JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects 2021

This antique discipline of doctrine and experimentation of chemical phenomena, analyses the transmutation of metals, the elixir of life and the search for stone philosopher. The ALCHEMY is also related with secret methods, the elixir of immortality, the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and to development of a universal solvent. We invite all jewellery makers to translate this mysterious tradition into art jewellery, in order to show in Barcelona, the power of creative minds.
 
JOYA will be held from September 22nd to October 24th, 2021. Individual artists and Award Winners at the Disseny HUB Barcelona - Schools, galleries and collectives will take place at Artesanía Catalunya simultaneously.



> AWARDS at JOYA:

JOYA AWARD
the individual artist chosen by the international jury members will be the new face of JOYA 2022, taking part in exhibitions representing the event, besides communication during one year promoting the artist worldwide.

ATHENS JEWELLERY WEEK
Erato Kouloubi and Niki Stylianou will select an artist to participate in the next edition of AJW, Greece.

PREMIO INTERNACIONAL ARTE Y JOYA
It is an award given every year to the designer of the winning work of the contemporary jewellery yearbook Arte y Joya. Of all the participants who register and hang on our website, there will only be 32 designers selected to be part of the printed yearbook. Of those 32 finalists, the jury will choose a winning work that will take the award during the Joya Barcelona.

DOR MUSEUM AWARD
The museum will reward the artist selected with the acquisition of one of his pieces for the permanent collection of the museum.

MYDAYBYDAY AWARD
The gallery will reward the selected artist with an exhibition in the gallery located in Italy.

BRAZIL JEWELLERY WEEK
An artist will be awarded free participation in the next edition of the event in Brazil.
 
ALICE FLORIANO FIO Gallery
An artist will be awarded a solo exhibition at the Brazilian gallery.



Jury Members:

Saskia van Es (The Netherlands, 1972).


Saskia is an art historian. She writes about contemporary jewellery for Dutch and international platforms and her fascinations are the meaning people attach to jewellery and the histories behind materials. She has written on the environmental impact of animal materials, plastics, gold, gems, pearls, and man-made materials. Currently, she is exploring the notion of authorship in jewellery. She was a board member of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation.

www.saskiavanes.art


Lucia Massei ( Italy, 1962).


Lucia studied jewellery and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and achieved meaningful experiences as a freelance designer in the fields of classic jewellery and fashion accessories. In 1998 she co-founded Alchimia together with Doris Maninger.
As a jewellery artist, she exhibits her work in galleries of contemporary art and design in international contexts. Believing in the potential of every individual, and the power of Art, Massei as acting director of Alchimia, has been supporting students and staff in exploring and strengthening their creativity, encouraging their self-expression, providing them with the right space and environment, as well as guiding them towards new possibilities and directions throughout their carrier through her courses. Since 2016 she is the Director of Alchimia.

www.alchimia.it


Namkyung Lee (South Korea, 1985).


Namkyung Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. She majored in jewellery design and Graduate from School of Design at Kookmin University. Namkyung was awarded with the JOYA Award at the JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects in 2020, and AUTOR Award 2019. Now she is currently working as a contemporary jewellery artist.

www.nkjewellerystudio.com


Piotr Rybaczek


Piotr Rybaczekis the owner and founder of La Basílica Gallery since 2007. The gallery gathers the work of more than 150 jewellery designers and takes us to a dreamlike place where sculptures inspired by organic forms are mixed with antique glass cabinets that show the most creative jewellery pieces in the contemporary jewellery world.
              
www.labasilicagaleria.com


Paulo Ribeiro


Paulo Ribeiro, Founder and director of JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects and Le Département Creative Agency.
Ribeiro is a Brazilian architect, specialized in fashion spaces with master and PhD at Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya. He was the art director of Barcelona Fashion Week for 6 years, directing more then 200 fashion shows. In 2007 he founded the creative agency Le Département, with projects all over the world: Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, UK, Poland, etc.
In Barcelona, Ribeiro created JOYA in 2009, an international event related with art jewellery in Spain, gathering together more than 450 artists per year, presenting the best of art jewellery from all over the world.
 
He gave conferences about art jewellery and coaching for young designers in different countries like: Portugal, Spain, Brasil, Romania Ukraine and Greece. The conferences were highlighting the differences between art jewellery and the other sectors, the history of art jewellery, concepts and collections, relating jewellery with architecture, fashion or design.

www.joyabarcelona.com



Media Partners:

• Gold & Time
• Bursztynisko Amber Magazine
• Grupo Duplex
• Goldschmeide Zeitung Magazine
• The Jewellery Activist
• Jewellery Virtual Fair
• JNA Magazine
• Joyeros Argentinos
• Palakiss Vincenza
• The Morning Bark
• Revista Rusa en España
• Vip Style
• AurumEve Jewelery Magazine
• Benchpage

JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects is organized by:
LE DÉPARTEMENT Interiors SL
Av.GAUDI 45, 4TO 2DA 08025 BARCELONA
Tel: +34 930 084 894
www.joyabarcelona.com

For more information, please contact:
Director Paulo Ribeiro paulo@le-departement.com
Communication Manager María J. Vásconez showroom@le-departement.com
Project Manager Patryk Walczak patrick@le-departement.com