguang Li, Limenglin, Shu LingZhi, Haisheng Liu, Sijie Liu, Bin Lu, Changyu Lv, Guoqing Lv, Qiuwen (Luna) Lyu, Mingxuan Ma, Yuqian Ma, Letizia Maggio, QiXiao Mai, Gigi Mariani, Rita Martínez, Mengjie Mo, Stephie Morawetz, Khanya Mthethwa, Adelina Mummolo, Eliana Negroni, Nyibo, Mette & Delfs Olsen, Rachel Ouizemann, Anna Paparella, Kimia Parang, Dodo Paruznik, Barbora Peroutková, Sara Progressi, Gabriela Ramírez Michel, Anna Retico, Francine Schloeth, Brenda Schweder, Sara Shahak, Yuting Shao, Catarina Silva, Vane Song, Masha Starikova, Deganit Stern Schocken, Huize Sun, Mingrui Sun, Luca Sági, Hanzhi Tang, Lucie Taubrová, Birgit Thalau, Kamila Ullmannová, Miroslava Veselá, Daiyan Wan, Chunyi Wang, Huankai Wang, Jiawen Wang, Rachel Wang, Shuli Wang, Yuan Wang, WangShuo, Hankunyu Wei, WeiRan, Rong Weng, Nengqing Wu, Lei Xie, ZiYi Xiong, Jing Xu, Linmeng Xu, Shijie Xu, Boyu Yan, Beiya Yang, Robert Yang, Ziyi Yang, Yangrui, Xiying Yao, Lynn Ye, Qimiao Yu, Yuanyuan Yu, Eighteen Yuan, Ziqi Yuan, Roberto Zanon, Haojie Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Lynn Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yujia Zhang, Xiangzhi Zhao, Xinran Zhao, Yi Zhao, Lihua & Qiu Zhou, Tailai Zhou, Ariel Zhu, Jie Zhu, Meilin Zhu, Taizhe Zou, Karin van Paassen, Jeanine van der Linde

Following an international jury selection, 147 artists and groups were chosen. Including contributions from jury members, the exhibition features 153 groups of artworks. With no restrictions on themes or concepts, the selection focused on works worthy of repeated contemplation. The selected artworks were buried in Jieshi Mountain, eastern China, to experience the passage of time and the forces of nature before being unearthed in 2026 and presented like archaeological artifacts.


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At its core, SEEDING transforms time into both an artistic medium and a curatorial method. Burial becomes an experiment in art's enduring relevance: Will today's artistic ideas remain meaningful and convincing years later? Can they withstand the test of time? What is being examined is not merely material durability, but the art itself. Once unearthed, these works may no longer be considered "contemporary." In this sense, SEEDING is an "exhibition of the future," where artworks and artists alike encounter new perspectives through time.

Words cannot fully convey an artwork's meaning; the artwork itself is the artist's language. Burying these pieces creates a "time capsule" of contemporary jewelry, preserving today's artistic ideas and practices for the future. Yet preservation does not imply stillness. Like seeds sown into the earth, the artworks are entrusted to time and nature, carrying the potential for unexpected transformation. Existing across both space and time, they form new relationships and take on different states. Even if they disappear entirely, each may leave behind the seeds of something yet to come.

On October 24, 2024, nearly 40 large boxes of artworks and materials were transported from our Beijing studio to Jieshi Mountain, the place celebrated in the ancient Chinese verse, "Facing east toward Jieshi Mountain, I gaze upon the vast sea." There, the works were surrendered to the earth, forming a symbolic "jewelry graveyard" and opening a dialogue on life, death, nature, art, and the future.The burial was completed on November 1, 2024. Two years later, the time capsule is ready to open. The artworks will emerge from the earth to be seen and interpreted anew.


Schedule:
Time of "Unearthing": November 6–8, 2026(undetermined) ，Closed to the public，Live streamed on Instagram
Time of exhibition: 9-20 November 2026
Closing Ceremony: 16 November 2026 (No Opening Ceremony)

The exhibition runs from November 9 to 20, 2026. The artworks will be unearthed in Jieshi from November 6 to 8 and transported to the exhibition venue on November 9.

Over the following seven days, a public "archaeological" process will unfold in the gallery. Curators will gradually remove soil from the artworks, creating an evolving exhibition that changes daily. Rather than a static display, SEEDING becomes a living, unrepeatable experience.

The closing ceremony on November 16 marks the symbolic completion of VONMO's First Five-Year Exhibition Plan, while opening possibilities for its next chapter.


Curatorial team:
Producer：Yusen Feng.
Curator：Felicia Li.
Sponsor：Vonmo Studio.
Jury (alphabetical order): Catarina Silva (Portugal), Gigi Mariani (Italy), Jivan Astfalck (Germany), Maria Rosa Franzin (Italy), Wang Kezhen (China), Zhao Yi (China).


About Vonmo Exhibition Projects：
Felicia Li, the director of Vonmo, and Mr Feng officially established Vonmo (万木) Art Jewelry Studio in 2016, who began the preparation in 2014. We are committed to pursuing the innovative direction of integration between contemporary art jewelry and traditional Chinese culture. Since 2019, we have curated Vonmo’s 1st Five-Year Plan, namely once a year and a new theme for each. We associate international artists （We collaborate with artists from around the world）to show jewelry works at home and abroad with the aim of creating a pure, equal, fair, diverse, and professional exchange platform for contemporary art jewelry.